DS

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A few old details, but most are news…

– Ukelele Pichu lives on Drop Island in Oblivia, accompanies you throughout your journey
– The ukelele plays music when electricity is used on it
– Game similar to previous Pokemon Ranger titles, play the game with
– Use a Capture Disc from the Capture Styler to obtain a Pokemon, who will then let you use its powers
– You’ll eventually be able to use a Ranger Sign to call out to past Pokemon
– Releasing March 6 in Japan
– Game has a capture mini-game, DS needs to be held sideways
– 4 player co-op for mission system
– Wi-Fi mission downloads (first will give you Deoxys)
– Can bring Deoxys to different Pokemon titles
– 4 Deoxys forms (Attack, Speed, Normal, Defense), different skills for different forms
– Form you get is based on how you finished a mission
– Preorders on January 29
– Can play a demo at a Nintendo Zone DS Station

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. BioHazard: The Darkside Chronicles Special Edition (Capcom)
4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)

Japan:
1. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
2. Zelda no Densetsu: Daichi no Kiteki (Nintendo)
3. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (Nintendo)
4. Love Plus (Konami)
5. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (Level 5).

UK:
1. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
3. Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)
4. Scrabble 2009 (Ubisoft)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

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1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 2.82 million units
2. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 2.41 million units
3. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 1.79 million units
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360) – 1.63 million units
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) – 1.12 million units
6. Wii Play w/ Wii Remote (Wii) – 1.01 million units
7. Mario Kart Wii w/ Wii Wheel (Wii) – 936.1 thousand units
8. Assassin’s Creed 2 (360) – 783.1 thousand units
9. Left 4 Dead 2 (360) – 728.5 thousand units
10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS) – 656.7 thousand units
11. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
12. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
13. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)
14. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
15. Madden NFL 10 (360)
16. Scribblenauts (DS)
17. Mario Kart DS (DS)
18. Assassin’s Creed II (PS3)
19. Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
20. Just Dance (Wii)

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– Collection of Rockman Zero games from on the GBA
– 4games
– Will cost ¥4,190
– No word on bonus content
– Releasing April 22 in Japan

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“The article quoted Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s comment accurately.” – Asahi Shimbun statement

Looks like this is turning into a real mess. First the Asahi Shimbum conducted an interview with Iwata, who apparently said that the next DS “[will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing.” However, as we know, Nintendo of America said that Iwata was misinterpreted and that he “did not make any comments regarding the functions of Nintendo’s future hardware systems.” Who should we believe?

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WiiWare:
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom, 1000 points)

DSiWare:
-Electroplankton Beatnes (Nintendo, 200 points)
-Electroplankton Hanenbow (Nintendo, 200 points)
-Sudoku Sensei (Hudson Soft, 500 points)

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“Even though the Nintendo DS posted a record year in 2009, EEDAR expects Nintendo to make an official announcement on the DS2 within the next eight months.

Nintendo has always had a controlling stake in the handheld market, despite facing numerous competitors, and EEDAR believes one of the biggest reasons for Nintendo’s success in the handheld market is their ability to remove opportunity gaps for competitors to enter. Nintendo’s transition from the GBA to the DS, a year earlier than anticipated, was a brilliant strategy to remove any upper hand the Sony PSP could have by being first to market.

Piracy continues to be an issue, not just for Nintendo, but for its third-party publishers as well. Whilst the release of the DSi has slowed down piracy, that slow down will only be temporary as hackers have already managed to bypass the new security systems built into the hardware.

Additionally, many publishers including Sega, Capcom, and now UbiSoft have all expressed that they may be reducing their exposure to Nintendo’s consoles, which will likely lead to heavy declines in both hardware and software sales for the Nintendo DS.

We believe that due to the aging technology, the possibility of new competitors in 2011, a decline in publisher support and piracy, Nintendo will launch a successor to the DS within the next 15 months, and likely announce such in the next eight months.

Of course, this should not discourage anyone from buying new DS software, as any DS successor will most likely be backwards compatible.” – EEDAR analysis

The Nintendo DSi XL just received a confirmed European release date today and the system will also be launching in North America this year. I personally think that it’d be too soon for Nintendo to announce a true DS successor, but I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised. What do you guys think?

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Wii Has the Best Month in Video Game History, Nintendo DS Has the Best Calendar Year of All Time

A holiday shopping frenzy helped both of Nintendo’s video game systems make history: Nintendo’s Wii™ home system sold more than 3.8 million units in December, a new all-time single-month U.S. sales record. The Nintendo DS™ Lite and Nintendo DSi™ hand-held systems combined to sell more than 3.3 million, the second biggest month in U.S. history.

Those strong December numbers helped propel the Nintendo DS franchise to more than 11.2 million sold in 2009, a new U.S. calendar-year sales record for any video game system – ever. The Wii console finished 2009 with 9.6 million sold. Of all the Wii consoles ever sold in the United States since its November 2006 launch, nearly one-fifth (18.7 percent) were sold during November and December 2009.

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PSP – 145,682
Wii – 76,772
PS3 – 61,591
DSi – 50,178
DSi LL – 45,221
DS Lite – 10,067
Xbox 360 – 5,461
PS2 – 3,092
PSP go – 2,841

For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from December 28, 2009 (last week).

Wii – 163,855
PSP – 132,911
PS3 – 114,368
DSi – 92,461
DSi LL – 70,643
DS Lite – 17,388
Xbox 360 – 6,878
PS2 – 4,023
PSP go – 3,903