• 311 – “Beautiful Disaster”
• 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”
• Airbourne – “Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band – “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anouk – “Good God”
• The Answer – “Never Too Late”
• At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys – “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks – “Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society – “Stillborn”
“Nintendo has chosen not to participate in E for All, as it did not fit into our plans for the year. We wish the participants and show organizers good luck with the event.” – Nintendo statement
This actually comes as a huge surprise, mainly because Nintendo put in a pretty big show last year. I am curious to know if there are any additional events (public or not) that Nintendo has planned for the remainder of 2008.
– Bomberman Blast (1000 points)
– Plättchen Twist ‘n Paint (1500 points)
– Midnight Pool (800 points)
Man, Bomberman is simply addicting…I can’t wait until it hits the states.
Nintendo News
NPD Says Nintendo DS and Wii Finish 1 and 2 in August U.S. Sales
Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ again topped the hardware sales charts for August, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. In August, more than 514,000 portable Nintendo DS systems sold in the United States, bringing the lifetime U.S. total to nearly 22 million. In August, more than 448,000 Wii consoles sold in the United States, bringing the lifetime U.S. total to nearly 12 million and extending its lead as the best-selling video game console of this generation.
Five games made for Nintendo systems placed in the top 10 best-selling games of the month, including Wii Fit™ at No. 4 with nearly 395,000 sold, Mario Kart® Wii at No. 5 with nearly 329,000 sold, Wii Play™ at No. 6 with more than 200,000 sold, Madden NFL 09 All-Play for Wii at No. 9 with nearly 116,000 sold and Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS at No. 10 with more than 111,000 sold.
“The positive public response to Nintendo DS and Wii has stayed strong throughout 2008,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “New titles like Madden NFL 09 All-Play for Wii have joined top 10 veterans like Wii Fit, demonstrating the wide and long-lasting appeal of Nintendo games.”
Hardware
Nintendo DS 518.3K
Wii 453.0K
PlayStation Portable 253.0K
Xbox 360 195.2K
PlayStation 3 185.4K
Playstation 2 144.1K
Top 10 software
360 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 1 1.0mm
PS3 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 2 643K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 3 424.5K
WII WII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 4 394.9K
WII MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 5 328.7K
WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 6 200.2K
360 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA Jul-08 7 174K
360 TOO HUMAN MICROSOFT Aug-08 8 168.2K
WII MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 9 115.8K
NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Jun-08 10 111.2K
The Japanese Mario Kart Wii tournament website has been updated with information about a new tournament. Here’s a lowdown on what to expect:
Course: SNES Mario Circuit 3
Objective: Collect coins
Racing type: Kart’s only
Tournament date: 9/15 – 9/25
“We will be actively pursuing friendly acquisitions and partnerships. In order to ensure stable and sustained growth, we must expand our business in the larger size overseas market where there is ample room for growth. We therefore have no plans to merge with any major Japanese video game publishers or toy manufacturers in the foreseeable future since it is unlikely to contribute to sales expansion overseas. Such a merger could also restrict our licensing business opportunities. On the other hand, we are aggressively going after acquisition and partnership opportunities if they benefit our goal of creating gaming content with universal market appeal. As I mentioned earlier, K2 Corporation with whom we have developed titles for overseas was made our wholly owned subsidiary during this fiscal year. Our aggressive strategy on merger and acquisition has already begun producing good results.” -Kenzo Tsujimoto
Resident Evil 4 (all versions)
– Japan : 850.000
– Overseas : 4.050.000
1. Resident Evil (50 titles): 34.5 million
2. MegaMan (120 titles): 28 million
3. Street Fighter (59 titles): 25 million
4. Devil May Cry (10 titles): 9.5 million
5. Onimusha (12 titles): 7.8 million
6. Monster Hunter (10 titles): 6.3 million
7. Ace Attorney (11 titles): 2.8 million
