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niwifi has moved!

2006-08-05T17:46:00.003-04:00

From now on, all the latest news about Nintendo and its Wifi will be at our new domain---purenintendo.com

Thanks to all those who have visited and we look forward to serving the online Nintendo community better.

june ndp usa hardware/software sales

2006-07-16T04:19:00.000-04:00

June - US hardware #s (avg. per week):

1. NDS ~ 593,000 (118,600)
2. PS2 ~ 312,000 (62,400)
3. 360 ~ 277,000 (55,400)
4. PSP ~ 221,000 (44,200)
5. GBA ~ 189,000 (37,800)
6. NGC ~ 51,000 (10,200)
7. XBX ~ 24,000 (4,800)

June - US software #s (more available at request):

New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) - 453,195
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PS2) ~ 400,000
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (NDS) - 205,868
NFL Head Coach (PS2/XBX) ~ 117,000
Over the Hedge (PS2/XBX/NGC) ~ 283,000
Cars (PS2) > 180,000
X-Men: The Official Game (PS2/XBX/NGC) ~ 172k
Hitman: Blood Money (360) - 167,540
Cars (GBA) > 160,000
FIFA World Cup 2006 (PS2) > 150,000
Big Brain Academy (NDS) - 140,942
Nintendogs (NDS) all 3 versions combined - 110,610
Hitman: Blood Money (PS2) > 100,000
Cars (NGC) > 100,000
God of War (PS2) > 100,000
Guitar Hero bundle (PS2) > 100,000
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2) > 100,000
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360) both versions combined - 85,724
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - 77,378
Cars (NDS) - 72,766
FIFA World Cup 2006 (360) - 69,399
Mario Kart DS (NDS) - 66,849
Fight Night Round 3 (360) - 61,852
Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS) - 60,869
Table Tennis (360) - 59,357
MotoGP 2006 (360) - 58,716
Metroid Prime Hunters (NDS) - 57,308
Call of Duty 2 (360) - 54,410
Cars (PSP) - 53,476
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) - 45,933
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (360) - 44,615
Tetris (NDS) - 44,536
Monster Hunter: Freedom (PSP) - 44,204
Over the Hedge (NDS) - 42,806
MLB 06: The Show (PSP) - 42,216
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 306

mario hoops additional characters

2006-07-16T04:09:00.000-04:00

looks like nintendo and sqaure are in bed together once again :D because they have just announced that mario hoops will have additional characters. they are (clockwise from top left) moogle, white mage, ninja, black mage, and a cactuar named sabotender all from the final fantasy world.

famitsu most wanted

2006-07-16T04:08:00.000-04:00

1. Final Fantasy III (Nintendo DS/Enix Public garden) (–)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (–)
3. Biohazard 5 (Playstation 3/Capcom) (+1)
4. Metal GEAR Solid 4 (Playstation 3/Konami) (+1)
5. Summon Night 4 (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (+2)
6. Kamaitachi No Yoru 3 (Playstation 2/Sega) (–)
7. Seiken Densetsu 4 (Playstation 2/Enix Public garden) (+6)
8. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360/Microsoft) (–)
9. Super Robot Wars OG (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (- 2)
10. Sengoku Basara 2 (Playstation 2/Capcom) (- 1)
11. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii/Nintendo) (+1)
12. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (+2)
13. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Nintendo DS/Capcom) (- 3)
14. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (+4)
15. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii/Nintendo) (+1)
16. Bruise of Destiny (Playstation 2/Bandai Namco) (+9)
17. Utaware Rumono (Playstation 2/Aquaplus) (–)
18. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (+1)
19. Fushigi No Dungeon (Nintendo DS/Sega) (+1)
20. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube/Nintendo) (+2)
21. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Nintendo DS/Enix Public garden) (+7)
22. Phantasy Star Universe (Playstation 2/Sega) (+1)
23. SD Gundam G Generation Portable (PSP/Bandaged Namco) (R)
24. Shining Wind (Playstation 2/Sega) (–)
25. Growlanser V Generations (Playstation 2/Atlus) (+1)
26. Dead gold Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360/Tecmo) (+1)
27. Tales of the Tempest (Nintendo DS/Bandai Namco) (- 6)
28. God Hand (Playstation 2/Capcom) (E)
29. Dead Rising (Xbox 360/Capcom) (E)
30. Final Fantasy V (Game Servant boy Advance/Enix Public garden) (–)

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl Info

2006-07-13T21:44:00.000-04:00

Famitsu magazine has revealed a lot of information about the upcoming Pokémon games for the DS.

- The release date for Diamond and Pearl is Sepetember 28th, 2006 in Japan
- The two legendary Pokémon are called Diaruga and Parukia
- Second screen is used for the menus in battles
- Voice chat is said to be included in the WiFi battles

I haven't bought a Pokémon game since Pokémon Ruby came out for GBA, but I'm really looking forward to these games. They seem like they're providing a lot more value than the others. It's shaping up really well and I can't wait to get back into that fun, Pokémon feel.

pdf of the very first nintendo power

2006-07-09T12:13:00.000-04:00

racketboy has updated the very first issue of nintendo power over the internet. warning it is quite cheesy. cheers to claymation!

heres the link: http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/06/pdf-nintendo-power-1-jul-aug-1988.html

dsplay rekindles my love for acww

2006-07-09T09:53:00.000-04:00

i find animal crossing to be very addicting, it is very simple and lite. when i bought the game, i played for hours on end, until i payed my whole house off and made my town look like the land of any players dreams. i started to play less and less, my town started to look like crap. then for 2 months i did'nt touch the game, finding it a chore to always water my plants. then i started to not care, until my town looked like the ruins of ancient egypt. it stayed that way for one more month. i then bought my m3. i started to play again, but something was missing.
something very vital to the gameplay that i was lacking was not there. i found that to be online play. so i logged into www.ds-play.com and started to chat with the members. i started to allow them into my town. finding out that i was able to help noobs with my new found hacking abilities. since then i think my love for animal crossing grows even further, i think ill be playing it again for a long time. thanks to dsplay i can enjoy my online game once more! i request that if you havent registered at dsplay then u do so NOW!!!!

atlus anounces yggdrasil labyrinth

2006-07-09T09:45:00.000-04:00

this game is supposed to be set in a ginormic tree. its an rpg, takeing place entirely in first person. wonder if it'll be fun?

famitsu most wanted

2006-07-09T09:44:00.000-04:00

1. Final Fantasy III (Nintendo DS/Enix Public garden) (+2)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (- 1)
3. Persona 3 (Playstation 2/Atlus) (- 1)
4. Biohazard 5 (Playstation 3/Capcom) (–)
5. Metal GEAR Solid 4 (Playstation 3/Konami) (–)
6. Kamaitachi No Yoru 3 (Playstation 2/Sega) (–)
7. Summon Night 4 (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (+12)
8. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360/Microsoft) (–)
9. Sengoku Basara 2 (Playstation 2/Capcom) (+3)
10. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Nintendo DS/Capcom) (- 1)
11. Super Robot Wars OG (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (–)
12. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii/Nintendo) (+2)
13. Seiken Densetsu 4 (Playstation 2/Enix Public garden) (- 3)
14. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (+1)
15. Powerful Pro Baseball 13 (Playstation 2/Konami) (- 2)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii/Nintendo) (+1)
17. Utaware Rumono (Playstation 2/Aquaplus) (+3)
18. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (- 2)
19. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (- 1)
20. Fushigi No Dungeon (Nintendo DS/Sega) (+2)
21. Bruise of the Tempest (Nintendo DS/Bandai Namco) (+2)
22. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube/Nintendo) (- 1)
(23 through 27 mysteriously missing in report!)
28. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Nintendo DS/Enix Public garden) (E)
29. Super Paper Mario (GameCube/Nintendo) (E)

i hope wii games can get a little higher next time ;)

game loves the wii

2006-07-09T09:38:00.000-04:00

they quote on their website that the wii is, “sheer, unadulterated, peerless and incalculable FUN - for kids of all ages… and we mean that right up to those grown-up kids with mortgages and half-pints of their own.”. also they had the chance to preview the wii games durring the playtest in london, some of which include: wii sports and wario ware: smoothe moves. it sure looks like they had alot of fun!

source: http://www.game.co.uk/default.aspx

remindelight for the nds

2006-07-08T14:34:00.000-04:00

taito has just announced in the newest issue of famitsu that it is developing a new rpg called, "remindelight," they showed some screenshots in this issue. battles will be fought using the stylus. The game is scheduled for release in September for Japan

scans can be found here: http://www.jeux-france.com/news16562_taito-devoile-remindelight-sur-ds.html

another code trace memory - nds full game review

2006-07-08T10:41:00.000-04:00

i have been playing this game for a while now, and currently i am at the fifth chapter. in the time span of four hours i managed to figure out most of the story. first off the main character, named ashely is looking for her father in an island called, "blood edward island." she has traveled all the way from seattle to visit her father, who sent a note and a nds to her via express mail. now im not gonna ruin the story, but this game is incredibly addicting. the story just draws you in, and the emotions are very real. when jessica goes missing, ashley gets worried. all ashley wants are answers to her questions. she want to know who her father is and where her mother is. along the way she has a ghostly encounter with a boy named, "d," they both share the need for answers. gameplay wise its very practical to the story. you play like a detective trying to solve various puzzles. like trying to unlock a door, playing a music box, and etc. the puzzles work very well with the game, and it is very rewarding once the puzzle is solved. moreover, the touch and click style interface suits this type of game very well, because it allows the player to use the touch screen for both navigateing and puzzle solveing. i find this game to be very captivateing and imaginative, certainly one of the better games of the nds catalogue. as i was nearing the end of the game, i felt an unravelling unfold, and everything seemed to be clear. all the mysteries were solved. this game is really awsome, on my scale it deserves an 8/10. the replayability is not really appealing, also some of the puzzles were really hard to put together, luckily i had gamefaqs on my side. Lstly, one of my biggest vices with nintendo games is that: they should have added voices and cutscenes. I really hate reading so much, but dont really mind it because according to doctor kawiawa fr brain age it excersises the pareital lobe ;)

japanese hardware sales

2006-07-07T05:42:00.000-04:00

1. DSL - 153,566 (2,640,209)
2. PSP - 25,935 (920,939)
3. PS2 - 23,133 (760,246)
4. NDS - 3,504 (906,292)
5. GBASP - 2,919 (166,695)
6. 360 - 1,897 (57,411)
7. GBM - 1,443 (103,380)
8. NGC - 1,002 (55,536)
9. GBA - 17 (1,651)
10. XBX - 8 (2,800)

looks like the dslite is still on top, i wonder how many more ds lites the japanese need before it reaches the point of saturation?

"xboy" to come out this year? - rumor alert

2006-07-06T05:33:00.000-04:00

the portable gameing device dubbed the, "xboy," may jut be not so speculative at all. according to bloomberg an xboy is comming out, however its not really what people think. this device is supposed to rival the ipod in functionality. some proposed functions are, transfering music without a cpu, playing music and video. the real kicker is that it will not have any gameing functions.

source: joystiq.com

the wii set for an early launch?

2006-07-06T05:23:00.000-04:00

that rumor November 6th date that's been going around, apparently is being voided by an early October release according to chris morris of cnnmoney. i truely hope this rumor is true because i want to play with my wii as soon as possible. :S

dq joker scan

2006-07-06T05:10:00.000-04:00

i am really excited for this game, can't wait till it comes. i think im anticipateing this more than ff III.

ff III scan

2006-07-06T05:08:00.000-04:00

can't really understand japanese but the game looks to be comming along. quote from the magic box, "Square Enix revealed new details on Final Fantasy III's WiFi mode. In the game you can dispatch letters to friends via WiFi. WiFi connection can be established with the moggles in the game. After you dispatched the letter, new event will be triggered on both sides." kool!

latest japanese software sales

2006-07-06T05:07:00.000-04:00

July 6th, 2006
1 New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) 154299 (2,003,112)
2 Dragon Ball Z (PS2) 95082 (95,082)
3 Brain Age 2 (NDS) 54564 (2,649,553)
4 Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2) 37466 (318,976)
5 Winning Eleven 10 (PS2) 10 37342 (900,799)
6 Brain Age (NDS) 37228 (2,474,602)
7 Animal Crossing WW (NDS) 27070 (2,885,061)
8 Summer Holidays 20th Century (PSP) 26314 (26,314)
9 English Training (NDS) 23883 (1,217,208)
10 Atelier Iris Grand Fantasm (PS2) 23760 (23,760)

new dslite colors!!! rumor alert

2006-07-03T21:26:00.000-04:00

nitendo may be releaseing new dslite colors to celebrate the long awaited pokemon diamond and pearl. the new colors are, you guessed it, diamond and pearl.

final fantasy III new box art

2006-07-03T21:21:00.000-04:00

square enix have now presented the final box art for their newest finalfantasy game. it is set to release on 24th August, 2006. rather than putting just the logo on the cover, they decided to incorporate more artwork. personally i love the box art. :D

bit generations is teh roxors!

2006-07-03T12:51:00.000-04:00

Nintendo has just announced a series of games under a new category of "Bit Generations". The games are focused on gameplay, as most new Nintendo games are. These games will be the Gameboy's answer to the DS's "Touch Generation" series of titles. There are currently seven games planned for release in the coming weeks in Japan. The titles include: Dotstream, Boundish, Dialhex, Coloris, Digidrive, Orbital, and Soundvoyager.

The look for all of these games is very retro. The colors and themes are very bodacious to be sure. No word yet on whether NOA will localize these titles for American release. Here's hoping :) If not, these are definitely high on my import list.

Source: bit-generations

Famitsu most wanted

2006-07-02T03:51:00.000-04:00

1. Final Fantasy XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (–)
2. Persona 3 (Playstation 2/Atlus) (+1)
3. Final Fantasy III (Nintendo DS/Enix Public garden) (- 1)
4. Biohazard 5 (Playstation 3/Capcom) (+1)
5. Metal GEAR Solid 4 (Playstation 3/Konami) (- 1)
6. Kamaitachi No Yoru 3 (Playstation 2/Sega) (+4)
7. Xenosaga Episode III (Playstation 2/Bandaged Namco) (- 1)
8. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360/Microsoft) (- 1)
9. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Nintendo DS/Capcom) (+9)
10. Seiken Densetsu 4 (Playstation 2/Enix Public garden) (+1)
11. Super Robot Wars OG (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (- 3)
12. Sengoku Basara 2 (Playstation 2/Capcom) (+2)
13. Powerful Pro Baseball 13 (Playstation 2/Konami) (- 3)
14. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii/Nintendo) (- 2)
15. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (- 2)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS/Nintendo) (+3)
17. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii/Nintendo) (- 1)
18. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Playstation 3/Enix Public garden) (- 3)
19. Summon Night 4 (Playstation 2/Banpresto) (+1)
20. Utaware Rumono (Playstation 2/Aquaplus) (+3)
21. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube/Nintendo) (–)
22. Fushigi No Dungeon (Nintendo DS/Sega) (–)
23. Bruise of the Tempest (Nintendo DS/Bandai Namco) (+2)

i hope the wii will have a better shwing next year.

Wii pr0n!!

2006-06-30T16:47:00.000-04:00

Some absolutely amazing shots from the Wii showcase in Spain this past week!

Source: Gamefront.de

Weekly Japanese Sales (June 19-25)

2006-06-30T16:43:00.000-04:00

The latest sales figures are in.

- DS Lite: 157,022
- PS2: 25,467
- PSP: 24,737
- DS Phat: 10,132
- GBA SP: 3,784
- Game Boy Micro: 1,502
- Gamecube: 1,197
- Xbox 360: 1,169
- GBA: 25
- Xbox: 10

Source: Media Create

Update: Wii Front Cover Hi-Res

2006-06-29T17:13:00.000-04:00

Here it is folks! The infamous front cover to Wii in all its glory. :)