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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 4 Comments

Sometimes realism is overrated. Don’t we all need a regular jolt of fantasy to keep our imaginations alive and kicking? For Wii™ owners, this week’s new game lineup is set to deliver exactly that. Max & the Magic Marker for the WiiWare™ service imagines what would happen if your own artistic creation turned against you, while the Virtual Console™ service features a big dose of otherworldly action with the classic FINAL FANTASY® II. Browse all the latest downloadable games for the Wii and Nintendo DSi™ systems to help keep your imagination fueled to the max.

We’ve also got some free bonus inspiration for you this week: At last September’s Penny Arcade Expo, Nintendo invited professional artists to create one-of-a-kind animations using the Flipnote Studio™ application for the Nintendo DSi system. The results are now online and ready for viewing at the Flipnote Hatena site (http://flipnote.hatena.com), including cool clips from top comic artists like Eric Jones, Christina Strain and Mike Choi. Check them out and treat your brain to extra helpings of creative juice.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 1 Comment

The information below comes from Famitsu. The data is based on all sales from the month of February.

1. [PSP] God Eater – 496,050 / NEW
2. [DS] Dragon Quest VI – 335,926 / 1,245,907
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 211,614 / 3,419,880
4. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition – 186,340 / NEW
5. [DS] Tomodachi Collection – 162,619 / 2,930,498
6. [PS3] Star Ocean: The Last Hope International – 129,996 / NEW
7. [WII] Wii Fit Plus – 10,229 / 1,684,987
8. [DS] Super Robot Taisen OG Saga – 78,773 / NEW
9. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 4: Ichinen Sensou – 72,923 / NEW
10. [DS] Quiz Magic Academy DS – 56,788 / NEW

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01. / 00. [PSP] Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou (Spike) – 71.504 / NEW
02. / 00. [NDS] Super Robot Wars OG: Saga Endless Frontier Exceed (Namco Bandai) – 64.805 / NEW
03. / 01. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom) – 47.815 / 19.154 (-67%)
04. / 03. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 45.369 / 3.411.665 (+2%)
05. / 02. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai) – 44.717 / 514.549 (-30%)
06. / 00. [PSP] Hot Shots Tennis Portable (SCE) – 44.603 / NEW
07. / 00. [NDS] Shiren the Wanderer 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (Spike) – 40.703 / NEW
08. / 05. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 33.325 / 2.881.991 (+6%)
09. / 07. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 29.787 / 1.694.292 (+16%)
10. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix) – 26.474 / 1.243.608 (-36%)

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Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (DS) – E10+
Sokomania (DSi) – E
Winter Sports 3 – The Great Tournament (Wii) – E
thinkSMART (DS) – E
thinkSMART Family! (Wii) – E
Iron Man 2 (Wii) – T
IRONCLAD (Wii) – E10+
Mahjong (Dsi) – E
Solitaire 24/7 (DSi) – E
World Championship Spelling (DS) – E
Dance Sensation (Wii) – E
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Wii) – E
Cruise Party (Wii) – T
Bounce & Break (DSi) – E
Brain Drain (Wii) – E
Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A. (DSi) – T
Puffins Let’s Race (DSi) – E
Zombie Panic in Wonderland (Wii) – T
System Flaw Recruit (DSi) – E
Mr. Driller: Drop till You Drop (DSi) – E

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

This information comes from Mistwalker’s official blog…

“Production of the last story is advancing smoothly. But, I want you to understand how difficult it is to finish the last fixes and it is time consuming in RPG creation. There is an unknown territory for me because of the real time system exists in it. But I believe that the hurdle will invent something new. Of course, it’s possible to finish it really quick, but the effort we put in in 2years would be wasted. The final seasoning is very important. So I made up my mind carefully and I’m working with scrupulous attention. Anyway the sense of security is necessary to the foundation so that you can enjoy yourself without any logic.” – Hironobu Sakaguchi

As you can see, Sakaguchi has hinted that the battle system will be in real-time. That is, unless he’s talking about a different type of system. Perhaps we’ll get some information about the game soon once the development blog starts.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 16 Comments

This is some pretty sad news. On March 1st, CING filed for bankruptcy having suffered liabilities totaling 256 million yen. The company developed titles for Nintendo platforms since 2005 and created games such as Hotel Dusk, Another Code, and most recently, Little King’s Story. Last Window, CING’s latest project, was released in Japan in January, but failed to light up the sales charts. Unfortunately for CING, poor sales was a common occurrence for most of their products.

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**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** THE WHITE STRIPES ADD THREE MORE TRACKS TO ROCK BAND!
PLUS THE FUTUREHEADS, THE JAMES GANG AND MORE FOR ROCK BAND DLC

Guildford, UK. – March 5, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from fan favorites The White Stripes, as well as singles from The Futureheads, The James Gang, Shaimus, and the one and only Hockey Theme Song, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,100 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

While it looks as though Famitsu’s mystery reveal has been solved, a different Japanese magazine has an announcement of their own on the horizon. The next issue of Jump will feature the first details of a new title in an established game series. Jump stated in its teaser that “you definitely won’t want to miss this”. Although it’s possible that the magazine will reveal a new Tales or Square Enix project, no one really knows for sure at this point. If it’s Nintendo-related, we’ll have some news about the game in a week’s time.

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Thanks to Stéphane C for the news tip!

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!