This tournament was actually hosted a few months ago, but Nintendo is using it over this time around.
Course: Thwomp Desert (Battle Arena)
Objective: Defeat the boss
How: Throw bombs at Giant Pokey
Tournament date: 9/15 – 10/25
“We currently have no plans to cut the price of Wii. Current talk of price cuts is rumour and speculation. This is rumour and speculation as Nintendo have made no announcements on price. Furthermore this is most likely retailer led much in the same way retailers in the UK offer price promotions on our products.” – Nintendo spokesperson
This situation is a bit odd. I wasn’t entirely sure that the Wii would be getting a price cut when the Walmart ad was supposedly leaked. However, when we saw the Toys R Us image, it looked as though the system would almost certainly be reduced to $199.99. I’m still not entirely sure what to believe, but like I said yesterday, we’ll find out for sure soon enough.
Famitsu has published their estimates of the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. Keep in mind that Media Create numbers are considered to be more official data in some ways, and will be posted later this week.
DSi – 66,416
PS3 – 57,056
PSP – 19,572
Wii – 14,556
DS Lite – 9,206
Xbox 360 – 4,927
PS2 – 3,100
GRAFFITI ENTERTAINMENT Unleashes ‘Rogue Trooper® the Quartz Massacre’ For the North American gamers on WiiTM….
Graffiti Entertainment Inc – a subsidiary of Signature Devices, Inc. (OTCPK: SDVI) – today announced that it has secured an exclusive distribution deal with Reef Entertainment to publish ‘Rogue Trooper®: The Quartz Zone Massacre’ in North America. This WiiTM game has been developed by UK developer Rebellion.
Need For Speed: Shift – 8
Wolfenstein – 7
Dirt 2 – 8.5
Guitar Hero 5- 8.5
Wet – 7.5
Section 8 – 6.5
NHL 10 – 9.25
Metroid Prime Trilogy – 9
Dead Space: Extraction – 7
Scribblenauts – 8.75
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – 8.75
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days – 8
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box – 8.25
Soul Caliber Broken Destiny – 7.5
Thanks to kepo for the news tip!
IGN changes
– Matt leaving the Nintendo team, will be editor at large
– Craig will be the executive editor of the Nintendo-side
– Bozon says the life of a gaming journalist is horrible – work late hours, deal with shovelware
– Matt wanted to do something that he could put more time into
– He’ll still be the Nintendo specialist, he’ll be there when it makes sense (ex: For a Metroid game)
– Matt will also be around for the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast
– Team structures IGN visitors have observed will see changes
– More people will be doing Wii stuff
– Will be able to be more specific in the future
