In this photograph taken by AP Images for Nintendo of America, Isabella R., 12, of Los Angeles and Amara E., 10 of Woodland Hills enjoy playing DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies at a Halloween slumber party in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. The slumber party gave girls a chance to play the Nintendo DS game, which has attracted players of all ages and backgrounds since it launched in July 2010. (Casey Rodgers/AP Images for Nintendo of America)
In this photograph taken by AP Images for Nintendo of America, Jocelyn G., age 11, of Los Angeles, seen front, and friends enjoy a special Halloween slumber party in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. The party gave girls a chance to play DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies for the Nintendo DS family of systems, which has attracted fans of all ages and backgrounds since it launched in July 2010. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for Nintendo of America)

Golden Joysticks 2010 winners

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Action game of the year: Assassin’s Creed II
Game On Shooter of the year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Racing game of the year: Forza Motorsport 3
RPG of the year: Mass Effect 2
Puzzle game of the year: World of Goo
Fighting game of the year: Super Street Fighter 4
Sports game of the year: FIFA 10
Strategy game of the year: Plants vs. Zombies
Music game of the year: Guitar Hero 5
Online game of the year: League of Legends
Downloadable game of the year: Plants vs. Zombies
Portable game of the year: Pokemon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver
Soundtrack of the year: Final Fantasy XIII
One to watch: Call of Duty: Black Ops
UK Developer of the year: Jagex
Ultimate game of the year: Mass Effect 2

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UK software sales for September 2010

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1. FIFA 11 (EA)
2. Halo: Reach (Microsoft)
3. F1 2010 (Codemasters)
4. Dead Rising 2 (Capcom)
5. Mafia 2 (2K Games)
6. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Square Enix)
7. Toy Story 3 (Disney)
8. Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
9. Sports Champions (Sony)

Best-selling games in the U.S., other regions for 2010, hardware sales in Europe, top 20 sales in the U.S. this gen

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U.S.

Germany

France

Millon-seller titles of Nintendo products

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Pokemon Black Version/White Version – 4.07 million
Pokemon Heart Gold Version/SoulSilver Version – 10.93 million
New Super Mario Bros. – 24.13 million

Wii

Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 5.10 million
Wii Sports Resort – 20.94 million
Wii Sports – 67.71 million
Wii Fit Plus – 15.22 million
Wii Party 2.50 million
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 16.73 million
Mario Kart Wii – 24.01 million

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Party (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
5. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo)
2. Keito no Kirby (Nintendo)
3. Wii Party (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. Wii Party (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America: 1. Let’s Draw! (Majesco)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
4. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Ougon no Taiyou: Shikkokunaru Yoake (Nintendo)
2. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo)
3. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo)
4. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix)
5. Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Namco)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo)
2. Sight Training (Nintendo)
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)

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Nintendo Download (10/29, Europe)

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WiiWare

Reel Fishing Challenge II (Natsume Inc., 500 Wii Points)
WiiWare – chick chick BOOM (tons of bits, 800 Wii Points)

Virtual Console

SUPER E.D.F. Earth Defense Force (JALECO, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii Points)

DSiWare

Sleep Clock: Record and analyse your sleep patterns (Nintendo, 200 Nintendo Points)
Go! Go! Island Rescue! (Connect2Media, 500 Nintendo Points)
GO Series: Let’s Swing (Gamebridge, 200 Nintendo Points)

Nintendo signs distribution deal with Capcom for Ghost Trick Phantom Detective in Europe

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29th October 2010 – Nintendo, a worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment and Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that they have entered into a distribution agreement for the forthcoming game Ghost Trick Phantom Detective to be made available on the Nintendo DS family of handheld consoles.
Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the game throughout European territories, with Capcom remaining as publisher. Capcom will remain as the distributor in Australia and the Middle East. Ghost Trick Phantom Detective is scheduled for release across Europe on the 14th of January 2011.