– Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo): 2,924,690 units sold Release: 12/02/06
– Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo): 1,634,642 units sold Release: 01/31/08
– Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo): 1,701,871 units …
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Pretty long article but a good and interesting read. Just to give you something to read over the Memorial day weekend.
Resistance Is Futile
By SETH SCHIESEL
IT’S O.K. to liken Shigeru Miyamoto to Walt Disney.When Disney died in 1966, Mr. Miyamoto was a 14-year-old schoolteacher’s son living near Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital. An aspiring cartoonist, he adored the classic Disney characters. When he wasn’t drawing, he made his own toys, carving wooden puppets with his grandfathers’ tools or devising a car race from a spare motor, string and tin cans.
Even as he has become the world’s most famous and influential video-game designer — the father of Donkey Kong, Mario, Zelda and, most recently, the Wii — Mr. Miyamoto still approaches his work like a humble craftsman, not as the celebrity he is to gamers around the world.
Perched on the end of a chair in a hotel suite a few dozen stories above Midtown Manhattan, the preternaturally cherubic 55-year-old Mr. Miyamoto radiated the contentment of someone who has always wanted to make fun. And he has. As the creative mastermind at Nintendo for almost three decades, Mr. Miyamoto has unleashed mass entertainment with a global breadth, cultural endurance and financial success unsurpassed since Disney’s fabled career.
17 years ago
Wii Death Jr.: Root of Evil Emergency Heroes Kawasaki Snowmobiles The Monkey King
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17 years ago
Hey everyone! It’s been a long time since we had a meetup online, but it’s that time again! There are a ton of new online Wii games …
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GRAPEVINE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today reported sales and earnings for the first quarter ended May 3, 2008.
Net earnings were $62.1 million for the first quarter of 2008, as compared to net earnings of $24.7 million for the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 151.4%. Diluted earnings per share were $0.37, including debt retirement costs of $0.01 per diluted share, beating the high-end of guidance by $0.05 per share.
GameStop sales increased 41.8% to $1,813.6 million in the first quarter, in comparison to $1,279.0 million in the prior year quarter. Comparable store sales increased 27.1% during the first quarter. New video game software sales grew an amazing 72%. The top five selling games during the quarter were Take Two Interactive’s GRAND THEFT AUTO IV, with only five days of sales at the end of the quarter; SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL and MARIO KART WII from Nintendo; RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 from Ubisoft; and Electronic Arts’ ARMY OF TWO.
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01. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo (Wii) 02. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (360) 03. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (PS3) 04. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures—Eidos (PC) 05. We Ski—Namco …
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“Every time you go through localization you then have to put it through a test, which involves making sure that you recorded the proper voice, and that the proper …
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17 years ago
Nintendo Wii
North America 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo) 3. We Ski (Namco Bandai) 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) …
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Wii – 714.2K DS – 414.8K PSP – 192.7K Xbox 360 – 188K PS3 – 187.1K PS2 – 124.4K
1. GTA IV – Xbox 360 – 1.85 million* 2. Mario …
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17 years ago
Wii™ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.
“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”
1. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 107,000 / 1,227,000 2. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 82,000 / 1,992,000 3. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 53,000 / …
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Nintendo will release the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros.™ Brawl 26 June 2008. The first Super Smash Bros. for Wii™ is an action packed fighting game that includes more moves, more levels, online battles, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, a variety of control options, a host of playable characters, and even an adventure mode that’s a full game in itself!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a game play experience where characters from around the Nintendo universe meet up in Nintendo locales to battle it out. Choose from a number of iconic and new characters including Mario, everyone’s favourite plumber; Meta Knight, the sword-wielding nemesis of Kirby; Pit, the angelic archer from Kid Icarus™; Zero Suit Samus, the powerful Metroid® series heroine; Sonic the Hedgehog from SEGA®, and Solid Snake the solider from Konami’s Metal Gear series, among a host of others.
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01. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo (Wii) 02. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (360) 03. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (PS3) 04. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures*—Eidos (PC) 05. Wii Fit*—Nintendo …
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Best Buy
High School Musical: Sing It (Wii) – $39.99
Circuit City
Buy 1 get 1 50% off (Wii) – Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Super Mario Galaxy, Super …
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I bet you can not guess what he is ranting about. Lack of Hardrive for the Wii? Poor Brawl Online Play? I guess you will just have to watch and …
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17 years ago
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo) 3. Boom Blox (EA Games) 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) …
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Note: We already knew Brawl was coming to Europe June 27th. This is the official Press release from Nintendo.
Time to settle old scores and let the Wii decide with the launch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The next super-charged generation of brawling rumbles onto the Wii with Super Smash Bros. Brawl hitting the shelves in Europe, on the 27 June 2008. Packed with a whole host of new features including a bulging character roster, an accessible and intuitive combat arena editor, multiple battle modes, an engrossing single player storyline and for the first time, the ability to take battles online, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is set to bring the fast, furious and frenetic world of the brawl to the masses!
Super Smash Bros. has always been about pitching Nintendo’s iconic characters against each other and settling long-standing arguments on who is the toughest in four-player bouts. Keeping this concept at its heart, Nintendo has upped the challenge by introducing 16 new characters into the fray – bringing the total playable to 35 – including familiar heroes such as Solid Snake, Wario, Diddy Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog. Never before have gamers had to master their combat style so finely, practicing and perfecting signature moves and combos to ensure they remain on top of the brawling pile.
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