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Sunsoft, a division of SUNCORPORATION, has today announced their return to active console game publishing for the North American market, aided by startup GAIJINWORKS.

Kiharu Yoshida, CEO of SUNCORPORATION (JASDAQ: 6736) initiated a meeting to discuss the possibility of reinvigorating the Sunsoft console gaming brand in the USA. At that meeting, it was quickly obvious that the relationship was a great fit. GAIJINWORKS President, Victor Ireland states, “My relationship with Sunsoft and Yoshida-san goes back more than 15 years, and when this opportunity presented itself to help Sunsoft return to the US console market, it was a natural fit for both our companies.”

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– Game allows you to explore PokePark
– Big/varied world
– Blaziken’s Punching Rocks minigame: Shake Wii remote, destroy rocks thrown by Blaziken at the right moment
– Empoleon’s Snow Rider minigame: Head down an icy slope, time attack setup
– Dusknoir’s Classic Running minigame: Race that involves running/destroying objects throughout the course
Absol’s Tsugi Tsugi Hurdle minigame: Race that involves leaping over obstacles (like Dugtrio)
Bastiodon’s Panel Crush minigame: Need to throw balls at panels to earn points, speed of the balls will increase slowly
– Password system in the game to receive in-game items
– “78872252,” the first password, nets you a Surfboard item to use in the Marine Slider minigame even if you don’t have a water Pokemon

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WiiWare:
Chokkan! Balance Labyrinth (Game Loft, 500pts)

DSiWare:
GG Series Black X Block (Genterprise, 200pts)
Sekai Tangen – Kokki World Map (ISP, 200pts)
Map Map! By Gochikentei DS (Spike, 200pts)
Artist ni narou! Minna no Nurie Shoukyuu Hen (ERTAIN, 500pts)
UNO (Gameloft, 500pts)
Kappa-do (Nintendo, 500pts)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Rensasuru Noroi & Nazo no Jikenbo (Arc System Works, 500pts)

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TOMY Corporation today released tips and tricks and Anbu Kakashi jutsu moves for the recently released NARUTO™ Shippuden: Clash of Ninja® Revolution 3. The guide reveals hints, tips and tricks for 14 of the 40 playable characters, as well as gameplay footage of Anbu Kakashi unleashing his signature jutsu. Players can now witness the death-defying ninja moves of one of the most famous Naruto heroes and learn character-specific tips for some of the ultimate ninjas that are playable in the game.

Now available exclusively for Wii™ for just $39.99, the classic 3D fighting game features new and improved gameplay mechanics, multiple gameplay modes, and for the first time, Wi-Fi multiplayer functionality.

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SFC:
-Final Fight 3 (Capcom)

MSX:
-Metal Gear (Konami)
-Yie Ar Kung Fu II (Konami)

VCA:
-Tank Force (Namco Bandai)
-Valkyrie no Densetsu (Namco Bandai)

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Virtual Console:
-Earthworm Jim 2 (800 points, Interplay)

WiiWare:
-Happy Holidays: Christmas (500 points, 505 Games)
-Mahjong (500 points, GameOn)

DSiWare:
-A Little Bit of… Magic Made Fun: Matchmaker (200 points, Nintendo)
-Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes (800 points, EA)
-Just Sing! Christmas Songs (200 points, DTP Entertainment)
-myNotebook: Red (200 points, Nnooo)

Thanks to Robert for the news tip!

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 420,000
Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) – 202,000
Gundam vs. Gundam Next (PSP) – 170,000
Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii) – 81,000
Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3) – 28,000
Tokimemo 4 (PSP) – 28,000
Power Pro Pocket 12 (DS) – 23,000
Assassin’s Creed 2 (360) – 21,000
Kaiju Busters (DS) – 10,000
Yggdra Unision (DS) – 4,700

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Media Create has published the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. The results are below.

DSi LL – 67,243
Wii – 46,673
PS3 – 46,558
PSP – 38,839
DSi – 37,021
DS Lite – 7,268
PSP go – 3,809
Xbox 360 – 3,685
PS2 – 2,057

For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from November 16 (last week).

DSi LL – 100,553
PS3 – 34,752
Wii – 32,844
PSP – 32,752
DSi – 32,070
DS Lite – 5,051
PSP go – 4,574
Xbox 360 – 4,085
PS2 – 2,024