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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Japanese Trailer

theMegaton — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:17:53 +0000

Nintendo put up a preview video for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn on the Japanese Nintendo Channel. From this video you can see that there will be an overworld, random battles, and some of the best graphics ever seen on the DS. A big step up from the little snippets of video shown previosly.

Art Academy Gets US Retail Release

theMegaton — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:40:45 +0000

Nintendo of America has announced that the wonderful DSiWare downloadable series Art Academy will be compiled into a full retail DS cart release in America. Best of all it will only cost 19.99!

Art Academy launches in the US October 25th.

Okamiden New Character Trailer

theMegaton — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:16:18 +0000

The gameplay is looking much more interesting in this trailer, mostly due to the unveiling of the seconary characters. Mermaid girl should be the main non-dog character instead of the ugly boy.

NPD Sales Numbers For June 2010

theMegaton — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:02:57 +0000

NPD for June changes things up a little bit with the Xbox 360 just barely taking the number 2 spot thanks to stock clearing sales on the old model 360′s and the release of the 360 short. Red Dead and Galaxy 2 continue to hold the first 3 software slots, while Toy Story 3 for DS and Lego Harry Potter Wii make a strong showing for licensed titles. Being beaten in the portable space by Toy Story 3 must be painful for Hideo Kojima whose Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker failed to chart on that unlovable loser the PSP. Alpha Protocol, Singularity, and Transformers should also commit seppuku for their horrible sales this month.

Nintendo DS 510,700
Xbox 360 451,700
Wii 422,500
PlayStation 3 304,800
PSP 121,000

Top 10 Games Sales

Red Dead Redemption 360 (Take 2) - 582,900
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii (Nintendo) - 548,400
Red Dead Redemption PS3 (Take 2) - 380,300
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 200,900
Just Dance Wii (Ubisoft) – 174,800
Wii Fit Plus With Balance Board Wii (Nintendo)
Toy Story3 NDS (Disney Interactive Studios
UFC 2010: Undisputed 360 (THQ)
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Wii (Warner Bros. Interactive)
UFC 2010: Undisputed PS3 (THQ)

Updating with the rest of the top 20:

11. Pokemon SoulSilver DS
12. Transformers War For Cybertron 360
13. New Super Mario Bros. DS
14. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 360
15. FIFA World Cup 360
16. FIFA World Cup PS3
17. Mario Kart Wii
18. Pokemon HeartGold DS
19. Toy Story 3 Wii
20. Wii Sports Resort

Also some numbers for specific games were released.
Transformers 360 did 132,000, and Wii Sports Resort in the 20 position sold less than 100,000 which should give you an idea of how bad some of this month’s other releases did. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker failed to even crack the top 20 selling only 52,000 copies. Even worse numbers for Green Day Rock Band which sold only 83,000 copies between ALL 3 of the console releases. Skate 3 only sold 253,000 copies in it’s first 2 months down forty percent from Skate 2, and Tiger Woods 11 dropped 68 percent from last year’s release, due entirely to Tiger’s unquenchable love of white meat being made public this year.

According to the twitter account of an IGN employee some bombs of the month are in this order:
Naughty Bear > Singularity > Sin and Punishment
Perhaps if Singularity, or Sin and Punishment had had any promotion whatsoever they might have had at least a remote chance of beating out Naughty Bear!

Nintendo Announces Nintendo 3DS – No Glasses 3D Handheld

theMegaton — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:23:09 +0000

Nintendo of Japan has announced the successor to the DS, the “3DS” (may not be the final name). It will be 3D without the need for glasses. It will be completely new hardware, not just a DS with 3D screens, but it will still be fully backwards compatible with all Nintendo DS and DSi games. It will be released sometime before March 2011 in Japan. Nintendo will have a more complete unveiling at E3 this June.

Chrono Trigger DS Announced

theMegaton — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:04:53 +0000

OK you can stop waiting for a Virtual Console release people, Square has announced they will be making an enhanced port of Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo DS, much like the Final Fantasy Advance releases for GBA.

The game will have some sort of touch screen funtionality, wireless play, and a new original dungeon.

Ubisoft Chibis Up Prince Of Persia: The Fallen King – For DS

theMegaton — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:02:07 +0000

Ubisoft is once again proving that they have no idea what gamers want. First they turn the good natured hero Prince into the dark Prince, now just because he’s on the DS they have to turn him into the squatty little boy Prince.

From the PR:
Exclusively for Nintendo DS: Use the DS stylus to master the acrobatics, strategy and fighting tactics of the most agile warrior of all time.
Immerse yourself in the captivating Prince of Persia universe with an original and independent story that closely coincides with the action of the console & PC editions of the game.
Unique visual style: Brand-new art design delivers incredible environments in over 50+ maps. Explore deserted cities, dark labyrinths and forbidding jungles to battle the evil Corruption.
Play as the all-new character: the Magus: Switch between the Prince and this mysterious new ally to fight, solve puzzles and utilize his magical powers to make your way through the corrupted land.

The screen wouldn’t look half bad if the Prince didn’t look like a kid with his mommies scarf wrapped around his face.

First Dragon Quest V DS Images

theMegaton — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:11:54 +0000

Space Invaders Extreme DS Images

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New Final Fantasy IV Videos

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