Monthly Archives: January 2010

Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Wii Officially Outsells Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

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Nintendo have officially confirmed that the Wii has outsold the NES, making it “the best selling Nintendo home videogame console of all time.”

“Family Computer System, called Nintendo Entertainment System or NES in short in overseas markets, had sold 61.91 million units, which was the largest unit sales figure for any Nintendo home videogame consoles.

The cumulative sales of Wii hardware from Nintendo to our distributors and retail customers reached 67.45 million units as of the end of December 2009. It has replaced NES to become the best selling Nintendo home videogame console of all time.

Among handheld hardware, GameBoy series have sold through 118.69 million units in total since the launch, which was the largest unit sales figure among all Nintendo’s hardware products.

As of the end of December 2009, when Wii marked the record LTD sales as the number one selling Nintendo home console, the life-to-date shipments of Nintendo DS series reached 125.13 million units, which has now become largest sales figure among all of the Nintendo’s videogame hardware.

Needless to say, these are just two milestones of a larger journey in our efforts to reach the ultimate goal of bringing one home console for every household and one handheld for everyone.”

- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Announce The Last Story, A New RPG From Mistwalker

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Nintendo have revealed that they’re publishing the latest RPG from the critically acclaimed studio, Mistwalker.

The Last Story, which Nintendo calls a “full-scaled RPG,” will be released for Wii this year. It is the next creation of Mistwalker, the role-playing game development studio started in 2004 by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. More information on the game will be available in March, according to the official site.

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Nintendo: Nintendo President Turned Down Project Natal

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According to reliable online gaming publication, CVG, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata turned down the motion sensing device that became Project Natal due to the initial price tag in late 2007.

Despite being impressed with the prototype, Iwata was reportedly unsold on it as a peripheral for Wii – leaving the door open for Microsoft to snap up the technology and its creator a year later.

“Iwata-San only ever invests in something he can guarantee will work for a Nintendo audience,” the exec told us.

“3DV showed off a camera that detected motion in 3D, and had voice recognition – but Iwata-San was unconvinced he could sell it at a Nintendo price point. He also had some worries around latency during gameplay.”

“Honestly – I’ve heard Iwata describe the prototype he saw at length, and it’s definitely Natal.”

“What we witnessed at E3 was smaller and the facial reading stuff had improved, but it’s the same technology. We remain unconvinced Natal will deliver on the more sophisticated elements of what Microsoft is promising at the price they’re aiming for.”

-  CVG

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Nintendo Wii: Monster Hunter 3 And Classic Controller Pro For April

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Capcom has just announced that its highly anticipated Monster Hunter 3 is coming bundled with the Classic Controller Pro this April in the United States.

The standalone game will cost you US$ 49.99, while the bundle will come at US$ 59.99. Only the black controller will be bundled with the game, but both black and white variations will be sold separately for US$ 19.99.

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Nintendo Wii: Red Steel 2 Pushed Teen Rating To The Limits

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According to the Entertainment Software Rating Board Ubisoft’s eagerly awaited Red Steel 2 has pushed the Teen rating  to the limits.

“During the course of the game, a female character with exaggerated-size breasts wears a low-cut shirt that exposes deep cleavage; the character’s breasts jiggle slightly during cutscenes (there are no comparable physics applied to male characters). The expletives “bada*s,” “punk-a*s,” and “dammit” can be heard in the dialogue.”

“Overall, the game’s highly stylized cell-shaded graphics blunt the sense of realism, increasing the fantastical nature of battle sequences; in some ways, the graphic-novel art style (skinned with hand-drawn-like textures) lessens the impact of the violence—though the game is still considered a high-end Teen.”

- Entertainment Software Rating Board

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Nintendo Wii: New Pink And Blue Wii Remotes With Wii MotionPlus Now Available For Pre-Order

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Nintendo’s super cute Pink and Blue Wii Remotes with Wii MotionPlus included are now available for pre-order via popular online superstore, Amazon.com.

The two new colours revealed by Nintendo back  in December are set to hit retail outlets on Valentines day, February 14th, and are priced at $49.99 each.

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