Golden Sun: Dark Dawn wasn’t on Nintendo’s press release that was sent out about two weeks ago, leading many to naturally believe that the title would be coming out next year instead. Fortunately, that’s not the case! Nintendo has just announced it’ll be released on November 29th in North America.
The dawn of a new entry in the renowned Golden Sun™ video game series has nearly arrived in North America. Nintendo has announced that Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the top-selling Nintendo DS™ family of portable game systems will launch on Nov. 29.
Offering a planet-sized world of adventure to explore and conquer, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn puts the raw power of the elements in players’ hands. Each of the game’s playable characters is capable of carrying Djinn, spirits that imbue their owner with unique and powerful abilities. Players can collect more than 70 unique Djinn, granting them the ability to summon mighty deities who unleash devastating attacks that fill both Nintendo DS screens. Djinn powers can also be used to navigate puzzling dungeons and overworld environments that will have players flinging fireballs to burn away obstacles, freezing water to raise platforms, or summoning whirlwinds to create bridges out of floating objects.
01. / 00. [PS3] Another Century’s Episode R (Bandai Namco) – 219.849 / NEW
02. / 01. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 68.853 / 805.060 (-45%)
03. / 00. [PS3] Super Dimensional Game Neptune (Compile Heart) – 22.574 / NEW
04. / 03. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) – 17.986 / 797.828 (-36%)
05. / 02. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) – 17.574 / 352.618 (-50%)
06. / 04. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) – 16.326 / 152.504 (-41%)
07. / 06. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) – 13.856 / 783.626 (-34%)
08. / 07. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) – 13.142 / 138.458 (-22%)
09. / 05. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega) – 12.973 / 314.322 (-46%)
10. / 08. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 10.443 / 3.389.706 (-31%)
Arc Rise Fantasia – 74%
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow – 68%
Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore – 48%
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo – 75%
Galaxy Racers – 32%
Harvest Moon: Futago no Mura – 74%
Inazuma Eleven 3 – 70%
Lost in Shadow – 83%
Mega Man Zero Collection – 73%
Metroid: Other M – 87%
Ok! Puzzle Stars – 56%
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena – 58%
Satisfashion: Rock the Runaway – 40%
The Last Airbender – 35%
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – 39%
The Treasures of Montezuma – 42%
Think Smart Kids – 42%
Vampire Legends: Power of Three – 34%
Wii Party – 61%
We Sing – 54%
Just so you guys know, these are from the UK edition of NGamer, not the Dutch/Spanish/Brazilian edition.
Thanks to joclo for the tip!
Casper’s Scare School Classroom Capers (DS) – E
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals (DS) – E10+
Matthew’s Bow Hunting (Wii) – T
Glacier 3 (Wii) – E10+
Minute to Win It (Wii) – E
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS) – M
Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival (Wii) – EC
The Sims 3 (DS) – E
Busy Scissors (DS) – E
Disney Tangled + DGamer (DS) – E
Just Dance 2 (Wii) – E10+
Learn Math Genius Edition (DS) – E
Learn Science (DS) – E
My Planetarium (Wii) – E
Baby Life (DS) – E
Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush (DS) – E
Inchworm Animation (DSi) – E
Lucha Libre AAA Heroes del Ring (Wii) – T
Casper’s Scare School Spooky Sports Day (DS/Wii) – E
Disney Tangled (Wii) – E
This is what you’ll find in the box…
Special packaging
Disney Epic Mickey Game
Exclusive 5 inch Collectible Vinyl Epic Mickey Figure
Special Edition DVD with behind the scenes footage and additional marketing assets and videos
Epic Mickey Stylized Wii Remote Faceplate
2 Epic Mickey Stylized Wii Console skins
I’ve honestly never been too interested in Collector’s Editions, but I’m strongly considering picking this one up. It just seems like something neat to add to your video game collection.
ROCK BAND PRESENTS GOING COUNTRY PACK 04!
Play songs from Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Sugarland and more!
Xbox 360 players can download a “Rock Band Network Megamix” mash-up featuring 12 RBN artists free!
Cambridge, Mass. – Aug. 27, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a nine pack of country songs from artists including Eric Church, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum and more will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and WiiTM.
With more than 400 artists, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC and Green Day, who are exclusive to Rock Band, as well as more than 1,580 songs available through the Rock Band platform and 70 million songs sold through its download store alone, Rock Band is the undisputed sales and content leader in the interactive music space, providing the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums.
Curious about why Japanese RPGs are having a more difficult time finding an audience in the West recently, Nintendo Power asked Square Enix Executive Producer Akitoshi Kawazu why he thinks that this is happening and what developers can do to change the situation. Kawzu, however, doesn’t believe that RPGs is the only genre receiving less attention. Rather, he feels that Japanese games as a whole aren’t as popular overseas. Kawzu mainly pointed to the fact that “the technology isn’t on par with Western games” and that “developers are losing their passion to stick with their vision.”
“Aside from a few well-known titles, games from Japan are receiving less and less attention, regardless of if it’s an RPG or not. I feel that it has something to do with the marketing abilities of Japanese publishers, as well as the games themselves.
The technology is not on par with Western games, and it also seems like developers are losing their passion to stick with their vision because they are being overwhelmed by costs or market trends. It’s necessary for each individual developer to constantly be up-to-date with the latest computer and game technologies. It is also important for development teams and groups as a whole to support technological advancement. It is impossible for one person to keep up with all the skills necessary for game development on his own. On top of this, developers need to take on a project with the confidence and strength to stick with their vision. Everything I mentioned here applies to me personally, as well, and they are all things I would like to bring to fruition with my next project.”
