Don’t be surprised when a game thusly named burgles all your free time
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15, 2009 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that it has secured the North American publishing rights for Steal Princess™ for Nintendo DS™, a puzzle/platformer hybrid on a mission to break the mold and redefine a couple of genres in the process. Over 150 levels of increasing complexity eagerly look forward to pushing your central processing unit (i.e., your brain) to its limits. When you’ve completed the stages provided, wipe your well-earned tears of joy away and jump into the powerful level creator to design your own devilishly tough maps, placing enemies, constructing moving platforms, and even setting custom victory conditions! Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support allows your custom creations to be shared online with anyone across North America!
Steal Princess is scheduled for release on March 24, 2009, with an MSRP of $34.99.
For more information about Steal Princess, visit the official website:
http://www.atlus.com/stealprincess

Japanese hardware sales (1/5 – 1/11)

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DSi 78,201
PSP 60,495
Wii 41,243
PS3 28,144
DS Lite 23,429
Xbox 360 10,554 PS2 6,628

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Wii & Nintendo DS Set New Industry Records

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Wii & Nintendo DS Set New Industry Records
Wii Sells 10.17 Million Units & DS Sells 9.95 Million Units in a Year
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Before 2008, no video game system had ever been purchased by ten million Americans in a single year. But according to independent sales data released today by the NPD Group, the Wii™ console from Nintendo did just that, even during these economic times, with 2008 unit sales of 10.17 million. The Nintendo DS™ portable handheld system came in a close second, with 2008 unit sales of 9.95 million. Each of them broke the previous yearly unit sales record set in 2007 by Nintendo DS with sales of 8.52 million.
Consequently, Wii represented 55% of all next generation home console sales in 2008, while Nintendo DS claimed 72% of all portable system sales in 2008.

Possible Japanese boxart for Mario & Luigi 3 revealed

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Keep in mind that this might not be the final Japanese boxart.

Thanks to Jake for the news tip.

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December 2008 NPD sales data – DS at over 3 million, Wii over 2 million

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Software sales

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E)
360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 EVERYONE (E)
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2008 EVERYONE (E)
WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD OCT 2008 TEEN (T)
360 GEARS OF WAR 2 MICROSOFT (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
360 LEFT 4 DEAD ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
NDS MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2005 EVERYONE (E)
PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2008 EVERYONE (E)

Hardware sales

PlayStation 2 410K
PlayStation 3 726K
PlayStation Portable 1.02 million
Xbox 360 1.44 million
Nintendo Wii 2.15 million
Nintendo DS 3.04 million

Europe – Wii install base at 14.2 million, DS install base at 31 million

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15th January 2009. Continued strong demand for Wii and Nintendo DS in 2008 has resulted in record sales for both consoles in Europe.
Sales of Wii continued on their upward trajectory – with over 8.3 million units sold in 2008 alone, a 58% increase on 2007 and the largest annual sales of home consoles in European gaming history. These sales take the total installed base of Wii in Europe to more than 14.2 million.
In its third year on the market, Nintendo DS continues to break all previous sales records. In 2008 over 11.2 million Nintendo DS consoles were sold – which is the largest ever annual sales of a gaming console in European history. This takes the total number of Nintendo DS consoles now sold to European consumers to over 31 million.
“The sales trend on both Wii and Nintendo DS, hardware and software during 2008 shows that more and more people in Europe are enjoying video games as part of their daily lives. This proves that Nintendo’s wish to expand the gaming population has strong potential in Europe,” said Laurent Fischer, Managing Director, Marketing & PR, Nintendo of Europe.

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Inukana no Ichizoku trailer

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Rumor: First details on Spore for Wii, new Spore game for DS

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The PC and DS versions of Spore were released last year, but there hasn’t been a ton of news about the Wii version. It was a few months ago that Spore was confirmed to be Wii-bound, though now there are the first alleged details about the game. According to GamePro’s German website, Spore on Wii will be given the title “Spore Heroes.” The game won’t be a port, but a new entry in the franchise. A few members of the press were allowed to see a sneak-peak of the game in the form of a trailer. Good news for fans – he trailer will apparently become available to the public soon.

Also coming from the GamePro, the site claims that another game for the DS is in development, named Spore Hero Arena. More details on both Spore Heroes and Spore Hero Arena should be on the way in the near future.

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