Ace Attorney Investigations 2 will be released in Japan on February 3, 2011 in Japan.
Thanks to Tomas T for the tip!
PSP – 38,874
DSi LL – 32,137
PS3 – 28,255
DSi – 23,614
Wii – 12,710
DS Lite – 3,375
PSP go – 3,031
Xbox 360 – 2,669
PS2 1,400
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week.
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
01. / 00. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) – 263.150 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 212.227 / NEW
03. / 01. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 119.485 / 427.240 (-61%)
04. / 02. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 68.686 / 4.311.998 (-16%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) – 46.516 / NEW
06. / 05. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 25.257 / 153.170 (-29%)
07. / 00. [NDS] Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Bandai Namco) – 21.915 / NEW
08. / 00. [360] Fable III (Microsoft Game Studios) – 20.025 / NEW
09. / 03. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 19.090 / 82.765 (-70%)
10. / 10. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 17.337 / 1.155.964 (+9%)
11. / 00. [PSP] Dream Club Portable (D3 Publisher) – 15.181 / NEW
12. / 00. [PS2] Hakuouki: Reimeiroku (Idea Factory) – 14.864 / NEW
13. / 00. [PSP] Da Capo I & II Plus Situation Portable (Kadokawa Shoten) – 14.256 / NEW
14. / 04. [PS3] Vanquish (Sega) – 14.042 / 62.360 (-71%)
15. / 07. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) – 12.056 / 106.928 (-52%)
16. / 00. [PSP] Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran Sangokushi Engi – Wei-Hen (Yeti) – 9.887 / NEW
17. / 11. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 9.405 / 151.153 (-37%)
18. / 00. [360] Ore no Yome: Anata Dake no Hanayome (Idea Factory) – 8.369 / NEW
19. / 06. [PS3] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) – 8.260 / 33.625 (-67%)
20. / 08. [PS3] Beat Sketch! (SCE) – 7.130 / 29.295 (-68%)
1. [PSP] God Eater: Burst
2. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011
3. [Wii] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack
4. [DS] Pokemon Black/White
5. [DS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
6. [360] Fable III
7. [Wii] Kirby’s Epic Yarn
8. [DS] Solarobo
9. [PS2] Hakuouki: Reimeiroku
10. [PSP] Dream Club Portable
Wii Remote Plus
– Coming out November 7
– Bundled with FlingSmash
– Craig hasn’t played the game yet
– Can get the add-on separately (being replaced by regular Wiimote)
Mario news
– Red Wii for the Super Mario Bros. 25 anniversary
– Doesn’t come with Wii Sports Resort
– Also comes out on November 7
– Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition also on the way this December
– $29.99
– Comes with a CD and booklet
– Just the ROM that would have been on the Virtual Console
This information comes from Jools Watsham…
“Son of the Dragon was a third-person action adventure title set in a heavily stylized 15th century. You were Dracula. Something happened to you, which striped you of your ability to use your awesome powers. A quick description of it is a ‘good’ 3D Castlevania where you are Dracula, with a focus on responsive combat, solid gameplay camera, light RPG elements, and a rich world of wickedly diverse landscapes, enemies, player weapons, and abilities… The original concept was to create a dark Mario game; a game with the same gameplay finesse that Nintendo expertly executes in its games, but with a player character that is evil and aggressive.”
“The project was canceled as a result of SouthPeak’s acquisition of Gamecock. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that I think it was a wise move on SouthPeak’s part to cancel it. Not because the game was bad, and not because the team wasn’t delivering on its promise — in fact, the team’s progress was incredible. The game was canceled because of the development cost versus the less than stellar performance of original mature-themed titles on the Wii. I should mention that the development cost was not high; it was easily less than one-third that of the average PS3/360 game. However, if you release an original mature-themed game on the Wii, even if it’s awesome, you’re going to have a hard time making your money back. Son of the Dragon on PS3/360 on the other hand, well… that has a chance to win hearts.”
Man, I’d be very interested in seeing how this title would have turned out. Renegake Kid has released a number of fantastic titles on the DS, but Son of the Dragon was going to be the company’s first Wii effort. Maybe one day we’ll see the game, in one form or another – or perhaps elements from the project will appear in other Renegade Kid titles.
