Course: Maple Treeway
Objective: Get all of the coins
Tournament date: 11/1 – 11/10

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Fallout: New Vegas (PS3/360) – 10/9/9/9
Fable III (360) – 9/9/8/9
Radiant Historia (DS) – 9/8/8/9
Do-Konjou Shougakussei: Bon Bita – Hadaka no Choujou Ketsusen!! Bita vs. Dokuro Dei! (DS) – 7/7/7/7

Thanks to Kay and Thomas N for the tip!

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“I think that Mr. Iwata is right when he says that the Wii is more of a holiday purchase, as the core audience has long been satisfied, and the more casual audience comprises the much larger portion of the addressable market. With effective marketing, a slew of great games, and some likely support at retail, I expect the Wii to once again become the best selling console in November and December.” – Michael Pachter

Oh come on, is this really that hard to predict? It’d only be the fourth year in a row that the Wii kills everything in sales for a holiday. I expected more from you, Pachter…

Via IncGamers

A winner has been declared in Nintendo of America’s nationwide Sin & Punishment™: Star Successor high-scoring challenge. As verified by Twin Galaxies International, the official worldwide authority for all video game high scores and world records, Andrew F. of Milwaukee clinched the title by earning a score of 68,126,154 points in the game’s third level, playing in difficult mode, using the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers.

In recognition of Andrew’s outstanding performance, Nintendo has awarded him a prize package that includes a customized plaque and a selection of Nintendo products. Additionally, Andrew’s score will be submitted for consideration in the Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Edition.

Sin & Punishment: Star Successor is a thrilling arcade-style shooter available exclusively for the Wii™ system. The game’s online leaderboard lets players with broadband Internet access see how they stack up against the competition by viewing top scores from around the globe. Players also have the option of controlling their characters using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, the Classic Controller™, the Classic Controller Pro™, the Nintendo GameCube™ controller or the Wii Zapper™ accessory.

For more information about Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, please visit http://www.sinandpunishment.com.

Source: Nintendo PR

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01. / 00. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 307.755 / NEW
02. / 01. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 81.915 / 4.243.312 (-51%)
03. / 00. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 63.675 / NEW
04. / 00. [PS3] Vanquish (Sega) – 48.318 / NEW
05. / 02. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 35.633 / 127.913 (-61%)
06. / 00. [PS3] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 25.365 / NEW
07. / 03. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) – 24.939 / 94.872 (-64%)
08. / 00. [PS3] Beat Sketch! (SCE) – 22.165 / NEW
09. / 00. [PS3] FIFA 11: World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts) – 18.995 / NEW
10. / 06. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 15.895 / 1.138.627 (-32%)
11. / 04. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 14.995 / 141.748 (-52%)
12. / 00. [PS3] Time Crisis: Razing Storm (Bandai Namco) – 12.653 / NEW
13. / 00. [WII] No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Marvelous Entertainment) – 11.373 / NEW
14. / 00. [X360] Vanquish (Sega) – 11.204 / NEW
15. / 05. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two Interactive) – 10.454 / 107.347 (-60%)
16. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Move Special Pack) (Capcom) – 9.399 / NEW
17. / 00. [X360] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 6.958 / NEW
18. / 15. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) – 6.371 / 456.266 (-2%)
19. / 00. [PS3] Sports Champions (SCE) – 6.349 / NEW
20. / 07. [PS3] Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime – Hybrid Pack (Bandai Namco) – 6.123 / 176.892 (-66%)

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This information comes from Noritaka Funamizu, who talked about the 3DS in the latest issue of Famitsu…

“As a portable game system, the 3DS is just powerful enough, and that’s what I find so attractive about it. It’s not too weak, but not too overpowered, either — it seems easy to develop for. There’s this idea I had that was too complex for the DS, but wasn’t really suited for the PSP either, and I’d like to try tackling it again.”

Hmm… I wonder what sort of idea Funamizu had in mind. I’d love to see him bring it to life on the 3DS!

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PSP – 32,591
PS3 – 20,128
DSi LL – 15,819
DSi – 14,703
Wii – 11,971
DS Lite – 3,887
Xbox 360 – 2,162
PS2 – 1,222
PSP go – 924

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

PSP – 37,127
PS3 – 22,201
DSi LL – 21,084
DSi – 20,084
Wii – 12,810
DS Lite – 5,268
Xbox 360 – 2,342
PS2 – 1,715
PSP go – 1,590