01. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 – Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} – 43.886 00. / 454.781 (-40%)
02. / 04. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} – 21.546 00. / 70.924 (-56%)
03. / 07. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 20.090 00. / 141.869 (-11%)
04. / 02. [PSP] Final Promise Story (Image Epoch) {2011.04.28} – 18.185 00. / 78.621 (-70%)
05. / 06. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} – 13.670 00. / 392.674 (-49%)
06. / 08. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 12.754 00. / 140.478 (-24%)
07. / 11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 12.433 00. / 1.881.598 (+38%)
08. / 20. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 9.868 00. / 5.172.829 (+32%)
09. / 12. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} – 9.643 00. / 214.838 (+8%)
10. / 22. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} – 9.298 00. / 3.221.200
11. / 10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 9.019 00. / 4.466.245 (-16%)
12. / 28. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} – 8.944 / 892.946
13. / 03. [PS3] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition) {2011.04.28} – 8.579 / 66.684 (-85%)
14. / 13. [3DS] Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo) {2011.04.14} – 8.260 / 54.407 (-7%)
15. / 05. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} – 7.499 / 99.485 (-77%)
16. / 30. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} – 6.973 / 4.281.175
17. / 29. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} – 6.809 / 329.832
18. / 16. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Square Enix) {2011.03.24} – 6.560 / 186.012 (-19%)
19. / 15. [NDS] Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.21} – 6.253 / 34.749 (-28%)
20. / 21. [PSP] Earth Defence Force 2 Portable (D3 Publisher) {2011.04.07} – 6.055 / 102.261 (-17%)
So, this is rather interesting. IGN has “built” Project Cafe. I know, that probably doesn’t make much sense… But they were able to create the hardware using specifications provided by sources and PC components comparable to the ones Nintendo will apparently use in their own console.
It’s definitely a rough idea of what Project Cafe will actually turn out to be – and Nintendo hasn’t, of course, confirmed any hardware rumors – but the results are very interesting (see the video and images below).
Components
CPU: 3.2GHz Triple Core AMD Athlon II X3 450
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 4850 GPU with 1GBs of VRAM
Motherboard: BIOSTAR A780L3L Micro ATX
RAM: 2GBs of Kingston DDR3
Power Supply: Rosewill RV350 ATX 1.3
Hard Drive: 80GB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM
Through the many interviews of Iwata Asks, we’ve found out some very interesting things about Mario. We’ve learned about plans for a rifle, beam gun, and rocket in the original Super Mario Bros., heard why Shigeru Miyamoto included coins in the game, and received a ton of other interesting tidbits.
The latest edition of Iwata Asks focuses on Steel Diver, but Satoru Iwata, Miyamoto, and other members of the development team couldn’t resist bringing up Mario in the conversation. Miyamoto happened to discuss why Mario has a plump shape. He said:
“The reason Mario is a plump shape is because gaming devices at that time could only read collisions between square boxes, not because I wanted to make him cute. His design turned out like that because I adjusted for the capabilities of the gaming device of the day. For example, resolution was low, so I made his face big. But today’s game consoles can handle collisions with round or irregular shapes.”
For the full interview, which actually does discuss Steel Diver, click here.
This information comes from n-Space’s Dan O’Leary…
“We currently have three 3DS titles in development, one for 2011 and two for early 2012. All of them will be announced at or before E3 early next month. We’re very excited to share them with the world and hope that many of your readers will look forward to their release.”
Man, I really can’t wait to see what n-Space has done with the 3DS. I’d be surprised if at least one of the games wasn’t a shooter. It’ll also be interesting to see which publishers the company is working with.
If you watched the latest episode of ‘That One Show’, you know that our new friends at Rocketfish gaming accessories have offered to give all you cool cats some free stuff, so I said I’d do it, but only if I could challenge all of you to a test first. After much coercion, they agreed that I could test you, as long as it didn’t permanently damage you in any way.
Despite my disappointment at the above prerequisite for my plan, I decided I’d just put your Nintendo knowledge on the stand with a little question. All you gotta do is answer it either in the comments, via YouTube, via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc (as long as I see it), and then if you get it right, you’ll be put in a random selection to win one of these:
We have a total of five to give away, but I’m only giving away two this week. Here’s your question:
Nintendo is soon to release a line of “Nintendo Select” titles for the Wii that will offer some of the best titles on the system, including Twilight Princess and WarioWare, for just $20. Before the Wii, what did Nintendo call it when they rereleased games at lower prices, such as The Legend Of Zelda Four Swords Adventure on Gamecube? For bonus points, name the first game system to ever use this idea of rereleasing games.
If you win, we’ll e-mail you. The only rule I can think of is that you (unfortunately) have to live inside the United States to receive one. Sorry, international crowd! We love and respect you, but shipping costs are ridiiiiculous.
One word: Yikes!
