Warning: The following recap may take a few minutes of your time, so reader is advised to walk over to the fridge, get a few snacks and a can of rootbeer, with which the news will taste so much better. That actually depends if you're gonna read everything, but if you really want to keep yourself up to speed in all things Nintendo, you gotta have a few snacks close by to enjoy your trip across the news.

The Japan-only PSP title Evangelion: Jo made waves this week not because of its gameplay or anything, but because of a new anti-CFW feature built into it. It's not exactly new since there have been other PSP games that implemented CFW checks before, but it does drive home the point that developers are taking it into their own hands to keep PSP piracy at bay. Not sure how long the protection on the game will last though. The homebrew scene generally gets fired up even more when stuff like this comes out. Read on for a recap of the week in homebrew.

Homebrew developer dragon0010 has released a demo of his new Pokemon game for the PSP. The game is based on Pokemon Ranger but with a different scenario and expanded concept.


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Those who have been playing Pokemon games since the late 90s may remember the Pokemon Pikachu, a pedometer (that's peDOmeter, not PEdometer) that could unlock data on the original Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal games. For the Gold and Silver DS remakes, Nintendo is once again bundling a pedometer with the games, this time calling it the PokeWalker.

You guys remember Eye of Judgement and how it used the PlayStation Eye to capture gestures and the like? Invizimals for the PSP is kinda like that PS3 game infused with some Pokemon elements. It's totally being presented as a kiddie game but it does look interesting. Maybe this will be another guilty pleasure? Check out the E3 debut trailer after the jump.

Lots of big news for this week's recap, so you'd better stay comfy. There's a hell lot of games coming to the Wii and DS in 2009, and we have news on the biggest that the two platforms are gonna get - whether they're the Pokemon remakes, Monster Hunter 3, and a bunch of retro WiiWare games, we've got ya covered. With a lot of games coming, it probably explains why the DS sold a million last April, so the new DS owners will have a lot to play and choose from. Quit wasting your time reading this babble, 'cause you're gonna read them again in the full article. Or not.

More info about the upcoming Pokemon Gold and Silver remakes have been revealed in the June issue of Japanese mag CoroCoro. There's nothing there about the rumored new gender and breeding features though. Hit the full article for more info and some scans.

With all the hardware sales reports we've gotten from Enterbrain and Media Create, it's a pretty well-known fact that the DS has sold very well in Japan. But it takes a simple pic from Nintendo to really rub it in and make us see the bigger picture - one in every five Japanese folks now own a Nintendo DS. Talk about ownage.

We're done with the remake rumor, and now here's another one for us to play guessing games with. NeoGAF forum poster Wii Will Rock U a.k.a. Roger DiLuigi, who seems to have a knack for getting insider info behind the new Pokemon remakes, claims that Soul Silver and Heart Gold will have gender and breeding features. Now how is this guy credible? Hit the full article for more info.

Even though the surprise was prematurely revealed a few days ago, Pokemon Sunday went ahead and continued with the big reveal for Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. They had one thing that the leaks didn't have, though: gameplay footage.