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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 10 Comments

Nintendo Announces Healthy Holiday Sales Figures

As everyone looks ahead to the possibilities in store for 2010, Nintendo of America is looking to extend the glow of the holidays with some fresh December sales information. The following items were announced by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata in Japan:

* Although official U.S. sales data for December and all of 2009 will be announced by the NPD Group on Jan. 14, it appears that U.S. consumers responded enthusiastically to Nintendo’s Wii™ home console in December. Nintendo estimates that December sales in the United States will exceed 3 million units.
* Nintendo estimates that the portable Nintendo DS™ lineup, including the Nintendo DSi™ video game system, set a new all-time calendar-year U.S. sales record for any console or hand-held system.
* Nintendo software also continued to perform well. Although the NPD Group will provide the full sales numbers for each game, Nintendo estimates that lifetime U.S. sales of New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii are approaching 4 million. The game, which is the first Super Mario Bros. game to include simultaneous four-player action, launched in the United States on Nov. 15.

“The millions of people who bought Nintendo hardware during the holidays can look forward to enjoying great games on those systems now and in the future,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for Nintendo DS, and Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii are all currently providing Nintendo fans with amazing experiences and fun adventures for the whole family.”

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

5 January 2010 – As we start a new decade, Nintendo announces that there are now over 40 million* Nintendo DS and 20 million* Wii consoles being played across Europe. In fact, the Nintendo DS family, including Nintendo DS Lite and the latest addition, Nintendo DSi, has not only sold more than any other videogame console in Europe but it has also seen the fastest growth in European video game console history, reaching this sales figure in less than 5 years**.

Wii continues its momentum, becoming the fastest selling home console in Europe by reaching the 20 million milestone in just over three years**.

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MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ‘ATTACK OF THE MOVIES 3D’ FOR WiiTM

Re-live the Greatest Action Movies of All Time in the First 3D Shooter for WiiTM

BRISTOL, UK. The greatest action scenes in cinematic history come to life as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced Attack of the Movies 3D. The first-ever 3D shooter designed exclusively for Wii™, Attack of the Movies 3D transports players to six fantastic movie-themed worlds where they will battle large alien space cruisers, shoot underwater monsters, join the resistance against the machines and more. Packaged with four pairs of 3D glasses to support four-player multiplayer action, and featuring classic enemies culled from the annals of film history, this inspired 3D shooter jumps right out of your television and into your living room.

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Because a translation from Google is being used, not everything is perfectly clear. However, this is well worth reading, as Antoine Seux from Capcom France divulges a bunch of information concerning Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Monster Hunter 3, hardcore games, the DS, and more.

Capcom on Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles sales…

“As for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, in absolute figures are not too bad, but it’s not going to lie, they are below what we hoped. After three weeks (the interview was conducted December 23, editor’s note), we are a total of 16,000 units sold. One feels that there is a problem very clear on this style of game on the Wii, where gamers are obviously moved on. There are two more years, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles had yet had a very very big success on Wii. Here we can see, the customer of this console has turned to something much broader audience. It is a disappointment.”

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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 2 Comments

01. / 02. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 506.453 / 2.440.280 (-11%)
02. / 00. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) – 291.496 / NEW
03. / 03. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 226.920 / 2.316.867 (+37%)
04. / 01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 188.511 / 1.690.475 (-87%)
05. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – 124.704 / 3.464.577 (+12%)
06. / 05. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 113.909 / 1.315.167 (+23%)
07. / 06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) – 99.175 / 908.000 (+40%)
08. / 11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 72.355 / 1.568.000
09. / 12. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai) – 63.845 / 200.000
10. / 08. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) – 63.549 / 559.000 (+17%)

11. / 07. [WII] PokePark Wii: Picachu’s Great Adventure (Pokemon Co.)
12. / 09. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega)
13. / 14. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
14. / 16. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
15. / 13. [NDS] Pen 1 Grand Prix: A Penguin’s Trouble Special (Konami)
16. / 18. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
17. / 24. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18. / 27. [WII] Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson)
19. / 20. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei)
20. / 15. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (Namco Bandai)
21. / 17. [PSP] Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accelerator 3 (Namco Bandai)
22. / 22. [NDS] Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (Konami)
23. / 25. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai)
24. / 19. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix)
25. / 28. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
26. / 35. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (Namco Bandai)
27. / 00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom)
28. / 32. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix)
29. / 00. [PS2] Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype)
30. / 30. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (Hudson)
31. / 10. [PSP] Queen’s Blade: Spiral Chaos (Namco Bandai)
32. / 36. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
33. / 33. [NDS] Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou: MM Town de Miracle Change (Konami)
34. / 00. [PSP] Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (Ubisoft)
35. / 39. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Hudson)
36. / 34. [WII] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (Namco Bandai)
37. / 00. [PSP] Lucky Star: Net Idol Meister (Kadokawa Shoten)
38. / 31. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
39. / 21. [WII] Tales of Graces (Namco Bandai)
40. / 29. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
41. / 23. [NDS] Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (Disney Interactive)
42. / 38. [NDS] Cooking Mama 3 (Taito Corporation)
43. / 45. [NDS] Fresh PreCure! Asobi Collection (Namco Bandai)
44. / 47. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
45. / 43. [WII] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
46. / 37. [NDS] Monster Busters (Namco Bandai)
47. / 46. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
48. / 00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
49. / 00. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: The 7 Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
50. / 00. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)

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This data is from June 20, 1986 to December 24, 2009. The number in the parenthesis is the total number of games reviewed for that system while the number next to it shows how many titles received a score of 32 or higher.

* Family Computer: 34 (955)
* Sega Master System: 0 (12)
* PC Engine: 22 (628)
* Mega Drive: 16 (534)
* Game Boy/Game Boy Color: 15 (1,071)
* Atari Lynx: 0 (12)
* Super Grafx: 0 (22)
* Game Gear: 0 (190)
* Super Famicom: 55 (1,407)
* NeoGeo CD: 2 (32)
* PC-FX: 0 (24)
* Super 32X: 0 (11)
* Sega Saturn: 52 (930)
* PlayStation: 131 (2,635)
* Virtual Boy: 0 (18)
* Nintendo 64: 38 (183)
* NeoGeo Pocket: 0 (56)
* Dreamcast: 62 (407)
* Wonderswan: 1 (179)
* Nintendo 64DD: 0 (3)
* PlayStation 2: 395 (1997)
* Pokemon Mini: 0 (6)
* Game Boy Advance: 91 (618)
* Nintendo GameCube: 87 (240)
* Xbox: 41 (185)
* Nintendo DS: 151 (883)
* PlayStation Portable: 90 (383)
* Xbox 360: 105 (239)
* PlayStation 3: 77 (172)
* Wii: 50 (257)

Thanks to Thomas N for the news tip!

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London – January 5, 2010 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today confirmed that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Nintendo for its forthcoming Wii title Monster Hunter Tri, the next instalment in the multi-million selling series. Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Monster Hunter Tri throughout European and Australian territories with Capcom remaining as publisher. Monster Hunter Tri is scheduled for release this coming April and will set the bar in the action/adventure genre with the introduction of new features and gameplay elements as the Monster Hunter franchise makes its debut on the Nintendo system.

Monster Hunter Tri is one of the most strikingly beautiful games ever created for the Wii and brings to life a living breathing ecosystem where man and monster co-exist. The title’s single player story mode sees gamers taking on the role of a hunter whose village is beset by a series of violent tremors that threaten to destroy it. Charged by the village chief to discover the source of the earthquakes players will embark on a series of quests where they must face gigantic beasts that inhabit both land and sea.

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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 0 comments

A few days ago, a countdown was discovered on Platinum Games’ Japanese website. There has been much speculation that the company could be ready to unveil Shinji Mikami’s game, which has been in development since 2008. The countdown seemed to point to an unveiling in just a few days (or perhaps earlier if there were to be a news leak from Famitsu), although it looks like that is no longer the case. The official Platinum Games site now indicates that the countdown will expire in 27 days, that is unless the page is experiencing some sort of glitch at the moment. It is possible, however, that Platinum Games may simply need to wait a little bit longer before making an announcement.

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Virtual Console wishes

– Craig’s list includes Pit-Fighter
– Aladin probably won’t be released on the VC due to liscensing issues
– Ducktales might be held up because of the Disney aspect, although relicensing isn’t out of the picture entirely (see TMNT for Wii and Xbox Live)
– Earthbound another wanted VC title
– Podcast team also would like Battletoads, it was on Craig’s list
– Scott and Jack would like to see Sonic & Knuckles
– Most wanted choices for VC: Scott – Mutant League Football, Sam – Metal Warriors, Jack – Vectorman 2, Craig – Rush 2049
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