Nintendo’s release schedule is absolutely barren. Although, there really is no reason why it should be – in North America and Europe at least. We’re still waiting for a localization confirmation of Xenoblade Chronicles in the states, and The Last Story hasn’t been announced for any overseas territory.
Regarding the 3DS, fans know of only one game coming from Nintendo – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Unfortunately, that won’t be out until June, and Star Fox 64 3D has yet to be dated for North America or Europe.
Reggie Fils-Aime said that announcements about upcoming titles will be made before E3. I just hope Wii Play: Motion and Mystery Case Files: Dust to Dust aren’t the only new games that fans can look forward to on the Wii over the next few months. If nothing else, I expect that a number of dates will be shared at E3.
The data below accounts for life-to-date total global sales. For a more specific breakdown, check out the image below.
DS
Pokemon Black/White – 11.51
New Super Mario Bros. – 26.88
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 11.90
Mario Kart DS – 21.04
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future – 1.97
Art Academy – 1.90
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! – 1.78
Mario Party DS – 8.21
Dragon Quest IX – 1.05
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – 4.13
Super Mario 64 DS – 9.65
3DS
nintendogs + cats – 1.71
Wii
Wii Sports – 76.76
Wii Sports Resort – 27.68
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 21.94
Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 6.36
Wii Fit Plus – 18.49
Wii Party – 5.77
Donkey Kong Country Returns – 4.98
Mario Kart Wii – 27.00
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition – 2.24
Kirby’s Epic Yarn – 1.59
Mario Sports Mix – 1.54
Videos
Nintendo Week 4/25
LEGO Pirates 3DS Trailer
Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 TV Spot
Word Searcher Deluxe Trailer
Airport Mania: First Flight Info Video
Inchworm Animation Trailer
Ubongo Info Video
01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 3.849.907 / 3.849.907
002. [NDS] Pokemon Black (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 2.604.240 / 2.604.240
003. [NDS] Pokemon White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 2.362.497 / 2.362.497
004. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 1.676.891 / 1.676.891
005. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} – 1.469.092 / 4.177.584
006. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation (Square Enix) {2010.01.28} – 1.343.447 / 1.343.447
007. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) {2010.04.28} – 1.230.487 / 1.230.487
008. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) {2009.06.18} – 1.033.857 / 3.536.227
009. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {2010.05.27} – 947.540 / 947.540
010. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) {2010.04.29} – 819.158 / 819.158
011. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {2010.10.21} – 803.453 / 803.453
012. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} – 785.222 / 2.205.816
013. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) {2010.01.09} – 768.721 / 768.721
014. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} – 638.305 / 638.305
015. [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco) {2010.02.04} – 634.645 / 634.645
016. [PS3] Yakuza 4 (Sega) {2010.03.18} – 577.199 / 577.199
017. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) {2010.11.25} – 563.378 / 563.378
018. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (Koei) {2010.03.25} – 549.316 / 549.316
019. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} – 540.859 / 3.109.566
020. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) {2010.08.26} – 517.139 / 517.139
I only include the images that actually made sense and didn’t just have a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo in them. You can check out all the images here if you’re one of those “intellectual” types. 😛
Enjoy!
If you’re a patient reader, check out the full PDF here. If you’d rather just get the bulletpoints, here’s what I gather from it:
– ‘Parent’ device and ‘Child’ devices
– ‘Child’ device connects to ‘Parent’ devices to stream data/games
– ‘Child’ device can communicate with multiple ‘Parent’ devices, receive identification date
– A sort of “GBA+Gamecube” without the cords
– ‘Child’ device houses game cartridge, can be detached from ‘Parent’ device
– ‘Child’ device can send requests to ‘Parent’ devices for data transfers
– Multiple ‘Child’ devices meant to be used at the same time in constant communication
– Has a sort of ‘Download Play’ option
– Uses Bluetooth for communication
– Mario Kart and F-Zero are mentioned multiple times throughout the patent
– Uses very confusing language, such as ‘thereby’, ‘wherein’, etc (ie, ‘patent speak’ that makes it real hard to read)
Okay, maybe I sort of just added that last one for kicks. The point here is that we’ve essentially confirmed a lot of the speculation that a 3DS-like device would be used to control Café, and can break off from being just a controller to play games on its own. Note that I got kind of bored reading all of that confusing patent-speak, so if you go through and read it yourself, post any info I missed here!
Of course, take all patents with a grain of salt- just because Nintendo patented it, doesn’t mean it’ll for sure happen! We’ll find out all the details at E3…
Junior Mystery Quest (DS) – E
ATV Xtreme World Challenge (DS) – E
PINBALL Hall of Fame – The Williams Collection 3D (3DS) – E10+
Rival Turf! (Wii) – E10+
Mahjong Cub3D (3DS) – E
Extreme Hangman 2 (DSi) – E10+
Wipeout 2 (DS) – E
Cave Story 3D (3DS) – E10+
Gunslingers (Wii) – T
Sudoku Premier Edition (3DS) – E
Disney Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (DS) – E
Jewel Time Deluxe (DS) – E
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets 2 (DS) – E
