In this top 5, I list my favorite video games based on anime. Some of the entries will surprise you, but they all have anime/manga that released either at the same time or before the game was published. There's some real juggernauts in this list, and a few surprises. Take a look, and you'll see what I mean.

Skylanders is a unique style of game in which players can interchange characters with collectible figures they place on a surface. Is this a concept that other games could utilize? Mike D from Yet Another Gaming Show looks at a couple other examples of games that could consider this very notion.

Are you shopping for Nintendo DS games this holiday season? Check out BrightHub's expanded DS holiday gift guide for all of your shopping needs for 2010.

"When 10 year old Lauren Metcalf of Marietta, GA walked into the Gwinnett Arena back in June with her mother Sandra and twin brother Marc, she was just looking to have some fun in her first competitive Pokémon Video Game tournament. To her surprise, she finds herself headed to Kona, Hawaii for the Pokémon World Video Game Championship."

"Perhaps this post isn’t anything more than me venting out my frustrations with people who refuse to understand why I would choose to play Pokemon over something like Call of Duty or World of Warcraft. Or to those who think they’ve outgrown the franchise that they used to love just because they got older."

"The latest Pokémon adventures, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version, have now arrived in Europe for the Nintendo DS and are packed with new features. From the earliest days of the Game Boy system, Pokémon games have made their mark on Nintendo handheld consoles. Now Nintendo has released completely updated versions of two classic Pokémon games, inspired by the originals but evolving to include updated graphics and sound as well as an intuitive new control system that use t..."

The PokéWalker, a pedometer used to help level up your Pokémon while walking, is one of the biggest features in the latest Nintendo DS game. However after some sleuthing, we've discovered that gamers would have to walk for about 1000 miles to get the most out of the PokéWalker.

"Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver come with a Pokewalker, a small device allowing you to bring your Pokemon with you on walks. It can be used to level up your Pokemon, catch new Pokemon, or get more items. The small addition of the Pokewalker is bringing back old Pokemon fans who haven’t played the new games. But before you run off to pick up the remake of Gold and Silver, you might want to know the problems with the Pokewalker."

"As far as Nintendo is concerned with Pokemon, just let the little critters work their magic. Pokemon has always favored little tweaks instead of major overhauls, and this remake of the original Gold and Silver games continues the tradition. Haters will accuse Nintendo of rehashing previous entries ad nauseum, so what about SS/HG stands out and makes this the Legendary one of the bunch?"

"As of this writing, we’re already three weeks into 2010. The “new” year is already practically ancient, and pretty soon we’ll have run out of time to make wild, erratic, entirely factual predictions about things that will happen over the next 11 months. So with January nearly over, we’re going for the jugular and answering the question that’s on everyone’s mind: between the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC, which gaming platform will claim victory by the end of this year.

Experts antici..."

Have you seen Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver in action? Now’s your chance. While you’re watching the video, try to pay close attention to anything that’s different about the upcoming “enhanced” remakes. Good luck—you’ll need it.

You see, there’s not much difference between the “enhanced” remakes and its recent predecessors.

"Remakes are cheap, easy, nostalgic and give younger gamers a chance to play a classic they missed due to being in the womb. After major gaming conglomerates (mostly Capcom) realized how much money they could make more and more have been popping up these days.

Within the next year gamers will see a good number of remakes; check out a handful that we can’t wait to get our grubby little paws on."