Nintendo News

By now, everyone in the games world has heard what happened to EGM and 1UP this past week. We lost one of the world’s most important gaming magazines – one …
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Tenchu: Shadow Assassins – 7.0
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest – 5.0
The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity – 5.0
Nascar Kart Racing – 6.0
Fishing Master: World Tour – 7.5
Legacy of YS: Books I & II – 7.5
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-Will be called Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky – Game is being developed for the DS – New starter Pokemon include: Phanpy, Eevee, …
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– Team working on Chinatown Wars “twice the size” of the one that worked on Vice/Liberty City Stories – Has “more lines of code” than San Andreas – The Satellite …
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2008:

Wii – 300,000 DS – 349,000

LTD:

Wii – 530,000 DS – 950,000

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Mario & Luigi RPG 3

– Mario are Luigi are inside Bowser. They can affect Bowser’s actions by their work within him. Control Mario and Luigi with A, B, and …
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This is a pretty interesting patent that Nintendo has made. Could this be the next Wii Fit game, or a DS game, or even a …
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Software Sales

We expect software sales for December, 2008 to come in at $2.7 billion, a 14% increase over last year. This was primarily driven by the next-generation home and portable software titles. Unit sales are likely to increase by 12% over last year with a modest 2% increase in the average selling price (ASP). The 2% increase in ASP differs from current trends as the growth in ASPs over the years has played a tremendous role in driving sales. We believe that heavy retail discounting, an increased competitive environment, and a greater than expected surge in DS and Wii game sales all played a significant role in driving down the yearly ASP growth.

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Jungle Speed – 281 blocks Planet Pachinko – 188 blocks

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Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse – 16 blocks

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“While the interactive entertainment industry is traditionally not a core part of the CES conference, we note that an increasing number of game-related products and services displayed at the show …
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Rise of the Argonauts (PS3/Xbox 360, Codemasters): 3 Mushroom Men:The Spore Wars (Wii, Gamecock Media Group): 6 Destory All Humans: Path of the Furon (PS3/Xbox 360, THQ): 3 Persona 4 …
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Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, has published the first little comic strip featuring the two Secret Files protagonists …
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Jan. 12, 2009 – What’s your weapon of choice? Is it a laser gun? Or maybe just a simple deck of cards? No matter what type of game gets you fired up, the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel are sure to add something new and exciting to your arsenal. With fast-flying cards, tumbling pachinko balls and sinister vampires in your midst, you’ll need every tool at your disposal.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

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REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 12, 2009 – A new survey, conducted by Wakefield Research for Nintendo, confirms that math anxiety is alive and well among U.S. kids. In fact, of 400 children surveyed, one in five believe that they are more likely to grow up to become a professional athlete, actor or singer than they are to get A’s and B’s in math next year. Other results of the survey conducted Dec. 12-23, 2008, include:

• More than one-third of kids surveyed say that math is their most difficult subject.
• Nearly one-third of kids have very negative feelings about math: 18 percent called it “boring,” while 13 percent actually called it “torture.”
• 86 percent of parents surveyed say that math is important to their careers, even though more than half of them admitted they thought they’d never need the math they learned in school.

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LAS VEGAS – January 10, 2009
Nyko Technologies®, the premier video game accessories manufacturer, today announced it won a “Best of CES” award for its Wand® wireless controller for the Nintendo® Wii™ in the Gaming category. This marks the second year in a row that a Nyko Technologies product has taken home the award. Produced and judged by editors from CNET (www.cnet.com), the winners of the “Best of CES” awards were announced Saturday, January 10, at the 2009 International CES in Las Vegas.

Selected by CNET’s unbiased expert editors, winners are recognized as having the hottest products in their respective technology categories for their unmatched innovation and creativity, and their ability to excite consumers and help them explore a world gone digital. CNET editors reviewed hundreds of entries, as well as scoured the 2009 International CES show floor for products to consider for the prestigious award.

The ten categories include car tech; cell phones and smart phones; computers and hardware; digital photo and video; gaming; GPS; home audio; home video; MP3 and portable video players; and televisions. A video of the winners and finalists showcasing their technologies can be found at http://www.cnet.com/ces .

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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced its first Wii Balance Board-compatible title. Marbles! Balance Challenge has been devised by Hudson Soft and will be released for Wii in April, 2009.

Marbles! Balance Challenge is a skill-based action title where the player helps an Ant called Anthony save his colony via a series of physical tests. Wii Balance Board users can access Marbles! Balance Challenge’s 100 specially-created stages where the players steer a ball using the shifting weight of their physical movements. This unique way to control the game offers a new experience and combines fun and physical exercise. Players can also use gentle movements of the Wii Remote, with steering the ball through 200 different stages in a quest to locate the mythical ‘Golden Sunflower Seed.’

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