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– Superfans queue for hours to meet Charles Martinet, voice of Mario, at GAME, Oxford Street –

11 June 2010 – To celebrate the launch of the hotly anticipated Super Mario Galaxy 2, hundreds of fans dressed as Mario queued for up to 8 hours outside GAME, Oxford Street last night. Super keen fans donned their best Mario outfits to be first in Europe to get their hands on this year’s most critically acclaimed video game, Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Wii!

People travelled from all corners of the UK to meet Charles Martinet, the legendary voice behind Mario, get Mario merchandise signed by Charles, play the game and collect their exclusive Mario goody bags.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is set to be the smash hit of the summer and launches across the UK today. Receiving rave reviews across the media, Mario mania has hit the capital as fans scramble to pick up their copy of this highly acclaimed game this weekend.

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
3. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Xenoblade (Nintendo)
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Xenoblade Limited Edition (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
4. Mega Man Zero Collection (Capcom)
5. Puzzler World (Atari)

Japan:
1. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix)
2. Rockman Zero Collection (Capcom)
3. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
4. Zelda no Densetsu: Daichi no Kiteki (Nintendo)
5. Maru Goukaku Shikaku Dasshu! Gyouseishoshi Shiken (Media5)

UK:
1. Rooms: The Main Building (Hudson)
2. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
4. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

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1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (14.7 million worldwide)
2. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (14 million worldwide)
3. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
4. Final Fantasy XIII (5.5 million worldwide)
5. Wii Fit Plus
6. God Of War III
7. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (8.4 million combined worldwide)
8. Wii Sports Resort
9. Mass Effect 2 (1.6 million worldwide)
10. Pokemon HeartGold Version (8.4 million combined worldwide)

Soure 1, Source 2

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HARMONIX, MTV GAMES REINVENT MUSIC GAMES WITH ROCK BANDTM3
Rock Band 3 Features Announced, including amazing soundtrack plus access to the most music available in any video game with more than 1,500 tracks and growing; new keyboard gameplay and three-part harmonies for up to seven players rocking together; Rock Band Pro Mode and much more!
GUILDFORD, UK., – 11th June, 2010 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game developer and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced features for Rock BandTM3, the next generation of the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform.

Featuring an incredible 83-song setlist and access to far more music than any other music game, as well as innovative new gameplay modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games. This next iteration in the Rock Band platform has something new for everyone and also supports traditional Rock Band gameplay with players’ existing instruments.

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BLASTER MASTERTM OVERDRIVE EXPLODES ON TO WiiWare

AICHI, JAPAN (June 11th, 2010) – Sunsoft, a division of SUN CORPORATION (JASDAQ: 6736), today announce that Blaster MasterTM:OVERDRIVE will be available through the WiiWareTM channel across the PAL territories from the 18th of June 2010 for 1000 Wii Points.

Released back in February for North America, Blaster MasterTM:OVERDRIVE is an action-shooting game that takes place on an Earth infected by an aggressive, polymorphic virus. Poor, defenseless animals worldwide infected by the virus have been turned into flesh-eating, hemoglobin-swilling terrors. Fortunately, the world has Alex. And, even more coincidentally, he happens to be one of the world’s foremost biologists – specialising in viral mutation profiles and genetic manipulation.

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Update 2: More Pokemon and scans have been added to the post.

Update: A new clearer picture has been released, so this is most likely the real deal.

Chramii (mouse-like)
– Normal type
– .4m tall
– 5.8 kg
– Cute Charm + Technician + Sweep Slap abilities
– Sweet Slap hits another Pokemon a few times in a row

Munna (pig-like)

– Psychic-type
– .6 m tall
– 23.3
– Forewarn + Synchronise + Telekinesis abilities
– Enemies float in the air when Telekinesis is used

Gear

– Steel-type
– .3m tall
– 21 kg
– Plus + Minus + Gear Saucer abilities
– Hit an opponent numerous times with Gear Saucer

Mamepato (bird-like)

– Normal-type
– .3m tall
– 2.1 kg
– Super Luck + Pigeon Heart abilities
– If Pigeon Heart is used, defense will not be lowered

Hihidaruma (ape-like)

– Fire-type
– 1.3m tall
– 92.9 kg
– Encourage ability

Shimama (zebra-like)

– Electric-type
– .8m tall
– 29.8 kg
– Lightning Rod + Motor Drive + Wild Bolt abilities
– Both Pokemon take damage with Wild Bolt

Meguroko (crocodile-like)

– Ground-type, dark-type
– .7m tall
– 15.2 kg
– Intimidate + Earthquake Spiral abilities
– Attack goes up if Earthquake Spiral is used and an opponent is defeated

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WiiWare

NEVES Plus: Pantheon of Tangrams (500pts – Abylight)
Mister Bumblebee Racing Champion (500pts – h2f Games)

Virtual Console

Final Fantasy II (900pts – Square Enix)

DSiWare

Fieldrunners (500pts – Subatomic Studios)
Advanced Circuits (200pts – BiP Media)
Puffins: Let’s Roll (500pts – Other Ocean Interactive)
A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back (200pts – Tecmo)
Tales in a Box: Hidden shapes in perspective! (500pts – Nintendo)

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PSP – 23,588
PS3 – 18,951
Wii – 18,818
DSi LL – 10,737
DSi – 8,219
Xbox 360 – 3,258
DS Lite – 1,743
PS2 – 1,316
PSP go – 1,026

For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from last week.

PSP – 25,054
PS3 – 20,987
Wii – 20,476
DSi LL – 16,267
DSi – 10,324
Xbox 360 – 3,546
DS Lite – 2,961
PS2 – 1,463
PSP go – 1,232

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