North America:
1. The Legendary Starfy (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
2. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
3. Dragon Quest V (Square Enix)
4. Gyakuten Kenji (Capcom)
5. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Square Enix)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
3. Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)
4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
5. Classic Word Games (Ubisoft)

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NPD top 20 sales

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1. Prototype (360) – Activision
2. UFC 2009: Undisputed (360) – THQ
3. EA Sports Active Bundle (Wii) – EA
4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) – EA
5. Wii Fit (Wii) – Nintendo
6. Fight Night Round 4 (360) – EA
7. Fight Night Round 4 (PS3) – EA
8. Mario Kart (Wii) – Nintendo
9. Red Faction: Guerrilla (360) – THQ
10. Infamous (PS3) – Sony
11. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360) – Atari
12. UFC 2009 Undisputed (PS3) – THQ
13. Prototype (PS3) – Activision
14. Pokemon Platinum (DS) – Nintendo
15. Punch-Out!! (Wii) – Nintendo
16. Wii Play (Wii) – Nintendo
17. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (360) – EA
18. Mario Kart DS (DS) – Nintendo
19. The Legendary Starfy (DS) – Nintendo
20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – Nintendo

First day sales in Japan

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Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS3) – 45,000 (42%)
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS2) – 25,000 (34%)
Ys I & II Chronicles (PSP) – 10,000 (34%)
Kupu!! Mame Goma! (DS) – 1,100 (5%)

Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box European boxart/art

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Hysteria Hospital is out now

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Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward launches today!
Northampton, UK 17th July 2009 – Reach for your stethoscope and grab your nurse’s outfit as Oxygen Games announces the arrival of Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward, out now!
Showing in the top ten pre-orders on Amazon, Play and GAME since its announcement in April, and launching today on GAME at number two, the wait is over, get your copy now!
At Hysteria Hospital, life will prove to be a manic challenge. Players will have several levels of the hospital to navigate, and they will have to reach desperate patients and demanding doctors within a set period of time. The frenzy inside the hospital will increase as the game progresses with more and more demanding patients desperate to be cured!

Internet Gaming Phenomenon Draws the Line on Nintendo (UK)

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Line Rider FreestyleTM, the evolution of the game that attracted 4 million players in one month, launches on Nintendo DSTM today
London, UK – 17th July 2009 – Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, tomorrow launches the long-awaited Nintendo DS version of the internet phenomenon game, Line Rider™.
Line Rider Freestyle takes the original concept and hones it perfectly to make use of the two screens and the Nintendo DS stylus, creating a compelling, addictive, and portable extension to the game played by millions of people worldwide.

Balloon Trip of Love details

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– Tingle doesn’t have a girlfriend
– Buys a book which says will make him a god amongst the ladies
– Gets sucked in by the book
– Tingle doesn’t become “Tingle” until he gets sucked in by the book
– Need to get back to the real world
– Hear someone say that you can get back to the real world by dancing with the Princess at a festival being held in the city
– Meet Wizard of Oz-like friends who join you – Scarecrow (wants intelligence), tin man (actually a woman, wants a heart), lion (coward)
– Use touch screen to do everything
– Tingle won’t always be treated nicely by some girls
– Releasing August 4

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Welcome Home Chibi-Robo! Happy, Rich Big Sweep screenshots

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Media Create hardware sales (7/6 – 7/12)

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Media Create has published the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. The results are below.

DSi – 118,202
PSP – 26,527
Wii – 22,141
DS Lite – 10,161
PS3 – 9,864
Xbox 360 – 3,561
PS2 – 3,508

For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from the week of June 29th (last week).

DSi – 46,855
PSP – 32,849
Wii – 24,971
PS3 – 11,196
DS Lite – 7,507
Xbox 360 – 5,876
PS2 – 3,734

Nintendo DS Franchise Sells More than All Home Consoles Combined in June

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Nintendo DS Franchise Sells More than All Home Consoles Combined in June
In the United States in June, the Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems combined to sell more than 766,000 units, more than all current-generation consoles combined, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. U.S. consumers purchased more than 424,000 Nintendo DSi systems and more than 342,000 Nintendo DS systems in June.
Wii™ marked its 21st consecutive month as the top-selling U.S. home console, with nearly 362,000 sold. Consumers also snapped up nearly 374,000 Wii MotionPlus™ accessories, including nearly 205,000 packaged with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 from Electronic Arts and 169,000 additional accessories sold on their own. The Wii Sports Resort™ game launches July 26 and comes packaged with Wii MotionPlus.