Legacy of Ys: Books I & II screenshots
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The best-selling games of 2008 in Japan
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1. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 2 507 400 / 2 507 400
2. DS Pokémon Platinum (Nintendo) – 2 125 348 / 2 125 348
3. Wii Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 2 024 113 / 2 889 790
4. Wii Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 1 973 089 / 1 973 089
5. Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 1 808 709 / 1 808 709
6. DS Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) – 1 320 047 / 1 320 047
7. DS Dragon Quest V (Square Enix) – 1 228 014 / 1 228 014
8. DS Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) – 724 608 / 724 608
9. Wii Animal Crossing : Let’s Go to the City (Nintendo) – 709 640 / 709 640
10. Wii Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 694 765 / 3 180 278
11. PSP Phantasy Star Universe Portable (Sega) – 664 660 / 664 660
12. DS Pokémon Ranger : Nuit sur Almia (Nintendo) – 663 040 / 663 040
13. PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (Konami) – 654 648 / 654 648
14. DS Professor Layton 3 (Level 5) – 551 890 / 551 890
15. Wii Wii Play (Nintendo) – 539 825 / 2 638 954
16. PSP Dissidia : Final Fantasy (Square Enix) – 496 178 / 496 178
17. PS2 Super Robot Taisen Z (Banpresto) – 490 112 / 490 112
18. DS Mario Party DS (Nintendo) – 487 822 / 1 811 132
19. DS Calligraphy Training (Nintendo) – 467 490 / 467 490
20. DS Jam With The Band DX (Nintendo) – 450 711 / 450 711
21. DS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) – 433 908 / 3 265 962
22. PS2 Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei) – 432 672 / 432 672
23. DS Wagamama Fashion (Nintendo) – 430 835 / 430 835
24. DS Chrono Trigger (Square Enix) – 425 625 / 425 625
25. DS Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2 (Bandai Namco) – 408 529 / 408 529
26. PSP Mobile Suit Gundam : Gundam Vs. Gundam (Bandai Namco) – 377 662 / 377 662
27. DS Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques (Nintendo) – 366 265 / 366 265
28. PSP Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) – 334 445 / 334 445
29. PS2 Persona 4 (Atlus) – 314 418 / 314 418
30. DS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 310 796 / 5 085 112
Soundtrack a preorder bonus for Ys: Books I & II
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Pre-order and guarantee yourself one of the finest gaming soundtracks evar. EVAAARRR!
As if there weren’t enough reasons to purchase Legacy of Ys: Books I & II, Atlus is offering one more (and just as a refresher, the others include a new localization, remastered graphics and music, optional touch screen controls, multiplayer, and much more):
Legacy of Ys pre-order bonus soundtrack
Pre-orders at participating retailers will secure a copy of a limited edition Legacy of Ys: Books I & II soundtrack CD, which will feature selected tracks from both Ys I and II.
UK software sales (Week ending 12/27)
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2 1 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1 2 FIFA 09 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 3 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER EA BLACK BOX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 4 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 5 WII PLAY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 6 TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS
11 7 GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR VICARIOUS VISIONS REDOCTANE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7 8 QUANTUM OF SOLACE TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
12 9 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
20 10 SONIC UNLEASHED SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
Inafune would never make a casual game like Brain Age
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Gegmaga recently had a chance to speak with a few significant developers including Keiji Inafune. Briefly, Infaune discussed casual games, and stated that he would never create one such as Brain Age. There are a ton of other interesting tidbits as well from members of Square Enix, Namco, and more.
Inafune (Capcom) :
-Regarding Resident Evil 5, he says that their experience with Mega Man 9 in parallel turned out to be useful when it came to tackle the online aspect and more particularly to come to grips with the online services/infrastructures.
– He would never, ever make a casual game such as Brain Training.
– He was right about which hardware would win the systems war, but he never thought the DS would be selling that much. ” Sorry (for doubting you), Mr. Nintendo”
Kawazu (Square-Enix) :
– There might be a SaGa related surprise for the 20th anniversary of the series next year.
Yoshizumi (Namco):
– The Tales of Wii battle system has innovations that will, apparently, greatly impress people. “Please look forward to it”
Terada (Super Robot War’s producer):
– They might “reposition their development” on the second half of 2009…
Weekly savings (12/28 – 1/3)
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Best Buy
High School Musical 3: Dance! (Wii) – $39.99
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii) – $39.99
Madagascar 2: Escape Africa (Wii) – $39.99
Carnival Games (Wii) – $29.99
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009 (Wii) – $29.99
The Price Is Right (Wii) – $29.99
Little League World Series Baseball 2008 (Wii) – $29.99
Major League Baseball 2K8 (Wii) – $19.99
Ultimate Band (Wii) – $39.99
Ultimate Band (DS) – $19.99
Kirby: Superstar Ultra (DS) – $24.99
Buy one, get one free when you buy any Petz, Imagine, or Ener-G DS game of equal or lesser value
Circuit City
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii) – $39.99
DATEL Wired Controller for Wii – $12.99
VERGE Sports Pack for Wii – $8.99
NYKO Perfect Shot for Wii – $12.99
VERGE Wheel for Wii Remote – $7.99
All clearance video games – $9.96
Guitar Hero World Tour bundle for Wii – $79.99
Target
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) – $39
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) – $39
Call of Duty: World at War (Wii) – $39
SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (Wii) – $39
Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii) – $39
Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip (Target Limited Edition/Wii) – $39
Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar bundle (Wii) – $77
Wii Fit starter kit – $39
Free DS Game when you buy any DS game listed:
(includes all regular $29.99 and less Imagine, Ener-G and Petz DS games, Each purchased DS game must be equal to or greater than the price of the free DS game)
– Imagine: Wedding Designer
– Ener-G: Gym Rockets
– Imagine: Fashion Designer – New York
– Imagine: Ballet Star
– Petz: Monkeyz House
– Petz Rescue: Wildlife Vet
Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Nintendo Wii
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Active Life Outdoor Challenge (Namco Bandai)
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Taiko: Drum Master Wii (Namco)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Resident Evil 1 Wii-make (Capcom)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Europe:
1. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Ubisoft)
5. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
4. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Legend of the Strongest Penguin!: A Penguin’s Troubles (Konami)
2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)
3. Phantasy Star Zero (Sega)
4. Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)
5. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
Europe:
1. 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
4. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and The Curious Village (Nintendo)
GTA: Chinatown Wars screenshots
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A few old and a few new in this batch. Old images are now watermark free.
Top 10 news items of 2008 according to Famitsu readers/retailers
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1. The simultaneous announcement of Dragon Quest X for Wii and Dragon Quest IX’s release date — 12/10/2008
2. The release of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and the social phenomenon it caused — 3/27/2008
3. Square Enix’s announcement of three Xbox 360 RPGs (Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, and Star Ocean: The Last Hope) — 6/10/2008
4. Sony’s discontinuation of the 60 and 20GB model PlayStation 3s (removal of backwards compatibility) — 1/20/2008
5. The announcement of Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360 — 2/22/2008
6. Legal action by 54 game publishers against the importation and sale of Nintendo DS “backup” devices — 7/29/2008
7. The release of Metal Gear Solid 4 — 6/12/2008
8. The sub-?20000 price drop for Xbox 360 — 9/1/2008
9. The announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 in America and Europe — 7/15/2008
10. The several hour wait at Tokyo Game Show to play Monster Hunter 3 tri~ — 10/11/2008
NGamer review scores
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Sonic Unleashed (Wii) – 58%
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii) – 81%
Facebreaker K.O Party (Wii) – 57%
Skate It (Wii) – 46%
Castlevania Judgment (Wii) – 28%
Hasbro Family Game Night (Wii) – 54%
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Wii) – 52%
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS) – 83%
Real Football 2009 (DS) – 72%
Tony Hawk’s Motion/Hue Pixel Painter (DS) – 35%
Guitar Hero On Tour Decades (DS) 75%
World of Goo (Wii) – 5/5
Art Style Cubello (Wii) – 4/5
Thanks to joclo for the news tip!