So the Nintendo Summit is going on right now.  Unfortunately Campus Gamers is not able to make it out to this years event, but we hope to make it out in the future.  Information is now starting to spread of Nintendo latest and greatest tech.

If you didn’t already know, Nintendo has released the fourth edition to the DS model the DSi XL.  It was released in Japan in November and has been received well.  It will was announced in North America for March 28th.  The DSi XL is just like the DSi but now a larger model.  This is Awesome because the big problem with the DS is the kiddy controls are hard to play a game on.  A lot of the market that uses hand-held devices is growing older and are playing games like Brain Age.  Obviously Nintendo wants to take hold of this market and so they will be releasing the DSi XL.  This new DS actually is selling better than the DS in Japan.  It will be sold at $189.99.

Nintendo also gave a date for the Metriod: Other M project, June 27th.  This is supposed to be the darker more real Metriod game.  Nintendo is working with Team Ninja on this project, the people who brought us the excellent games of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden.  This will be a much more mature verison and will reboot and revitalize the Metriod series for Nintendo.

Now off to Mario Galaxy 2.  How does Nintendo do it, make these Mario Games that just make you feel good.  I remember when the first Mario Galaxy came out, it had such an old school feeling.  The game is expect to be released as of May 23rd of this year.  It’s successor did very well in sales, not as well as New Mario Bros but that was just a record breaking success.  Nintendo will be cashing in large with the Mario franchise and this will be an excellent 3D game.