We have this potion-like item called Mojo in WeRule. It make constructions/plantings faster if you use it. For example, you are planting a one-day plant, instead of waiting for a day, just use Mojo and the plant can be harvested right away. Mojos are limited. You can earn it by leveling up. But if you are too addict with this game, you can buy Mojos for $4.99 which is not so practical.
You can also redesign your kingdom by dragging the buildings and all. But I am having a hard time dragging because sometimes it won’t drag. But no big deal, the game is still fun.

The downside of this game is that you need wifi to play. If you dont have a wifi connection, you cant play WeRule. You will only be stuck on the main screen. No social interaction. You cant communicate with your friends in the game. No messaging in-game.

Rate: 7/10

March 23, 2010

To Whom It May Concern:
Re: Launch of New Portable Game Machine

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Minami-ward of Kyoto-city, President Satoru Iwata) will launch “Nintendo 3DS”(temp) during the fiscal year ending March 2011, on which games can be enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses.

“Nintendo 3DS”(temp) is going to be the new portable game machine to succeed “Nintendo DS series”, whose cumulative consolidated sales from Nintendo amounted to 125 million units as of the end of December 2009, and will include backward compatibility so that the software for Nintendo DS series, including the ones for Nintendo DSi, can also be enjoyed.

We are planning to announce additional details at E3 show, which is scheduled to be held from June 15, 2010 at Los Angeles in the U.S.

Source: Nintendo Press Release

Nintendo has announced the 3DS, a new hand-held system set for release before March 2011 in Japan. This new system will be fully unveiled at this year’s E3 show in June.

While details are a bit slim as of now, the announcement stated the console would incorporate 3D technology without the need for players to wear special glasses. The 3DS will also be backwards compatible with all DS and DSi software.

Nintendo says this new portable machine will “succeed” the DS series. As of December 2009, the DS console has sold 125 million units worldwide.

Rumors of a new DS console have been buzzing for a while now. The latest instance came from President and CEO Satoru Iwata, when he reportedly told Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun the company was working on a DS successor that would have “highly detailed graphics” and use a sensor with the ability to “read the movements of people playing.” Another rumor suggested NVIDIA’s Tegra processor would power a new DS hand-held. Both of these reports remain unconfirmed as of now, however.

Source: IGN DS

Nintendo has announced the successor to the Nintendo DS line of handheld gaming devices. It’s called the Nintendo 3DS, and it will include 3D effects without the glasses you have to wear to watch Avatar or 3D TV.

Nintendo’s press release [PDF] wasn’t sent to news outlets, but it’s sitting undisturbed at Nintendo’s website. It says the handheld console will launch in the fiscal year that ends in March 2011 (so late 2010 or early 2011), and that it will be fully unveiled at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles this June.

The 3DS will will add some motion sensing technology to its control scheme, and it will play your old DS and DSi games. Nintendo doesn’t say whether it will keep the two-screens-and-a-stylus layout that we’ve all become accustomed to on the existing handhelds.

Nintendo’s Wii and DS consoles have turned the video game world upside down, using unique control schemes and affordable hardware to attract millions of people who were never before interested in video games. 3D is already a big deal, and Nintendo hopes that whatever 3D tech it’s using will attract even more people to the video game hobby.

Note that Sony’s PlayStation 3 will go 3D on supported TVs this year, though, so Nintendo’s neither alone nor first.

Source: Mashable

The Details

Nintendo Japan has announced that they will present the newest portable console, the Nintendo 3DS, in June. The new handheld will offer 3D viewing without glasses. Here’s all the information we have gathered so far:

• With the announcement slated for E3 in June, Nintendo’s shooting a bit early in their Japanese press release by saying it will go on sale sometime between April 2010 – March 2011.

• You won’t need to wear 3D glasses to enjoy the 3D effects. This may work like Rittai Kakushi e Attakoreda, the Nintendo DSi game that uses the frontal camera to track the viewer eyes. By tracking the user’s eyes—a trick first shown by Johnny Chung Lee’s Wii hack—the machine can alter the perspective in the game to make it look as if the player is looking into a 3D virtual space.

• It’s unclear if this would be the only 3D element in the console.

• Backwards compatibility will be incorporated for DS and DSi games support.

• It may have an accelerometer for tilt-controls with motion-led gaming, just like the iPhone/iPod Touch.

• The screen might be higher-res than anything we’ve seen from Nintendo before, maybe reaching 720p—and measuring around the same size as the DS.

• It’ll have two screens just like previous portables, but they’ll be used in conjunction as one giant screen, according to RPAD.tv, who convinced developers to talk to them at GDC.

• A Tegra chip could be powering it.

• Nintendo might put a 3G sim in, for over-the-air downloads.

• Those over-the-air downloads might include ebooks, something already seen on the DSi XL.

UPDATE

• It’ll include two cameras (one backwards-facing, one forward-facing), just like the DSi—for DSi backwards compatibility support.

• The Japanese publication Asahi is claiming it’ll use one of Sharp’s parallax barrier LCDs.

• 3D control sticks may help with gaming, if Nikkei’s report is correct, and the 3DS itself could vibrate like an old Rumble Pak.

Source: Gizmodo

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Pictionary – www.xsketch.com

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Puzzle Games – http://www.gamesforthebrain.com

After several years of not playing Mahjong, I watched a mahjong movie entitled “Kung Fu Mahjong”. The movie showed different tricks in playing Mahjong. I dont know if that can happen in real life though. As I watched the movie, it made me want to play Mahjong again, this time online. I searched some online Mahjong game and found one…

Mahjong Time – Online Mahjong Game. We can register for free and create a room and play with others. There’s also a premium account where in we can play with money and requires an entrance fee.

Watch this video.

Image Source: Eurogamer

Nintendo finally released the 3rd iteration of their best selling handheld to date, the Nintendo DS. This time, they have taken a lot of things in consideration in order to make the next unit as competitive as possible in the handheld wars.. Thus, the Nintendo DSi was born..

Nintendo stated that they created the DSi with the intention of not to replace the DSLite, but to go side by side with it.. but we all know that sooner or later, the DSLite will share the same fate of its older brother, the Nintendo DS Phat..

Most gamers are still skeptic about the Nintendo DSi for it ditched one feature that most current Nintendo DS owners take advantage of — the slot 2, aka the GBA Slot.. I frowned upon this fact when I first heard about it.. We all know that there are some DS games that utilizes this, one game worth mentioning is Guitar Hero On Tour.. Though Activision confirmed that they are currently making a peripheral that will be compatible on the DSi.. as to how will they pull it off, only time can tell..
Also, the removal of the said slot eliminates the possibility of playing GBA games.. But since it has been confirmed that the DSi has a more powerful processor and 16MB of RAM, will we see downloadable GBA games in the future? Much like the wii’s Virtual Console I guess.. ahh.. the possibilities are endless.. 

 So what’s with the new Nintendo DS Model? What are its features that will probably make people buy one? Just take a look at this comparison list and some DSi exclusie features:

Screen Size
DSi: 3.25 inch
DS Lite: 3.0 inch

Screen
Both TFT LCD with 260,000 colors

System Size
DSi: 137 x 74.9 x 18.9mm
DS Lite: 133 x 73.9 x 21.5mm

Stylus
DSi: 92mm length
DS Lite: 87.5mm length

Power source
DSi: DSi AC adapter and special battery pack
DS Lite: DS Lite AC adapter and special battery pack

Weight
DSi: 214g (battery pack and touch pen included)
DS Lite: 218g (battery pack, touch pen, GBA connector cover included)

Charge time
DSi: 2 hours 30 minutes
DS Lite: 3 hours

Brightness Levels
DSi: 5
DS Lite: 4

Battery life

** listed by screen brightness, lowest to highest

DSi: 9-14 hrs, 8-12, 6-9, 4-6, 3-4
DS Lite: 15-19 hrs, 10-15, 7-11, 5-8

Compatible software
DSi: DS software, DSi software
DS Lite: Game Boy Advance software, DS software

Input method
DSi: DS card slot, SD memory card slot, AC adapter connector, stereo head phone/mic connector
DSLite: DS card slot, GBA card slot, AC adapter connector, stereo head phone/mic connector

DSi Exclusive Features
Dual 0.3MP Camera (no flash)
Built-in Music Player (AAC/M4a Format)
256MB Internal Memory
DSi Ware
Faster and more usable Opera Web Browser
Upgradeable Firmware

You might notice that with regard to dimensions, there isn’t much of a difference.. Even the size of the screen is not that much.. But here are some pics and I will let you decide if the difference is really that noticeable..

AND THE BOTTOMLINE IS…
It’s really a tough decision whether or not should you upgrade to the DSi. That’s what I’ve experienced since, ditching the DS Lite, for me at least, means that I’m saying goodbye to Guitar Hero On Tour (temporarily, I hope) and to the GBA Games. But I’m hoping that Nintendo will make those GBA Games available throung the DSi ware since the DSi may have lost the GBA Slot, but I’m pretty sure that it did not lose the ability to run GBA games. Just look at the Wii and its Virtual Console service. The DSi is a great system, but it could have been better if it’s graphical prowess was also upgraded. But I guess Nintendo will always believe that Gameplay is better than Graphics.

So, is the DSi a must buy? I’d say yes if you don’t have a DS yet that is. And it’s for one reason alone — DSi Ware. This will open a lot of possibilities and hopefully, good things to us gamers. The only problem is, Japan will surely get those crazy games and the US will probably get the shovelwares. So it’s another question on what “region” of the DSi should you buy. But I leave that entirely to you.

PROS
- Slightly bigger and brighter screens
- Louder and clearer speakers
- DPAD has been improved. No more problems with diagonals
- Hot swappable DS Cart Slot.
- Built in Music Player
- 256MB Internal Memory and much powerful RAM
- SD Card support for image and music files
- Faster internet browsing
- DSi Ware

CONS
- Shorter battery life
- Browser still doesn’t support flash enabled sites
- Much expensive than the DS Lite
- Removal of the GBA Slot

1. If you have a friend that has a level of 47 (or above), chances are he/she is a hacker. 99.9%. 

2. If you play Pet Society from time to time, you are aware of what other people’s paw points are. Let’s say a friend has 60,000 paw points then suddenly it became 300,000 to millions. That’s a 100% hacker. lol.  We can’t make that much paw points in an hour or so.

3. Your friend is level 47 but doesn’t have much items in his/her house.

These are observations by me.

1. Visit your friend’s pet. That would give you 5 paw points + 20(for the first… i dont know) coins each.

2. If your friend’s pet is hungry, feed them. I suggest you feed them with fruits that are worth 5 coins. (i.e. Apple/Pears/Corn) Give them 7 fruits if the health’s bar is empty.  Each fruit they eat will give you 17 paw points. So 7×17= 119 paw points. 

3. Each fruit you buy will give you 1 paw point.

4. If the pet is not happy (happiness bar is empty), give them a rub. DON’T use the brush or play using the ball. Just rub. It will give you higher paw points and much coins than when using brushes.

5. If the pet is stinky, give them a bathe. There’s no harm in doing it. It will give you coinsssss.

6. Play the hurdle race everyday. You can get additional 300 if you win the 10 races.

7. The common of them all, while you’re out in your house, pass by the trees and you will receive 1 coin.

8. Play Pet Society for more than 5 hours per day. Not recommended anyway! lol.

These guides are based on my experience, as an addict player of Pet Society. Thank you for reading.