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Tingle website opens

Posted on 15 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in News | 1 Comment

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We discussed how a new Tingle game was being teased in the latest edition of Famitsu a few days ago, but now Nintendo has opened up an official website. There’s not much to do upon visiting, though you can participate in a tarot cards reading. A trailer is expected next Thursday.

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First day sales in Japan

Posted on 15 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

Infinite Space (DS) – 30,000 (65%)
Chibi-Robo, Wii de Asobu (Wii) – 6,000 (20%)
Onore no Shinzuru Michi wo Yuke (PSP) – 2,000 (10%)
Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes, Wii de Asobu (Wii) – 1,500 (10%)
Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd Portable (PSP) – LE 1,000 (35%)
Majo ni Naru (DS) – 800 (10%)

Looks like New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2 is off to a very slow start in Japan.


DSi 38,783
PSP 29,070
Wii 17,177
PS3 10,173
Xbox 360 6,625
DS Lite 5,664
PS2 4,096

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Course: Boss Stage
Objective: Beat Topman
Secondary objective: Push Topman off the terrain, watch out for breaking pieces from the sage
Tournament date: 6/15 – 6/25


Nintendo News

Nintendo DS Brand Continues Hot Streak, Wii Hits 20 Million Sales Milestone

The Nintendo DS™ franchise continued its strong sales and placed No. 1 across all platforms for May, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. U.S. consumers purchased nearly 390,000 Nintendo DSi™ systems and nearly 244,000 Nintendo DS systems in May, for a combined total of more than 633,000 hand-helds. Total Nintendo DS franchise sales are at more than 31 million in the United States.

Nintendo’s Wii™ console also hit a major milestone in May. With more than 289,000 unit sales in May, U.S. Wii sales crossed the 20 million mark after just 31 months on the market, reinforcing its position as the fastest-selling console in history.


New York, NY – June 11, 2009 – MTV Games’ Harmonix Music Systems, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), the leading developer of music-based games, announced an extraordinary partnership with Warner Bros. Records and Green Day today to bring the music of multi-platinum, Grammy® Award winning Green Day, exclusively to Rock Band ®. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool are the latest artists to bring songs from their impressive catalogue of hits to MTV’s genre defining, multi-million selling Rock Band® music video game platform that allows music fans and gamers to interact with and discover music like never before by choosing guitar, drums, vocals, or bass to start a band and rock the world.

The first selection of Green Day songs to arrive on Rock Band as downloadable content will be a three-pack of songs from their latest release, 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th including: 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere. Additional Green Day songs and projects will be announced at a later date.


“Last year we focused on Wii Music, and that is a title that’s very important to [Nintendo’s head of game development, Shigeru] Miyamoto, and for all of the criticism, it’s still a title that on a global basis has sold over two million copies.”

“I have personally seen a lot of iterations of similar technology (speaking about Sony/Microsoft’s motion sensing tech). Our first reaction is that it is ironic that, three or four years ago, the prevailing industry opinion was that prettier pictures or more horsepower were the waves of the future. And now it’s clear from both of our competitors that physical activity in gaming is the wave of the future. It’s also ironic that, for Nintendo, the future is here. The future is now.”

“(speaking of a DSi VC service) I know there has been a lot of speculation, but we have no plans for that.”

The most important point in these updates from Reggie – for me at least – is that there are “no plans” for the DSi VC. I was shocked that Nintendo did not make an announcement at E3…It’s something that I feel would not only make sense from a financial standpoint, but also from a consumer point of view.

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Thanks to Jake for the news tip!



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