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The following Rock Band Music Store songs will be made available on March 26:

  • Chevelle – “Send the Pain Below”
  • Chevelle – “The Red” – Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99
  • Chevelle – “Face to the Floor”

Each song can be purchased for 200 Wii Points.

Source: Harmonix PR


Rock Band’s downloadable content is coming to an end. After the drop on April 2, Harmonix will finally cease its work on the game.

The company announced during the PAX East: The Harmonix Rock Band Party last night that Rock Band’s last DLC will be Don McLean’s “American Pie”, which is included in the April 2 update.

We should have the Rock Band Music Store update for March 26 in just a few hours.

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For the next two days, consumers can take advantage of Best Buy offers that include nearly 100 video game products. Highlights include Nintendo Selects: Mario Power Tennis for $12, Pokemon Conquest for $15, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land for $30, and $50 off the Wii U Basic Set.

You can find all deals here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select “Video Games” for all gaming content. Free shipping is available.


A couple of new games can be purchased at Best Buy at a discount. Kirby Mass Attack is available for $7.99 while Sin and Punishment 2 is going for $9.99.

Both games are available for shipping at the moment. I’m not sure how much stock Best Buy has on-hand, but you could also look for the two games in-store.


The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 47,985
Vita – 36,028
3DS – 21,454
PS3 – 20,676
PSP – 12,721
Wii U – 9,539
Wii – 1,323
Xbox 360 – 543

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

Vita – 63,581
3DS LL – 39,801
3DS – 21,207
PS3 – 19,567
PSP – 18,023
Wii U – 9,454
Wii – 1,363
Xbox 360 – 738


This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. Highlights include $10 off The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Edition.

The full lineup of deals can be found in the circular below:



Wii U sold a disappointing 35,000 units in the UK for the month of January. Things weren’t any better in February – sales were worse, actually.

The latest data shows that Wii U sales stood at 25,000 units last month. Revenue also dipped from £1.2mm to £0.8mm. Year-to-date Wii U sales are now at 60,000 units and £2.0mm in revenue.

Amazingly enough, the Wii was Nintendo’s best-performing system in the UK for February, beating out the DS and even the 3DS.

Here’s a roundup of units sold and revenue stats:

Units

Wii – 125K
NDS – 110K
3DS – 90K

Revenue

Wii – £2.3mm
NDS – £1.7mm
3DS – £2.3mm

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Gears of War: Judgment (360) – 10/9/9/9
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U (Wii U) – 9/8/9/9
Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSV) – 9/8/8/8
Muramasa Rebirth (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Sei Madou Monogatari (PSV) – 8/9/8/7
Dungeon Travelers 2 (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Fate / Extra CCC (PSP) – 8/7/7/7
PreCure All Stars (Wii) – 7/6/7/8
Megpoid the Music# (PSP) – 6/6/4/5


When you think about it, the fact that Nintendo allowed Next Level Games to make Super Mario Strikers was somewhat unexpected. The studio was a bit unproven at the time yet the Big N nonetheless allowed the developer to get its hands on some of the company’s most-beloved characters.

You might be wondering: how did Next Level’s partnership with Nintendo begin? It was actually the initiative on the part of Next Level that got the ball rolling. The team first decided to make a Mario soccer demo “with no direction from Nintendo”.

Read on below for comments from Next Level Games discussing how Mario Strikers as well as Punch-Out!! came to be.



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