– Nintendo changed “Magic Mushrooms” to “Super Mushrooms”
– Nintendo changed “Starman” to Super Star (stars)
– How to play Super Mario Bros. in Wii booklet: “Defeat enemies and reach the flagpole at the end of each stage before time runs out! Clearing three stages and a castle stage will allow you to advance to the next world.”
– How to play Super Mario Bros. in the NES manual.:
Super Mario Bros. story (NES)
One day the kingdom of the peaceful mushroom people was invaded by the Koopa, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into mere stones, bricks and even field horsehair plants, and the Mushroom Kingdom fell into ruin.
The only one who can undo the magic spell on the Mushroom People and return them to their normal selves is the Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is presently in the hands of the great Koopa turtle king.
Mario, the hero of the story (maybe) hears about the Mushroom People’s plight and sets out on a quest to free the Mushroom Princess from the evil Koopa and restore the fallen kingdom of the Mushroom People.
You are Mario! It’s up to you to save the Mushroom People from the black magic of the Koopa!
Poor Luigi. The other brother doesn’t even get a mention.
Super Mario Bros. story (Wii)
The Mushroom Kingdom was the peaceful home of the Toads until the day Bowser and his wicked minions invaded. Using powerful magic, Bowser transformed the Toads into bricks and quickly conquered the land.
Only Princess Peach had the power to remove Bowser’s curse and save her people. But Bowser kidnapped the princess and hid her in his castle. All hope seemed lost, and darkness reigned…
When the Mario Brothers, Mario and Luigi, heard this story, they decided to rescue Princess Peach and defeat the evil Bowser. Can the brothers save the beautiful princess before it’s too late?
Conduit 2 – Wii February 2011
Shogun 2: Total War – PC 15th March 2011
Super Monkey Ball 3DS (Working title) – 2011
Virtua Tennis 4 – PS3 2011
Rise of Nightmares (Kinect) – Xbox 360 2011
Yakuza 4 – PS3 Spring 2011
Thor – Spring 2011 Xbox 360/Wii/PSP/PS3/DS
Captain America: Super Soldier – PS3/Xbox 360/Wii/DS – Summer 2011
“Maximilian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds (MUDDS) is a title that we revealed to the world back in June 2009 on IGN. Unfortunately, we could not find a home for MUDDS with a publisher. However, there seems to be a number of people out there who are still asking us about this game. Are there enough of you to warrant a release on DSiWare? Perhaps!
I propose this to you. If we receive over 1000 comments from different individuals on this blog post saying they want it, then we will bring MUDDS to DSiWare.”
Well, I definitely have to suggest commenting. DSiWare would be a great solution for everyone – Regenade Kid could release the project themselves, but fans would actually get a chance to play it!
Call of Duty: Black Ops – 8.4MM
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood — 1.14MM
Donkey Kong Country Returns — 430.5K
Gran Turismo 5 — 400K
WiiWare
Cave Story – 1000 Points
Cave Story demo
Virtual Console
Super Bonk – 900 Points
DSiWare
Just SING! Christmas Vol. 2 – 200 Points
GO Series D-Tank – 200 Points
1001 Crystal Mazes Collection – 500 Points
Thanks to Johnson for the tip!
Nintendo DS: 1.5 Million (-11.8%)
Xbox 360: 1.4 Million (+70.8%)
Wii: 1.2 Million (-4.8%)
PS3: 530k
**Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) 1 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD – 8.4 million units
**Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3) 2 UBISOFT
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 3 UBISOFT
Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS
**Fable III (360) 5 MICROSOFT
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) 6 NINTENDO
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3, 360, Wii, PC) 7 ELECTRONIC ARTS
**Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) 8 SONY
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP,PC) 9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
*Wii Fit Plus (Wii) 10 NINTENDO
Analysis from Anita Frazier…
Overall
“November sales represent the best November on record in terms of new physical retail sales. It bests November 2008 by roughly $30 million, and that time frame was at the height of the music/dance genre sales.”
“All categories were up over last year with the exception of portable hardware and software.”
“The 360 platform accounted for over 40% of total industry sales driven by the successful launch of Microsoft’s Kinect. Xbox 360 accessories accounted for 60% of that categories’ dollar sales this month.”
Nintendo Sells More Than 2.7 Million Wii and Nintendo DS Systems in November
Nintendo is still hot for the holidays. In November alone, eager holiday shoppers in the United States snapped up more than 2.7 million Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. That equates to more than 1.2 million Wii systems and more than 1.5 million units from the Nintendo DS family of systems, according to the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. sales of video games.
“According to our internal numbers, Nintendo sold 600,000 Wii systems during Thanksgiving Week alone, an increase of 50,000 over 2009,” said Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America’s senior director of Corporate Communications. “Holiday shoppers are obviously responding well to the great value Nintendo products offer, from our special bundles to the social fun of our games.”
Nintendo has something for everyone, including hot bundles for the holidays:
