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...
It seems as though after 11 Mario Party games that Nintendo could be putting the series on hold to focus on games such as Wii Party that should appeal to a broader audience. According to a post on NeoGAF, many of the people working on the Mario Party series at Hudson have left the company to go work for Nd Cube, the company that has developed the new game Wii Party. For those who dont know Wii Party is already a smash hit in Japan.
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.
Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!
Nike and Honda aren't the only people doing hybrids now. Dave Bondi's AKASHI figure is a great smash-up of two of the worlds most noticeable characters, Mickey and Mario. The physical features of both melt together seamlessly as each lend a hand into creating something new. AKASHI stands a proud 9? tall and is limited to only 200 pieces.
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. The media briefing was presented by RJ van Spaandonk, the executive director of Core Group. RJ outlined the upcoming Wii releases, detailed the Nintendo DS Lite relaunch information and discussed the success that the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed in South Africa since its launch here in October 2007. The Nintendo DS Lite was relaunched in South Africa and will soon be available in stores. It will retail at R1 799 and is available in four colours: black, white, silver and pink.
Wii Wii Sports - 17,850,000 Wii Play - 9,230,000 Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000 Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000 Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000 Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000 Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000 Wii Fit - 1,050,000 Nintendo DS Nintendogs - 17,790,000 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000 New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000 Brain Age - 11,710,000 Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000 Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000 Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000 Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000 Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000 Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000
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.
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