Game Developer Choice Awards 2010 winners
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Best Handheld Game
* Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
* Flight Control (Firemint)
* Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
* Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
* Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo EAD)
Nintendo responds to NPD data, says shortages affected Wii sales
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Nintendo DS Family Sets New Portable Sales Record for February
With more than 613,000 units sold in February, the Nintendo DS™ family of systems set a new U.S. record for portable video game sales in the month of February, according to the independent NPD Group. This tally surpasses the previous record of more than 597,000 units set by Nintendo DS in February 2009.
Wii recorded another strong month of sales, despite being hindered by continued product shortages that affected U.S. retail locations during the month. Even so, Nintendo still managed to sell more than 397,000 Wii systems at retail for the month.
Media Create hardware sales (3/1 – 3/7)
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PSP – 64,808
Wii – 33,880
PS3 – 28,824
DSi LL – 23,611
DSi – 15,017
DS Lite – 4,316
Xbox 360 – 2,764
PS2 – 1,839
PSP go – 1,275
For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from February 22nd (last week).
PSP – 37,338
Wii – 36,241
PS3 – 27,763
DSi LL – 24,605
DSi – 15,586
DS Lite – 5,029
Xbox 360 – 2,510
PS2 – 1,912
PSP go – 1,296
February 2010 NPD sales data
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Hardware
PlayStation 2 101.9K
PlayStation 3 360.1K
PSP 133.4K
Xbox 360 422.0K
Wii 397.9K
Nintendo DS 613.2K
Software
BIOSHOCK 2* 360 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE Feb-10 562.9K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 555.6K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 314.3K
JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT Nov-09 275.4K
SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 272.5K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 252.8K
MASS EFFECT 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Jan-10 246.5K
DANTE’S INFERNO: DIVINE EDITION PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS Feb-10 242.5K
DANTE’S INFERNO 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Feb-10 224.7K
HEAVY RAIN PS3 SONY Feb-10 219.3K
Ghost Trick screenshots, Japanese release date
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This game will be released in Japan on June 24 for 5,040 yen.
Thanks to Robert for the news tip!
Highlight’s from Sakamoto’s GDC lecture
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Yoshio Sakamoto just finished hosting his lecture at the 2010 Game Developer’s Conference. You can check out some highlights of what was said below…
– “I consider myself the one who raised Samus. After all, the one who gave birth to Metroid is the Queen Metroid, right?”
– Friend Collection has almost sold 3 million copies in Japan
– Players will be able to download a micro-game in WarioWare D.I.Y. created by Sakamoto
– Storyline in Metroid: Other M starts right after Super Metroid ended
– Sakamoto inspired/moved by the films from Luc Besson (Leon); John Woo (A Better Tomorrow), Brian De Palma (Carrie)
– “I have great admiration for these directors, but it’s not like I have a complex about it or try to become one.”
– “To be honest, I am not a movie fanatic. However films have opened my eyes to techniques that can bring a story to life.”
– “The techniques for designing comedic games is very similar to the techniques used to create serious/scary games.”
– Mii Channel an idea resulting from Tomodachi Collection
– “I tell the story of Samus as a young girl and reveal her relationship with Adam, but that’s just a portion of Other M.”
– “(Other M is) the synthesis of all the knowhow I’ve acquired and the culmination of all the things I’ve been envisioning…”
– Sakamoto was against having the nunchuck included as part of Other M’s controls, even though Team Ninja suggested it
– Devs wanted Samus to work on a rail, but were able to make the Wiimote work without the nunchuk to create a 3D experience with a snappy 2D feel
– Nintendo, with D-Rockets and Taiyo Kimkaku created storyboards by Ryuzi Kitaura, groups focused on CG and soundtrack production
– Kuniaki Haishima working on the music for Other M
– Jessica Martin voice acting Samus in Other M, worked with many other studios, code name was Project M
– “Games can touch people and move them.”
– “I believe that it’s our job to take those moments that our spirits have been moved and represent them with understandable forms.”
Rising Star Games’ Avalon Code out tomorrow on Nintendo DS in Europe
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Don’t just save the world but choose what to rescue and create a brand new one in this beautiful, engrossing and innovative action RPG
Thursday 11th March 2010: Leading video games publisher Rising Star Games has today confirmed that Avalon Code, from the creative minds behind Rune Factory and Harvest Moon and the development studio responsible for the Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV DS remakes, will launch tomorrow on the Nintendo DS.
Media Create software sales (3/1 – 3/7)
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01. / 00. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light (Pokemon Co.) – 161.000 / NEW
02. / 00. [PSP] .hack//Link (Namco Bandai) – 60.000 / NEW
03. / 00. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) – 41.000 / NEW
04. / 04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 41.000 / 3.452.000 (-10%)
05. / 01. [PSP] Kenka Bancho 4:One Year War (Spike) – 37.000 / 108.000 (-48%)
06. / 08. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 35.000 / 2.917.000 (+5%)
07. / 00. [PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Tendou (Koei) – 33.000 / NEW
08. / 05. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai) – 29.000 / 543.000 (-35%)
09. / 09. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 26.000 / 1.720.000 (-13%)
10. / 03. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom) – 24.000 / 215.000 (-50%)
