Today I was browsing around and visiting some old sites, to find out that one of the sites I had shopped at had actually shut down September of 2007. What caught my eye though, was a message posted on the site only a few days ago:

Coming Soon!!
A new and improved ModMyDS.com - with product reviews, a forum for discussion, and contests to win DS-related prizes! Check back soon!
-ModMyDS.com (1/15/08)

Interesting.. so they shut down operations and are launching it as a review site. It was a great site to shop at with a friendly atmosphere, so hopefully the same team behind that site is running this new one. Only time will tell, and I can feel a good vibe coming from this!

I have a handful of triwing screwdrivers for sale - for those who don’t know, its a tool that opens a special three-headed screw. These types of screws are security screws generally found in Nintendo devices, but some cell phones have them as well. Here’s a list of the Nintendo devices that I know for sure have this screw, although I’m sure others do as well.

Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite
Gamecube Controllers and Systems
Nintendo Wii Remote and Systems

And of course, the picture:

Anyway, I usually have a listing or two on eBay that contains these screwdrivers, but I’m willing to sell them off of eBay as well. Leave a comment if you’re interested, and be sure to include your e-mail address to I can get in touch with you. They are $4.95 shipped via USPS First Class which takes roughly 5-7 days to arrive, and I only accept PayPal for payments. US customers only. Thanks!

This was probably the biggest surprise launch I have seen on a Nintendo system in the USA. This game was released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan, as a sequel to the original Mario Bros. we all know and love. Most Nintendo gamers have encountered this game in the past - Super Mario All-Stars had an “upgraded” version of this game, with better graphics. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Gameboy Color also had this game as an unlockable. A few other versions of this game are out there as well, but for the first time in US history this game was released as the original Japanese import version on the Wii Virtual Console. It was released October 1st (2007), and costs 600 Wii points. Definitely worth every penny.

Since it was released on VC, I decided I wanted to play it on my DS and my cell phone whenever I wasn’t near the TV, so I went on a hunt for the ROM. After searching for approximately 6 days in a row, I was about to give up and just deal with having to play this game strictly at home. However, I finally found the ROM, patched it with an IPS patch to restore the start menu screen, and now its on my DS, my phone, and on my computer - so I can play whenever and wherever I want. It’s definitely an extremely addicting game, and if I had an NES I would definitely find an imported version somewhere (though it might cost a bit!)

I strongly suggest picking it up ASAP off of Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console, as they may remove it after a short while, like they did to the Australians and Europeans. If all else fails, just search for the ROM and play that - just remember that piracy is bad, and you should own the original copy of the game if you play a backup of it.

I recently acquired a DS Lite Rumble Pak, and decided to look around to see if I could find a compiled list of which games utilize this feature. After stumbling upon the Wikipedia article about the Rumble Pak itself, I was greeted without a list of games. Now, Wikipedia is a great source for info and you would think that it should be there. At least thats what I thought. So I started looking through the history of the article, and some idiot decided to remove the section with the list. As of 9/27/07 (today, the day I accessed the page) here is what the list shows for games supporting rumble:

Clubhouse Games (also known as 42 All-Time Classics in Europe)
Custom Robo Arena
Diddy Kong Racing DS
Elite Beat Agents
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Magnetica (aka Actionloop)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Metroid Prime Pinball
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Picross DS
Star Fox Command
Star Trek: Tactical Assault
Super Princess Peach

I purposely left out the last one on the list (Puzzlepic) as it didn’t have an info page about it and I couldn’t find any information about the game on Google. I also reverted the article back to what it used to be, but lets see how long that lasts.