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Four-Player Online Co-Op, 2-Player Split-Screen and New Underwater Environments Introduced When Japanese Phenomenon Comes To North American and European Markets in 2010

SAN MATEO, Calif. — August 3, 2009 — Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Monster Hunter™ Tri will be released in both North America and Europe for Nintendo’s Wii™ system in early 2010.

Monster Hunter Tri will set a new bar in the action/adventure genre with the introduction of new features and game play elements as the multi-million unit selling franchise makes its debut on the Wii system.

One of the most strikingly beautiful titles ever developed for Wii, Monster Hunter Tri depicts a living, breathing ecosystem where man co-exists with fantastic beasts that roam both the land and the sea. Featuring both online and offline cooperative modes, players can join online hunting parties with up to four players or play with two players on a single TV for select quests. Players also have the option to face Monster Hunter Tri’s challenging quests as a single player experience accompanied by Cha-Cha, an AI hunting partner whose tracking and trapping skills will prove invaluable in the hunt. New items, weapons and armor sets will also be available to assist the hunters as they embark on the most incredible Monster Hunter adventure to date.

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– Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (NDS, Square Enix): 490,730 units sold * Release: 05/30/09

– Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (NDS, Nintendo): 1,127,320 units sold * Release: 11/06/08

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Sales estimates

Monster Hunter tri – 2,000,000

Sales totals

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition – 1,600,000

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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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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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