{"id":4197,"date":"2010-09-21T06:45:39","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4197"},"modified":"2010-09-17T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T19:50:32","slug":"doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who is Coming to Nintendo &#8211; Watch Out, Mario!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Doctor Who<\/em> is coming to the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS!\u00a0 Well&#8230; at least for British people it is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nintendo has announced there will be two new games and some Sonic Screwdriver accessories released in the UK and Australia later this year.\u00a0 <em>Doctor Who: Return To Earth<\/em> will be released for the Wii along with <em>Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth<\/em> for the Nintendo DS.\u00a0 Both games should be available in the UK and Australia on October 29.\u00a0 The games will feature the current Doctor and his companion Amy Pond.\u00a0 Both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be involved in the game and the storylines were created by the <em>Doctor Who<\/em> production team.\u00a0 In regard to accessories, there will be a Sonic Screwdriver Wii remote and a Sonic Screwdriver DS stylus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Doctor Who Nintendo Sonic Screwdriver Wii Remote\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwho_wiiremote.jpg\" alt=\"Doctor Who Nintendo Sonic Screwdriver Wii Remote\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Doctor Who Nintendo DS Sonic Screwdriver Stylus\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwho_dsstylus.jpg\" alt=\"Doctor Who Nintendo DS Sonic Screwdriver Stylus\" width=\"500\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These accessories are so friggin&#8217; cool!\u00a0 I may just order the Sonic Screwdriver stylus for the Rambunctious Rascal to use with his DS.\u00a0 I wonder if the games will play on US systems.\u00a0 Anyone know if there are restrictions on games per Region like there are for DVD players?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information on the games, <a title=\"Doctor Who Nintendo Games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk\/article.php?id=19538\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information on the accessories, <a title=\"Doctor Who Nintendo Accessories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk\/article.php?id=19702\" target=\"_self\">please click here<\/a>.\u00a0 <a title=\"The Escapist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/news\/view\/103019-Doctor-Who-Warps-Onto-Nintendo-Consoles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">According to The Escapist<\/a>, it&#8217;s unlikely these games will be released in the US.\u00a0 Thanks to my good buddy Shawn for sending this information my way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4197\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4197\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4197\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/21\/doctor-who-is-coming-to-nintendo-watch-out-mario\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor Who is coming to the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS!\u00a0 Well&#8230; 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