Videos
Blue Dragon Plus Video 3
Personal Trainer: Math Info Video
Clone Wars Wii Deleted Scene Video
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Video 4
Wario Land: Shake It! Tips 4
Sandy Beach Info Video
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 1/11)
Personal Trainer: Cooking Lasagna Demo
Mystery P.I. – Portrait of a Thief
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors
Sorted by system, 2008 totals, and LTD numbers
Nintendo DS 4,029,804 – 25,135,276
PSP 3,543,171 – 11,078,484
Wii 2,908,342 – 7.526.821
PS3 991,303 – 2,664,366
Xbox 360 317,859 – 866,167
Christmas Wii sales are expected to be “up more than 100%” according to Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter. Patcher said, “I haven’t done the work for NPD yet, but my guess is that 360 sales were flat or up a little, PS3 sales down a little, and Wii sales up more than 100%. That would end up around 1.2 – 1.3 million 360s, around 700,000 PS3s and around 3 million (or more) Wiis.”
Official estimates from Patcher should be released early next week. The NPD sales numbers for December will be revealed on January 15.
VC
Kirby’s Dream Land 3 – 48
WiiWare
Sandy Beach – 296
Wii-kly Update
One WiiWare Game and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
A new year means even more new games at the Wii™ Shop Channel, starting with a pair of imaginative titles to kick off 2009 in style. Anyone who loves Kirby™ can keep the confetti flying to celebrate the release of the classic Kirby’s Dream Land™ 3 for the Virtual Console™. And if you’re already desperate for a warm mid-winter getaway, check out Sandy Beach, a sand castle game on WiiWare™ that’s loaded with sunny fun.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
“2009 will also see Resident Evil 5 finally released, and it’ll also then see us on to our next step. We haven’t shown what Capcom has in store for 2009 yet, so I hope we can surprise you all soon.” – Jun Takeuchi, producer of Resident Evil 5
Capcom’s Christian Svensson stated not too long ago that the company has some tricks up their sleeves for 2009…And then Monster Hunter G was revealed. I’m not entirely sure if Takeuchi is referring to the Wii when he mentions that he hopes Capcom can surprise us, but it is possible.
Wii Top Ten
1. Wii Sports
Total Sales: 3.2 million
2. Wii Fit
Total Sales: 2.8 million
3. Wii Play
Total Sales: 2.5 million
4. Mario Kart Wii
Total Sales: 1.9 million
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Total Sales: 1.7 million
6. Mario Party 8
Total Sales: 1.2 million
7. Super Mario Galaxy
Total Sales: 932,119
8. Animal Crossing: City Folk
Total Sales: 727,555
9. WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Total Sales: 605,479
10. Mario And Sonic At The Beijing Olympics
Total Sales: 590,265
Battle details
– choose command
– screen rotates to monster perspective when being attacked
– camera zooms out for certain spells
– ‘Hissatsu moves’ are available when you have low hit points. These are special attacks that deal out big damage
– different character classes have different ‘Hissatsu moves’
– ‘Hissatsu’ command lights up when move is available
– Soldier ‘Hissatsu move’ = Excellent Hit
– if all characters use ‘Hissatsu moves’ at the same time, you get a ‘Super Hissatsu move’
New monsters
– Nubon: sluggish and lazy for the most part, but may suddenly strike with a boulder throw
– Desert Runner: very fast
– Upa Soldier: specializes in dodging attacks
– Snail Frog: cross between a snail and a frog, attacks with a lick that immobilizes you
