Update: Bumping this to the front page because the European date is in as well – It’ll be releasing on November 20.
Nintendo can be quite sneaky sometimes. The Shantae DSiWare news was hidden in a press release of upcoming Wii/WiiWare/DS/DSiWare titles. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Big N has taken a similar approach with sharing the release date for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In the official Wii price drop announcement, Nintendo listed when the game will launch – November 15. We’re still waiting for a European date, but its rumored to come out on November 27.
Thanks to Kyle P for the news tip!
01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon)
02. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games)
03. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (Konami)
04. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu – Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (Konami)
07. [PSP] Ys Seven (Nihon Falcom)
08. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix)
09. [NDS] Idolmaster: Dearly Stars (Bandai Namco Games)
10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
…And below are the Famitsu software sales from 9/7 – 9/13:
01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) – 1,408,980 / NEW
02./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – 70,214 / 993,583 (-20%)
03./03. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) – 38,293 / 3,855,888 (-27%)
04./04. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 33,282 / 1,131,504 (-31%)
05./01. [PS3] Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles (Namco Bandai Games) – 32,167 / 191,575 (-80%)
06./00. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Square Enix) – 16,424 / NEW
07./05. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) – 15,476 / 63,330 (-68%)
08./06. [NDS] Sloane and MacHale’s Mysterious Story 2 (Level 5) – 13,814 / 34,384 (-33%)
09./09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) – 13,233 / 985,067 (-10%)
10./00. [PSP] MAPLUS Portable Navigator 3 (Edia Co.) – 11,262 / NEW
Note: This summary is complete for the most part, but there may be some missing bits here and there. Also, I started the summary before the Wii price drop was announced, so keep that in mind when reading the summary!
Wii price drop
– Still hasn’t happened
– All signs pointing to it though
– A bunch of leaked ads from retailers
– Nintendo will be making an announcement soon
– Matt will be surprised if by this time tomorrow it isn’t official
– Nintendo has been saying they wouldn’t do a price drop
– Wii has seen dramatic decrease in sales
– Sony dropped the price of the PS3
– Nintendo probably feels it is time for the drop
– Need something exciting going into the holiday season, not just a game
– Not doing different system colors in US
– Even at $199 Nintendo will still be making a lot of money
Rumors about a new SKU
– MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort
– Would be $250 still
– Craig hopes they do a throwback to the NES days and put both games on one disc
– It’s a drag to exchange Wii Sports/Resort discs
