Friday, March 11, 2011

Nintendo Announce Over 35 Million Wii Consoles Have Been Sold In The USA And Reveal Other Milestones


Nintendo have announced that the Nintendo Wii has now sold over 35 Million consoles in the USA. this makes the Nintendo Wii the fastest selling console in the USA Ever. Nintendo reports that in February alone 454,000 Wii Consoles were sold. Nintendo have also announced that Donkey Kong Country Returns has now sold over 2 Million, whilst New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold over 8 Million in the USA. On The DS, Pokemon SoulSilver Version has now sold over 2 Million and New Super Mario Bros has sold over 9 Million.

Press Release

Nintendo's Wii™ console has crossed the 35 million sales mark in the United States, according to the NPD Group. More than 454,000 Wii consoles sold in February to put Wii across the 35 million mark faster than any other console in U.S. history.

February proved to be a notable month for Nintendo software as well. Not only was Just Dance 2 from Ubisoft the No. 1 best-selling game of the month with more than 554,000 sold, but four Nintendo games reached new sales milestones. Donkey Kong Country™ Returns for the Wii console, which launched in November 2010, crossed the 2 million mark in February, while New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii, which launched in November 2009, just crossed the 8 million sales mark.

On the portable side, the Pokémon™ SoulSilver Version game for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems launched in March 2010 and crossed the 2 million sales mark in February, while the New Super Mario Bros. game, which launched in May 2006, just passed 9 million in sales. These milestones further demonstrate the "evergreen" nature of games that play on Nintendo systems.

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This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed the games that come out today on the WiiWare and DSiWare stores in the UK. in all there are 5 new games and 1 new demo. unfortunately i don't have screenshots for all the games this week, but if you head to the link below you can find a video showing gameplay from this weeks new games.

WiiWare

lilt line
Successfully Learning Mathematics Year 3

WiiWare Demos

Mix Superstar


DSiWare

Beauty Academy
Shapo
Go Series EARTH SAVER


Source: Nintendo UK


Sega Have Released A New Trailer For Yakuza 4 Showing Some The Locations In The Game

Sega have released a new trailer for Yakuza 4. this trailer reveals some of the games more "riskier" locations and talks about some of the activities you can get up to there.


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Namco Bandai Have Released A New Game Trailer For Gods Eater Burst

Namco Bandai have released a new trailer for Gods Eater Burst. this is a game trailer that details some of the games backstory, what your role in the game is, and there's some hints of a twist or two. in-game action is shown as is gameplay of characters interacting with each other and fighting monsters.


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Funcom Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For The Secret World

Funcom have released a new trailer and screenshots for The Secret World. the trailer features some of the games devs briefly talking about their game and some of its features, whilst the trailer shows what they are talking about. the screenshots show each of the 3 factions, them fighting, and several locations.


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Screenshots



343 Industries Have Released A Behind The Scenes Look At The Halo Reach Defiant Map Pack DLC

343 Industries have released a behind the scenes look at the Halo Reach Defiant Map pack DLC. The team talk about the decision to make a map pack and how they would try and incorporate each map into the game's story. The Video also features some of the developers from Certain Affinity, who are devs who worked with 343 Industries on the map pack.

Concept art and in-game action are shown in the video as the team talk about each of the individual maps in detail. also revealed are features from the maps that were removed, like a giant lazer, or features that evolved light lighting and force fields.



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Sony Online Entertainment Announce Free Realms On The PS3 Comes Out In The USA On 29th March


Sony Online Entertainment have announced Free Realms comes to the PS3 on 29th March. so far this is a USA Release date, no EU Release date has been confirmed. Free Realms will be a free download from the PSN Store. All jobs will be available to play through to level 4, as well as over 800 quests and mini-games. you can then upgrade to a membership and get unlimited access.

Source: USA Playstation Blog