Activision’s Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades for Nintendo DS rocks retail outlets worldwide
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Players Can Unleash Their Inner Rockstar Anytime, Anywhere As They Shred Through the Decades of Rock
Friday 14th November/… Following up Guitar Hero®: On Tour the groundbreaking and best-selling Nintendo DSTM game, fans can once again become traveling rock gods as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) debuts Guitar Hero® On Tour: Decades™ in European retail outlets today and in North American stores on Sunday, November 16, 2008. The game leverages the technology of its predecessor and expands the experience with a new progression taking players on a musical journey from classics of the 1970s through today’s greatest hits.
The game features a number of enhancements, including the ability to stream songs with the original Guitar Hero: On Tour to add yet another fun, social dimension to handheld gaming. Fans can play through any one of three different solo career paths, each with their own story: Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Guitar Duel. Players can rock out to the largest set list in a handheld game to-date with 28 master tracks and more than 60 songs that can be streamed with owners of the original game.
Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. Wii Music (Nintendo)
5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Rocket Company)
3. Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard (Namco)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Wii Music (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. FIFA 09 All-Play (EA Sports)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Brain Age (Nintendo)
5. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami)
2. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo)
3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
4. Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – Sabaku no Majou (Sega)
5. Pocket Monsters Platinum (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
4. Cooking Guide (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
Latest EDGE review scores
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The latest EDGE review scores are as follows:
Left 4 Dead – 9
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts – 7
Gears of War 2 – 9
Fallout 3 – 7
Call of Duty: World at War – 6
Resistance 2 – 6
Mirror’s Edge – 5
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning – 7
007: Quantum of Solace – 5
Tomb Raider: Underworld – 8
Guitar Hero: World Tour – 7
Animal Crossing City Folk – 7
Ninjatown – 6
Command & Comnquer: Red Alert 3 – 7
Manhunt 2 – 4
Silent Hill: Homecoming – 6
Tom Clancy’s Endwar – 8
Socom Confrontation – 5
Valkyria Chronicles – 7
Need for Speed Undercover – 3
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip – 7
The World Revolves Around Atlus With My World, My Way for Nintendo DSTM
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It’s Elise’s way or the highway in this plucky adventure
IRVINE, Calif. – November 13, 2008
Atlus U.S.A., Inc., the publisher you all will love (or else), today announced the new world-crafting adventure My World, My Way for Nintendo DS™. After being turned down by her fated love, Princess Elise is determined to cast off her dress and fineries in exchange for a suit of armor and a weapon and prove that she too can lead a life of excitement. As Elise, the lands you explore are yours to transform as you see fit. If the bitter sting of rejection wasn’t enough to stop you, how can a bunch of unruly monsters? It’s your world, your way, and that’s that!My World, My Way is scheduled for release on February 3, 2009 with an MSRP of $29.99.
For more information about My World, My Way, visit the official website.
Japanese hardware sales (11/3 – 11/9)
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DSi 104,897
PSP 43,726
Wii 24,726
PS3 18,354
Xbox 360 12,759
DS Lite 8,381
PS2 5,743
Nintendo responds to NPD data
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Nintendo News
Wii and Nintendo DS Top October U.S. Sales
Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ topped the U.S. sales charts and combined to sell more than 1.29 million units in October. Nintendo sold 803,210 Wii consoles and 491,176 Nintendo DS systems in October, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. These figures bring the lifetime U.S. sales for Wii to more than 13.35 million and Nintendo DS to more than 23.02 million, extending their leads as the best-selling hardware of this generation.
Hardware
PlayStation 2 136K
PlayStation 3 190K
PSP 193K
Xbox 360 371K
Wii 803K
Nintendo DS 491K
Top 10 software sales
360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K
360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K
360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K
PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K
PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K
360 NBA 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) Oct-08 9 202K
360 DEAD SPACE ELECTRONIC ARTS Oct-08 10 193K
Nintendo DS Stirs Up Grocery Store Aisles
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–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo of America Inc.:
WHAT:
Nintendo of America Inc. is inviting members of the media and anyone who enjoys a high-octane trip to the grocery store to compete in the Personal TrainerTM: Cooking supermarket spree and cook-off competition at Whole Foods Market Arroyo Parkway on Nov. 20.Contestants will have the opportunity to scour the grocery shelves in pursuit of the ingredients needed to prepare one of the 245+ recipes found in Personal Trainer: Cooking – a new title for the Nintendo DSTM launching on Nov. 24.
