More sales data and this time for North America courtesy of NPD. The Nintendo DS leads the pack and broke its own record for monthly sales with a total of over 613,000. The previous best month the handheld had was back in February 2009 with 597,000 units.
Apparant shortages in the US of the Wii meant that the Xbox 360 took second place for the month and the Playstation family took up the last positions.
Nintendo DS 613.2K
Xbox 360 422.0K
Wii 397.9K
PlayStation 3 360.1K
PSP 133.4K
PlayStation 2 101.9K
Head inside for Nintendo’s press release regarding the months NPD figures.
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Last weeks Media Create hardware sales are in for Japan and read very similar to the week before with the exception of the PSP which had a nice 28k increase. This has enabled it to keep at the top of the charst even if you combine all three DS interations.
PSP – 64,808
Wii – 33,880
PS3 – 28,824
DSi LL – 23,611
DSi – 15,017
DS Lite – 4,316
Xbox 360 – 2,764
PS2 – 1,839
PSP go – 1,275
Hit the link for last weeks sales for comparison.
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All the information we had about JRPG “The Last Story” from Mistwalker was the game title and the fact that it is being developed for Wii. Now though we have… not much more! But hey, at least we have some artwork to give us an idea of what the game may look like aong with some tidbits of information.
Head inside to find out more or look here for games Japanese website.
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A couple of beauties this week for download in North America from the Nintendo Download - “Final Fantasy 2” and “Max & The Magic Marker” on Virtual Console and WiiWare respectively.
Hit the jump to see the whole list of this weeks downloads.
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The well-received “Dark Void Zero” from Capcom lands onto DSi’s in Europe and other PAL territories today, so if you are looking for a sweet platform-shooter you know what to do. If you don’t have a DSi then worry not, Capcom have your back with “Mega Man 10” on WiiWare. We take it you have a Wii, right? Oh good!
Other games this week in the Nintendo Download include “Bit.Trip Void” and “Real Football 2010” among others.
Hit the link for the full list.
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Nintendo of America exec Cammie Dunaway (above) has been very vocal recently about Nintendo’s current position in the market and she is understandably excited about this years software line-up for both Wii and DS.
Venturebeat had a recent interview with her where she talks about all of these subjects in more detail including “Metroid: Other M“, Mario on Facebook, digital downloads, E3 and Wii price drops.
Dunaway on the appeal of Metroid: Other M…
“Well, you can’t get access to Samus and the Metroid franchise on the other platforms. And this experience isn’t about the graphics at all. It is a shooting game. But it is a much more emotional experience with story to it.”
Continues after the break.
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We all know that Nintendo have done well with the Wii, especially in western markets, but it’s not doing too bad in its homeland either. The company have just announced that the console has passed the 10 million mark sold in Japan.
Since the Wii launched in the region on 2nd December 2006, the last count stands at 10,009,736 units according to Enterbrain. In comparison the PS3 has sold 4,766,408 units and Xbox 360 1,235,049 units. However the Wii has taken slightly longer to reach the 10 million milestone than the PS2 which clocked that figure in 131 weeks compared to the Wii’s 170 weeks.
No doubt Nintendo can keep up this momentum atleast through 2010 with such a strong first and third party release schedule.
There’s 8 new downloadables this week for NTSC gamers, including the quality “Let’s Golf” for DSi and “Mega Man 10” on WiiWare. Mega Man is sporting a new ‘Easy Mode’ to help make it more accessible to new gamers unfamiliar with the usual hardcore difficulty level associated with the Mega Man franchise.
This is a great idea as if you only have a medium skill level like me, you’d probably end up screaming at/beating up your TV from the sheer frustration of how damn hard it is!
Head inside for this weeks downloads.
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PS3 saw a boost in sales in Japan last week and skipped into the Wii’s second place spot from the week before. Apart from that there is not much to report as the hardware sales stay pretty stagnant for another week.
PSP – 32,796
PS3 – 32,130
Wii – 31,652
DSi LL – 24,388
DSi – 15,380
DS Lite – 5,053
Xbox 360 – 2,453
PS2 – 1,883
PSP go – 1,371
Last weeks Media Create sales are after the jump if you want to compare…
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Another week goes by and more games are added like finely engineered clockwork to WiiWare and DSiWare. Europeans have 8 new titles to choose from but no Virtual Console games this week. Come on Nintendo - where’s my Pilotwings 64?
WiiWare
- Reel Fishing Challenge (Natsume) – 500 Nintendo Points
- Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth (Konami) – 1000 Nintendo Points
- Dracula – Undead Awakening (Chillingo) – 1000 Nintendo Points
DSiWare
- Bird & Bombs (Nintendo) – 200 Nintendo Points
- Elektroplankton Varvoice (Nintendo) – 200 Nintendo Points
- Electroplankton Marine-Crystals (Nintendo) – 200 Nintendo Points
- Dracula – Undead Awakening (Chillingo) – 500 Nintendo Points
- Zoo Frenzy (Gameloft) – 800 Nintendo Points
Nintendo of Europe have set release dates for the major titles shown from yesterdays North American media summit. These are below.
I think Nintendo realised that their first party software line-up over the last 18 months has been weak and comments echoing that were forthcoming from Satoru Iwata late last year. It looks like he and his company are working hard to rectify that this year.
- Monster Hunter Tri – April 23
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. (and Showcase) – April 30
- Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies – May 7
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 – June 11
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky – Summer 2010
- Metroid: Other M – Q3 2010
The accompanying press release for this news is after the break.
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Hooray! We finally get to see some new ‘Metroid: Other M‘ media. Got some screens here with video footage to follow. The game is out on June 27th in North America.
Head in side for the rest. Also the official Metroid website has been updated here.
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