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Happy Halloween! To get into the spirit, we decided today would be the perfect time to deliver a delicious news treat to all of our fans out there. We are pleased to announce that GHOST TRICK™: Phantom Detective is coming to North America on January 11, 2011.

Shu Takumi, the innovative mind behind the Ace Attorney series, has crafted a brilliant new masterpiece that’s sure to challenge the most ardent puzzle enthusiast out there. This will be the must-have Nintendo DS title for early next year. With quirky characters, gorgeous visuals, incredible drama, and Rube Goldberg-flavored puzzles, this is a guaranteed recipe for unadulterated awesome.

In GHOST TRICK: Phantom Detective, players will be transported into the spirit world of Sissel, a murder victim who upon returning as a ghost, has lost his memory and must solve the mystery of his suspicious demise. Sissel has the unique ability to possess inanimate objects from the real world and skillfully manipulate them in order to influence events.

Source: Capcom PR


Nintendo sales stats galore

Posted on 13 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

– Total sales – 363,160 million yen (down 33.7% from 548,058 million yen for the six months ended September 30, 2009)
– Operating earnings of 54,232 million yen (down 48% from the previous 104,360 million yen)
– Nintendo blames low performance for an appreciating yen
– Net loss of 2,011 million yen.
– Nintendo attributes this to a 62,100 million yen foreign currencies exchange loss
– Pokemon Black/White: 4.07 million units through the end of September
– Super Mario Galaxy 2’s: 5.1 million unit sales worldwide
– Wii Party: one million units in Japan following
– DS sold 6.69 million units (down from the 11.7 million of the same six month period in 2009)
– DS software down from 71.15 million to 54.84 million
– Wii sold 4.97 million units over the period (down from the 5.75 million of 2009)
– Wii software down from 76.21 million to 65.21 million
– LTD DS hardware sales: 135.58 million units
– LTD DS software sales: 773.34 million units
– Wii LTD hardware sales: 75.9 million
– Wii LTD software sales: 610.04 million unit
– Nintendo expecting sales of 1,100,000 million yen for the year (would be a decrease of 23.3% from last year)
– Operating earnings of 210,000 million yen expected (41.1% drop from last year)
– Nintendo expecting 23.5 million DS systems sold, 125 million DS games (includes 3DS)
– Nintendo expecting 17.5 million Wii systems sold, 138 million DS games
– Nintendo expecting to sell 4 million 3DS hardware systems and 15 million pieces of software

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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WiiWare

Bit.Trip Fate – 302 blocks
My Planetarium – 228 blocks

DSiWare

Spot The Difference – 91 blocks
Go! Go! Island Rescue! – 83 blocks
GO Series Defense Wars – 28 blocks
Flashlight – 23 blocks


Fallout: New Vegas (PS3/360) – 10/9/9/9
Fable III (360) – 9/9/8/9
Radiant Historia (DS) – 9/8/8/9
Do-Konjou Shougakussei: Bon Bita – Hadaka no Choujou Ketsusen!! Bita vs. Dokuro Dei! (DS) – 7/7/7/7

Thanks to Kay and Thomas N for the tip!


01. / 00. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 307.755 / NEW
02. / 01. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 81.915 / 4.243.312 (-51%)

03. / 00. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 63.675 / NEW
04. / 00. [PS3] Vanquish (Sega) – 48.318 / NEW
05. / 02. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 35.633 / 127.913 (-61%)
06. / 00. [PS3] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 25.365 / NEW
07. / 03. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) – 24.939 / 94.872 (-64%)
08. / 00. [PS3] Beat Sketch! (SCE) – 22.165 / NEW
09. / 00. [PS3] FIFA 11: World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts) – 18.995 / NEW
10. / 06. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 15.895 / 1.138.627 (-32%)
11. / 04. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 14.995 / 141.748 (-52%)

12. / 00. [PS3] Time Crisis: Razing Storm (Bandai Namco) – 12.653 / NEW
13. / 00. [WII] No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Marvelous Entertainment) – 11.373 / NEW
14. / 00. [X360] Vanquish (Sega) – 11.204 / NEW
15. / 05. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two Interactive) – 10.454 / 107.347 (-60%)
16. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Move Special Pack) (Capcom) – 9.399 / NEW
17. / 00. [X360] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 6.958 / NEW
18. / 15. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) – 6.371 / 456.266 (-2%)
19. / 00. [PS3] Sports Champions (SCE) – 6.349 / NEW
20. / 07. [PS3] Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime – Hybrid Pack (Bandai Namco) – 6.123 / 176.892 (-66%)

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PSP – 32,591
PS3 – 20,128
DSi LL – 15,819
DSi – 14,703
Wii – 11,971
DS Lite – 3,887

Xbox 360 – 2,162
PS2 – 1,222
PSP go – 924

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

PSP – 37,127
PS3 – 22,201
DSi LL – 21,084
DSi – 20,084
Wii – 12,810
DS Lite – 5,268

Xbox 360 – 2,342
PS2 – 1,715
PSP go – 1,590


1. [Wii] Super Mario Collection Special Pack
2. [DS] Pokemon Black/White

3. [PS3] Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
4. [PS3] Vanquish
5. [Wii] Kirby’s Epic Yarn
6. [PS3] Medal of Honor
7. [PSP] Lord of Arcana
8. [PS3] FIFA 11
9. [PS3] Beat Sketch!
10. [Wii] Wii Party


Third-Party Partners Unleash Great Games, Awesome Peripherals

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 27, 2010 – Nintendo’s third-party publishing partners are bringing out their heavy hitters this holiday season. Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ owners will have a sizable library of new games to choose from, as well as some cool new peripherals.

“Third-party publishers realize the wide appeal of Nintendo systems and come up with creations that challenge veteran gamers and invite new ones to play,” said Steve Singer, Nintendo of America’s vice president of Licensing. “We’re constantly amazed at the creative ways these talented developers continue to push the boundaries of our hardware. We thank our partners for their continued support.”


Famitsu review scores

Posted on 13 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 1 Comment

Fable 3 (360) – 9/9/8/9
Radiant Historia (DS) – 9/8/8/9



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