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“(The) game is for single-player, just for single-player. (Platinum Games is) still in discussions and may have [online] features to announce.” – Atsushi Inaba

Bashing the crap out of other players online? Who’s with me?

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FIFA 09 Wii trailer

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Japanese software sales (9/1 – 9/7)

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1. NDS Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) – 55,000 / 668,000
2. WII Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 32,000 / 2,609,000
3. NDS Blue Dragon Plus (AQ Interactive) – 21,000 / NEW
4. PS3 Afrika (SCEI) – 19,000 / 57,000
5. PS2 J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (Konami) – 18,000 / 136,000
6. NDS Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light (Nintendo) – 17,000 / 222,000
7. NDS Dragon Quest V (Square Enix) – 15,000 / 1,164,000
8. NDS Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo) – 15,000 / 326,000
9. WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 14,000 / 1,748,000
10. NDS Inazuma Eleven (Level 5) – 14,000 / 85,000

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Nintendo Power – Most wanted VC games (readers, staff)

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 6 Comments

Reader’s most wanted

1) Earthbound (SNES)
2) Mother (NES/Japan only)
3) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, already released)
4) Super Smash Bros. (N64)
5) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64)

NP staff’s most wanted

1) Mega Man: The Willy Wars (Sega Genesis/Europe and Japan)
2) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TurboGrafx CD/Japan only)
3) Terranigma (SNES/Europe and Japan only)
4) Super Punch-Out!! (SNES)
5) Pilotwings (SNES)

Remember, this issue was sent out a few weeks ago, before Super Mario RPG was released. It’s unsurprising that Earthbound still remains at the top of the list…When will Nintendo release it?!

Miyamoto, Koji Kondo, Takashi Tezuka win CEDEC awards

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The CEDEC Awards were held in Japan last night and Nintendo struck gold with three awards. Shigeru Miyamoto was honored with a Special Acknowledgment award and Koji Kondo was given an award for Nintendo’s sound team. Additionally, Takashi Tezuka received an award for the Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo team. Overall, it was a very successful night for Nintendo in general and was very much deserved.

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Super Mario Rescues The Princess

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More Phantasy Star Zero details

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– action-RPG missions
– single player story mode
– full 3d
– 4-player wireless/local wireless
– save your Pictochat speech-bubble scribblings, and bring them up whenever you want
– Winter release in Japan
– new and returning races: RAcast, FOmarl, HUmar and HUcaseal, HUnewm and HUmarl
– new areas: Glacea Ravine, Riou Snowfields, Ozett Swamp

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World of Goo goes gold, WiiWare version should be available next month

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The PC version of World of Goo has finally gone gold and if all goes as planned, the game should ship in the first week of November. As far as the WiiWare version is concerned, developer 2D Boy confirmed that the developers are putting on the final touches. The game will be submitted to Nintendo this month. 2D Boy also announced that the WiiWare version has a good chance of being available before the PC version, which makes an October release nearly guaranteed.

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