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April 19, 2010

This Week in Nintendo Downloads

by Pedro Hernandez - 1:12 pm EDT
Total comments: 19

Survive high school with Mega Man and Game and Watch games in this week's set of titles.

In this week's update, DSiWare gets the most titles, while Virtual Console and WiiWare only get one game each. The Virtual Console receives Capcom's Mega Man 4, originally released for the NES in 1992. Like past Mega Man titles, Mega Man 4 offers a high degree of shooting and platforming challenge at 500 Wii Points ($5.00).

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Flip's Twisted World Delayed To September Wii

by Neal Ronaghan - 10:30 am EDT
Total comments: 1

Majesco's flip-flopping 3D platformer is steering clear of Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Majesco's 3D platformer is being delayed from its previous June release to a September one, according to a representative from Majesco.

The reason for the delay is to steer clear of competing products, which one can safely assume refers to Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy 2, slated for a May 23 release.

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Free Health-Focused DSiWare App Hitting Japan DS

by Neal Ronaghan - 10:03 am EDT
Discuss in talkback! Source: Andria Sang

Nintendo is releasing a health application called Almost Daily Health Notebook this week.

Nintendo filed a copyright for Hobo Nichi no Kenkou Techou, which roughly translates to Almost Daily Health Notebook, a new free health DSiWare application launching in Japan on April 21.

It is a conversion of the book Dear Doctors Hobo Nichi no Kenkou Techou, which is a health information book... Read more...

Okami Creator Wants To Make Star Fox At Gun Point

by Neal Ronaghan - 8:50 am EDT
Total comments: 39 Source: Twitter via Andriasang

Hideki Kamiya desperately wants a new Star Fox title.

Hideki Kamiya, director of Okami and Bayonetta, is making quite a Twitter name for himself as he recently said he wants Nintendo to force Platinum Games to make a new Star Fox title.

"I want Nintendo's staff to come to Platinum, stick guns at us and tell us 'You guys make a new Star Fox,'" he said.

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April 18, 2010

Upcoming WiiWare Game Combines Endless Ocean And Metroid Wii

by Neal Ronaghan - 4:57 pm EDT
Total comments: 4 Source: Nintendo Power

Dive: The Medes Island Secret, from Cosmonaut Games, is a side-scrolling WiiWare title focused on exploration that uses the NyxQuest engine.

While Dive: The Medes Island Secret has been known about for a while, the latest issue of Nintendo Power shed more light on the upcoming title from Spanish developer Cosmonaut Games.

Dive is a side-scrolling underwater exploration game that puts you in control of John Sanders, a researcher who... Read more...

April 17, 2010

DSi XL Debuts With 141,000 Units In Its First Week DS

by Neal Ronaghan - 7:20 pm EDT
Total comments: 11 Source: Gamasutra

Nintendo's plus-sized handheld puts up "solid" numbers.

Nintendo's latest handheld, the DSi XL, sold 141,000 units from its launch on March 28 to the end of the NPD reporting period on April 3, according to financial analyst Michael Pachter.

Those numbers made up about 20 percent of all DS sales, which also included the DS Lite and DSi, in March.

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Red Steel 2 Sells 50,000 According to NPD Wii

by Neal Ronaghan - 6:58 pm EDT
Total comments: 44 Source: Kotaku

Ubisoft's MotionPlus-powered title is slow out of the gate after 12 days of sales.

Kotaku reports that Red Steel 2 sold about 50,000 units in the March NPDs according to financial analyst Michael Pachter.

However, those numbers are only from 12 days of sales, as Red Steel 2 came out on March 23 and the March NPDs only covered up until April 3.

"Considering that the NPD... Read more...

Bionic Commando: Rearmed Devs Resurface

by Neal Ronaghan - 6:54 pm EDT
Total comments: 59 Source: www.mightanddelight.com

Former GRIN staffers form Might and Delight, a new studio focused on making retro titles.

Developer GRIN may have shut down last year, but the spirit of their 2008 downloadable game Bionic Commando: Rearmed lives on in Might and Delight, a new studio made up of members of the team behind the game.

On their official website, they say "[It's] no secret that Might and Delight loves retro.... Read more...

New Xenoblade Details Revealed Wii

by Andy Goergen - 8:37 am EDT
Discuss in talkback! Source: Andriasang

The official site is updated with new information, including characters bios.

The official site for Xenoblade has been updated with new details, including character biographies and new artwork.

The newly revealed characters in the game were shown in Famitsu last week, and the official site matched these biographies with artwork. The biographies were translated by Andriasang.

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Wii and DS Take Top Spots in March NPD

by Andy Goergen - 8:33 am EDT
Total comments: 17 Source: Gamasutra

delivers a 1-2 punch in the latest edition of the NPD sales report.

Nintendo Wii and DS were the top two selling game systems in March, according to the latest report from the NPD Group. Wii sales reached 560,000 consoles, and combined DS system sales reached over 700,000 handhelds, setting a new record for portable system sales. In a recent press release, Nintendo notes that sales of Nintendo systems amounted to 59% of all video game hardware sold in March.

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April 16, 2010

Super Mario Galaxy 2 to Have Cloud Mario, Extended Co-Op Wii

by Karlie Yeung - 2:40 pm EDT
Total comments: 12 Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sb4j/

A new power up is revealed and more possibilities are promised in the cooperative mode.

An update on Nintendo's Japanese website for Super Mario Galaxy has revealed a host of screenshots and videos for new features. Exploring the microsite gives you a handful of screenshots of the new enemies, videos of the red, yellow and blue Yoshis and their various interations and some of the new gameplay.

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Violent Femmes Make Their Rock Band Debut Wii

by Neal Ronaghan - 9:05 am EDT
Total comments: 7 Source: Press Release

Next week's DLC features a song from the Violent Femmes, Supergrass, and Siouxsie & the Banshees, as well as a three pack from Coheed and Cambria.

Next week's Rock Band downloadable content, due out for Wii on April 20 for 200 Wii Points a track, features Coheed and Cambria, the Violent Femmes, Supergrass, and Siouxsie & the Banshees.

The Coheed and Cambria three pack is made up of three songs from their recently released album, Year of the Black Rainbow. The songs include the first song released from the album, "The Broken," and the lead single, "Here We Are Juggernaut."

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April 15, 2010

Gormiti : The Lords of Nature Coming to Wii and DS DS

by Karlie Yeung - 9:22 am EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Press Release

The toy and TV franchise will be released by Konami on Nintendo consoles this year.

Konami announced a new action-puzzle game for Wii and DS that based on the Gormiti TV show on Cartoon Network.

Gormiti : The Lords of Nature includes characters and locations from the television series, following the story of Razzle and the Lords of Nature as they work to save Earth from the evil Magmion.

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THQ Releases Free Facebook App for Beat City DS

by Neal Ronaghan - 9:06 am EDT
Discuss in talkback! Source: Press Release

The Rhythm Heaven-esque game shows off its gameplay on Facebook and offers up prizes as well.

THQ revealed yesterday that Beat City, a rhythm-based mini-game collection, is getting its own Facebook application.

Free of charge, it allows players to try out three of the game's mini-games, and compete for prizes.

Once a week for four weeks, THQ will be offering a DSiXL in a random drawing. To enter, all you have to do is suggest the Beat City application to a friend, and then get them to accept.

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New LEGO Harry Potter Trailer Looks Behind The Veil Wii

by Neal Ronaghan - 9:00 am EDT
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Listen to Travellers Tales talk about LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and what they did to differentiate between years and more.

Warner Bros. released a behind-the-scenes trailer for LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 today that shows off the scope of the game and what makes it so much fun.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is due out in June 2010 for both Wii and DS.

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April 14, 2010

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tops Japanese Sales Charts Once More Wii

by Pedro Hernandez - 2:45 pm EDT
Total comments: 4 Source: Adria Sang

After an eleven week break, the multiplayer Mario title returns to the top of the charts in Japan.

Based on a report by Famitsu.com, New Super Mario Bros. Wii returns to the top of the Japanese sales charts after an eleven week break. The Enterbarin software sales chart places the Wii title at first place. No detailed sales numbers were offered, but the jump in sales is attributed by the lack of... Read more...

Interactive Fitness Company Sues Nintendo Over Patent Infringement

by Pedro Hernandez - 2:40 pm EDT
Total comments: 11 Source: Gamasutra

The technology behind Wii Fit is the subject of this latest lawsuit.

Maryland based company IA Labs, also known as Powergrid Fitness, has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that they have infringed two of IA Labs' patents when creating Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus and several other peripherals. The company claims to have been "irreparably harmed" by the release of the titles.

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The Last Story Nearly Completed Wii

by Pedro Hernandez - 12:39 pm EDT
Total comments: 10 Source: Silicon Era

The Wii-exclusive role-playing game from Mistwalker is nearing the final stages of development.

The latest Last Story development blog update reveals that the game is nearing the end of its development cycle. According to Director Hironobu Sakaguchi, “Development of The Last Story is at last at the finale. The tense feeling is pleasant."

Despite the game being nearly completed, no screens... Read more...

Reggie Fils-Aime: 'The 3DS is our Next Generation Handheld' 3DS

by Pedro Hernandez - 12:36 pm EDT
Total comments: 11 Source: Silicon Era

The Nintendo of America president talks about the 3D-enhanced successor to the DS.

In an interview with Business Week, Reggie Fils-Aime offered comments regarding the recently confirmed new handheld from Nintendo, the Nintendo 3DS.

Despite having just launched the Nintendo DSi XL in North America, the company is already looking forward to the release of the new handheld.

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Green Day: Rock Band Track List Revealed Wii

by Karlie Yeung - 12:21 pm EDT
Total comments: 14 Source: Press Release

On June 8, prepare for an entire game disc worth of Green Day tracks.

Green Day, Harmonix, MTV Games and Reprise/Warner Bros. are bringing Green Day: Rock Band to Wii. The game is a standalone disc for the Rock Band series, and will feature specialized videos for each song. The track list includes the albums Dookie and American Idiot, and by combining the disc with already available DLC, a third complete album, 21st Century Breakdown can be played in its entirety.

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