Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Wii Music (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
4. We Ski (Namco Bandai)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo).
Japan:
1. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo)
2. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Sega)
3. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo)
4. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party (Ubisoft)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
5. Littlest Pet Shop: Winter (EA Games)
Japan:
1. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo)
2. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
3. Pocket Monsters Platinum (Nintendo)
4. Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou (Nintendo)
5. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. MySims Kingdom (EA Games)
Blue Dragon Plus 2 confirmed as Blue Dragon: Colossal Beast of the Underworld
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– Mistwalker involved
– real-time RPG
– control a (nameless, as of right now) protagonist
– customize your character with armor
– blue shadows still involved, and you might borrow them from Kluke and Jiro
– due out sometime next year in Japan
Claymore releasing for DS in 2009
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– Claymore is an anime series
– Main character is Clare
– Battle Yoma (ghosts)
– Yoma can be sensed by Clare
– Releasing Spring 2009, developed and published by Digital Works Entertainment
Koch Media and Gammick Entertainment conclude publishing deal for “Fritz” on consoles
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Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and Gammick Entertainment, a Spanish producer and developer of computer and video games, today announced the conclusion of a publishing agreement. According to this agreement, Koch Media will handle the world-wide publication, distribution and marketing of the Chess game “Fritz” for Nintendo DS™, Wii™ and PLAYSTATION®3. The console adaptation of This successful Chess simulation will be published under Koch Media’s games label Deep Silver.
Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media, comments on the new deal: “We are happy that the successful chess brand ‘Fritz’ will soon reach console enthusiasts as well.” Dr. Kundratitz goes on to say: “The Chess program ‘Fritz’ has beaten the world’s best players and, with its brand-new game modes, now aims to challenge console gamers as well.”
Japanese hardware sales (12/1 – 12/7)
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DSi 126,648
Wii 56,702
PSP 54,782
PS3 30,309
DS Lite 12,096
Xbox 360 9,988
PS2 5,743
European/Australian Wii Shop Channel update
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VC
– Boogerman A Pick and Flick Adventure – 800 Wii points
– Last Ninja 3 – 500 Wii points
– Impossible Mission 2 -500 Wii points
Nintendo responds to NPD data
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Wii and Nintendo DS Set Historic New U.S. Sales Records
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– With more than 3.6 million combined systems sold in November, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ set new hardware sales records, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. The Wii console sold more than 2 million in November, a new all-time record for a non-December month. The Nintendo DS system sold more than 1.56 million in November, which is now the second-highest total for a non-December month in history. The Wii console has sold 15.4 million in the United States since it launched in November 2006, and Nintendo DS has sold nearly 24.6 million in the United States since it launched in November 2004.
“Nintendo’s record-breaking sales demonstrate that consumers are looking for the best value not only among video games, but also among all entertainment options,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Shoppers are looking for gifts that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and Nintendo provides an incomparable range of experiences that gets the whole family involved.”
