1. [PS3] Yakuza of the End – 298,717 / NEW
2. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D – 15,551 / 74,343
3. [DS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS – 11,421 / 130,812
4. [DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional – 10,526 / 530,022
5. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP – 8,384 / 105,625
6. [PSP] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Portable Vol. 1: CR Evangelion – Shinjitsu no Tsubasa – 6,808 / NEW
7. [Wii] Wii Party – 6,243 / 1,911,195
8. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip – 5,523 / 89,477
9. [PS3] Red Faction: Armageddon – 5,436 / NEW
10. [PSP] Patapon 3 – 5,306 / 116,798
11. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 – 5,302 / 180,066
12. [DS] Pokemon Black – 5,230 / 5,197,923
13. [PS3] Troy Warriors – 5,128 / 46,862
14. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort – 4,960 / 346,607
15. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou – 4,087 / 25,933
16. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii – 4,050 / 3,240,957
17. [Wii] Pandora’s Tower – 4,005 / 33,885
18. [Wii] Wii Fit Plus – 3,938 / 2.324,544
19. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – 3,919 / 4,486,990
20. [PS3] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 2: CR Evangelion – Shinjitsu no Tsubasa – 3,558 / NEW
PSP – 26,681
3DS – 24,649
PS3 – 17,104
Wii – 6,357
DSi LL – 5,283
DSi – 5,232
Xbox 360 – 2,370
PS2 – 1,291
DS Lite – 146
PSP go – 69
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week.
PSP – 30,155
3DS – 27,357
PS3 – 16,510
Wii – 6,315
DSi LL – 5,452
DSi – 5,187
Xbox 360 – 2,499
PS2 – 1,228
DS Lite – 138
PSP go – 62
Next week should be very, very interesting. Will 3DS sales rise with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D? And how much will that game sell? Nintendo’s supposedly putting out a limited shipment…
– All past Pokemon types included
– Gather Pokemon by defeating enemies
– After a Pokemon has been added to your list, you can switch to it at any time through a menu
– Each Pokemon has a unique skill set
– Battle royal: Every Pokemon for himself, fight against streams of enemies
– Totsugeki Battle: Dozens of Pokemon appear in battle simultaneously
– Wireless options
– Two players can play cooperatively
– SpotPass
– Other Pokemon and Miis will show up in your game
– Can fight the Miis/Pokemon who show up
This information comes from Satoru Iwata, who speak at a E3 Expo Analyst Q & A Session last week…
“What I can say is that we are also thinking, as you imagined, that with one console you would get one of the new controllers as a complete set.
As I am sure you can imagine, the cost of the new controller will exceed the cost of a standard controller up until now.
Regardless of the technical question as to whether or not we could do that (use two of the new controllers), for the time being, we will focus on what we can do with a single new controller with the system.
In the future, we may look at what other opportunities there are for gameplay and, how having two of those controllers might create fun or interesting new styles of play, but of course in doing that, it would require a consumer to purchase an additional controller. Therefore, we would need to carefully consider how we could create such an experience and, potentially, how we could ensure that there would be enough value within that experience for the consumer to accept that cost and make that purchase.”
Ken Levine has said that, although he’s excited about Wii U, his company isn’t creating any games for the platform. So it should come as no surprise that BioShock Infinite isn’t in development for Nintendo’s new console. When asked if Irrational Games is looking at Wii U, Shawn Robertson told GamesweltTV “Not at the moment with this, no.”
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has admitted to investors that the 3DS is off to a slow start. It’s true that initial sales of the handheld were encouraging, though they’ve tailed off considerably since then.
Iwata believes that delaying development of certain software was to blame, as was the lack of online features. The Nintendo eShop launched just a few days ago.
Iwata explained that as more online features are readied and more significant titles are released, sales of the 3DS should pick up.
“So, first I think it’s fair to say that while Nintendo 3DS had a strong launch day, the results since then have not met our expectations.
By which I mean to say that although pre-orders for this system were very strong and initial impressions of this system were very positive, those early indicators stand in conflict with where the system is at today. So, I can’t say there are no issues at present.
1. [PS3] Yakuza of the End
2. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
3. [DS] Battle & Get!! Pokemon Typing DS
4. [DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
5. [3DS] One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP
6. [PSP] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 2: CR Evangelion – Shinjitsu no Tsubasa
7. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip
8. [PS3] Red Faction: Armageddon
9. [PS3] Troy Warriors
10. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011
If you’re looking for a console that can play DVDs, you’re going to have to find a system other than Wii U. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that Wii U is unable to play DVDs. Iwata explained that it would be expensive to incorporate a player into the console due to patents and most consumers already have machines that can play DVDs.
Iwata also confirmed that the console will not support Blu-ray disks.
He told investors:
“Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities.
The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.”
