Consumers Snap Up 1.5 Million Nintendo Video Game Systems During Black Friday Week
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Value-Minded Shoppers Purchase 900,000 Nintendo DS and 600,000 Wii Systems
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– When confronted with a wide range of Black Friday retail options, U.S. holiday shoppers again turned to Nintendo. Nintendo sold 900,000 combined units in the Nintendo DS™ family of systems and 600,000 Wii™ consoles between Sunday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Nov. 27, according to the company’s internal sales estimates.
“U.S. shoppers bought about 9,000 Nintendo hardware systems nonstop for every hour of every day during the week of Black Friday,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “For the past several years, consumers have decided that Nintendo defined both top value and all-inclusive entertainment, and that sentiment continues again at the start of this shopping season.”
New Brain Age title in development
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
Professor Ryuta Kawashima has revealed that a new Brain Age game is in the works. Concrete details about the project have yet to be shared, however. He hasn’t been given the go-ahead to speak about the title, and the only piece of information Kawashima divulged is that it’s scheduled to be released in 2010.
Even with that bit of news in mind, it’s still possible that the game will end up on the 3DS. At first, the system was on track to be released in Japan this year, so Kawashima may have been unaware of the 3DS’s new launch date.
Fantastic easter egg in Donkey Kong Country Returns
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First, let’s take a look at the image below. It’s a photo of Billy Mitchell, who set a record for the original Donkey Kong and was one of the stars in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters…
Next, let’s take a look at a picture taken of the monkey ruins in world 3-2 of Donkey Kong Country Returns…
That statue definitely looks like an homage to Billy Mitchell – It’s all in the tie. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have noticed if it wasn’t already pointed out. This makes me wonder if there are other neat easter eggs in Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Rock Band Music Store update next week
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD FOUR PACK, SINGLES FROM 38 SPECIAL AND BAD COMPANY COME TO ROCK BANDNEXT WEEK
Cambridge, Mass. – Nov. 24, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that four songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd, three of which feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, plus singles from Bad Company and 38 Special, both of which feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, will be available Nov. 30 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock BandDLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
Media Create software sales (11/15 – 11/21) – Top 50
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01. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Subtitled Edition) (Square Enix) – 128.922 / NEW
02. / 00. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) – 42.829 / NEW
03. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 39.883 / 4.450.879 (-6%)
04. / 03. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) – 38.219 / 565.928 (-12%)
05. / 01. [PSP] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Square Enix) – 37.350 / 213.503 (-79%)
06. / 00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 35.500 / NEW
07. / 00. [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Subtitled Edition) (Square Enix) – 30.279 / NEW
08. / 05. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) – 24.918 / 65.126 (-38%)
09. / 07. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 22.383 / 323.803 (-26%)
10. / 00. [PS3] Record of Agarest War 2 (Compile Heart) – 20.889 / NEW
11. / 06. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) – 18.726 / 375.082 (-40%)
12. / 00. [PSP] Criminal Girls (Nippon Ichi Software) – 17.855 / NEW
13. / 00. [PS3] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi: CR Evangelion – Hajimari no Fukuin (Fields) – 16.964 / NEW
14. / 08. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 16.814 / 1.208.037 (-4%)
15. / 02. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) – 14.632 / 62.241 (-69%)
16. / 00. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 14.450 / NEW
17. / 10. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 11.840 / 199.618 (-15%)
18. / 09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) – 11.745 / 26.184 (-19%)
19. / 00. [PSP] Hisshou Pachinko Pachislot Kouryaku Series Portable Vol. 2: CR Neon Genesis Evangelion – Hajimari no Fukuin (D3 Publisher) – 9.102 / NEW
20. / 00. [WII] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 8.105 / NEW
Final Fantasy enemy makes an appearance in Mario Sports Mix
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Players who are hoping to complete Mario Sports Mix’s challenge mode will face one last task: A boss battle with a well-known Final Fantasy enemy. Head past the break if you’d like to see who it is!
Fan uses Kinect to play Super Mario Bros.
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I suppose that’s interesting, but that just doesn’t look like a ton of fun to me. I’d prefer to play Super Mario Bros. with a regular controller.
