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.
Core Gaming Group, Nintendo's representative company in South Africa, launched two popular Wii titles at a press event held this past Friday in Johannesburg. In addition, after roughly a year of the world's best selling handheld console being absent from the South African market, Core Group relaunched the Nintendo DS Lite.
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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.
Mario Party DS sold almost a quarter of a million copies in its debut week to top the Japanese software chart.
Australian GfK's weekly software sale charts for All Formats, PC, Xbox 360, DS, Wii, PS2, PS3, and PSP.
Nintendo revealed six first party-published Wii games that have sold over a million copies worldwide on October 26. IGN reports five out of the six:
Mario Party 8 scoops top spot in charts as Wii and DS shift huge numbers
Costco is currently selling Wii bundles that include the Wii, an extra Wii remote and a copy of Mario Party 8 for $329. If consumers are still looking to get a Wii and have a Costco membership, this might be the perfect opportunity for them.
Software and hardware sales in the US from VGchartz. Guitar Hero II takes the number one spot for software sales while the Nintendo DS was the best-seller for hardwares.
PS3's Hot Shots Golf 5 sells 180k. Xbox 360's Oblivion reaches to number 6 while The Legend of Zeld: Phantom Hourglass falls to the last place.
Mario Party 8 proves top of the pops with its heavy advertising schedule paying off hugely, Singstar makes an appearance at #2, Cars on the Wii pops up to #3 obviously shifting a few units with being bundled. Eyetoy Sports, Pokemon Diamond and Transformers for the PS2 follow then the rest of the chart is capped off with Nintendo DS titles. 7/ 10 for Nintendo down under, not bad!
Following the news that retailers had pre-ordered 300,000 copies of Minna no Golf 5 on PS3 and 500,000 units of Mario Party 8 for Wii, both games have now hit Japan and their first day sales have been revealed. Check out the results below, plus lots of other information...
In between slaying Bowser and rescuing Princess Peach, Mario somehow manages to organise and throw a party! Mario Party 8 is the first time the Mario Party franchise has appeared on the Wii and it supports up to four players. It features over 70 minigames and adds in six new party boards for players to choose from. Mario Party 8 is coming out this Thursday.After more than six months on the PC, PS2 and Xbox, Scarface: The World Is Yours is making its way onto the Wii...
Stephany of Gaming Today explains why Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii has been pulled from shelves in the UK.
The Darkness has a strong start on both PS3 and Xbox 360. List of top selling games for week ending 01st July 2007. Rainbow Six Vegas PS3 makes it to top 10 and the number one is Wii Pokemon.
When Mario holds a party, you know its going to be huge and the latest instalment, Mario Party 8 for the Wii is no exception. The title has now sold over 550,000 copies since its launch in the United States on May 29th. "The overwhelming response not only reminds us how much fans absolutely love the Mario Party franchise but also proves the unmatched ability of the Wii system to attract new players," says George Harrison.
Mario Party 8 has been delayed after it was due to launch this week in the UK. The game will now launch on the 13th July due to production issues with the English version of the game.
Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii tops the Gamefly Top 10 list while the recent release of Pirates of the Caribbean is queued up and at the top of the lists for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners...