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Many people are having issues with the C-Gear in Pokemon Black and White versions freezing when they try and connect to WiFi. When you first turn the game on and it asks you if you want to start with C-Gear on and you say yes, there is no problem, and then at any time while playing the game outside of a battle you can turn the C-Gear off.

The next step is where many people are having problems, turning the C-Gear back on while playing. To get it back on you press the "power button" on the touch screen, and it gives you a message: "Turn on the C-Gear and establish connections?" with "yes" and "no" being the choices as ell as a warning about using wireless in hospitals and airplanes. Many people experience the "freeze" at this point, no matter how many times they press the "A" or "B" buttons, it just doesn't go forward or back-out, you still get music and top-screen animations (like rain and nearby trainers moving) but the game pretty much stops. The solution: Use the touch-screen! You have to TAP an answer for it to connect or decide not to connect.

Then the game displays a message "When commuications are on, closing the system will put it into Sleep Mode if the battery is low. Please watch the battery." and shows a red wireless connection icon... that never turns green. This is where I was freezing up. The game appeared to be trying to connect but could not, none of the buttons were working, and there were no "buttons" displayed on the touch-screen! I still had top-screen animations and music though. Again, the solution: TAP the bottom-screen. This time there is nothing to even suggest that you should tap the screen, not even fake on-screen buttons, just an icon that suggests that the game is working on connecting.

It appears that the game really wants you to be aware of not using wireless in prohibited places. It's a good idea to warn people about things like that, but the user interface is poorly designed. This is the only menu I can think of in the game where the only input is touch, and the "A,B" buttons do nothing. I thought I had to turn the system off when the game did this to me, so a few times I lost some progress - don't be fooled, I have discovered that MANY people are having this "problem" and loosing progress by doing what I did.

Just remember if the game "freezes": TAP THE TOUCH-SCREEN.

For your Monday:

Who knows why these things happen, but it looks like those of us in the Americas have already gotten notice of our first update for the Nintendo 3DS. A partial transcript is below

Update Notice

March 27, 2011

Thank you for purchasing the Nintendo 3DS™ system.

System Update 1.1.0-1U is available and provides improvements to the overall system performance. As an added bonus, this update also includes the 3D music video "White Knuckles" by OK Go for your enjoyment.

*Please note that the "White Knuckles" music video is provided for a limited time and may be deleted from your system with subsequent updates.

Nintendo

After updating my own system, I've noticed that the video displaces the "Health and Safety Information" from the far left of the Home Menu. The information is still available further along the menu, so don't fret.

Additionally, after viewing the video myself, it is confirmed that it will be removed with the next update, so get it while you can!

 

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I could try to write something clever to go along with this video removed by copyright claim by Nintendo, but I'm too busy writhing in excitement. Credit for the yanked video goes to Nintendo 3DS Blog. Also, check after the break for some juicy Mario Kart 3D footage.

My eyes are dancing in excitement like Mario's pupils!

While it's NOT yet official (hence the RUMOR classification of this post), a Wal Mart posting has sort of revealed that the Red Super Mario 25th. Anniversary Edition DSi XL (Wow! That's a long name!) is making its way to the US as well.

Not only that, but the American version, should the posting be true, includes three pre-installed titles: Two Brain Age titles and Photo Click; sorry, I couldn't make out the full name of the two Brain Age titles. It also comes bundled with a copy of Mario Kart DS and two games of your choice from their Value Games list. All this for only US$199. Pretty sweet, huh?

However, since the title of the posting does NOT say it is related to the Mario DSi XL and it comes with Mario Kart, it IS possible that they are referring to the Red DS + Mario Kart bundle... On the other hand, that bundle was NOT DSi XL... So, what do you guys think? Shall we make this official? UPDATE: It's official.

It's out. It's huge. It's Super Scribblenauts... And it's been cracked. Pikimal has been peeking around the game's entrails (read: code) and found Super Scribblenauts greatest treasure: the dictionary.

24 thousand nouns that you can spawn in-game. 9 thousand adjectives to modify those noun used one by one or by combining them (so, baby ghost robots are a go). That's THIRTY THREE THOUSAND words. (Drop jaw here)

If you dare, here are the download links for the 24 thousand objects and the 9 thousand adjectives you can find in the game.