1. DSL – 153,566 (2,640,209)
2. PSP – 25,935 (920,939)
3. PS2 – 23,133 (760,246)
4. NDS – 3,504 (906,292)
5. GBASP – 2,919 (166,695)
6. 360 – 1,897 (57,411)
7. GBM – 1,443 (103,380)
8. NGC – 1,002 (55,536)
9. GBA – 17 (1,651)
10. XBX – 8 (2,800)

looks like the dslite is still on top, i wonder how many more ds lites the japanese need before it reaches the point of saturation?

Nintendo has just announced a series of games under a new category of “Bit Generations”. The games are focused on gameplay, as most new Nintendo games are. These games will be the Gameboy’s answer to the DS’s “Touch Generation” series of titles. There are currently seven games planned for release in the coming weeks in Japan. The titles include: Dotstream, Boundish, Dialhex, Coloris, Digidrive, Orbital, and Soundvoyager.

The look for all of these games is very retro. The colors and themes are very bodacious to be sure. No word yet on whether NOA will localize these titles for American release. Here’s hoping :) If not, these are definitely high on my import list.

Source: bit-generations

The latest sales figures are in.

- DS Lite: 157,022
- PS2: 25,467
- PSP: 24,737
- DS Phat: 10,132
- GBA SP: 3,784
- Game Boy Micro: 1,502
- Gamecube: 1,197
- Xbox 360: 1,169
- GBA: 25
- Xbox: 10

Source: Media Create

The M3 perfect and flashcard version 3 come in very snazzy boxes. when i got them in the mail it was like christmas again! i pulled it out and loaded my things on and played!

games: first i would like to say that games on the M3 and flashcard work flawlessly! i was amazed at how multi-functional this device is. It is very easy to load gba games. the “game manager,” comes with the M3 adapter. all you do is click on the type of memory you have on your adapter, in my case a mini sd card. then choose the directory of the removable memory, and lastly the button, “write gba.”

It is very simple. Moreover the way it plays is very intuitive, most games work!today i felt like playing final fantasy, so i loaded the game in and put my sd card on the m3 adapter, pressed start on the ds menu to load gba mode and i was done. I was playing like a pro!

It was so simple! Final Fantasy IV was awsome to play, the saves were perfect, it loaded the save onto the m3 internal memory. when i shut it off and turned it on it stored it on the sd card for future uses. see the way saves work is this, the m3 “temporarily,” saves the game on its battery, then when the user shuts it off and reboots it, the save will automatically transfer to the sd card, for when the game will be played again. up to 200 gba and 200 ds games can be saved on to the sd card, really fasinateing!

Here is the latest sales data straight from Japan to your computer screen:

Hardware Sales:

DS Lite – 141,487
PSP – 24,653
DS – 22,748
PS2 – 20,737
GBA SP – 4,642
Xbox 360 – 1,407
GB Micro – 1,294
Gamecube – 1,002
GBA – 20
Xbox – 15

DS Lite continues its dominance in the East

Source: Media Create

the ds lite is making mad cheddar in the land of down under. MAD CHEDDAR! nintendo is beating out sony in handheld sales. even the gba is close to the psp’s sales! according to aussie nintendo the Nintendo DS has sold over 227,369 units across the country, Sony’s PSP has sold over 161,623 units and Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance has sold more than 145,345 units. Lets keep up the good hopes cus nintendos dark days are almost OVER?

1. New Super Mario Bros. – NDS – 244.882 – (1.478.608)
2. Pachislot Kouryaku Series Vol.5 – PS2 – 100.967 – (100.967)
3. More DS Brain Training – NDS – 52.876 – (2.476.775)
4. Winning Eleven 10 – PS2 – 34.880 – (761.407)
5. Program Cerebral Training of Dr. Kawashima: how old is your brain? – NDS – 34.760 – (2.357.730)
6. Crossing Animal: Wild World – NDS – 25.355 – (2.800.004)
7. English Training DS – NDS – 23.130 – (1.141.623)
8. Tetris DS – NDS – 21.710 – (596.585)
9. Mario Kart DS – NDS – 11.880 – (1.424.882)
10 Pokémon To arrange – NDS – 11.646 – (574.231)

Looks like nintendo still is dominateing the charts, i wonder how long for? will it be the same for the wii? only time will tell.

update:
DS Lite – 132,027 units
PSP – 21,656 units
PlayStation 2 – 18,891 units
GBA SP = 4,116 units
GB Micro – 1,654 units
Nintendo DS – 1,371 units
Xbox 360 – 1,100 units
GameCube – 961 units

strong lite showing once again, i hope the momentum will last! ;)

nintendo reported earlier today that its sales for the ds lite have reached 136 500 units in two days. If it reaches 500 000 in ten days it will match the ds fat’s launch sales. Also of note it is outselling the very popular gba sp on its launch day by a rate of 12%! :D Lastly sales of brain age and new super mario bros have widely increased. Lets see if the ds lite can maintain its momentum.

With two of the nation’s top-selling games and a hot new look to the hardware, the global Nintendo DS phenomenon has become more popular than ever. New Super Mario Bros.(R) and Brain Age(TM): Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS(TM) ranked as the No. 1 and No. 3 best-selling games of May, according to the independent NPD Group. And Early reports from major retailers indicate that those same titles are being scooped up with the new Nintendo DS(TM) Lite in advance of Father’s Day.

* After going on sale May 15, New Super Mario Bros. sold at a nonstop rate of roughly one every four seconds nationwide during the reporting period.

* New Super Mario Bros. emerged as the No. 1 game of the month, even though it was in stores for just 13 days of the four-week reporting period.

DS Lite Shines Bright:

* Just two days after Nintendo DS Lite went on sale in the United States on June 11, the new lighter, brighter portable system sold more than 136,500 units, with many retail outlets reporting sellouts.

* By comparison, DS Lite is outpacing 2003’s launch sales of Nintendo’s juggernaut Game Boy(R) Advance SP by more than 12 percent.

* Major retailers report that sales of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day tripled over the previous week.

* Retailers also report that New Super Mario Bros.(R) sales doubled over the previous week.

nintendo press release site

I just got my ds lite 2 days ago and I am very excited! It’s screens are so bright, and the colors are absolutely awsomn! Both screens have equal lighting not like on the regular ds where the top screen was brighter. Everytime I look at the images produced on the ds lite, it seems to look like vivid sharp colored laminated plastic. When I took it out of the box i noticed that it was a little smaller than i had expected it to be! The buttons feel smooth and very easy to use especially with mario kart.

I have 4 problems with the ds lite, they are that the gba slot is much smaller, the gba cover is un eaven masking the un eavenness on the ds lite, also the volume seems to be lower, and when the clear plastic meets with the white plastic on the sides of the machine I am scared that some food or dirt might get into the crease. Otherwise, i am completely content with my ds lite.
Lastly since i got my ds lite, i am waiting for my M3 perfect and flash card 2 to come from gamersection.ca, they were very easy to deal with and largely informative. im excited for next week!