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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) and TT Games are bringing the magic of Harry Potter™ to the fingertips of Nintendo DS players this holiday season with an all new LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 Nintendo DS holiday pack perfect for gift givers. The Nintendo DS gift pack features a copy of LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 along with the following new additions to charm and delight gamers.

48-page color gamer guide for the Nintendo DS version of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 branded stylus
LEGO Harry Potter mini-figure

The LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Nintendo DS gift pack will be available at all major retailers beginning November 22, 2010 just in time for Black Friday.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is the winner of the Gold 2010 Parents’ Choice Award and gives gamers the chance to experience the magic and adventure of Harry Potter in a uniquely LEGO way. Playing as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley™ and Hermione Granger™, as well as more than 100 other favorite characters, gamers will have the opportunity to attend lessons, cast spells, mix potions, fly on broomsticks and complete tasks to earn rewards. Throughout the game, players will also have the freedom to explore iconic settings from the wizarding world including Hogwarts™ castle, Diagon Alley™, the Forbidden Forest and the village of Hogsmeade™.

Source: Warner Bros. PR

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Happy Halloween! To get into the spirit, we decided today would be the perfect time to deliver a delicious news treat to all of our fans out there. We are pleased to announce that GHOST TRICK™: Phantom Detective is coming to North America on January 11, 2011.

Shu Takumi, the innovative mind behind the Ace Attorney series, has crafted a brilliant new masterpiece that’s sure to challenge the most ardent puzzle enthusiast out there. This will be the must-have Nintendo DS title for early next year. With quirky characters, gorgeous visuals, incredible drama, and Rube Goldberg-flavored puzzles, this is a guaranteed recipe for unadulterated awesome.

In GHOST TRICK: Phantom Detective, players will be transported into the spirit world of Sissel, a murder victim who upon returning as a ghost, has lost his memory and must solve the mystery of his suspicious demise. Sissel has the unique ability to possess inanimate objects from the real world and skillfully manipulate them in order to influence events.

Source: Capcom PR

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– Total sales – 363,160 million yen (down 33.7% from 548,058 million yen for the six months ended September 30, 2009)
– Operating earnings of 54,232 million yen (down 48% from the previous 104,360 million yen)
– Nintendo blames low performance for an appreciating yen
– Net loss of 2,011 million yen.
– Nintendo attributes this to a 62,100 million yen foreign currencies exchange loss
– Pokemon Black/White: 4.07 million units through the end of September
– Super Mario Galaxy 2’s: 5.1 million unit sales worldwide
– Wii Party: one million units in Japan following
– DS sold 6.69 million units (down from the 11.7 million of the same six month period in 2009)
– DS software down from 71.15 million to 54.84 million
– Wii sold 4.97 million units over the period (down from the 5.75 million of 2009)
– Wii software down from 76.21 million to 65.21 million
– LTD DS hardware sales: 135.58 million units
– LTD DS software sales: 773.34 million units
– Wii LTD hardware sales: 75.9 million
– Wii LTD software sales: 610.04 million unit
– Nintendo expecting sales of 1,100,000 million yen for the year (would be a decrease of 23.3% from last year)
– Operating earnings of 210,000 million yen expected (41.1% drop from last year)
– Nintendo expecting 23.5 million DS systems sold, 125 million DS games (includes 3DS)
– Nintendo expecting 17.5 million Wii systems sold, 138 million DS games
– Nintendo expecting to sell 4 million 3DS hardware systems and 15 million pieces of software

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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– At least 14 stages
– Some stages work with all sports while others are limited to certain events
– Stages:
Kinopio Park: Stadium court surrounded by a circuit, use the pylons to your advantage, dodgeball and hockey available
Mario Stadium: Sports stadium, no gimmicks, all sports available
Noko Noko Beach: Summer sand course on a beach resort, coins lifted up with the waves, all sports available
Peach Castle: Grass court in Peach’s castle garden, water rises from the fountains which may repel your balls, all sports available
DK Cruise: Raft court, may fall off the raft, dodgeball/volleyball/basketball available
Luigi’s Mansion: Spooky mansion, ghosts may help you out when you hit the ball, volleyball/basketball available
Daisy Garden: Giant greenhouse, Petey Piranha’s actions will impact the match, dodgeball/basketball/hockey available
– Party games present in Mario Sports Mix
– Party games so far:
Hungry Petey Piranha: Shoot fruit into Petey Piranha’s mouth, higher score for a bigger fruit, person with the highest score at the end wins
Rhythm Receive: Receive balls that fly at you, complete a melody by making each player receive the ball that matches their color
Dodge Or Die: Avoid Bomb-ombs launched by cannons, life drains if you get hit, player with the most life wins
Smash Skate: Use smash attack on rivals to make them fall off the stage to earn points, player with the most points wins

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This information comes from Nintendo Power…

– Still has 3 different endings
– Controls are smooth and responsive
– Aim the camera with the Wii remote
– Move with the nunchuck
– Kurt’s sniper gun will be modified a bit to be responsive
– Graphics improvement
– Should look brighter and more detailed

“This version is going to be great for old fans. Simply put, it’s going to play and look better. There are some original secrets that haven’t been found yet. Maybe this time around someone will.” – Cameron Tofer

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