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IGN: So the first big question for the Nintendo side of thing then is “Is it all in there?” Are players getting the same core features for online, offline, DLC, …
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Taken from an Iwata ask section.

– Capmp worked extra hard on making the graphics in MH3 the best on Wii – Nintendo’s designers were very impressed with the graphics, …
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Fans of roleplaying and strategic games, who are interested in round based fighting systems, should keep the name Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes in mind.

The German developer studio Silent Dreams is working on a tactical RPG for PC Digital and WiiWareTM, that should be released in the fourth quarter of this year.

Story

The young recruit Drake failed at the military academy exam. He was refused to fight for his proud kingdom Glory.  Humiliated and frustrated he wants to end his life by jumping into the throat of brutal mushrooms. But then he learns that he’s not the only one disappointed and that there are others who can’t go on with their lives. He comes across the last depressed remains of the kingdom’s army which return badly injured from an all or nothing battle. The very battle Drake couldn’t fight in. One of the survivors is the most popular hero of all mankind: Holy Avatar. The arrogant knight in shiny armor tells you how a suddenly appearing sect crushed the whole kingdoms’ army. The land Glory is overrun by creatures of the Dark Church and what’s even worse, HE, the mighty Holy Avatar, was beaten the first time in his life.

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Nintendo financial report

When we were discussing what type of game we should be making, it was round about the time of the Wii launch, and we were so excited by it as …
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Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 2. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 (Konami) 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 4. EA Sports Active (EA Sports) …
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Cambridge, Mass. – July 31, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced they will be celebrating the 25^th anniversary of  the theatrical release of This is Spinal Tap, by making available newly recorded versions of the song s featured in the cult classic film and its 1984 soundtrack album. The songs will be available in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week on the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION^®3 computer entertainment system and Wii^™ system. With the addition of the Spinal Tap tracks, the Rock Band music platform now offers more than 800 songs to consumers via disc and download, and has surpassed more than 50 million paid downloads to date.

Additional tracks from Black Sabbath and Foo Fighters will be available in the Wii™ Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Jane’s Addiction and Styx will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.

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This information comes from SEGA’s official financial report for Q1.

* Virtua Tennis 2009 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC) – 790,000 units (U.S. release date June 9)
* The Conduit (Wii) – 150,000 units (U.S. release date June 23)

The Financial Q1 ends June 30. That means the Conduit Sold 150,000 in its first week. Check after the jump for SEGA’s Q1 sales press release.

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DSi 80,362 PSP 30,523 Wii 23,995 DS Lite 12,385 PS3 8,997 PS2 3,305 Xbox 360 3,080

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Taken from an Email sent out to PlayOn customers.

Dear PlayOn Customer,

Thank you for inquiring about using PlayOn on your Wii game console. We are happy to announce to you that the latest version of PlayOn posted to the website earlier today includes a Beta version of Wii functionality in it. We are only announcing this to a small number of customers who have inquired about the Wii. It is not yet being made “publicly known”. Please try it out and let us know how it works, passing along any bugs you find by submitting a support request through the PlayOn Settings Manager. You can download the release from here: http://www.themediamall.com/playon/download/

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