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Game Boy Advance


Nintendo DS



Nintendo GameCube



Editorials


UK Chart Highlights ( Cubed3.com )
A story about giving during the holidays ( Gamespot.com )
One Student Beat the Revolution ( GamesFirst.com )
How to develop a game in 7 days ( Gamasutra.com )
30 Greatest Games of 2005 ( Next-Gen.biz )
Best of 2005 - GCN, GBA, NDS ( IGN.com )
Japanese developers reflect on 2005 ( IGN.com )
Animal Crossing leads to depression ( Gamespy.com )

Random/Interesting Stuff


$3 off and free shipping sale ( GameFly.com )
Top 50 Robots ( Wired.com )
Meet others for NDS Wi-Fi play ( DSMeet.com )
Animal Crossing Open the Gate project ( Keiken.org )
Animal Crossing items on sale on eBay ( eBay.com )
Animal Crossing Wild World Auctions ( NearlyFreeSpeech.net )
Mario cap Nintendo DS pouch ( Flickr.com )
2005 in Review ( CNNMoney.com )
Michael Jackson defeats NES Universe ( NE.jp )

Rumors/Speculation


Mario Party coming to Nintendo DS? ( Jeux-France.com )
GiFTPiA for GCN coming to Europe? ( Cubed3.com )
Revolution hardware complete? ( Playfuls.com )
Phoenix Wright for DS discontinued? ( GameSpot.com )
Revolution less than $300? ( Engadget.com )

Third-Party News


THQ confirms guidance ( GameSpot.com )
ATI price-cutting tied to sharp drop in profit ( GameSpot.com )
Report: Midway eyeing SCi, VUG not ( GameSpot.com )
EA adjusts earnings downward ( GameSpot.com )

Thanks to Kotaku.com, 4ColorRebellion, and Smaug.