13th May
Exerbeat (Wii)
Summer 2011
Anglers Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D (3DS)
One Piece: Giant Battle (NDS)
July 2011
Pac-Man/Galaga (3DS)
Dream Trigger (3DS)
2011
Dual Pen Sports (3DS)
Top Rated Animated Series Set to Make Its Interactive Debut
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Cartoon Network Enterprises announced today that Generator Rex: Agent of Providence will be available for Nintendo DS™, the Nintendo 3DS™ system, Wii™ from Nintendo, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this October.
“Generator Rex embodies the best of boys’ action: a conflict-driven storyline, aspirational characters and an arsenal of cool weapons and vehicles,” said Pete Yoder, Vice President, U.S. Consumer Products, Cartoon Network Enterprises. “Activision’s Generator Rex: Agent of Providence captures this non-stop excitement and is the perfect title to extend the brand to the vital interactive market.”
PSP – 76,974
3DS – 28,413
PS3 – 23,954
Wii – 10,889
DSi LL – 9,235
DSi – 7,584
Xbox 360 – 4,082
PS2 – 1,582
DS Lite – 319
PSP go – 251
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week.
PSP – 49,162
3DS – 23,038
PS3 – 19,033
Wii – 7,866
DSi LL – 7,064
DSi – 6,214
Xbox 360 – 1,891
PS2 – 1,163
DS Lite – 283
PSP go – 265
Operation Flashpoint: Red River – 6
Conduit 2 – 4
Socom: Special Forces – 6
Section 8: Prejudice – 6
Mortal Kombat – 6
Steel Diver – 5
Darkspore – 4
Monster Tale – 6
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile – 7
Anomaly: Warzone Earth – 7
Shigeru Miyamoto on the sales of the 3DS…
“We’ve had a very good start with the 3DS, but it’s not completely widespread yet. One of our pet peeves is how do you convey the message? Because one has to play the 3DS to experience the 3D. I guess it depends on you guys!”
Miyamoto on games for the 3DS…
“We spent a lot of time developing 3DS, whether its games or other software. But from now we will be focussing more on gaming, we want to release lots of games this year.”
Miyamoto on Ocarina of Time 3D…
“After 13 years, there will be the children of today who haven’t experienced Ocarina of Time, it’s brand new for them. But for fans of the original, it’s a very faithful adaption.”
Nintendo is apparently putting a big focus on hands for Project Cafe. That is, for the E3 trailers at least.
According to Twitter user Supererogatory, who has been spot on with many rumors in the past, the Big N wrapped production on promotional videos for the console last week. Again, Nintendo was looking for actors with the finest of hands, which supposedly needed to be “flawless.”
Project Cafe’s controller will most likely be a central part of the videos, so perhaps Nintendo simply wanted to feature hands that look nice. Then again, maybe there’s something more to it… We’ll find out in a little under five weeks.
“Told Nintendo filmed Cafe E3 promotional videos last week in Orange County with a bunch of seeming hand models cast ‘based on their hands.’ The hands ‘had to be flawless’ and ‘couldn’t have blemishes, wrinkles or a lot of hair.'”
I suppose THQ wasn’t too happy when people laughed at the Saints Row 3DS announcement at E3 last year. Okay, that probably had nothing to do with anything at all, but the company has confirmed that the title has been cancelled. A representative simply said, “We are not developing Saints Row: Drive By.” For now at least, this ends any possibility of seeing the franchise on the 3DS. Series followers will be forced to check out the upcoming PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 project to get their Saints Row fix this year.
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
