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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

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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

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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

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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.”


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™


Neo Geo

Sengoku 2 – 900 points


Videos

Mario Kart 7 – Daisy Cruiser Time Trial #1
Wii Play Motion – Cone Zone High Score Challenge
Resident Evil: Revelations – Trailer 1
Crush3D – Trailer
Zombii Attack – Trailer
Samurai Sword Destiny – Trailer
3 Heroes: Crystal Soul – Info Video
Quick Fill Q – Trailer


There’s a bunch of Kiki Trick footage included inside these videos. Be sure to check them out!


01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 109,000 / 1,116,000
02. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G – 100,000 / 985,000
03. [PS3] Musou Orochi 2 – 73,000 / 274,000
04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land – 68,000 / 1,080,000
05. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 – 61,000 / 704,000
06. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go – 48,000 / 269,000
07. [Wii] Just Dance – 33,000 / 453,000
08. [Wii] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 24,000 / 537,000
09. [Wii] Wii Party – 23,000 / 2,224,000
10. [3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D – 20,000 / 111,000
11. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort
12. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
13. [Wii] Go Vacation
14. [PS3] Idol Master 2
15. [Wii] Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme
16. [Wii] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 10th Anniversary Definitive Edition
17. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012
18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Dubbed)
19. [PSP] Jikyou Powerful Pro. Baseball 2011 Ketteiban
20. [PSP] Frontier Gate
21. [Wii] Rhythm Heaven Fever
22. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Oshare na Mahou Tsukai
23. [3DS] nintendogs + cats
24. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle 2
25. [Wii] Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
26. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – PSP the Best
27. [Wii] Fortune Street
28. [PSV] Everybody’s Golf 6
29. [PSV] Uncharted: Golden Abyss
30. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS.


3DS – 197,952
PS3 – 67,199
PSP – 62,746
Vita – 42,648
Wii – 33,208
DSi LL – 3,356
Xbox 360 – 2,453
DSi – 2,418
PS2 – 1,659
DS Lite – 28

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 482,200
PSP – 101,121
Wii – 91,176
PS3 – 75,943
Vita – 72,479
DSi LL – 8,470
DSi – 5,894
Xbox 360 – 4,245
PS2 – 1,582
DS Lite – 32



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