Wii

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Over the past few months, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime and Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter have had an ongoing verbal bout of sorts. Pachter has been claiming that a Wii HD is on the way, but a few weeks ago, Fils-Aime flat-out denied any plans for such a console to be released. On the November episode of GTTV, he stated:

“You know, Michael continues to be the only one who believes that this is gonna happen. I don’t know how forcefully we can say there is no Wii HD.”

Even with those remarks from Reggie, though, Pachter still believes that an HD version of the Wii is coming. On the latest episode of the Bonus Round, Pachter said:

“Reggie and I have a good cop, bad cop relationship. So I just keep saying yes, he keeps saying no…I know nothing, it makes rational business sense for them to introduce and soon, and I think they will introduce it and soon. 2010…Wii Plus…Yup [it is coming].”

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Beat City (DS) – E
Blaster Master (Wii) – E
Faceez (DSi) – E
Kart Racer (Wii) – E
Kung Fu Funk (Wii) – E10+
Truck Racer (Wii) – E
Zorro: Quest for Justice (DS) – E10+
QuickPick Farmer (DSi) – E
Disney Fireworks (DSi) – E
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time (Wii) – E
Flight Control (DSi) – E
Worms: Battle Islands (Wii) – E10+
VT Tennis (DSi) – E
Me & My Dogs: Friends Forever (DSi) – E
Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight (DSi) – T

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Now that the latest Media Create hardware sales data has been reported, the complete totals for October have been calculated.  Here’s how things played out this month (11/2 – 11/20):

PS3 – 168,733
DSi LL – 167,956
PSP – 144,145
DSi – 140,261
Wii – 138,121
PSP go – 28,802
DS Lite – 22,870
Xbox 360 – 16,573
PS2 – 8,178

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This summary is a little later than usual, but there are some interesting tidbits regarding Spirit Tracks, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (lack of advertising especially), WayForward talk, and more.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

– Bozon will be reviewing the game
– Sam likes it
– Also believes it’s one of the more difficult Zelda titles
– Again, don’t need to play previously cleared areas in the Spirit Tower
– Bozon has completed 3 dungeons and is in the third tower of the master dungeon (9-10 hours), so sidequests yet
– Sam says the tower becomes a difficult challenge towards the end of the game
– Seems Nintendo worked hard on the game to make it more complex
– Still have all the intro “tutorial” stuff
– A lot of déjà vu moments
– After the first hour or so, there’s a lot of interesting stuff
– New items
– Still find keys to treasure chests, lighting torches, but you’ll be stumped a lot because previous Zelda knowledge won’t help you
– Many times Bozon didn’t know what to do
– Game teaches you new conventions and are cool
– There are times where you’ll need to go back into rooms
– Whirlwind item can get annoying
– Sam was struggling with the Spirit Pipes since he was using the original DS
– Bozon thinks the Spirit Pipes are better implemented/used than the ocarina in Ocarina of Time
– Can’t change sensitivity of the mic
– Craig received a wooden treasure chest from Nintendo
– Comes out on Monday
– Game opens up in different areas to take the train, not the things you expect on the map
– The more Bozon plays it, the more he likes it
– Dungeons are better than Phantom Hourglass, other things are better as well
– Sam feels the train is more boring than the ship because you can’t draw your own path
– Bozon’s review should be up on Monday
– Definitely a buy game

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Active Life: Extreme Challenge Bundle (Namco Bandai)

Japan:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Sengoku Musou 3 (Koei)
3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
5. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 (Hudson)

UK:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
4. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo)
2. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
3. Bakugan Battle Brawlers Collector’s Edition (Activision)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. iCarly (Activision)

Japan:
1. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
2. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue — Limited Edition (Level 5)
3. Pocket Monsters: Soul Silver (Nintendo)
4. Pocket Monsters: Heart Gold (Nintendo)
5. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (Level 5)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
4. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
5. Junior Brain Trainer DS (Avanquest)

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Sunsoft, a division of SUNCORPORATION, has today announced their return to active console game publishing for the North American market, aided by startup GAIJINWORKS.

Kiharu Yoshida, CEO of SUNCORPORATION (JASDAQ: 6736) initiated a meeting to discuss the possibility of reinvigorating the Sunsoft console gaming brand in the USA. At that meeting, it was quickly obvious that the relationship was a great fit. GAIJINWORKS President, Victor Ireland states, “My relationship with Sunsoft and Yoshida-san goes back more than 15 years, and when this opportunity presented itself to help Sunsoft return to the US console market, it was a natural fit for both our companies.”

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– Game allows you to explore PokePark
– Big/varied world
– Blaziken’s Punching Rocks minigame: Shake Wii remote, destroy rocks thrown by Blaziken at the right moment
– Empoleon’s Snow Rider minigame: Head down an icy slope, time attack setup
– Dusknoir’s Classic Running minigame: Race that involves running/destroying objects throughout the course
Absol’s Tsugi Tsugi Hurdle minigame: Race that involves leaping over obstacles (like Dugtrio)
Bastiodon’s Panel Crush minigame: Need to throw balls at panels to earn points, speed of the balls will increase slowly
– Password system in the game to receive in-game items
– “78872252,” the first password, nets you a Surfboard item to use in the Marine Slider minigame even if you don’t have a water Pokemon

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WiiWare:
Chokkan! Balance Labyrinth (Game Loft, 500pts)

DSiWare:
GG Series Black X Block (Genterprise, 200pts)
Sekai Tangen – Kokki World Map (ISP, 200pts)
Map Map! By Gochikentei DS (Spike, 200pts)
Artist ni narou! Minna no Nurie Shoukyuu Hen (ERTAIN, 500pts)
UNO (Gameloft, 500pts)
Kappa-do (Nintendo, 500pts)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Rensasuru Noroi & Nazo no Jikenbo (Arc System Works, 500pts)

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