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
European/Australian Wii Shop Channel update
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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.
2 new videos of The Conduit
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Wow, that first video is pretty interesting (well, both of them are really). The Conduit has come a long way!
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.
Minna no Theatre Wii has a chance of releasing in North America
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“We can’t quite tell at the moment [if the service will arrive in the United States]. But if the negotiations are a success, maybe within the year. Nintendo has the power to push forward their own, original service.” – Fujisoft representative Atsushi Ide
As you can probably tell, it’ll take some work to bring the service stateside. Remember, Minna no Theatre Wii is different from Nintendo’s own video distribution serivce. Fujisoft will have to negotiate with Nintendo of America in order for there to be a chance of bringing the service to the United States.
Sales of Overlord: Dark Legend will determine similar content for Wii
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“Codemasters, as a company, we have to take Wii seriously and make Wii games in the right way. To be honest, something like Overlord is going to utterly determine how much more of this kind of content Codemasters pretends. This is a risk for us: we’re assuming that come next summer, there’s going to be a big market for this game to make it work for a while. We’re sure that’s going to work out, and I hope that we’re right. If we are proved really, really wrong and all Wii games that you want to play is Wii Fit, then it comes the problem. But, at this moment in time, I don’t work in the racing group of Codemasters or anywhere with action games, but as you said, the likes of McRae, the likes of F1, those will also come to Wii.” – Dean Scott of Codemasters
We hear statements like these all the time, but it does make sense in a way. If games don’t sell, it makes it more difficult for a company to invest in a higher budget, bigger production values, etc. Overlord: Dark Legend is shaping up to be a nice core game for Wii owners though, so hopefully that audience will show Codemasters support.
Mario Kart Wii tournament – Funky Stadium coin collecting
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Course: Funky Stadium
Main objective: Collect coins
Secondary objective: Achieve the best time
Tournament date: 1/15 – 1/25