LTD, YTD hardware sales in the U.S. (NPD)
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This information is based on data collected from the NPD Group through November 2011. Additional hardware sales will be provided on Thursday via the December report.
LTD
DS – 50,530,001
Wii – 37,624,494
Xbox 360 – 30,934,373
PlayStation 3 – 19,041,921
3DS – 2,462,000
YTD
Xbox 360 – 5,539,214
PlayStation 3 – 3,579,948
Wii – 3,474,870
DS – 3,193,732
3DS – 2,462,000
Media Create software sales (12/26 – 1/1) – Top 50
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01./01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
02./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G #
03./02. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 2 #
04./03. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
05./05. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 #
06./09. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
07./07. [WII] Just Dance Wii
08./06. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
09./11. [WII] Wii Party
10./08. [3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D #
11./19. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus
12./20. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
13./28. [WII] Go Vacation
14./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol. 3
15./10. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme
16./14. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Definitive Edition #
17./25. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012
18./16. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition
19./22. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 Ketteiban
20./26. [PSP] Frontier Gate
21./21. [WII] Rhythm Heaven: Fever
22./17. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: Oshare na Mahou Tsukai
23./23. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends
24./18. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 – New World #
25./15. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
26./34. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best)
27./31. [WII] Itadaki Street Wii
28./37. [PSV] Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
29./40. [PSV] Uncharted: Golden Abyss
30./43. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs.
31./12. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Nanoha A’s Portable: The Gears of Destiny #
32./29. [WII] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword #
33./30. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 Ketteiban
34./44. [PSV] Dynasty Warriors Next
35./24. [PSP] Little Battlers eXperience: Boost
36./49. [PSV] Lord of Apocalypse
37./00. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
38./32. [NDS] Kirby Mass Attack
39./13. [WII] PokePark 2: Beyond the World
40./41. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble Blast
41./33. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
42./00. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
43./47. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0
44./00. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend
45./39. [WII] Family Fishing #
46./00. [PSP] Lord of Apocalypse
47./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012
48./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition #
49./45. [PS3] Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11 Hitome no Suspect
50./35. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White
Impressing Miyamoto keeps Aonuma motivated, reflecting on Twilight Princess for Skyward Sword, more
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There’s a new interview up with The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. Aonuma was asked about how he and his staff keep motivated, how he used his previous experience with the series in making Skyward Sword a better game, working in the shadow of Ocarina of Time’s success, and much more.
There are quite a few noteworthy tidbits, such as how Aonuma is motivated by his desire to impress Shigeru Miyamoto.
He also explained how he greatly reflected on Twilight Princess “with a view to try and fix lots of the things that we felt weren’t perfect.” Aonuma discussed this quite a bit.
For all of Aonuma’s comments, head past the break.
Partial Nintendo Download lineup for January 12
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Update: Added in Zen Pinball 3D. Nintendo hasn’t listed the game, but I guess we’ll take Zen Studios’ word for it!
WiiWare
Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Case of the Crumbling Cathedral – 600 points
DSiWare
101 Pinball World – $4.99 / 500 points
Hip Hop King Rytmik Edition – $7.99 / 800 points
3DS Download
Zen Pinball 3D – $6.99
New Mario Party 9 details from Nintendo Power
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The latest issue of Nintendo Power contains a one-page preview for Mario Party 9. There are a bunch of new details inside the magazine.
You find find a summary of Nintendo Power’s article below.
– All players ride together in a vehicle rather than moving around the stage separately
– Only the player whose turn it is reaps the benefits of landing on a particular space
– Collect as many Mini Stars s possible before reaching the end of the stage
– Prizes are spread throughout the path
– Also earn prizes by landing on special spaces and competing in mini-games
– Mini Ztars remove Mini Stars from your inventory
– You’ll find a variety of dice blocks, which adds in some strategy
– Dice blocks include those that roll only high numbers or roll only a 0 or a 1
– They allow you to better plan where you travel
– Stage example: Toad Road
– One of the main attractions is broken
– All players need to roll a sufficiently high number
– Doing so allows you to jump a broken bridge
– If you fail at this, the car drops into a Mini Ztar-filled canyon
– Stage example: Bob-omb Factory
– This stage has conveyer belts that change your course
– You’ll fight a Whomp; this requires each player to stand on a rotating platform while attempting to avoid being flattened
– Every stage has a mini-game and a final boss
– Dozens of new mini-games
– Memory mini-game example: quickly count a horde of Goombas as they rush into their homes
– Button pressing mini-game example: swing the Wii Remote to throw toppings on a pizza
Japanese software totals for 2011
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2011 software totals for Japan are now available. The figures are based on Enterbrain data collected between December 27, 2010 and December 25, 2011.
01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 1,082,391
02. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land – 1,042,511
03. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – 1,021,457
04. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G – 809,322
05. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 – 697,146
06. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0 – 696,428
07. [Wii] Rhythm Heaven Fever – 633,429
08. [PS3] Tales of Xillia – 632,151
09. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort – 612,807
10. [Wii] Wii Party – 584,545
Japanese hardware totals for 2011
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2011 hardware totals for Japan are now available. The figures are based on Enterbrain data collected between December 27, 2010 and December 25, 2011.
3DS – 4,135,739
PSP – 1,960,177
PlayStation 3 – 1,467,261
Wii – 937,451
Nintendo DS – 711,204
PlayStation Vita – 402,794
Xbox 360 – 114,075
Aonuma once again says new Zelda is in the works, gameplay more important than story
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Fans have started to translate the many, many pages of Hyrule Historia. There are two specific, noteworthy excerpts at the end of the book.
First, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma commented on the completion of Skyward Sword’s development and how Nintendo is receiving feedback from players. They’ll be using this as “energy for the next voyage.”
Aonuma then stated that “to tell the truth, we’ve already set sail in a new voyage.” He could be referring to the new Zelda project that is in development for the 3DS.
“The long sailing time of creating Skyward Sword, a game to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Zelda series, has just come to an end. The voices of those who’ve played it from around the world reach us. We hear their admiration comments, and their criticism too. All those voices become energy for the next voyage. Well, to tell the truth, we’ve already set sail in a new voyage.”
Aonuma also reminded fans that Nintendo will always be more concerned with creating engaging gameplay for Zelda titles rather than focusing on the story elements.
“Chapter 2, ‘The Full History of Hyrule,’ arranges the series in chronological order so it’s easier to understand, but from the very beginning, Zelda games have been developed with the top priority of focusing on the game mechanics rather than the story. For example, in Ocarina of Time, the first installment of the series I was involved in, the main theme was how to create a game with pleasant controls in a 3D world. Or in the DS game, Phantom Hourglass, the focus was having comfortable stylus controls. Finally, in the most recent game, Skyward Sword, we focused on an easy way to swing the sword using the Wii motion plus.”
Rock Band Music Store update next week (1/10/12)
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Cambridge, Mass. – January 6th, 2011 – Harmonix today announced that Hall & Oates will makes its debut on the Rock Band™ Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 900 artists and more than 3,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks atwww.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. More than 100 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch on Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii™
Japanese Wii VC release next week
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Neo Geo
Sengoku 2 – 900 points
