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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 17 Comments

Last year, Bethesda Softworks hyped up a “really big Wii game.” Unfortunately, the title – which turned out to be Wheelspin – was not internally created, and is actually one of the worst games on Nintendo’s console. Yet even though Bethesda expressed interest in more serious development on the Nintendo front last year, it doesn’t sound like the company is still considering that direction.

“From my group, which is the internal Bethesda development team, probably not [going into Nintendo development]. The stuff we’re doing is a better fit on the other platforms. You can never say never, but I think for the kind of games that we like to play and make, it fits the other platforms… I agree with what you said. Even if there’s going to be some bigger, more mature games on it, the system (Wii), for better or worse, has been moved to this demographic. If we had an idea that we thought would really take advantage of that platform, we would do something for it. Usually, we’re thinking more in terms of graphically doing things that the other systems do. That’s what we get excited about.” – Todd Howard, executive producer for Bethesda Game Studios

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 1 Comment

PSP – 28,747
DSi LL – 24,189
Wii – 21,092
PS3 – 19,420
DSi – 18,202
Xbox 360 – 6,056
DS Lite – 5,059
PS2 – 1,475
PSP go – 831

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

PSP – 26,786
DSi LL – 25,884
Wii – 22,239
PS3 – 19,473
DSi – 16,318
Xbox 360 – 5,936
DS Lite – 4,895
PS2 – 1,507
PSP go – 1,155

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WiiWare
– Dive: The Medes Islands Secret (Cosmonaut Games, 1,000 Wii Points)
– Family Pirate Party (ARC SYSTEM WORKS, 500 Wii Points)

DSiWare
– Crystal Monsters (Gameloft, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
– Mega Words (Digital Leisure Inc., 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
– Puffins: Let’s Race! (Other Ocean Interactive, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

SEPTEMBER 3rd
ACE COMBAT: JOINT ASSAULT (PSP)

SEPTEMBER 24th
BLUE DRAGON: AWAKENED SHADOW (NDS)

OCTOBER 8th
ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST (PS3/XBOX360)

OCTOBER
DRAGON BALL Z: TENKAICHI TAG TEAM (PSP)
FAMILY PARTY FITNESS FUN (Wii)
FAMILY TRAINER: TREASURE ADVENTURE (Wii)

AUTUMN
NARUTO ULTIMATE STORM 2 (PS3/X360)
DRAGON BALL: RAGING BLAST 2 (PS3/XBOX360)
SPLATTERHOUSE (PS3/XBOX360)
HELLO KITTY SEASONS (Wii)
PAC MAN PARTY (Wii)
TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 (XBOX360/PS3/PC)

NOVEMBER
HELLO KITTY BIRTHDAY ADVENTURES (NDS)

NOVEMBER 26th
MAJIN AND THE FORSAKEN KINGDOM (PS3/XBOX360)

2010
DESPICABLE ME (Wii/NDS/PS2/PSP)

2011
INVERSION (PS3/XBOX360)
GOD EATER BURST (PSP)
KNIGHTS CONTRACT (XBOX360/PS3)
THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS (PC)

TBC
TEKKEN X STREETFIGHTER

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 6 Comments

We posted both of these boxarts previously, but now we have confirmations that they are the real deal. The first one is the Japanese Metroid: Other M boxart while the second one is for Conduit 2.

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 1 Comment

This information is based on data from Nintendo’s first fiscal quarter…

Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver — 1.69 million (10.09 mil. total)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 — 4.09 million (4.09 mil. total)
Wii Sports Resort — 3.02 million (19.16 mil. total)
Wii Fit Plus — 1.87 million (14.52 mil. total)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii — 1.10 million (15.81 mil. total)

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 3 Comments

Things to note:

– Xenoblade is listed for North America as “TBA.” However, you can probably tell that the game is still called Monado: Beginning of the World. I’m not sure if it’ll be given that name or Xenoblade overseas, but we’ll find out eventually!
– Kirby’s Epic Yarn is listed as “CY2011/Q1” for Europe. Unfortunately, this means our European friends won’t be able to play Kirby until early next year.
– Don’t get confused by the 3DS listing. It still is expected to be released sometime by the end of March 2011. We’ll find out the exact date in September.
– The Last Story is still expected to be released in Japan this year.

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 1 Comment

Thanks to Robert for the tip!

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

– First quarter (April – June) saw a drop in sales
– Nintendo said the appreciation of the yen and lowering of the DS price contributed to the drop
– ¥188,646 million in sales in the first quarter
– ¥253,498 million was the total of the same period last year
– Operating income down from ¥40,401 million to ¥23,342 million
– Super Mario Galaxy 2 has sold 4.09 million units worldwide
– Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, Tomodachi Collection have continued their success
– 3.15 million DS units sold, compared to 5.97 million units of the same period last year
– 123.04 million DS units worldwide total
– 3.04 million Wii units sold, compared to 2.23 million units of the same period last year
– 73.97 million Wii units life-to-date numbers
– DS software sales at 22.41 million units, compared to 29.09 million units from last year
– 740.93 million units of software so far in total
– 28.17 million Wii games sold from April to June, compared to 31.07 million from last year
– 573 million units sold in total since launch (not including downloadable games)

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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