Nintendo of America have finally decided to reveal the official release date of the eagerly awaited Pokémon Black & White.
According to the press release the next iteration of the popular Pokémon franchise will be released in the United States on March 6th 2011 and will introduce more than 150 new Pokémon and an entire new region for players to explore.
I’d just like to take this opportunity to wish every single one of you a very Merry Christmas!
There’s been some amazing games released this year for both the Nintendo Wii and the DS so I’m curious as to what games or consoles you asked for, and hopefully received, this Christmas?
Hope you’re all having a great day!
- Sickr
Sega have confirmed that they’re planning to announce three new Sonic titles during 2011 following the positive response to Sonic Colours on the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.
“Colours is our pure Sonic gaming experience. That’s had some high scores. It’s also the highest pre-selling pure Sonic title we’ve had ever. That’s a good indication. With the quality of the game, we’re confident of that. That’s our pure platforming Sonic.”
“We have some announcements in the early part of next year that will further support and add to this strategy. There will be two of three big Sonic announcements in the early part of next calendar year.”
- Sega’s vice president of sales and marketing, Alan Pritchard
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is a genuinely intriguing and graphically lush role playing title.
The game starts with a long narrative explaining the events behind the previous Golden Sun games whilst keeping players up to date with what’s currently happening in the world of Weyard.
For those who’re newcomers to the critically acclaimed series the game intuitively offers hyperlinks within the in-game dialogue to explain the numerous references to the previous games, giving you plenty of background information regarding previous events and characters.
No role playing game would be complete without the inclusion of monstrous special forces and in the instance of Golden Sun you can summon creatures called Djinn. The Djinn fall into four different categories Venus (earth), Mercury (water), Mars (fire) and Jupiter (wind).
These Djinn combined with your characters special elemental skills offer an impregnable and devastating force. Their attacks can be used in two different ways. You can choose to set a Djinn to a certain character to unleash its attacks or you can summon a Djinn that’s in its resting phase to launch an all-powerful attack.
Your party also has an affinity with the elements allowing you to alter specific things throughout the lavish world. For instance one of the protagonists is an Earth Adept which allows him to change flowering plants into vines to climb up rock faces for example which adds in interesting spin on the already great game play.
If you’re looking for a solid role playing title with gorgeous visuals and an enormous amount of charm then look no further than Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.
8/10
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed just how many Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS consoles have been sold in the United States alone in comparison to other consoles.
- Wii - 30.4 million
- DS – 43.1 million
- Xbox 360 - 21.9 million
- PlayStation 3 - 13.5 million
- PSP - 17.7 Million
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that Nintendo have “no plans to immediately cease any activities for Nintendo DS.”
“We have experienced several transitions from one platform to a new generation in the past, but the speed at which such transitions were made greatly varied in different markets.” The executive said that he thinks Japan is the quickest to shift to new platforms, as is the UK, while Germany is slower in such transitions.
He added, “In the U.S., so many people respond to new platforms quickly, but as for the entire video game market there, it appears to move rather slowly because there are also so many people who respond to new offers very slowly.”
“The U.S. is a big market with such dual natures,” Iwata continued. “Given the difference in the speeds at which each market shifts to a new platform, how Nintendo should spend what amount of energy in order to launch and market many new Nintendo DS software titles must be slightly different from market to market.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
A recent patent submitted by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi shows that the system could help users with their shopping activities
The patent suggests that when a Nintendo DS users brings their device into a store they could enable it to connect to a dedicated wireless network which in turn would run a program on the device to help the shopper navigate isles, find specific items and could help with alternative shopping suggestions etc.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that the company can’t solely blame poor software sales on rampant piracy.
“I do not think we should attribute bad software sales solely to piracy”
“It is true there is always the influence of piracy, but it is important for us to increase the number of our consumers who are willing to shell out their money to purchase our products. So, we do not intend to think that slower sales are solely due to piracy.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
Nintendo are continuing to celebrate Mario’s 25th Anniversary by releasing a special limited edition Mario themed Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL in Japan on the 26th October.
Nintendo have revealed that a staggering one in three households in the United Kingdom own a Nintendo Wii.
According to Independent Chart Track Data “over eleven million” British gamers are enjoying the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.
