Kratos on SoulCalibur IV (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)? Well isn't that a very pretty prospect! Unfortunately, the welcomed rumor has been shot down in 1Up's podcast. No Kratos, after all. To know more, head on at full article.

New Wii drives, designated 'D2E', have apparently been sighted in the wild. What does this mean for people using modded versions of the Nintendo Wii console, specifically those who are using the Wasabi modchip? Not a thing, says the Wasabi team. More in the full article.

Last month, Nintendo was told by the courts to pay Anascape Ltd. the amount of US$ 21 million for patent infringement. They appealed to have the verdict reduced, and now the decision is out. Read more after the jump.

NeoGeo Pocket emulation on the Wii and Gamecube is now a reality, thanks to homebrew developer Askot. The coder, known for introducing the first NES emulator on Nintendo's next generation console, has been a driving force behind most of the Wii ports game console emulators, and today isn't one to detract from legacy. This time, Askot picked up the NeoPop GX emulator and sifted in Wii support with successful results. More on NeoPop GX 20-06-2008 at the full story.

Download: NeoPop GX 20-06-2008 for Wii, Gamecube

Ever since the Wii became homebrew-enabled, old school Nintendo gaming has definitely risen. One case in point is the number of homebrew emulators for older Nintendo systems. One of these is snes9xgx143, the beta version of which has been recently updated. More in the full article.

Download: snes9xgx143 beta version rev. 70

Though days old, the GameBoy Color for the Nintendo Wii and GameCube known only as RIN has been upgraded to version 2008-06-20, which is a massive upgrade since the previous version of the homebrew emulator.  Homebrew developer Askot picked up where author mirakichi left off, and now RIN has GC support. Get a load of the other changes when you laze your eyes over the full story.

Download: RIN version 2008-06-20

Knight0fDragon's Duck Hunt Wii is finally updated with more features, ensuring that the homebrew game will feel and play almost like the original Famicom game. The new features include support for the GameCube controller among others, most of them having to do with the annoying dog. More details in the full article.

Download: Duck Hunt Wii v1.7

It's always great to see new faces and talents join the Wiibrew community. With that, here are two new Wiibrew games from first-time coders on the Wii. There's Bichejos, a shooting game (featuring Spider-Pig from the Simpsons movie!) from nozintusei. Another is CharioMan, a rudimentary anti-Pong-like game, developed by Cortes48. More details in the full article.

Download: CharioMan v0.1a
Download: Bichejos

Ah, Kojima and his delightful sense of humor. It's a good thing that we're going to get more of it in Konami and Kojima Productions'  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In the video embedded in the full article you're going to see Otacon break the fourth wall and make a fun reference to the older MGS games; specifically, their need to swap discs.

Thanks to Rick for the tip!

Scognito wasn't satisfied with simply having handheld versions of the homebrew game Scogger. The developer thought it would be a good idea to test out the Wii homebrew waters by porting the homebrew puzzler on to the Nintendo console with Scogger v0.2 for Wii. Check out the details of the latest incarnation of this homebrew game in our full article.

Download: Scogger v0.2 for Wii
Download: Scogger v0.2 for Gamecube