“As of February 2010, Chinatown Wars’ unit sales in the US represented nearly 50 percent of the unit sales of all M-rated DS titles in the history of the platform. Piracy is a real and present danger for our industry and must be addressed, especially in the handheld market. The commercial performance of Chinatown Wars has certainly suffered at the hands of piracy.” – Take-Two CEO Ben Feder
Piracy on the DS has been a huge issue for awhile now. Games are leaked online before they’re officially released and unfortunately, a great number of gamers resort to playing without paying. I wonder how Nintendo will address the piracy issue with their next handheld…
Virtual Console
– Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii Points)
WiiWare
– Chronos Twins DX (EnjoyUp Games, 700 Wii Points)
– Family Mini Golf (Aksys Games, 500 Wii Points).
DSiWare
– AiRace: Tunnel (QubicGames, 200 Nintendo DSi Points)
– Oscar in Movieland (Virtual Playground, 800 Nintendo DSi Points)
– Puzzle to Go Diddl (Tivola Publishing, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
– Spaceball: Revolution (Virtual Toys, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
The 3DS’ biggest feature will undoubtedly be the system’s ability to output 3D graphics. The system will probably make use of a parallax barrier system in order to achieve these results and now people are beginning to speculate that Hitachi and Sharp will be providing Nintendo with the goods in the form of newly announced 3.4-inch, 480 x 854 screen technology. Interestingly, it will feature both a 2D and 3D mode. A non-touchscreen version of the display will be going into mass production before June while the touchscreen version will follow closely behind. Sharp won’t say at this point if their technology will be featured in the 3DS, but sources such as Nikkei believe that it is likely.
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Nintendo)
2. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
3. Zhu Zhu Pets (Activision)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Sekaiju no Meikyuu III: Seikai no Raihousha (Atlus)
2. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
3. Hudson x GReeeeN Live!? DeeeeS!? (Hudson)
4. Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki (Nintendo)
5. Love Plus (Konami)
UK:
1. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Nintendo)
2. Pokemon HeartGold Version (Nintendo)
3. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
4. Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
Thanks to NintenDaan for the news tip!
Just to get a taste of what the game will be like on Wii…
Thanks to Daniel A for the news tip!
