Batillion Wars 2 and Super Mario Strikers  Charged were announced today at Leipzig conference.  The controler will be used in unique ways, DUH!

Japanese Software (August 7-13)
# Name (System) Sales (LTD)
1. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 117,706 (2,731,934)
2. Tamagotchi Shop 2 (DS) 66,564 (334,875)
3. Melty Blood: Act Cadenza (PS2) 64,980 (new)
4. Brain Age 2 (DS) 59,585 (2,985,432)
5. Cooking Navi (DS) 57,257(290,960)
6. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 44,201 (3,077,295)
7. Brain Age (DS) 38,954 (2,688,146)
8. SD Gundam Generation G Portable (PSP) 36,592 (192,227)
9. Fist of the North Star Pachislot (PS2) 33,951 (116,507)
10. Kirarin * Revolution: Kira Kira Idol Audition (DS) 33,332 (new)

Japanese Hardware (August 7-13)
DSL 196,719
PSP 41,289
PS2 26,547
GBASP 3,051
GBM 2,031
Xbox360 1,204
GC 940
DS 934
GBA 23
Xbox 6

This week dslites are ontop once again, conquering Japan. Mario also retook the top spot in software sales. :D

4 color rebellion also has sales for many regions in europe, it is quit interesting to see how other consoles are doing in other territories besides japan. It could be the ds ruling japan but the results will totally be different in the other side of the world!! :S very interesting!

Source: 4 color rebellion

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Here is a list of games that Nintendo is said to have on hand next week at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany:

• 42 All-Star Classics
• Actionloop
• Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training
• English Training
• Kirby Squeak Squad
• Mario Slam Basketball
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
• New Super Mario Bros.
• Nintendo DS Browser
• Pokemon Dungeon
• Star Fox DS
• Sudoku Master
• Tenchu Dark Secret
• Yoshi’s Island 2
• Zelda Phantom Hourglass

Looks like a strong line-up indeed! Oh, and by the way, there is also a Wii trailer that is to be shown as well–GoNintendo

Source: DS-x2

Here is a complete list of confirmed launch/launch window titles for Nintendo’s Wii:

1. Avatar: The Last Airbender
2. Barnyard
   
3. Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
4. Blitz: The League
5. Call of Duty 3
6. Cars
7. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
8. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
9. Elebits
10. Excite Truck
11. Far Cry
12. Gottlieb Pinball Classics
    
13. GT Pro Series
14. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
15. Leadboard
    
16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
17. Madden NFL 07
18. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
19. Metal Slug Anthology
20. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
21. Monster 4×4 World Circuit
22. Need for Speed: Carbon
23. Open Season
24. Rayman Raving Rabbids
25. Red Steel
26. SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
27. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
28. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
29. Trauma Center: Second Opinion
30. Wii Sports

The titles in bold have been confirmed as of today by IGN and Cubed3. This is very exciting even if a few miss the launch day.

George Harrison has confirmed in a Camp Hyrule Q&A session that the Wii version of Twilight Princess will not be compatible with the Gamecube controller. Here it is in his words:

“The GCN controller will be able to play the GCN version on the Wii console, but will not be able to play the Wii version.”

Seems logical but it’s been one of those slow days so there it is.

Source: Cubed3

Sonic Team has revealed today that the Wii-exclusive “Sonic Wild Fire” has received a final name. The new Sonic game will now be known as “Sonic and the Secret Rings”. I personally could care less what the final name is because it doesn’t change the fact that I’m still going to buy this great game. But I do like the new name too :)

Source: Gaming Age

IGN just posted a nice interview with Spore creator Will Wright. He talks about development of the title and the possibilities of cross-platform pollenation. Here is the Wii/DS highlight of the interview:

IGN: Do you have any ideas of how the game would play on the Wii?

Wright: We’ve been messing around with the Wii dev kit and we’re really interested in the possibilities there. It’s possible the editors might be more manageable on that system. The DS is also very interesting to us, as its control scheme could be very manageable for the game.

He seems rather optimistic about both Wii and the DS. In the interview, he also talks about the possibility of communication between platforms and player-created content. Follow the link for the full interview.

Source: IGN Wii

Harvest Moon, which was confirmed for Wii at E3, now has some more details that have been revealed. IGN has the following to report on how the wiimote will be utilized:

“The control scheme shouldn’t come as much of a surprise for those who’ve played Harvest Moon. You perform all your farming chores with direct controller motions. To till your garden’s soil, for instance, you swing the controller like a hoe. To water your planets, you tilt the controller downwards as you would a bucket. The controller is expected to be used similarly when fishing and taking care of animals.” – IGN Wii

I’m continually impressed that developers are really thinking of how they can use the wiimote to enhance gameplay.

Source: IGN Wii

Atlus has revealed today that Trauma Center: Second Opinion will be a launch title for Wii. This is great news for all the fans of Under the Knife for DS. They also revealed that Under the Knife will be getting more shipments (a second reprint) this month to meet demand for the hard-to-find title. Looks like good news all around today :)

Source: N-Sider

Aussie developer Red Tribe has confirmed support of Nintendo’s Wii on their homepage. They have listings for three upcoming next-gen games in development and one of which reads as follows:

“An innovative fast-past action platform game for the XBox 360, PS2 & Wii Platforms.”

This is indeed exciting news as more and more developers jump on the Wii bandwagon.

Source: Red Tribe