Happy Wiikend everyone!  It’s been a slow week as far as news goes, but we’re hoping to add some excitement to your weekend : )  We’re going to have another Wifi meetup tonight at 8PM Eastern Time, and we’ll be playing the usual suspects: Mario Kart Wii, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.  If anyone has requests for other games like Guitar Hero III or DS games they want to play, just let us know in the comments.

Also, we did our post-E3 podcast last night so I’ll be posting that up this afternoon!  Look forward to playing with you guys later!

Wii

01. WII WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD 372.700
02. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 359.100
03. WII MARIO KART W/WHEEL 322.400
04. WII LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE 294.500
05. WII ROCK BAND 158.000 - 238.000
06. WII SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL 158.000 - 238.000
07. WII GUITAR HERO: AEROSMITH 158.000 - 238.000
08. WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK <158.000
09. WII GAME PARTY <158.000
10. WII MARIO AND SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES <158.000

NDS

01. NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR 422.300
02. NDS LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE 267.800
03. NDS MARIO AND SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES 158.000 - 238.000
04. NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 158.000 - 238.000
05. NDS MARIO KART DS <158.000
06. NDS KUNG FU PANDA <158.000
07. NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A DAY <158.000
08. NDS FINAL FANTASY TACTICS A2: GRIMOIRE OF THE RIFT <158.000
09. NDS MARIO PARTY DS <158.000
10. NDS IMAGINE: BABYZ <158.000

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Boom Blox (EA Games)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wario Land Shake (Nintendo)
5. Family Trainer (Bandai)

UK:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
5. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Final Fantasy IV (Square Enix)
2. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive)
2. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome (Square Enix)
3. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo)
4. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo)
5. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble Hyper - Moeyo Mirai (Takara Tomy)

UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts)
5. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)

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I feel really bad for everyone in the Land Down Under.  Smash Bros. Brawl just recently released in Australia, and I’m sure people are excited out of their minds!  I need to pick Brawl up again and play some this weekend!

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi (Namco)
4. BioHazard 0 (Capcom)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Big Beach Sports (THQ)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
4. Brain Age (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo)
2. Derby Stallion DS (Enterbrain)
3. Hanayori Danshi: Koi Seyo Onago (Konami)
4. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo)
5. Gakken Chuugokugo Sanmai DS (Gakken)

UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts)
3. Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition (Ubisoft)
4. My Health Coach (Ubisoft)
5. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)

I was going to wait on this in hopes James might post while he’s in Africa, but here it is!  For James!

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10. Wii Play (Wii)   411,416 copies
9. Mario Kart DS (DS)   416,935 copies
8. Mario Party DS (DS)   497,547 copies
7. Wii Sports (Wii)   544,958 copies
6. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)   576,437 copies

5. Pokémon Ranger: Battonage (DS)   576,467 copies
4. Wii Fit (Wii)   1,443,167 copies
3. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)   1,526,664 copies
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)   1,666,323 copies
1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)   2,300,505 copies

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Wow, the big five numbers did show up. Different date and different place, but it is here.

Nintendo Power has ranked what they believe to be the Top 20 games for all Nintendo consoles and handhelds.  Do you have them all? ; )

NES

1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Mega Man 2
4. Super Mario Bros.
5. Metroid
6. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out
7. Contra
8. Super Mario Bros. 2
9. Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
10. Ninja Gaiden
11. Mega Man 3
12. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
13. DuckTales
14. Castlevania
15. Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
16. Maniac Mansion
17. Bionic Commando
18. Dragon Warrior IV
19. Final Fantasy
20. Kid Icarus

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Brawl was released in the UK yesterday, and almost after a 4 month delay from the NA release, Smash Brothers disc are still giving some people troubles. Here is what Nintendo had to say about it.

If you have recently purchased Super Smash Bros. Brawl and are experiencing technical problems playing the game on your Wii, please read the following information to learn how this issue can be resolved.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilities a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity. A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive. Nintendo has specialised cleaning equipment that can resolve this problem. Please do NOT attempt to clean the lens yourself, as you may damage the system.

If you are experiencing disc read errors, please contact consumer Support. They will provide information regarding sending your Wii to Nintendo to have the disc drive lens cleaned. There is no cost for the repair or shipping. (Please note: Returning the disc to the retail store will not solve the problem. We encourage users who are experiencing issues with playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl to utilise Nintendo’s repair service.)

Due to the nature of this particular issue, Wii owners should not lose any of their stored data, such as Virtual Console games and WiiWare software. In some rare cases you may have to re-download this software from the Wii Shop Channel, but there is no cost to doing so.

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