Konami announces Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia for Nintendo DS
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Follow-Up to the Smash Hit Brings All-New Gameplay Elements Including 3,200 Playable Cards, Duelist Calculator, Worldwide Leaderboards and Wi-Fi Rankings
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – December 16, 2009 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia for Nintendo DS™. Torn from the immensely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s animated series in TheCW4Kids block on The CW Television Network and on Cartoon Network. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia marries intricate storylines and new gameplay features making for the most robust Yu-Gi-Oh! experience to ever hit the Nintendo DS!Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia’s story mode proceeds with a parallel story arch from the animated series involving the reprise of the Dark Signers and their quest for supremacy over New Domino City. After being banned to the Underworld, these Earthbound Immortals will stop at nothing to overthrow the rule of New Domino City and destroy Satellite. To defeat them, players will enlist the help of some of their favorite characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe! Compete in story mode or free duel mode against Jack, Yusei or any of the 20 new characters to take on the Dark Signers in an epic battle to settle the score between light and dark!
Aonuma on how Zelda’s role in Spirit Tracks was decided, more
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All of the following information comes from Eiji Aonuma, who spoke with Famitsu about the development of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks…
– How did the project get started?
“First, let me talk about Phantom Hourglass. I’ve been making 3D Zelda games ever since I worked on Ocarina of Time, but really, I hadn’t been able to change the core of the game at all in any project. There have been new gimmicks and ways of presenting it, but I couldn’t fundamentally change the way the game was played. With the Nintendo DS and its new features, though, I could make a really ‘new Zelda’ with the hardware. You could say as a result that Phantom Hourglass was a dream come true for me. It was extremely fulfilling for me to make, but I did also have some things in my mind I had to leave behind for that project. The previous game had Wi-Fi battles where you drew lines to move Phantom Guardians around, and it was pretty fun — I figured that having that gameplay be part of the main story would result in another ‘new Zelda,’ and that’s where Spirit Tracks began.”
– Where did the idea of adventuring along with Princess Zelda herself come from?
“I thought the idea of working together with the Phantom Guardians in your adventure was pretty fun,” Aonuma said. “But they’re enemies, after all, so we had to think up some kind of motive for them to be your friends. At the same time, though, I liked how the Phantoms were a sort of ‘unbeatable enemy’ in the last game and I didn’t want to change that. That’s how we began to think about some way to use Princess Zelda.”
– Was it hard for her to make the jump, so to speak?
“People on the staff have wanted to have Zelda in the game for ages, but if we did that, then her skirt becomes an issue. Having girls in dresses in an action game is kind of hard to deal with. That’s how we got the idea of having her body stolen and her soul going inside Phantom Guardians.”
Transformers: War for Cybertron explores a brand new, pivotal chapter in Transformers lore
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New Action Game Delves Deep into the TRANSFORMERS Universe, Introduces All-New Visualisations of Iconic Characters in 2010
London, UK – 16th December, 2009 – Experience the legendary battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Transformers™: War for Cybertron is in development by award-winning High Moon Studios. Based on Hasbro’s legendary TRANSFORMERS property, the game takes players to the TRANSFORMERS characters’ home planet of CYBERTRON for a new look into the epic story of the grand civil war that spawned one of the most brutal rivalries of all time.
“Transformers: War for Cybertron is an origins story, taking players on a gripping, adrenaline-fueled journey that precedes the TRANSFORMERS characters’ arrival on Earth,” said Rob Kostich, head of marketing, licensed products, Activision Publishing, Inc. “The game transports players to a living, metallic planet where they will battle as giant converting robots in single player, online co-op or head-to-head multiplayer matches that are fully immersive from start to finish.”
Famitsu hardware sales (12/7 – 12/13)
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It seems like some of these numbers come directly from Famitsu while others are from Sinobi…
Wii – 142,000
PS3 – 76,000
PSP – 71,000
DSi – 70,000
DSi LL – 60,000
Xbox 360 – 10,000 (roughly)
DS Lite – 10,000
PSP go – 3,300
Famitsu software sales (12/7 – 12/13)
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1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2. [WII] Tales of Graces
3. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
4. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
5. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3
6. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
7. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSiver
8. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2
9. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
10. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Great Adventure
Official Media Create numbers will be posted later tonight.
Estpolis: The Lands Cursed by the Gods Famitsu images
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Famitsu review scores
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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) – 10/9/9/9
Lina no Atelier: Strahl no Renkinjutsushi (DS) – 8/8/7/8
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP) – 8/8/7/8
Darius Burst (PSP) – 7/8/8/7
Metal Slug XX (PSP) – 7/7/8/7
PostPet DS (DS) – 7/7/7/7
Lucky Star: Net Idol Meister (PSP) – 8/8/6/6
Simple 2500 Series Portable!! Vol. 13: The Akuma Hunters – Exorsister (PSP) – 7/6/6/6
Koro Pata (DS) – 7/6/5/7
Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance (360) – 6/7/6/5
G4TV’s Best of 2009 winners
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Dragon’s Lair launching on DSiWare soon
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Digital Leisure is excited to announce that arcade classic “Dragon’s Lair” will soon be available on Nintendo’s DSiWare™ service.
No quarters needed! You’ll soon have your chance to take on all the “Lair” has to throw at you, right in the palm of your hand. For the first time on any handheld Nintendo® system, you’ll be able to play Dirk in his original animated form – no pixel graphics here!
The top 10 best-selling games of 2009 thus far in Japan
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This data is based on Famitsu numbers…
01 . [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) – 4.038.990 / 4.038.990
02 . [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – 3.021.701 / 3.021.701
03 . [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 1.709.209 / 1.709.209
04 . [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 1.355.478 / 1.355.478
05 . [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 942.128 / 942.128
06 . [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) – 939.707 / 939.707
07 . [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 936.734 / 936.734
08 . [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) – 886.898 / 1.086.015
09 . [NDS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo) – 663.484 / 663.484
10 . [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) – 659.104 / 659.104
And here’s what the chart looks like without titles from Nintendo…
01 . [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) – 4.038.990 / 4.038.990 (until 29/11/09)
02 . [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) – 939.707 / 939.707 (until 08/11/09)
03 . [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) – 886.898 / 1.086.015 (until 29/11/09)
04 . [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) – 659.104 / 659.104 (until 29/11/09)
05 . [PS3] Yakuza 3 (Sega) – 499.436 / 499.436 (until 12/07/09)
06 . [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) – 495.751 / 495.751 (until 26/07/09)
07 . [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) – 482.291 / 482.291 (until 12/07/09)
08 . [PSP] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (Koei) – 383.600 / 383.600 (until 12/07/09)
09 . [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – 321.722 / 321.722 (until 29/11/09)
10 . [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Namco Bandai) – 317.543 / 317.543 (until 12/07/09)