If you're reading this, I'm sure you would be expecting Nintendo news spanning across E3. But since we're doing a QuickPeek feature on E3, we're gonna stick with the news outside the Electronic Entertainment Expo for now. Besides, there's still some non-E3 info that you might wanna catch up on, especially this week's lineup of great homebrew, so you can get those on this week's recap.

This week is heavy on the Wii. We've got publishers and first party devs all looking to pack more games for the Wii. There's Bethesda and their big plan, XSEED and their Ju-on game, some from Capcom, and even a dead rumor rises from the grave to come to the Wii. To cut a long story short, the Nintendo Wii is gonna get swarmed by new games in 2009. There's some good news for the DS and the homebrew side too, so be sure to read up on the recap, brought to you by the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

R4 cartridges not working with the DSi? Big whoop. Looks like Nintendo's efforts to block out flashcarts from the DSi is proving fruitless. Remember the guy who said he already hacked the handheld? Well here's proof. On video to boot.

Vid after the link.

Biker Mice from Mars, originally a 1993 animated TV series, is about three Martian mice named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escaped from a war on their home planet and went to Chicago. In the Windy City, they meet female mechanic named Charlene "Charley" Davidson and discover that Earth is under threat from Plutarkians - a fish-like race, who exploit other planets for natural resources. And it's up to Charley and the Martian biker mice to foil the fish-heads evil intention.

Although not a long-lived series, Biker Mice from Mars was turned into a racing video game by Konami for the Super NES in 1994. This year The GameFactory picked it up for the PS2 and DS for future release. We came upon a YouTube video claiming to be the first footage for the DS version of Biker From Mars, the authenticity of which we can't confirm nor deny at this time. But it's still a good watch so we posted it anyway: