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These scores come from issue 49 of LEVEL…

Splinter Cell: Conviction – 9/10
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle – 9/10
Lost Planet 2 – 8/10
Infinite Space – 6/10
Monster Hunter Tri – 8/10
Mushihimesama Futari Ver.1.5 – 8/10
Super Street Fighter IV – 8/10
Demon’s Souls – 9/10
Metro 2033 – 7/10
Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies – 8/10
Dead to Rights: Retribution – 4/10
Resonance of Fate – 7/10
Muscle March – 5/10

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros)

Japan:
1. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Sekaiju no Meikyuu III: Seikai no Raihousha — Special Edition (Atlus)
4. Sekaiju no Meikyuu III: Seikai no Raihousha (Atlus)
5. Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Nintendo)
2. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
3. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

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– Director: “Making order from chaos. Or, pulling the enemies who were in order into chaos. Using one of the main character’s skills called ‘Gathering,’ we wanted to make a system that would let you control that type of situation.”
– Line (“Pointer”) indicates where the enemy’s focus is during battle
– Director: “This [pointer] is probably the most special feature when you see this game”
– Pointer’s color will indicate enemy type (soldier, mage, archer, etc.)
– Director: “Controlling chaos and order on the battle field ties in to victory”
– Producer: “Combat in games is the same. Ordered movements of your allies is the key to victory. But what if there were an opponent who could bring confusion to that order?”

Thanks to Thomas N for the news tip!

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Update: Added a few details to go along with the art.

– Images make it seem like who the enemy focuses on impacts the strategy of battle (ex: image shows the hero distracting enemies, heroine runs to other side of the field)
– Another hint is that the environment can be used in battle
– “Gathering” ability allows you to take the focus from an ally and put it on yourself (ex: heroine starts casting a spell, the enemies notice and go after her, then the hero uses Gathering so the enemies will focus on him and the heroine can execute her spell)

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I’m only posting information that we haven’t previously covered…

– Oil rig is off the coast of Florida
– Rig has weather effects
– Firefights inside/outside the oil rig
– Flip over tables for cover
– Can charge down enemies with the sprint button
– Multiple paths in levels, ladders so rooms are stacked on top of each other
– Use Wiimote gestures to open gates (twist Wiimote, thrust nunchuck, turn/flick switches)

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PSP – 29,766
PS3 – 28,973
Wii – 25,345
DSi LL – 19,372
DS – 13,738
DS Lite – 3,349
Xbox 360 – 3,218
PSP go – 1,826
PS2 – 1,425

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

PS3 – 38,877
PSP – 37,445
Wii – 30,938
DSi LL – 21,583
DSi – 15,526
DS Lite – 4,110
Xbox 360 – 2,676
PS2 – 1,815
PSP go – 1,803

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Miyamoto on whether he believes that his honor is decades overdue/deserved due to Donkey Kong/Mario or more recent creations…

“I don’t really know… I think that my best work is yet to come, actually. I mean, in the past five years I’ve been working on such unusual game titles, like Wii Fit Plus or Wii Sports Resort. And, probably, ten years ago I could never have been able to imagine that I would be making games like that. I’ve really enjoyed making unusual titles like those, that can remind me that in the next ten years or so I’ll be able to have unexpected joy in creating some very different genres from what I can imagine today. That’s why I can say that the best is yet to come to me.”

Miyamoto on retirement…

“Well, I am one of the company workers and the company has to retire me some time. So from that perspective, yes I may have to retire from Nintendo some day. But when I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies all the time, I understand that they would never retire. And by the same token, I guess I will still be making games somehow. The only question is whether the younger people will be willing to work with me at that far point in the future.”

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