Activision Publishing Announces Upcoming Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Video Game for Nintendo DS
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Available Same Week as the Highly Anticipated Film from 20th Century Fox
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 11, 2010 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the February 9, 2010 release of Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the Nintendo DSTM video game based on Disney-Hyperion Books’ best-selling fantasy novel and highly anticipated film from 20th Century Fox. The video game is a tactical role playing game for Nintendo DSTM that puts players in command of Percy Jackson and his fellow demigods as they battle for survival in a world ruled by vengeful Greek gods.
Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, who is in great danger because of jealousy and fear of his powers and heritage. Players in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief will adventure across America in search of Zeus’ master lightning bolt while assembling their best fighting team to go head-to-head against ruthless enemies. Joining Percy are his friends Annabeth and Grover, and plenty more allies each with his or her own “godly” abilities and battle advantages. Planning which team member to take into battle is key to survival – lots of opportunities exist in the game for different characters’ abilities to interact with one another, and for characters to boost each other’s effectiveness.
Final Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver boxarts
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New Pokéwalker Accessory Lets Players Bring the Fun of Pokémon Wherever They Go
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For more than a decade, millions of Pokémon™ fans around the world have enjoyed training their Pokémon within their video games. The March 14 release of the Pokémon™ HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version games lets players continue to enjoy the world of Pokémon away from their Nintendo DS™ or Nintendo DSi™ systems, taking their favorite Pokémon with them wherever they go with the new Pokéwalker™ accessory. This new accessory will come included with each copy of these games.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, players can wirelessly transfer any one of their Pokémon from one of the two games to the Pokéwalker and walk them through virtual routes as the player walks around in real life. By walking, players earn Watts, which are used within the Pokéwalker to encounter and catch wild Pokémon or search for hidden items, and can be transferred into Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions to unlock new routes. There are even special versions of certain Pokémon that can only be found within routes on the Pokéwalker, giving players added incentive to keep their Pokémon with them wherever they go. The Pokémon in the Pokéwalker will gain experience points as the player walks, and can even go up one level when they are transferred back into the game. Players also can wirelessly connect two Pokéwalkers to trade items.
Nintendo Download: When You See This Week’s Downloads, You Will Have No…OBJECTION!
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Courtroom intrigue with everyone’s favorite Ace Attorney leads this week’s Nintendo Download. For the first time, players can use the Wii Remote™ controller to help them balance the scales of justice. Six other games join this week’s lineup, including some temporal adventures and a puzzle game based on shadows, not to mention new twists on solitaire, billiards and word searches. A classic Genesis mahjong video game rounds out the list.
UK software sales (Week ending 1/9)
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Individual formats
2 1 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 2 JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
1 3 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 4 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 5 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 6 BAYONETTA XB360 SEGA SEGA
10 7 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7 8 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 9 FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 10 DARKSIDERS XB360 THQ THQ
All formats
1 1 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5 2 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 3 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
4 4 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 5 BAYONETTA PLATINUMGAMES SEGA SEGA
6 6 FIFA 10 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 7 ASSASSIN’S CREED II UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 8 DARKSIDERS VIGIL GAMES THQ THQ
8 9 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 10 JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE GAME UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
Japan’s VC/DSiWare updates next week
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VC:
Parodius (MSX, 800pts, Konami)
Salamander (MSX, 800pts, Konami)
DSiWare:
at Chess: Challenge Spirits (200pts, Tasuke)
GG series: D-Tank (200pts, Genterprise)
Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurie Joukyuu Hen (500pts, Ertain)
Pinball Attack (500pts, ArtePiazza)
Genius Panel English->Japanese Rakubiki Jiten (800pts, Nintendo)
Genius Panel Japanese->English Rakubiki Jiten (800pts, Nintendo)
Fragile may have a pre-order bonus, XSEED to announce future titles soon
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“In terms of pre-order bonuses, do you know about the Lunar Collectors Edition? Or how about the exclusive Ragnarok Online accessories for your online avatar by pre-ordering Ragnarok DS at participating retailers? We are also currently looking into a pre-order bonus for Fragile Dreams as well.
And yes, we have some titles beyond Q1 which we haven’t announced yet. We will probably make an official announcement within a month’s time or so about our upcoming lineup.” – XSEED rep
I’m really interested to see what XSEED has in store this year. You never know what title they’ll localize for the American market. Even though XSEED lost Muramasa and Arc Rise Fantasia, they’re still a very competent publisher.
Marvelous open to portable Little King’s Story
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“LKS on DS, huh? That sounds like fun. So yes, I’d like to think it’s possible. But in that sense I’d like to consider the possibility on all the platforms. To tell you the truth, until recently I thought it would be difficult to do on a handheld device. However, I came up with an idea that might work well as a handheld RTS action game…” – Yoshiro Kimura of Marvelous Entertainment
Little King’s Story is such an appreciated title. Sadly, the game hasn’t sold too well up to this point. I wonder if a portable version would be able to perform better on the DS.
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes video
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Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Nintendo Wii
North America
1. EA Sports Active (EA Games)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
4. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo
Japan
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
5. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 (Hudson)
UK:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
Nintendo DS
North America
1. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
5. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo)
Japan
1. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
2. Zelda no Densetsu: Daichi no Kiteki (Nintendo)
3. Love Plus (Konami)
4. Pocket Monsters: Soul Silver (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Puzzler World (Ubisoft)
4. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
5. Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)