http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/g-20070328105930754074 en http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-173420.aspx The president of Sega of America, Simon Jeffery, has announced that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has aready sold 10 million copies around the world. news Jul 22, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-124317.aspx Having not been put off by losing the top spot three times, Sega's title is back at the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. news Mar 17, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/news/mario-sonic-sells-five-million/a-20080305102459665077/g-20070328105930754074 But another collaboration between the two icons is still up in the air news Mar 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-110226.aspx Xbox accounts for 61 per cent of units sold in UK. The latest title in the former Sony exclusive franchise Devil May Cry has debuted in the UK's All Formats charts at number one, with the lion's share of sales on the Xbox 360. Sixty one per cent of sales were on the Microsoft console, with the rest on Sony's PlayStation 3 and PC. The game is number one in the All Formats charts but also the individual format charts as well. news Feb 12, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/videos/g-20070328105930754074/v-20080208112848784067 video Feb 8, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-106005.aspx Famitsu via VGChartz reports from Jan 21st to Jan 27th, 2008, the hardware sales in Japan were as follows: Console : Wii : about 79k DSL : about 75k PS3 : about 29k PS2 : about 11k PSP : about 61k 360 : about 4.2k Top 10 1. Wii Fit (Wii) : about 96k (total about 1.21m) 2. Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP) : about 70k 3. Lucky Star: Ryouou Gakuen Outou-Sai (PS2) : about 61k 4. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS) : about 54k (total about 145k) 5. Wii Sports (Wii) : about 28k (total about 2.69m) 6. Mario Party DS (DS) : about 26k (total about 1.56m) 7. Yggdra Union (PSP) : about 22k 8. Dora Base (DS) : about 22k (total about 141k) 9. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 15k (total about 1.58m) 10. Wii Play (Wii) : about 14k (total about 2.15m) New releases out of Charts(Top 30): Exit (DS) : about 5.5k Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (PS3) : about 5k The Sims 2 (DS) : about 3.7k TOCA RACE DRIVER3 THE ULTIMATE RACING SIMULATOR (PS2) : about 0.75k news Jan 31, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/news/parappa-dev-questions-dss-longevity/a-20080129142542339050/g-20070328105930754074 'Some people have said the bubble has burst' news Jan 29, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/review/mario-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/a-20080129135017473012/g-20070328105930754074 Mario and Sonic settle their differences on the track review Jan 29, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/videos/g-20070328105930754074/v-20080128114949569056 video Jan 28, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-103265.aspx Famitsu reports via VGChartz, that the weekly sales between Jan 14th to Jan 20th in Japan were the following: Console : DSL : about 91k Wii : about 76k PSP : about 65k PS3 : about 32k PS2 : about 13k 360 : about 4.4k Software: 1. Wii Fit (Wii) : about 108k (total about 1.11m) 2. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS): about 91k 3. Mario Party DS (DS): about 38k (total about 1.53m) 4. Wii Sports (Wii): about 31k (total about 2.65m) 5. Wii Play (Wii): about 19k (total about 2.14m) 6. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP): about 18k (total about 1.57m) 7. Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 17k (total 714k) 8. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii): about 17k (total 474k) 9. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii): about 17k (total about 844k) 10. Mario Party 8 (Wii): about 15k (total about 1.15m) 11. Mario Kart DS (DS): about 14k (total about 2.80m) 12. FF4 (DS): about 11k (toal about 559k) 13. School Days L x H (PS2): about 11k 14. DQ4 (DS): about 10k (total about 1.15m) 15. Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS): about 10k (total813k) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS): about 10k (total about 5.06m) 17. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS): about 10k (total about 4.56m) 18. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2): about 9.6k (total about 605k) 20. Rune Factory 2 (DS): about 8.8k (total about 83k) 21. Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP): about 8k (total about 202k) 23. Call of Duty 4 (PS3) : about 7.8k (total about 58k) 24. Star Ocean 1 First Departure (PSP): about 7.7k (total about 183k) 25. Power Pro kun Pocket 10 (DS): about 7.7k (total about 215k) This week Upcomings : 1/24 [Wii] No soft is released [DS] Nothing special [PS3] 1/24 * Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights news Jan 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-101349.aspx First Day Sales Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS) : about 40k School Days L x H (PS2) : about 7k Sonic Riders (Wii) : about 2k Trauma Center New Blood (Wii) : about 2k Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (PS2) : about 2k news Jan 18, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/videos/g-20070328105930754074/v-20080110133548782040 video Jan 10, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/f/the-sexual-politics-of-the-mushroom-kingdom/a-20080108151643468019/g-20070328105930754074 Who's sleeping with who, why Peach is a slut, and why Mario really needs better self-esteem. feature Jan 9, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-97027.aspx Sega has sent out a specific European release dates today, confirming the exact release dates of some rather anticipated games like Condemned 2, The Club & Universe at War. news Jan 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-94978.aspx 1UP Staff, 12/23/2007: We really should hate attending the Jump Festa videogame and comic show. But the promise of Square Enix titles making their playable debut is way too much to pass up. At this year's event, open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, Square Enix was once again the main attraction for the videogame crowd. With the promise of playable debuts for the Final Fantasy fighting game for PSP, Final Fantasy: Dissidia, the new DS Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, and the new mobile Final Fantasy IV spinoff, Final Fantasy IV: The After. This year's showcase had Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XIII sandwiching short clips of the Parasite Eve mobile sequel and the Blu-ray version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. In addition, Sega, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, and Microsoft all have booths at the Jump Festa this year. 1UP's report briefly covers all of them. news Dec 23, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/screenshots/g-20070328105930754074 screenshot Dec 14, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/screenshots/g-20070328105930754074 screenshot Dec 14, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/screenshots/g-20070328105930754074 screenshot Dec 14, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-88700.aspx Sega sent out an email today, confirming the release dates for a number of their upcoming games. Among others, relase dates for such highly anticipated games like The Club (Feb 8th '08), Condemned 2 (Feb '08) and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nov 23rd '07) were confirmed. news Nov 28, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-70724.aspx From MCVUK: Sega's Sonic & Mario at the Olympic games has been given a firm release date of November 23rd in Europe. The publisher has revealed further details of the playable events in the game, which include fencing, hammer, skeet, shooting, pole vault, gymnastics, triple jump and more ¿ as well as the obligatory 100m, 400m and relays of both events. news Sep 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/news/mario-sonic-all-16-characters-revealed/a-20070925949146073/g-20070328105930754074 New shots unmask Olympic line-up news Sep 25, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/news/mario-sonic-at-the-olympics-new-events-revealed/a-20070917142852500019/g-20070328105930754074 Table tennis plus three others to feature news Sep 17, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-50738.aspx According to the author: The time is counting down and the content is building up. It's just a matter of time before we start breaking down what will be on display and what will be worth checking out for fall (and future) gaming. For now, you can count on CB Games to provide you with a complete break-down of Sega's multi-game line-up for E3 2007. news Jul 10, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/news/mario-and-sonic-clash-at-the-olympics/a-2007032810575348005/g-20070328105930754074 Nintendo, Sega announce worldwide partnership news Mar 28, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/nintendods/News-32245.aspx SEGA and Nintendo today made a historical announcement that two of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, are joining forces to star in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Developed for the Wii and the Nintendo DS system, this momentous agreement marks the first time these two renowned stars have appeared together in a game. news Mar 28, 2007