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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Surely some of you remember Duludubi Star. For those of you who may have forgotten, it’s a PC title that garnered a great deal of attention for its resemblance to Super Mario Galaxy.

There’s another Chinese-made gaming ripoff in development, and I have a feeling that it will soon be as notorious as Duludubi Star.

This “new” game – unfortunately I don’t have title to give you folks – is for the App Store. It mimics just about everything from Mario Kart Wii: tracks, power-ups, and objects including item boxes. Heck, even the graphics are comparable.

This is by far the craziest Nintendo-related ripoff I’ve seen since Duludubi Star. I’d say that it’s even worse than Super Jump Bros!

You can find a few screenshots of the App Store game above. If that’s not enough to convince you that it’s a very blatant ripoff, perhaps this trailer will convince you.

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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy’s demo will be available on Wednesday through the Japanese store. Strangely, it can only be accessed three times. Once this play limit has been reached, the demo will basically become dead weight on the home menu as it can never be used again. That’s pretty darn strict!

Namco Bandai will also bring the same demo to Japanese retailers.

The company hasn’t said if the demo will also arrive on the North American and European eShops.

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The information below comes from Enterbrain/Famitsu data taken between November 28 and December 25…

01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 1,072,391 / NEW
02. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G – 809,322 / NEW
03. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 – 697,146 / NEW
04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land – 499,669 / 1,042,511
05. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. – 432,391 / NEW
06. [Wii] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 250,497 / 498,428
07. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven GO – 232,052 / NEW
08. [PS3] Musou Orochi 2 – 210,553 / NEW
09. [Wii] Just Dance – 201,996 / 427,874
10. [Wii] Wii Party – 156,780 / 2,123,773

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The latest Nintendo Power is known as the “January/February” issue. We’ve never seen the magazine “merge” two months into one before. What happened there?

Editor in chief Chris Slate explained that a “scheduling quirk” led to the latest issue being called the “January/February” edition:

“On a side note, this issue is labeled ‘January/February’ due to a scheduling quirk, but things will go back to normal with the March issue, which will be followed by April, May, June, etc. Subscribers will still get the same number of copies they signed up for, so just ignore the slight strangeness of the ‘January/February phrasing, and everything will seem perfectly normal.”

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Wedbush and the EEDAR have provided predictions for the December 2011 NPD report. The actual data will be made available on Thursday.

Wedbush / EEDAR November sales estimates (change year-on-year):

360 – 2,350,000 (27%) / 2,400,000 (29%)
PS3 – 1,700,000 (41%) / 1,350,000 (12%)
3DS – 1,625,000 (n/a) / 1,650,000 (n/a)
Wii – 1,100,000 (-53%) / 1,700,000 (-28%)
DS – 275,000 (-89%) / 650,000 (-74%)
PSP – 325,000 (-24%) / 375,000 (-12%)
PS2 – 30,000 (-60%) / n/a
Total – 7,405,000 (-12%) / 8,125,000 (-4%)

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Koei Tecmo, Square Enix, and SEGA will all be dead in ten years. Nintendo, on the other hand, will most likely still be on its feet.

It’s anybody’s guess if this will actually happen, but this is how Japanese publication Shukan Gendai believes things will play out over the next decade.

The magazine rated various gaming companies on a scale of one-to-ten. A zero means that the company will be dead, while companies with a higher rating are more likely to remain in business.

The complete listing of results is as follows:

• Gree: 6 points
• Capcom: 1 point
• Koei Tecmo: 0 points
• Konami: 1 point
• Square Enix: 0 points
• Sega: 0 points
• Sony Computer Entertainment: 2 points
• Nintendo: 7 points
• Namco Bandai: 2 points

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As expected, the Wii U is indeed at CES. This console is being shown behind closed-doors.

We won’t hear anything new about the console until E3, unfortunately. But maybe Reggie Fils-Aime will throw us a nugget or two tomorrow.

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Software

1. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
2. Pushmo
3. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
4. 3D Classics: Xevious
5. Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
6. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
7. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
8. Mighty Switch Force
9. VVVVVV
10. Plants vs. Zombies
11. Super Mario Land
12. Photo Dojo
13. Kirby’s Dream Land
14. Bloons TD
15. GO Series 10 Second Run
16. Mario Clock
17. Metroid II – Return of Samus
18. Inchworm Animation
19. Tetris
20. Anonymous Notes Chapter 1 – From the Abyss –

Videos

1. Nintendo Show 3D: December 29, 2011
2. What is Nintendo Video?
3. Super Mario 3D Land Super Play Video
4. Mighty Switch Force Teaser Trailer
5. Nintendo 3DS Camera Preview
6. Nintendo Show 3D: December 15, 2011
7. Mighty Switch Force Teaser Trailer #2
8. Mutant Mudds Video
9. Pushmo Video
10. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
11. Pokedex 3D Video
12. Nintendo Show 3D: December 1, 2011
13. Sonic Generations Video
14. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX Video
15. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Video
16. Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! Video
17. Thriller Preview
18. Swapnote Video
19. Pokemon Rumble Blast Video
20. Zelda: Skyward Sword Opening Trailer