IGN recently conducted an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto about all the games Nintendo didn’t talk about at their press conference on Tuesday:
“The core members of the Zelda team have for a very long time now been focused on Zelda games, and continue to focus on Zelda games, so they are hard at work and working [...]
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The Big Five!!!
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 [...]
Japanese software sales - June 30th to July 7th
1. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo) - 47,000 / 167,000
2. [PS3] Initial D Extreme Stage (Sega) - 43,000
3. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS (Enterbrain) - 38,000 / 186,000
4. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 31,000 / 2,323,000
5. [NDS] Nanashi no Game (Square Enix) - 30,000
6. [NDS] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 28,000 / 1,535,000
7. [WII] Tales [...]
Top WiiWare, VC titles of the week
Virtual Console
1 - Super Mario Bros. 3
2 - Super Mario Bros.
3 - Super Mario World
4 - Super Mario Bros. 2
5 - Mario Kart 64
6 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7 - Punch-Out!!
8 - The Legend of Zelda
9 - Super Mario 64
10 - Donkey Kong
WiiWare
1 - My Pokemon Ranch
2 - Dr. Mario Online Rx
3 [...]
CliffyB Calls for Less Buttons with New Xbox, Mentions Wii as Example
I know this isn’t exactly Nintendo news (although it does affect Nintendo), but it is interesting to note that even one of the industry’s biggest supporters of Hi-def graphics is calling for a change in controls/interaction:
“I hope if there’s a new Xbox that there’ll be fewer buttons on the controller,” ”I think you could do [...]
Japan - Software Sales so far
- Wii Sport (Wii, Nintendo): 2,998,097 units sold
Release: 12/02/06
- Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo): 3,103,810 units sold
Release: 12/08/05
- New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo): 5,203,488 units sold
Release: 05/25/06
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo): 4,675,540 units sold
Release: 11/23/05
With over 5 million in sales, a new Super Mario Bros. DS wouldn’t be out of the question! [...]
The Big Five!!!
Wow, the big five numbers did show up. Different date and different place, but it is here.
Nintendo Wii:
North America:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi (Namco)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Resident [...]
Japanese Software Sales: June 23rd to 29th
1. NEW Derby Stallion DS NDS Enterbrain 148.000 148.000
2. NEW Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi WII Bandai Namco 137.000 137.000
3. NEW Daigasso! Band Brothers DX NDS Nintendo 120.000 120.000
4. NEW Hisshou Pachinko*Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series DS Vol. 12: CR Shinseiki Evangelion - Shito, Futatabi PS2 D3 55.000 55.000
5. NEW Higurashi [...]
North America: Top WiiWare, VC Downloads Up To July 2nd
WiiWare
1 (1) - My Pokémon Ranch
2 (2) - Dr Mario Online Rx
3 (3) - Defend your Castle
4 (10) - Gyrostarr
5 (4) - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
6 (8) - Cocoto Fishing Master
7 (5) - TV Show King
8 (7) - Block Breaker Deluxe
9 (6) - LostWinds
10 (9) - Family Table Tennis
11 (13) [...]