Nintendo Everything

PS3 – 59,612
Wii – 56,547
DSi LL – 44,122
DSi – 38,486
PSP – 28,757
DS Lite – 4,510
PSP go – 4,084
Xbox 360 – 3,859
PS2 – 2,547

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

PSP – 99,703
Wii – 77,307
PS3 – 76,422
DSi – 48,039
DSi LL – 47,798
PSP go – 9,083
DS Lite – 3,741
Xbox 360 – 3,708
PS2 – 2,480

1. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
2. [Wii] Donkey Kong Country Returns
3. [Wii] Wii Party
4. [Wii] Mario Sports Mix
5. [DS] Ni no Kuni
6. [DS] Pokemon Black/White
7. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort
8. [DS] SaGa 3: Shadow or Light
9. [Wii] Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition
10. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

Nintendo is one for the silent protagonist. With the exception of the Star Fox games, all of Nintendo’s main characters have never spoken. That has started to change, though. In Metroid: Other M, the developers gave Samus a voice. Most fans didn’t like what she had to say, or the fact that she was speaking at all. Others – such as myself – saw it as a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, we are few and far between.

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3DS region-clock

– Unconfirmed
– Sounds like the 3DS will be region-locked
– DSi was region-locked, DS/Lite were not
– Primary reason Nintendo does region-locking is for piracy

3DS Game Coins

– Shown in screenshots/video
– Different theories about what it actually does

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The images above apparently come from yet another Taiwanese 3DS fan who somehow managed to get his hands on the system. A bunch of photos were taken, most of which provide a look at the system’s innards.

Thanks to Captain N for the tip!

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The screenshots above are from the PSP title, but you can expect the 3DS version to look very similar. BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2 will be released in Japan on March 31.

Love Zombie (DS) – 9/8/8/8
Venus & Braves: Majo to Megami to Horobi no Yogen (PSP) – 8/8/8/7
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (PS3/360) – 8/8/7/8
Kaijuu Busters Powered (DS) – 8/7/7/7
Kinect Joy Ride (360) – 7/7/7/7

– Nintendo World 2011 demo starts with an anime movie carnival scene
– Can only turn the 3D completely on or off for pre-rendered footage (applies to all games)
– After the video, Professor Layton and Luke arrive in Montedoll
– 3D character models instead of 2D drawings
– Overhead map on the touch screen
– Layton and Luke can move when you tap the map on the touch screen
– Notebook-like mouse pad on touch screen when investigating areas of interest in the backdrops on the top screen
– Slide the stylus on the touch screen to move goggles on the top screen
– Tap the spot when you see a point of interest
– First puzzle: set on a corncob, 2 beetles stuck in grooves formed by removed kernels, the two are separated by a wall of kernels, guide one beetles through grooves util it reaches the other
– Another puzzle: on an iceberg with 6 penguins, has a king penguin who wants to be moved to the center, penguins will move forward until they hit something or fall off when you touch one, position all penguins so the king can reach the center
– A lot of layering effects for 3D usage
– Characters, dialogue box, background, other elements are layered for conversation scenes

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