Zelda

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MSNBC has been spending some time polling people trying to narrow down the list of games for game of the year. The have finally narrowed it down to 9 contenders, …
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1. “BioShock”: My AP colleague Matt Slagle called it the game of the year, and I have no argument. Ken Levine’s undersea epic combines a thought-provoking story, compelling gameplay, dazzling …
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• Gran Turismo
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
• The Sims
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Battlefield 1942
• Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic
• World …
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1up’s ‘Game of the Year’ awards results

December 20th, 2007 What’s your pick for 2007 Game of the Year?

WINNER = SUPER MARIO GALAXY Mass Effect (11%) Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune …
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Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo) 3. Carnival Games (Global Star) 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) 5. Guitar Hero …
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Voice chat/Virtual Console
– Reggie talked about how Nintendo is still considering voicechat, and how he wouldn’t be surprised to see it on Wii in the future.
– Both expect it to happen (when Nintendo say stuff like this, it basically means it is happening) but are dumbfounded by how long it is taking.
– Both really hope it comes out in time for Smash, but are doubtful.
– For the majority of VC games, we’re not going to see modifications or upgrades (like we did with Pokemon Snap), simply because Nintendo doesn’t need to do it.
– Don’t expect a VC price drop in the future – they’re doing great and there’s no need to change anything.
– Hope to see more import games (like Sin and Punishment) and expect this because it appears that Nintendo is paying attention to the wider gaming community.

NPD
– Both Wii and DS did exceptionally well.
– Analysts are predicting around 1.6-1.7 million for Wii in December.
– Make sure you camp out if you want to get a Wii – don’t go on ebay or anything because you will be ripped off.
– If the quantity had been there, Wii sales would have definitely been over 1 million. Nintendo would be kicking themselves right now because of their inability to get more units out.
– Very solid performance by 360 (not too far away from Wii) and PSP, as well as Playstation 2. Playstation 3 numbers are still comparatively low, but much improved from last month.
– Galaxy released a week later than COD4, so both games are basically selling at the same pace – if Galaxy came out earlier, then it would probably have reached around the same numbers as COD4.
– Guitar Hero 3 Wii should be a 1 million seller by the end of the year, which should do very good things for future Wii 3rd party support and also proves that 3rd party games can sell very well if they are high quality and appeal to the Wii audience. EA should be kicking themselves for not releasing Rock Band on Wii.
– Bozon thinks it’s taken way too long for the mono issue in Guitar Hero 3 Wii to be fixed. Action needs to be taken.

Wii Software LTD’s

Super Mario Galaxy = 1.2 million

Smackdown vs Raw 2008 = 53,000 – not very good first-month numbers, and comparatively lower to PS2 and 360.

Carnival Games = 300,000 – has sold better than Nintendo’s Big Brain Academy.

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For the second time in a month the Big Five will be a little different. The normal information put into the Big Five hasn’t been released. So, instead of me …
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It keeps going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. When will it end?!?! The question is what is the greater game? Is it Zelda …
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