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E3 2011: Nintendo’s Press Conference Round Up & More

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e3-logoAnnouncements

  • Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX for Game Boy Color coming to Nintendo 3DS E-Shop
  • Legend of Zelda: Four Swords coming to DSiWare
    • Releasing September 2011
    • Free
  • Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword coming Holiday 2011
    • A soundtrack coming around the same time as well
  • Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST free gift for early Club Nintendo registrants
  • Luigi’s Mansion 2 coming to Nintendo 3DS
  • Mario Kart coming to Nintendo 3DS holiday 2011
  • Star Fox 3DS coming September 2011
  • Kid Icarus Uprising coming later this year
  • Project Cafe now known as Wii U; coming 2012
  • Smash Bros coming to Nintendo 3DS & Wii U
  • New Super Mario Bros. Mii coming to Wii U
  • Traveler’s Tales Lego City Stories coming to Wii U & 3DS
  • Kirby Wii announced

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June 2009 NPD Numbers of Open World Fighting Games

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npd-logoHardware

  1. DS - 766, 500
  2. Wii - 361, 700
  3. Xbox 360 - 240, 600
  4. PlayStation 3 - 164, 700
  5. PlayStation Portable – 163, 500
  6. PlayStation 2 - 152, 700

Software

  1. 360 – PROTOTYPE - 419, 900
  2. 360 – UFC 2009:UNDISPUTED - 338, 300
  3. Wii – EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE - 289, 100
  4. Wii - TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 – 272, 400
  5. Wii FIT – 271, 600
  6. 360 – FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 – 260, 800
  7. PS3 – FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 – 210, 300
  8. Wii – MARIO KART W/WHEEL – 202, 100
  9. 360 – RED FACTION:GUERRILLA – 199, 400
  10. PS3 – INFAMOUS – 192, 700

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February 2009 NPD Numbers Are In

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Hardware

  1. Wii – 753, 000
  2. Nintendo DS – 588, 000
  3. Xbox 360 – 391, 000
  4. PlayStation 3 – 276, 000
  5. PlayStation Portable – 199, 000
  6. PlayStation 2 – 131, 000

Software

  1. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) -  644, 000
  2. Street Fighter IV (360) – 446, 000
  3. Street Fighter IV (PS3) – 403, 000
  4. Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) – 386, 000
  5. Killzone 2 (PS3) – 323, 000
  6. Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel (WII) – 263, 000
  7. Call of Duty: World at War (360) – 193, 000
  8. Mario Kart DS (NDS) – 145, 000
  9. New Super Mario Bros (NDS) – 144, 000
  10. Guitar Hero World Tour (WII) – 136, 000

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November NPDs – Two Million Wii’s Sold!

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Hardware

  1. Wii – 2.04M
  2. DS – 1.57M
  3. Xbox 360 – 836K
  4. PSP – 421K
  5. Playstation 3 – 378k
  6. Playstation 2 – 206k

Software

  1. 360 – GEARS OF WAR 2 – 1.56 million
  2. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR -1.41 million
  3. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE – 796K
  4. WII FIT – 697K
  5. WII – MARIO KART WII – 637K
  6. PS3 – CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR – 597K
  7. WII – GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR – 475K
  8. 360 – LEFT 4 DEAD – 410K
  9. PS3 – RESISTANCE 2 – 385K
  10. WII MUSIC – 297K

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Mario Kart Wii Review

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Being the only one of my friends who actually makes the most of his Wii (pun intended), I pre-ordered Mario Kart Wii a month ago. I did this not only because I have owned every single Mario Kart created so far, but also because over the past two years I have developed a ritual with a few soccer buddies of mine where we would play soccer each week in our seasonal league and if the game ended early enough in the evening we would gather at one of our houses and jam a few session of Kart to relax ourselves, which especially worked after any match where we got our asses kicked, because we could then go and kick each others asses at Mario Kart.

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Mario Kart Wii US Release Date Confirmed

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Nintendo of America confirmed that the highly anticipated Nintendo Wii racer, Mario Kart Wii, will launch in the U.S. on April 27, and will also feature its own Wii Menu channel.Many news sites are reporting that Nintendo just officially announced that the latest and hopefully greatest Mario Kart game will hit continental American shelves on April 27th, 2008. This thankfully puts an end to the recent much fear cast into the hearts of Kart enthusiasts such as myself by reputable websites such as IGN and Gamespot who we’re posting a US release date of June 30th for some reason.

This delay was actually believable because of the outrage sparked by European/Aussie gamers when it was announced that since Smash Bros was delayed a few months for them and not the US, they would get Mario Kart earlier than US citizens. Thankfully though, the US copy of Mario Kart Wii will only come a couple weeks after the Euro version. Americas: 1, rest of world: 0.

…woot!