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31 Jan 2008
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - Famitsu Japan Game Charts From Jan 21st to Jan 27th, 2008 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
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29 Jan 2008
DS News | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
PaRappa the Rapper developer Masaya Matsuura has thrown doubt on how long Nintendo can sustain itself in the casual gaming market. Answering a question relating to the popularity of the DS and Wii, Matsuura said, "Some people have said already that the DS software's bubble has burst. [One company I know has] some kind of learning type of game. The first one sold over 200,000, but the second one is 8,000. So these kind of things are going to happen." Should Nintendo be worried about what ...
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23 Jan 2008
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - Famitsu Japan Game Charts 2008-1-14/ 2008-1-20 and Sales 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)

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* Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights » Read More N4G
18 Jan 2008
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - First day sales in Japan (1/17) 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
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9 Jan 2008
DS News | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
9th Dec, 2008 Just what in the hell is going on with Mario and Peach? It was so simple back in the old NES days of Super Mario Bros. She got herself kidnapped, he went after her with the help of Luigi, and all ended happily ever after. Or so we thought. The thing is that it didn't really. It's become ever more apparent that since that first rescue things have only ever got messier, dirtier and more manipulative in their relationship. Far from the innocent damsel and hero set-up that appeared ...
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4 Jan 2008
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - Sega confirms a number of specific release dates 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.
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23 Dec 2007
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - 1UP's Jump Festa 2008 Report 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.
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28 Nov 2007
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - Sega confirms some release dates 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.
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27 Sep 2007
DS News from N4G | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
DS - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - Mario & Sonic game dated 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."
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25 Sep 2007
DS News | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Sept 25, 2007 Sega has just released some new screens of, upcoming Wii and DS title, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which show, for the first time, the complete roster of characters thatll be taking to the track when the game rushes onto shelves in November. Also on display are the four different character types, Speed, Skill, Power and All-Around, with each category housing four of the competitors. As we reported last week there will be a wide range of events on offer, each requiring a ...
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