Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (11/8)
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Nintendo Download: No Matter What the Clock Says, It’s Time for Downloadable Gaming Fun
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Whether you remembered to set your clocks back for daylight saving time or spent Sunday wondering why everybody else was running an hour behind, Nintendo is ready to kick off the week with new releases that can be enjoyed no matter what time it is. Additions to the WiiWare™ service include Gods vs Humans, a strategy game that challenges you to wield divine powers, and Mix Superstar, which invites you to craft your own pop-music masterpieces. You’ll also find new downloadable titles for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service that let you experience pinball-themed adventures or vie for giant jackpots in Las Vegas.
LTD, YTD NPD hardware sales
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Lifetime-to-date
DS – 42,942,258
Wii – 30,292,231
Xbox 360 – 21,840,075
PlayStation 3 – 13,472,196
Year-to-date
DS – 4,215,500
Xbox 360 – 3,209,089
Wii – 3,157,900
PlayStation 3 – 2,343,500
Media Create software sales (10/25 – 10/31) – Top 50
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01. / 00. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) – 263.150 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 215.227 / NEW
03. / 01. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 119.485 / 427.240 (-61%)
04. / 02. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 68.686 / 4.311.998 (-16%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) – 46.516 / NEW
06. / 05. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 25.257 / 153.170 (-29%)
07. / 00. [NDS] Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Bandai Namco) – 21.915 / NEW
08. / 00. [360] Fable III (Microsoft Game Studios) – 20.025 / NEW
09. / 03. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 19.090 / 82.765 (-70%)
10. / 10. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 17.337 / 1.155.964 (+9%)
11. / 00. [PSP] Dream Club Portable (D3 Publisher) – 15.181 / NEW
12. / 00. [PS2] Hakuouki: Reimeiroku (Idea Factory) – 14.864 / NEW
13. / 00. [PSP] Da Capo I & II Plus Situation Portable (Kadokawa Shoten) – 14.256 / NEW
14. / 04. [PS3] Vanquish (Sega) – 14.042 / 62.360 (-71%)
15. / 07. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) – 12.056 / 106.928 (-52%)
16. / 00. [PSP] Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran Sangokushi Engi – Wei-Hen (Yeti) – 9.887 / NEW
17. / 11. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 9.405 / 151.153 (-37%)
18. / 00. [360] My Wife: A Wife Just for You (Idea Factory) – 8.369 / NEW
19. / 06. [PS3] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 8.260 / 33.625 (-67%)
20. / 08. [PS3] Beat Sketch! (SCE) – 7.130 / 29.295 (-68%)
More news from Iwata, others about 3DS and much more
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Iwata on 3DS hardware and software shipment figures/Miyamoto’s hobbies/Miyamoto’s DSiWare app…
“First, about the Nintendo 3DS software, you asked what the basis for our unit shipment forecast is. Please note that this forecast is Nintendo’s shipment number, so not all the 4 million hardware units and the 15 million software units are expected to reach consumers’ hands. Now that we are launching a new hardware device, for which people’s anticipation is fortunately high, and in terms of the current circumstance where a number of software developers with strong will to make the software for it are wanting to launch their software on or close to the launch date of Nintendo 3DS, we think that the company will be able to make that size of software shipment from Nintendo. In addition, since the retailers also have high expectations for this new hardware, we are expecting them to offer sufficient shelf space to showcase and sell a certain good amount of the software from the beginning. These are the reasons as to how we have come up with that software shipment figure.
I understand that your question was based upon a concern that the 3.75 tie ratio (software sales per hardware unit) will be too much for a period of just about one month from the hardware’s launch, but please understand that there is certainly a small time gap between when Nintendo ships Nintendo 3DS software to the retailers or to the third-party publishers and when this software is actually sold at the retailers, and, by taking into consideration the high expectations for this product before the launch, we have concluded that we would be able to make that shipment figure (sell-in). I hope you will understand this point.
Iwata discusses the transition from DS to 3DS, Nintendo localizing Japanese titles
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The quotes below come from Satoru Iwata, who provided the following information at a recent investor Q&A…
“We have not announced the prices of Nintendo 3DS in the overseas markets, but when you look at the suggested retail price of Nintendo 3DS in Japan, you can see that there are some price differences with that of Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi in Japan. How the market can change with such price differences shall become important.
We have experienced several transitions from one platform to a new generation in the past, but the speed at which such transitions were made greatly varied in different markets. Perhaps, the quickest of all the nations in this regard is Japan. In terms of speed, the U.K. is outstanding in Europe. On the contrary, Germany is very slow in this transition. In the U.S., so many people respond to new platforms quickly, but as for the entire video game market there, it appears to move rather slowly because there are also so many people who respond to new offers very slowly. The U.S. is a big market with such dual natures. Given the difference in the speeds at which each market shifts to a new platform, how Nintendo should spend what amount of energy in order to launch and market many new Nintendo DS software titles must be slightly different from market to market.
Ubisoft Announces Three New Tracks for Michael Jackson The Experience
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• Dirty Diana
• Speed Demon
• Streetwalker
Fans and consumers can pre-order Michael Jackson The Experience by visiting
either retail locations or online retailers nationwide and to get the latest updates on the game, fans can join the official Michael Jackson The Experience Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MichaelJacksonTheExperience.The Michael Jackson The Experience track list announced to date now includes:
This information comes from Nintendo Power…
– Called Clay Fighter: Call of Putty
– Updated version of Clay Fighter 63 1/3 for the N64
– 16 fighters
– Bad Mr. Frosty, Kung Pow, High Five, Bonker, Lady Liberty, and Sumo Santa, Boogerman, Earthworm Jim included
– Standard punches and kicks (3 strengths each)
– Powerful meter-based supermoves
– Finishing moves (Claytalities)
– Training mode
– Single-player story mode available
– Exhibition matches and 2-player versus mode as well
– Late 2010/early 2011 release
Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Party (Nintendo)
3. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo)
2. Wii Party (Nintendo)
3. Keito no Kirby (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. Wii Party (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. GoldenEye 007 (Activision)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
3. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo)
4. Let’s Draw! (Majesco)
5. Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Nintendo).
Japan:
1. Radiant Historia (Atlus)
2. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo)
3. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo)
4. Ougon no Taiyou: Shikkokunaru Yoake (Nintendo)
5. Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Namco)
UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo)
2. Sight Training (Nintendo)
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Let’s Draw! (Majesco)
