“Yes, you may be absolutely right, although I can not remember exactly all the details. There really is a difference between the temples, which we wanted to integrate and those that exist in the final game. And that had something to do with magic. We thought of integrating some actions, some plot threads, and some puzzles that have something to do with magic abilities. We have come to the conclusion that other, already existing, just regular items to be a worthy replacement. So we had originally three temples, which would capture the young Link, three temples for the adult Link and three in which he was to learn each spell – but instead we have eliminated a temple of it. In the final game is now so 3 plus 3 plus 2, or 8 temples to find.” – Eiji Aonuma
Because this information comes from a machine translation, not all of Aonuma’s words are entirely clear. However, he seems to be saying that initially, there were plans to include additional dungeons/magic in Ocarina of Time. In the end, though, some of those ideas were scrapped.
First day sales numbers of New Super Mario Bros. Wii from Japan showed that the game was off to a solid start. But the game has been selling extremely well since then. In fact, according to Famitsu, Mario Bros. Wii has sold 1,401,558 copies thus far. The launch of the title has also stimulated Wii hardware sales – An additional figure puts the console at 9,048,012 units sold in Japan.
Thanks to Thomas N for the news tip!
It seems like some of these numbers come directly from Famitsu while others are from Sinobi…
Wii – 142,000
PS3 – 76,000
PSP – 71,000
DSi – 70,000
DSi LL – 60,000
Xbox 360 – 10,000 (roughly)
DS Lite – 10,000
PSP go – 3,300
1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2. [WII] Tales of Graces
3. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
4. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
5. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3
6. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
7. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSiver
8. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2
9. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
10. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Great Adventure
Official Media Create numbers will be posted later tonight.
Jacques Exertier, the Creative Director of Rabbids Go Home had this to say when asked if there will be any other adventure games with the Rabbids…
“We hope so, yes. You’d have to ask the bigwigs at Ubisoft though. All sorts of different factors have to be taken into account before a decision like that is made.”
I’m sure that we’re going to see the Rabbids appear in additional titles – It’s just a matter of which genre they’ll be involved with. I’m not such a huge fan of the Rayman Raving Rabbids minigame compilations, but I’d definitely be open to seeing more games like Rabbids Go Home.
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) – 10/9/9/9
Lina no Atelier: Strahl no Renkinjutsushi (DS) – 8/8/7/8
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP) – 8/8/7/8
Darius Burst (PSP) – 7/8/8/7
Metal Slug XX (PSP) – 7/7/8/7
PostPet DS (DS) – 7/7/7/7
Lucky Star: Net Idol Meister (PSP) – 8/8/6/6
Simple 2500 Series Portable!! Vol. 13: The Akuma Hunters – Exorsister (PSP) – 7/6/6/6
Koro Pata (DS) – 7/6/5/7
Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance (360) – 6/7/6/5
