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Nintendo has released its list of goodies planned for the Wii and Nintendo DS in 2009. They include new DS keep-fit title, Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine? Which will help you on your way to walking off all those chocolates and puddings. An Activity Meter comes with the software which will enable you to record a week’s worth of data and compete with friends and other Walk with me! walkers all over the planet.

On the Wii, you can look forward to classics like Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. Check out the full list below:

Nintendo Wii Software 2009

Chrysler Classic Racing (ZOO) 9 Jan 2009

Jeep Thrills (formerly Let’s Off Road) (ZOO) 9 Jan 2009

Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (ZOO) 16 Jan 2009

Skate City Heroes (ZOO) 16 Jan 2009

Story Hour Adventures (ZOO) 16 Jan 2009

Story Hour Fairy Tales (ZOO) 16 Jan 2009

NeoPets Puzzle Adventure (Capcom) 23 Jan 2009

Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (ZOO) Jan 2009

Riding Stables (dtp young entertainment) Jan 2009

Music Party (dtp young entertainment) Jan 2009

Ultimate Band (Capcom) 5 Feb 2009

NEW PLAY CONTROL! Pikmin (Nintendo) 6 Feb 2009

Hotel For Dogs (505 Games) 6 Feb 2009

NARUTO Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 European Version (TOMY / Nintendo) 13 Feb 2009

Deadly Creatures (THQ) 13 Feb 2009

CM 2 - World Kitchen (505 Games) 20 Feb 2009

The Destiny of Zorro (505 Games) 27 Feb 2009

House of the Dead: Overkill (SEGA) Feb 2009

Ben 10: Alien Force (D3Publisher) Feb 2009

Onechanbra-Bikini Zombi Slayers (D3Publisher) Feb 2009

Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (SouthPeak Games) Feb 2009

Pirates versus Ninja (SouthPeak Games) Feb 2009

CID The Dummy (Oxygen Games) Feb 2009

Tenchu Shadow Assassins (Ubisoft) 5 Mar 2009

Yamaha Supercross (ZOO) 6 Mar 2009

Big Foot Collision Course (ZOO) 6 Mar 2009

Diva Girls: Princess on Ice (505 Games) 6 Mar 2009

Smiley World Island Challenge (ZOO) 13 Mar 2009

Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans (ZOO) 13 Mar 2009

Sim Animals (EA) 23 Mar 2009

Little King´s Story (Rising Star Games) 28 Mar 2009

NEW PLAY CONTROL! Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) Mar 2009

Sonic and the Black Knight (SEGA) Mar 2009

MADWORLD (SEGA) Mar 2009

Diabolik: The Original Sin (Black Bean /Lago Srl) Mar 2009

Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun (Mastertronic) Mar 2009

AMF Bowling World Lanes (Bethsoft europe) Q1 2009

Runaway The Dream of the Turtle (Focus Home Interactive) Q1 2009

Job Island (Hudson Soft) Q1 2009

Kororinpa 2 (working title) (Hudson Soft) Q1 2009

King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (Ignition) Q1 2009

Samurai Shodown Anthology (Ignition) Q1 2009

Jillian Michaels´ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 (Koch Media / Deep Silver) Q1 2009

Castlevania Judgment (Konami) Q1 2009

PES 2009 (Konami) Q1 2009

Cake Mania - In the Mix! (Majesco/Codemasters) Q1 2009

Escape The Museum (Majesco/Codemasters) Q1 2009

Rock Revolution (Konami) Q1 2009

Hysteria Hospital: Emergeny Ward (Oxygen Games) Q1 2009

Roogoo (SouthPeak Games) Q1 2009

Brave: A Warrior’s Tale (SouthPeak Games) Q1 2009

Line Rider 2: Unbound (InXile) Q1 2009

PurrPals II (InXile) Q1 2009

Nintendo DS Software 2009

Chrysler Classic Racing (ZOO) 9 Jan 2009

My Chinese Coach (Ubisoft) 15 Jan 2009

Petz My Monkey Family (Ubisoft) 15 Jan 2009

Petz My Kitten Family (Ubisoft) 15 Jan 2009

Lord of the Rings:Conquest (EA) 16 Jan 2009

Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (ZOO) 16 Jan 2009

Tecktonic (Koch Media / Deep Silver) 16 Jan 2009

Sim Animals (EA) 23 Jan 2009

NeoPets Puzzle Adventure (Capcom) 23 Jan 2009

Word Master (ZOO) 30 Jan 2009

The Woodleys - Sports (dtp young entertainment) Jan 2009

Best Friend - My Horse (dtp young entertainment) Jan 2009

Ultimate Band (Disney Interactive Studios) 4 Feb 2009

Scrabble 2009 (Ubisoft) 5 Feb 2009

Imagine: Ballet Dancer (Ubisoft) 5 Feb 2009

Johnny Bravo (Mastertronic) 6 Feb 2009

Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo) 6 Feb 2009

Harvest Fishing (Rising Star) 6 Feb 2009

XG Blast! (Rising Star) 6 Feb 2009

Hotel for Dogs (505 Games) 6 Feb 2009

Imagine: Movie Star (Ubisoft) 12 Feb 2009

My Pet Zoo Vet (505 Games) 13 Feb 2009

Buffy (505 Games) 13 Feb 2009

Rune Factory (Rising Star) 13 Feb 2009

Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine? bundled with two Activity Meters (Nintendo) 20 Feb 2009

Lux Pain (Rising Star) 20 Feb 2009

Pop Town (505 Games) 27 Feb 2009

Mahjong Quest (Astragon) 27 Feb 2009

The Chase: Felix meets Felicity (Atari) Feb 2009

Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell (Disney Interactive Studios) Feb 2009

Mushroom Men: Rise of The Fungi (SouthPeak Games) Feb 2009

Insecticide (SouthPeak Games) Feb 2009

Ben 10: Alien Force (D3Publisher) Feb 2009

Crazy Machines (dtp young entertainment) Feb 2009

My pet beauty salon (dtp young entertainment) Feb 2009

The Chase: Felix meets Felicity (Atari) Feb 2009

Diva Girls: Diva Dancers (505 Games) 6 Mar 2009

Yamaha Supercross (ZOO) 6 Mar 2009

Big Foot Collision Course (ZOO) 6 Mar 2009

Club Penguin (Disney Interactive Studios) 13 Mar 2009

Populous (Rising Star) 13 Mar 2009

Smile World Island Challenge (ZOO) 13 Mar 2009

Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans (ZOO) 13 Mar 2009

Emergency Room (505 Games) 27 Mar 2009

My Beauty Salon (505 Games) 27 Mar 2009

NARUTO NINJA DESTINY 2 European Versión (TOMY / Nintendo) Mar 2009

Bleach: Dark Souls (SEGA) Mar 2009

History^TM Great Empires: Rome (Black Bean / Lago Srl) Mar 2009

Diabolik: The Original Sin (Black Bean / Lago Srl) Mar 2009

Puzzle Quest Galactrix (D3Publisher) Mar 2009

Challenge Me: Brain Puzzles (Oxygen Games) Mar 2009

Challenge Me: Maths Workout (Oxygen Games) Mar 2009

Ducati Moto (Bethsoft europe) Q1 2009

AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (Bethsoft europe) Q1 2009

Dungeon Raiders (Focus Home Entertainment) Q1 2009

Sherlock Holmes “Le mystere de la momie” (Focus Home Entertainment) Q1 2009

Blood Bowl (Focus Home Entertainment) Q1 2009

Let’s Play: Firemen (Koch/Deep Silver) Q1 2009

Bomberman 2 (working title) (Hudson Soft) Q1 2009

Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry (Konami) Q1 2009

Rock Revolution (Konami) Q1 2009

Cake Mania 2 (Majesco/Codemasters) Q1 2009

Maths Blaster (Majesco) Q1 2009

Powerbike (Majesco) Q1 2009

Left Brain Right Brain 2 (Majesco) Q1 2009

Wonderworld Amusement Park (Majesco) Q1 2009

Babysitting Mania (Majesco/Codemasters) Q1 2009

Our House (Majesco) Q1 2009

Big Bang Mini (SouthPeak Games) Q1 2009

Brave: Shaman’s Challenge (SouthPeak Games) Q1 2009

Roogoo (SouthPeak Games) Q1 2009

De Blob (THQ) Q1 2009

Gauntlet (Eidos) Spring 2009

Winx Club Secret Diary 2009 (Konami) early 2009

See Nintendo for more details.

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If you want to be cool, drive an Aston Martin, play Nintendo and wear Agent Provocateur…not necessarily all at the same time. These are some of the coolest brands around according to the annual Coolbrands survey.

Voted for by the Coolbrands council and 2,500 members of the public, Aston Martin receives the award for the coolest brand for third year running - certainly aided slightly by a certain Mr Bond who is rather partial to their vehicles.

Relative newcomer, the iPhone is in at second place, preceding the mother ship ? Apple, in third.

There?s no doubt that brands and celebrity go hand in hand. With Bond helping out in the car department and constantly-in-the-press Daisy Lowe being the face of Agent Provocateur, there?s a healthy little partnership of which somebody can be very proud.

But it?s not all down to the celebs.  With brands like Apple, Nintendo and Bang & Olufsen it shows that brands who constantly lead their field in design and innovation are worthy recipients of the accolade.

Congratulations should also go to the Tate Modern who have managed to get onto the list at number 10 - pretty impressive with all those super-brands on there.

You can check out the top 10 coolest brands below:

Top 10 Coolest Brands
1.    Aston Martin
2.    iPhone
3.    Apple
4.    Bang & Olufsen
5.    YouTube
6.    Google
7.    Nintendo
8.    Agent Provocateur
9.    Rolex
10.  Tate Modern

Just a quickie on what we might be fighting in shops for this Christmas - The old, familiar Wii Christmas shortage is back. US games retailer GameStop predicts the shortage unless Nintendo has a massive increase in supply in the next couple of weeks. It’s unknown as to whether this will lead to shortages here in the UK but we can use wii-consoles.co.uk to stay up-to-date on the situation.

But if you don’t fancy a Wii, both the Xbox and PS3 seem to be in plentiful supply…Check out the games console reviews to find out what people think about them all.

Well, first we found out that those helpful folks over at Nintendo were helping people to stop smoking. Now we hear that they’re helping Japanese students with their English too. A teacher at the Tokyo Academy for Girls has introduced the Nintendo DS into English lessons to help students concentrate.

The DS helps the students with their writing, listening and vocabulary but they are under strict instruction that all the machines must be handed in at the end of the lesson and no other games, apart from the English aid, are to be used.

Despite the lack of fun games, the students do seem to be enjoying the new method of teaching and they’ve even commented that they’re finding the lessons more interesting and engaging.

This is still a trial at the moment but what with all these new ways we’re discovering that consoles can help people (the Wii fit helping people to lose weight, the DS helping people to quit smoking etc.), who knows where the possibilities will end.

If you’re in two minds over whether to get a DS or not, try reading the Nintendo DS reviews first.