Like the socially inept guest who still hangs around your house even after you go to bed, Mario Party may have overstayed its welcome (Ed: actually, most of us never get invited in the first place, but you get the point). Signs are pointing to the possibility that the streamers are coming down, the confetti’s getting swept up, and the long-running series has reached its end...
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Demigod, Dokapon Journey, The Dark Spire, the Final Fantasy XIII Demo + Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, and Air Conflicts.
To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.
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
January 11 - Nintendo claims eight of the top ten selling games of 2007 in Japan, looking at the latest figures from Enterbrain, publisher of the Famitsu magazine. Only Capcom's PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2 and Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV manage to break Nintendo's hold on the top ten. The list of Japan's Top 10 software of 2007, with their units sold, is posted at MCV.
A report today from Jesse Divnich at the simExchange says Nintendo has turned casual games and gamers into the primary forces driving the videogame industry. Using data from the holiday 2007 shopping season, the firm said that one factor in the industry's growth has been a larger-than-expected next-generation adoption rate among casual gamers. (GameDaily, 01/09/08)
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Nintendo's DS Brain Training games have topped the charts in both Spain and Germany. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training is at number one in Spain, with sequel More Brain Training taking the coveted spot in Germany. Neither the Spanish or German top ten has any PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 games, with Wii, PlayStation 2 and DS the dominant formats. The top ten for each country follows: Spain, week ended December 9 1. More Brain Training (DS) 2. WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 (PS2) 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2) 4. Imagina Ser Mama (DS) 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 6. Imagina Ser Disenadora De Moda (DS) 7. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 8. Mario Party (DS) 9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS) 10. WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 (PSP) Germany, week ended December 2 1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS) 2. More Brain Training (DS) 3. High School Musical - Sing It (PS2) 4. Need for Speed Pro Street (PS2) 5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 6. FIFA 08 (PS2) 7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) 8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 9. Wii Play (Wii) 10. Need for Speed Pro Street (PC)
This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending December 3rd, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart. This week's top five all-platform requests show little movement once again, after last week saw the list barely ruffled. Assassin's Creed still takes the top spot for a third week with Mass Effect in second for its second week in a row. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which spent the last two weeks at number four, slips a bit to the fourth spot to make room for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men to move up one spot into the fourth spot, but that's the only movement -- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune stays at number five, where it entered last week.
Mario Party DS sold a further 116,000 copies during the week ended November 18 to retain the top spot in Japan. The feat follows unit sales of almost a quarter of a million in its debut week, and is enough to beat the latest Resident Evil title to the Japanese software summit. Wii exclusive The Umbrella Chronicles, the first of five new entries to make the top ten, debuts at No2. It supplants Shin Sangoku Musou 5, which drops one place to No3. Overall 14 DS games, six Wii, four PS3, three PSP, two PS2 and one Xbox 360 title chart. 01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 116,000 / 350,000 02. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Wii) - 83,000 / New 03. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (PS3) - 76,000 / 264,000 04. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS (DS) - 49,000 / New 05. Game Center CX (DS) - 46,000 / New 06. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 40,000 / 365,000 07. Heavenly Sword (PS3) - 15,000 / New 08. Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS) - 14,000 / 230,000 09. Wii Sports (Wii) - 13,000 / 2,211,000 10. Soukou Kihei Votoms (PS2) - 12,000 / New
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