REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Most musicians dream of one day reaching platinum success. A new Nintendo DS™ bundle lets aspiring axe shredders claim that coveted status right from day one. The new Silver/Black Nintendo DS branded with the Guitar Hero® logo will be available exclusively as part of a limited-time bundle with Guitar Hero®: On Tour. For the first time, this smash-hit franchise is playable on a portable video game system using the revolutionary Guitar Hero™ Guitar Grip™ peripheral and fully tapping into the distinctive abilities of the Nintendo DS hardware.
Available on June 22, 2008, at North American retailers nationwide, the bundle provides a cool combo package for grads about to head off to college as well as summertime, road-tripping rockers of all ages.
“This one-of-a-kind bundle makes Nintendo DS even more appealing to our ever-growing audience of players,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Like Nintendo DS itself, the Guitar Hero franchise has attracted millions of new players to the world of video games.”

Japanese software sales (6/2 – 6/8)

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01./00. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai-Namco) – 92,000 / NEW
02./00. [WII] Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 3 (Sega) – 59,000 / NEW
03./01. [PSP] Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) – 43,000 / 159,000
04./03. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 39,000 / 1,406,000
05./00. [NDS] DS Misa Yamamura Suspense: Kyoto Murder Files (Tecmo) – 38,000 / NEW
06./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 35,000 / 2,177,000
07./04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 34,000 / 2,190,000
08./00. [360] Ninja Gaiden 2 (Tecmo) – 25,000 / NEW
09./06. [WII] Family Trainer (Bandai-Namco) – 15,000 / 59,000
10./12. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) – 15,000 / 267,000

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Games appearing at Square Enix’s DKΣ3713 event

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Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Kingdom Hearts Coded
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Dissidia Final Fantasy
The 3rd Birthday
Sigma Harmonics
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete

The absence of Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers does not seem too encouraging…I’d say that if we don’t hear any news about the title at E3, the project is as good as dead.

Famitsu news

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Wario Land Shake / Nintendo / July 24th / 5800YEN
– Feature anime cut scenes from Production I.G.
– Same screens from those in the Wario Land Shake thread
RIZ-ZOAWD(Or is it Resort? Whatever…)/ Winter / D3
– RPG?
– Developer: Media Vision (Wild Arms)
– Characters are controlled by a track ball on the DS touch screen.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku / Broccoli / Aug 28th / 5040YEN

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Latest Famitsu review scores

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Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball (Wii, Nintendo): 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 – (29/40)
Spectral Force Genesis (NDS, Idea Factory): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 – (24/40)
Ohimesama Debut (NDS, Cave): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 – (26/40)
Watashi no Pony (NDS, Starfish): 5 / 6 / 4 / 5 – (20/40)
Super Robot Taisen A Portable (PSP, Banpresto): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 – (30/40)
Narnia Kuni Monogatari Dai-2-Shou: Caspian Ouji no Tsunobue (Wii, Disney): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 – (26/40)
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4 (Wii/PS2, Koei): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 – (31/40)
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (Xbox 360, Empire): 7 / 7 / 7 / 6 – (27/40)

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Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise gameplay footage

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OFLC ratings update

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Spore Creatures (DS) – G
Bangai-O Spirits (DS) – PG
Monster Lab (Wii, DS) – G

Latest gamesTM review scores

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Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) – 8
Race Driver: Grid (Multi) – 8
Age of Conan (360) – 8
Tekken 6 (Arcade) – 7
Haze (PS3) – 5
Ninja Gaiden 2 (360) – 7
Lego Indiana Jones (Multi) – 6
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS) – 8
Target Terror (Wii) – 4
Soul Bubbles (DS) – 7
1942 Joint Strike (360, PS3) – 8
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 – (Multi) – 5
Boom Blox (Wii) – 6
New International Track & Field (DS) – 5

Thanks to LinkMario8 for the heads up!