The Joystiq Weekend: March 3 - 4, 2007

By Ross Miller
What depresses us is not the loss of Pikmin, but of the cat after he swallows the poison variant. Then again, the thought of pastel pests jumping all over our feline friend is very amusing. Here are the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 19 – Feb. 25: never say noir edition
Today's hottest video: New Battlefield teaser
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: poison mushroom edition

News
AP ignores Paris, who should we ignore?
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl goes G.O.L.D.
Planetside monthly subscription going up by $2
First ever HD South Park episode for free on Xbox Live Marketplace
In defense of the "PlayStation generation"
Pepsi taps into today's culture with ... pinball?
Trippy Flash game To-Suta involves flying toasters, rainbows

Rumors & Speculation
PlayStation 2: thriving or failing?

Culture & Community
Give us these DS games ... or else!
Zelda music nails the golden ratio
Student Postmortem with DigiPen's Toblo
Pokemon Online taunts Nintendo's lawyers

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