D3Publisher said Wednesday that its Cartoon Network licensed title Ben 10: Protector of Earth has sold 2.5 million units worldwide. The multiplatform game, now selling for $19, launched just over a year ago on October 30, 2007. It was the first Ben 10 interactive game, and is available for Wii, PS2, DS and PSP.
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Publisher THQ has told MCV of its delight following the success of its Wii sports title Big Beach Sports.

The game was released at the end of June and has remained in the UK Top Ten ever since. And THQ's marketing director John Webb feels that the Wii had a huge part to play in the game's staying power.
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SM Writes: "If you're going to make a game for the Wii then it has to fulfill only a few basic requirements – it needs to be fun and it needs to be playable by all.

And Big Beach Sports ticks all of the boxes by doing exactly what the Wii does best.

Yes, the graphics aren't anything to write home about and the gameplay can make you feel like throwing the controller at the screen at times, but that's all part of the Wii's simplistic charm."
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Vooks reports: "Big Beach Sports the multiplayer sports game which is exclusive to the Wii and features Cricket as well as Volleyball, Soccer, Disc Golf (frisbee golf), Bocce and American Football includes one feature that definitely hasn't been done before. The game will feature DS ¿ Wii connectivity. The game will allow you to use the Nintendo DS's touch screen to drawn on your games avatar. Anything on the face can be edited via the little bit of software which downloads to your DS."
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THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles.

Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports.
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From the article: "An exclusive to the Nintendo Wii, Big Beach Sports will make use of the Wii's innovative control system so that players can compete in these events like never before...Unless, of course, the game doesn't turn out all that great, but I digress. Only time will tell! The game is slated for a Summer release."
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THQ has today announced Big Beach Sports for the Wii. The exclusive game for Wii will bring a number of exciting outdoor sports to the console including American Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Disc Golf and Bocce and Beach Cricket. Yes Sports fans, you finally get a Cricket game on the Wii. Of course each game is played on the beach and "drops players into a seaside resort setting with a wide variety of compelling outdoor sports to play and master."
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People buying Nintendo DS consoles to give their grey matter a workout with brain training games are wasting their money, a new study shows.

Titles such as Brain Training, More Brain Training and Big Brain Academy, which cost $50 on top of the $200 DS handheld, are no better than a pen and paper at stimulating memory and improving brain power, a study of 10-year-old children by the University of Rennes in France has found.

Nintendo claims in its advertising for the games - which in Britain feature Nicole Kidman - that they "stimulate your brain and give it the workout it needs" to improve blood flow and "practical intelligence".

It also claims the games can improve memory and keep your mind young, reinforced by the fact that players are given a "brain age" when completing the tests, which lowers as performance improves.

In Australia, Nintendo furthered the perception that the games boost memory by announcing it would donate $1 to Alzheimer's Australia for every copy of Brain Training sold.

Market watcher GfK said Brain Training was the seventh best-selling console game in Australia last year, with more than 140,000 units sold.

But the study of 67 10-year-olds found that homework, reading, playing puzzles such as Sudoku and board games such as Scrabble were just as good as, if not better than, the brain training games.
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NextGen Player writes:

"Every man has a list of health problems they hope don't happen to them during their lifetime. Male-pattern baldness, myopia and impotence come to mind. Well, after seeing Nintendo's new 'Build Your Brain' ad campaign I am officially adding shrunken head syndrome to my list.

The ad on the right is one of many that have been appearing around Toronto in the past two weeks. Each ad contains two people (generally 40-something couples), with one person having an abnormally tiny head. Yes folks, this is what happens if you don't have your daily dose of Brain Age.

The ad reads:"

More after the jump.
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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
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