Nobilis announces the first ral music teacher on Nintendo DS
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Release date: April 09
Music remains a major frustration for most of us. Only the bravest and those who could stand those boring and tough music lessons are now able to play music and live that unique experience. For the rest, you can still try to touch that feeling by playing a rhythm based video game and shaking a plastic guitar … but it will never be (sound) the same.
BUT now with “MUSIC”, a new edutainment game for the Nintendo DS coming out in April 09, you could learn and play music in a FUN and EASY WAY!
“MUSIC” brings a serious music learning method on DS developed by Shiro Tsuji a famous Japanese music teacher.
Atlus pockets Steal Princess, unique Nintendo DS puzzle platformer, for North American release
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Don’t be surprised when a game thusly named burgles all your free time
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15, 2009 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that it has secured the North American publishing rights for Steal Princess™ for Nintendo DS™, a puzzle/platformer hybrid on a mission to break the mold and redefine a couple of genres in the process. Over 150 levels of increasing complexity eagerly look forward to pushing your central processing unit (i.e., your brain) to its limits. When you’ve completed the stages provided, wipe your well-earned tears of joy away and jump into the powerful level creator to design your own devilishly tough maps, placing enemies, constructing moving platforms, and even setting custom victory conditions! Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support allows your custom creations to be shared online with anyone across North America!
Steal Princess is scheduled for release on March 24, 2009, with an MSRP of $34.99.
For more information about Steal Princess, visit the official website:
http://www.atlus.com/stealprincess
Japanese hardware sales (1/5 – 1/11)
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DSi 78,201
PSP 60,495
Wii 41,243
PS3 28,144
DS Lite 23,429
Xbox 360 10,554 PS2 6,628
Wii & Nintendo DS Set New Industry Records
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Wii & Nintendo DS Set New Industry Records
Wii Sells 10.17 Million Units & DS Sells 9.95 Million Units in a Year
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Before 2008, no video game system had ever been purchased by ten million Americans in a single year. But according to independent sales data released today by the NPD Group, the Wii™ console from Nintendo did just that, even during these economic times, with 2008 unit sales of 10.17 million. The Nintendo DS™ portable handheld system came in a close second, with 2008 unit sales of 9.95 million. Each of them broke the previous yearly unit sales record set in 2007 by Nintendo DS with sales of 8.52 million.
Consequently, Wii represented 55% of all next generation home console sales in 2008, while Nintendo DS claimed 72% of all portable system sales in 2008.
Possible Japanese boxart for Mario & Luigi 3 revealed
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Keep in mind that this might not be the final Japanese boxart.
Thanks to Jake for the news tip.
December 2008 NPD sales data – DS at over 3 million, Wii over 2 million
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Software sales
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E)
360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 EVERYONE (E)
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2008 EVERYONE (E)
WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD OCT 2008 TEEN (T)
360 GEARS OF WAR 2 MICROSOFT (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
360 LEFT 4 DEAD ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
NDS MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2005 EVERYONE (E)
PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) NOV 2008 MATURE (M)
WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2008 EVERYONE (E)
Hardware sales
PlayStation 2 410K
PlayStation 3 726K
PlayStation Portable 1.02 million
Xbox 360 1.44 million
Nintendo Wii 2.15 million
Nintendo DS 3.04 million
Europe – Wii install base at 14.2 million, DS install base at 31 million
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15th January 2009. Continued strong demand for Wii and Nintendo DS in 2008 has resulted in record sales for both consoles in Europe.
Sales of Wii continued on their upward trajectory – with over 8.3 million units sold in 2008 alone, a 58% increase on 2007 and the largest annual sales of home consoles in European gaming history. These sales take the total installed base of Wii in Europe to more than 14.2 million.
In its third year on the market, Nintendo DS continues to break all previous sales records. In 2008 over 11.2 million Nintendo DS consoles were sold – which is the largest ever annual sales of a gaming console in European history. This takes the total number of Nintendo DS consoles now sold to European consumers to over 31 million.
“The sales trend on both Wii and Nintendo DS, hardware and software during 2008 shows that more and more people in Europe are enjoying video games as part of their daily lives. This proves that Nintendo’s wish to expand the gaming population has strong potential in Europe,” said Laurent Fischer, Managing Director, Marketing & PR, Nintendo of Europe.
