Best-Selling Franchise Delivers Most Realistic Fishing Experience On The Nintendo Wii Yet!
Burlingame, Calif., August 4, 2009 – Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream has gone to gold master and will launch for the Nintendo Wii this month. The Reel Fishing franchise is known for setting itself apart from the competition by delivering the most true-to-life fishing experience.
“We can’t wait for people to get their hands on Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream this month,” said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO at Natsume. “It offers a fun and challenging fishing experience for novice fishermen and master anglers alike!”
Perhaps one of the oddest announces to have come out of E3 was Nintendo’s very own Wii Vitality Sensor. Sure, the Wii Balance Board received skepticism when it was first unveiled, but the Wii Vitality Sensor seems like a much different peripheral. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto hopes that “people have confidence in us” even though he understands that showcasing software along with the announcement would have been preferable. Also, as has been Nintendo’s position with past add-ons, Miyamoto believes that the company has “lots of very creative ideas.”
“Ideally we would have been able to talk about this in terms of the software implementation rather than just the sensor itself. I don’t have any indication for you (of what we have in the works) other than to say that we have lots of very creative ideas.
We understand the challenge before us, and we have met these challenges in the past. We just ask that people have confidence in us.”
According to a report provided by Famitsu, the Nintendo DSi has surpassed the 3 million units sold mark in Japan. Total sales for Nintendo’s latest handheld stands at 3,062,920 while complete sales of all DS hardware have exceeded 27 million units. Famitsu notes that the release of the red DSi and Dragon Quest IX fueled recent sales. Both products launched in Japan on July 11.
Futuristic Racing Game Developed by UK-Based Awesome Play Boosts Onto Wii This Autumn
LONDON, UK – 4th AUGUST, 2009 – ZeniMax® Europe Ltd today announced that Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, will publish WHEELSPIN™, a futuristic racing game developed by Archer Maclean’s studio, Awesome Play, for Wii™. Due out in autumn 2009, WHEELSPIN is a high-energy racing, high-impact game spread across a wide range of inter-planetary tracks and features three engaging modes as well as robust multiplayer options.
Whether you play in Solo, Race, or Battle Mode, you will find yourself racing around unpredictable race tracks at exhilarating speeds of up to 650kph! While Solo mode challenges you to beat times to unlock stages, discover short cuts, and find secret spanners dotted throughout the levels, Race mode throws you into a frenzied race against seven other cars across tracks that twist, turn, and launch cars through the stratosphere. Battle mode is an all out test of aggression versus mobility as you use an arsenal of weapons at your disposal in an all-against-all battle.
Famitsu has published a list of the best-selling games in Japan for the month of July. We’ve posted the results below.
Dragon Quest IX (DS) – 3,217,502
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 381,399 (735,226 total)
Friend Collection (DS) – 234,877 (405,367 total)
Hatsune Miku Project Diva (PSP) – 135,764
My Summer Vacation 4 (PSP) – 102,241
Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (PS3) – 94,504
Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (PS2) – 69,980
Penguin no Mondai X (DS) – 56,151
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best (PSP) – 54,278 (848,743 total)
Welcome Home! Chibi Robo! Happy Rich Cleaning (DS) – 40,084
Just a quick reminder to the folks in North America – The DSi firmware update can now be downloaded. For those who are unclear about the update, upgrading your system will allow you to upload any photos from your DSi right onto Facebook. Reportedly, this update will also cause the DSi to lose compatibility with flash cards. So upgrade at your own risk!
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