First Wii game to top 4 million Japanese sales isn’t too surprising
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Being one of the top selling games of this generation thus far, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is also the highest selling Wii game in Japan, being the first one to top 4 million units sold. This isn’t much a surprise, considering the DS NSMB has sold more than 20 million copies, but it’s still good to know that Mario has still got a lot of life in him!
Worldwide, the game has sold more then 16 million copies.
Nintendo Power – Readers’ most wanted
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Wii
1. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. Epic Mickey
3. Mario Sports Mix
4. Conduit 2
5. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
DS
1. Pokemon Black/White
2. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
3. Okamiden
4. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
5. Plants vs. Zombies
3DS
1. Paper Mario
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
3. Mario Kart
4. Kid Icarus: Uprising
5. Star Fox 64 3D
Donkey Kong Country Returns out in Europe this Friday
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FUN FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE, WITH DONKEY KONGTM COUNTRY RETURNS, EXCLUSIVELY FOR Wii
He’s back and is swinging his way to a Wii near you this December!
Get set to discover who will take the title of King of the Jungle this Christmas, when Donkey KongTM Country Returns launches on 3rd December, exclusively for Wii. From jungle to beach, caves to volcanoes, mine carts and swinging vines to exploding barrels, Donkey KongTM Country Returns will provide hours of adrenaline- fuelled fun for friends, family and Donkey KongTM fans alike in this all-new, multiplayer Wii game.
And for the first time ever in the series, with Donkey KongTM Country Returns you can partner with a mate, sibling, or other member of your family to play side-by-side as primate pals, Donkey KongTM and Diddy Kong, courtesy of a new co-operative two-player mode. Choose to act alone or pick your partner and work together in order to complete a fun-filled series of challenges, puzzles and tasks to reclaim Donkey Kong’s stolen banana stash!
Junction Point hoping Epic Mickey sales are good, did the best they could with the game
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This information comes from Junction Point’s Paul Weaver…
“I think it comes down to belief at the end of the day and we’ve invested a huge amount of time and passion into the game. I really do believe you can tell when a game has a soul, when people went in and made the very best game they could. I know we did at Junction Point. Obviously I hope it’s very well received in the marketplace and with that in mind we hope for good sales. That’s really going to be for the public to decide, for us we made the best game we could.”
Well, from what we’ve seen so far, Epic Mickey hasn’t sold well in the UK. But it’s much too early to be discussing sales at this point. The game is just coming out today in North America, after all!
Another little easter egg in Donkey Kong Country Returns
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In this picture, make sure to look at the top right part of the level…
Some people think that the similarities between that portion of the level and Crocomire’s skull (from Super Metroid, of course) are just a conincidence. But, we can’t forget that Retro spent a few years on the Metroid series, and several additional easter eggs related to other Nintendo titles have been discovered.
THQ teases “big game announcement” for VGAs
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This information comes straight from Danny Bilson’s Twitter account. Bilson is THQ’s core games VP…
“Big game announcement at VGA award show. Trying to keep the press release from sounding “corporate lame”, because the game is anything but.”
There are a number of possibilities as to what the title might be. It could be Guillermo Del Toro’s new project, or a new game that THQ recently teased for Wii/Move/Kinect. Or it might be something completely different. We’ll find out for sure in less than two weeks!
EA: Movie games aren’t worth it anymore, new IPs are better
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“We dumped that license because we felt like we needed to own more intellectual property, and we don’t like where James Bond is going with all the creative limitations on it. The percentage royalties you have to pay the licensors are going the wrong way for publishers. The margins are being squeezed. And, to top it all off, the movie-game business is falling apart. Considering the total amount of money we have to spend on those types of James Bond games, and the total amount of man-hours we had to put into them, we thought, hell, let’s work on our own IP. The guys who made James Bond games for us, well yeah, they went on and made Dead Space, and look where we are now; what would you rather publish, retail and play – the latest James Bond or Dead Space 2?”
I have no problem with movie games so long as they’re good games! Problem is, there aren’t too many good movie games out there. I’d definitely support new IPs over movie games, though! It’s good to see EA is in agreement.
5th Cell believe 3DS is cooler than Kinect and Move, R&D phase for 3DS title
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First, 5th Cell’s Jeremiah Slaczka was asked if Kinect or Move provide him with any inspiration…
“Yeah… a little. I don’t know. The 3DS is cooler in our opinion.”
Slaczka then elaborated on his thoughts regarding Move/its relation to Wii…
“Move is okay. It’s Wii plus. It’s good for what it is. Ultimately it’s all about the system. If the idea makes sense, then we can do it and we will. But it’s all about the idea.”
Last but not least, Slaczka talked about 5th Cell’s interest in the 3DS, and that the company is in the R&D phase of making a 3DS title…
“[5th Cell is] in the R&D phase [to make a 3DS game]. We have people playing around with it. The 3D camera is probably the most interesting thing that’s the least talked about.”
