Creating Wii Fit was stressful, Wii Music due out this year
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Coming from a new Times article…
“There tends to be a lot of nervousness about working on a product like this. Video games have a lot of expectations, and developers tend to have stress to meet those.” – Shigeru Miyamoto
Also in the Times article…
He (Miyamoto) is now working on a music game. It’s due later this year, even if it takes a few Bowser-like outbursts to pull off.
Tales of Symphonia Knights of Ratatosk – new trailer
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Wii not too popular in Korea
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Wii – 35,000 units sold (out of 50,000 units at launch)
Wii Sports – 30,000 units sold
Swing Golf Pangya – 8,000 units sold
Zack & Wiki – 8,000 units sold
FIFA – 2,000 units sold
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise details
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– Some or all of the new Pinatas (7) are also in Trouble in Paradise.
– Rumble Pak support!
– Uses a 128MB game card! (A.S.H. is the only DS game to use the 256MB card)
Japanese hardware sales (5/12 – 5/18)
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PSP 70,536
Wii 41,572
DS Lite 34,905
PS3 7,701
PS2 7,022
Xbox 360 1,474
“Untitled” game trailer pops up for Wii
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This trailer has been posted on the front page of GameTrailers and is marked down as a Wii title. The game does not have a name, nor do we know whether this will be heading to Wii or WiiWare.
Rumor – Wii Fit sells 650,000 copies in NA on first day
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In most instances, Nintendo sales figures are generally accepted only when Nintendo reports the numbers themselves. VGChartz reports, however, that Wii Fit has sold 650,000 copies in its first day in the market, providing Nintendo with $60 million. Although it allegedly did not perform as well as Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit had a stellar first day performance nonetheless. Given the popularity of Wii Fit, the 650,000 mark is not out of the question, though it’s best to take this bit of news with a grain of salt until Nintendo confirms this news.
Oddworld game in development, no platform announced
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The Oddworld series has quite a history. Games have appeared on the PlayStation, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox. A new game has been discovered and is currently in development. Although there is no firm platform announced, there are quite a few details on the title. There’s a new 3D system in the works which allows for a 1:1 ratio for cinematic-like animation quality. Also, there is a hint that when the game releases, there will be episodic content to accompany it as well. Because the latest iteration of Oddworld released on the Xbox, the new game points to a 360 release. However, based on the history of the series, it’s possible that this title will release on either the PlayStation 3 or Wii.
Wii sets new software sales record, overtakes PS2
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Since the launch of the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, Nintendo has been king of the sales figures. Almost every month, it seems Nintendo has yet another statistic to provide the gaming industry with. Nintendo has more figures to report and the news is quite big. According to the big N, in the first 18 months of the Wii’s lifespan, 50 million games were sold to consumers, not including Wii Sports or downloadable titles. This statistic has apparently surpassed the PS2, in which Nintendo claims only sold 42 million titles in its first 18 months. Compared to other systems, the Xbox 360 sold 30 million, the Xbox at approximately 28 million and the PlayStation 3 at around 20 million.
