Endless Adventure, Customizable Characters and a Unique Social Experience for Nintendo DS Systems Now Available in North America
REDMOND, Wash., July 12, 2010 – One of the biggest games ever to launch for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems has arrived in North America, giving U.S. consumers a chance to experience the hand-held gaming phenomenon that has already attracted more than 4.2 million players in Japan. With unique features that let players customize characters and connect with friends via a local wireless connection to take on epic adventures, DRAGON QUEST IX®: Sentinels of the Starry Skies™, developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd., gives people of all ages, backgrounds and gaming experience levels a remarkable way to combine imaginative game play and social fun.
Players begin by creating fully customized heroes to guide on their quest, choosing from different face, hair and even eye color. As they journey forth, characters are further developed and enhanced as they choose from more than 1,000 items and pieces of equipment, change jobs and abilities, and join up with new customizable companions. Using a local wireless connection, up to four players within range of each other can band together at any time to explore mysterious dungeons and tangle with fearsome monsters throughout a spellbinding world of adventure.
This summer season is anything but lazy for Nintendo fans, thanks to hundreds of action-packed game downloads available for Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems. Starting today, you can get your adrenaline pumping with Toribash™, a brawny new fighting game for the WiiWare™ service. On the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, new attractions include the adaptable puzzle fun of Primrose and the freewheeling action of Pop Island – Paperfield.
We’ve also got new arrivals in the “Big Name Games” section of the WarioWare™: D.I.Y. series, which features downloadable microgames from some of the industry’s most talented figures. This week we have some new additions from the Treehouse, Nintendo’s game localization team. New “Big Name Games” will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points™ to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii system today to learn more about these games.
01. / 00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) – 505.161 / NEW
02. / 00. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) – 69.767 / NEW
03. / 00. [PS3] Blazblue Continum: Shift (Arc System Works) – 49.871 / NEW
04. / 05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) – 34.645 / 648.306 (-18%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco) – 34.409 / NEW
06. / 02. [NDS] Love Plus + (Konami) – 21.567 / 105.931 (-74%)
07. / 04. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side 3rd Story (Konami) – 19.726 / 71.971 (-62%)
08. / 12. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) – 19.227 / 160.000 (+1%)
09. / 10. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) – 18.759 / 59.861 (-7%)
10. / 13. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) – 16.432 / 100.000 (+10%)
– New Pokemon Wooguru: Valor Pokémon, 1.5m tall, weighs 41kg, standard Normal/Flying-type Pokémon
– Keen Eye, Encourage, Free-Fall abilities for Wooguru
– Encourage boosts the power of its moves, though prevents them from having a secondary effect
– Free-Fall is a two turn attack, grab the opponent, take it into the air, falls to the ground on the second turn
– Munna’s evolution is Musharna
– Musharna has a secret, related to Dream Smoke
– Rankurusu is of the Psychic-type, Magic Guard and one other abilitiy
– Kibago is the name for the tusked Pokémon
– Koromori is a Psychic/Flying type
– Makomo is a friend of Professor Araragi, involved with the story
– Main character has two childhood friends, potential rivals: Beru (blonde girl), Cheren from the recent video of the trainer battle video
– Black City and White Forest exclusive areas in each game
– Character shown on Pokemon Sunday two weeks ago is called N
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (DS) – E10+
Girls Only (DS) – E
Jewel Quest (Wii) – E
Petz Nursery 2 (DS) – E
The Treasures of Montezuma (DS) – E
NBA Jam (Wii) – E
New Carnival Games (DS) – E
Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear (Wii) – E
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Wii) – T
Magnetic Joe (DSi) – E
Mahjong Quest III (Wii) – E
Family Party: Fitness Fun (Wii) – E10+
101 in 1 Megamix Sports (DS) – E10+
Tony Hawk Shred (Wii) – E
Puzzle Expedition (DS) – E
Style Lab Fashion Design (DS) – E
Puzzle Agent (Wii) – E
Aya and the Cubes of Light (Wii) – E
According to ArchAngelUK, SEGA will be sharing an update about Sonic Colors tomorrow. However, there’s also some important news that will be revealed on Thursday. It’s apparently so significant that the SEGA Europe community manager went as far as to say on the latest Radio Redux podcast that it’s “franchise-changing news.” We know that SEGA is also working on a Sonic title for the 3DS, so I wonder if it’s at all related to that title. Thursday is just a few days away, so it won’t be long until we find out what the hype is all about.
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono over the past few days. He made a proposal to Keiji Inafune, and hyped up a new project by saying that Super Street Fighter IV “is nothing compared to what’s coming.” Now Ono has indicated on his Twitter account that his new title will be announced at Comic-Con.
“You’re in for a treat. I can’t say announcement at EVO. Maybe, I’ll be able to speak new thing at Comic-Con !! Don’t miss it on next Saturday !! I finally hope to reveal a bit about what I’ve been relentlessly working on lately..”
Ono also said that he has prepared a trailer for Comic-Con, but he didn’t specify if it’s for the new game announcement.
