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Thursday, Dec 18
Wii, DS Software Dominates Japanese Charts [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
01. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii) - 106,000 / NEW 02. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) - 98,000 / 587,000 03. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) - 94,000 / 629,000 05. Penguin no Mondai (DS) - 59,000 / NEW 09. Wii Fit (Wii) - 43,000 / 2,917,000 10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 34,000 / 1,938,000
Thursday, Dec 11
Professor Layton Gets Japanese Sales Chart Tenure
11. Chrono Trigger DS (DS) 12. Wii Fit (Wii) 18. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 22. Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi (DS) 24. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 26. Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (DS) 28. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS: Mafia Daishuugou Bongole Festival (DS) 29. Wii Sports (Wii) 30. Wii Music (Wii)
Thursday, Dec 4
Professor Layton Schools The Competition In Japan
11. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) 12. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) 13. Pokémon Platinum (DS) 15. Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (DS) 17. Wii Fit (Wii) 19. Rune Factory Frontier (Wii) 22. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 27. Wii Music (Wii) 28. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 30. Wii Sports (Wii)
Friday, Nov 28
Animal Crossing Wii Begins Its Dominance In Japan
01. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) - 305,000 / NEW 02. Chrono Trigger DS (DS) - 271,000 / NEW 05. Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (DS) - 72,000 / NEW 06. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) - 55,000 / 419,000 09. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 24,000 / 1,941,000
Tuesday, Nov 25
It's Official, DS is Blue and Red All Over [It's Ah Fficial]
The Mario Red Nintendo DS bundle will include a red DS with an M for Mario printed on it's cover and a copy of the relatively old New Super Mario Bros. The Ice Blue Nintendo DS comes with a a carrying case and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. Both will sell for $150.
Monday, Nov 24
Nintendo's Oddly Dated, Horribly Bad and Wii-Free Gift Guide [Worst DS Gift Guide Ever]
Kirby Super Star Ultra Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force MySims Kingdom Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Video Game High School Musical 3: Senior Year Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades
Thursday, Nov 20
Kirby Continues To Suck Yen In Japan Ultra Super Deluxe Style [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
12. Wii Fit (Wii) 16. Family Ski & Snowboard (Wii) 19. Wii Music (Wii) 20. Aruite Wakaru: Seikatsu Rhythm DS (DS) 21. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 23. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (Wii) 25. Wii Sports (Wii) 26. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 28. Inazuma Eleven (DS) 30. Avalon Code (DS)
Friday, Nov 14
Wii Music? Total Sales Bust [Wii Music]
Instead, the game sold either a disappointing 81,000 units (according to NPD) or an even more disappointing 65-66,000 (according to Nintendo's "internal numbers"). Let's be charitable, and give them the 81,000. That means the game was outsold by Dead Space, Rock Band 2, SOCOM, the vener...
The Chase is on for February [Impressions]
The style of The Chase is bright and cute — it kind of reminds me of 16-bit sprites and the arcade glory days of Nintendo. There’s also a stylus-drawing gameplay mechanic kind of like Kirby: Canvas Curse; you can draw a line with the stylus that creates a platform (or slide) for Felicity or Fel...
Thursday, Nov 13
Kirby Chews Up, Spits Out Niko Bellic In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
11. Wii Music (Wii) 12. Wii Fit (Wii) 14. Avalon Code (DS) 17. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 19. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (Wii) 21. Nostalgia no Kaze (DS) 23. Wii Sports (Wii) 24. Inazuma Eleven (DS) 27. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) 28. Dragonball DS (DS) 29. Mario Kart DS (DS) 30. DS Bimoji Training (DS)
Monday, Nov 10
K-Mart, Sears Black Friday Deals Leaked [Black Friday]
Mario Kart Wii - $49.99 Nintendo DS - $129.99 Nintendo DS Folio - $9.99 Nintendo DS Kirby Super Star - $29.99 Nintendo DS Mario Party - $29.99 Nintendo DS Master Chef - $9.99 Nintendo DS New Super Mario - $34.99 Nintendo DS Pen Stylus w/Protector - $9.99 Nintendo Wii Music - $49.99
Sunday, Sep 21
The Week in Games: Leggo My (Alter) Ego [New Releases]
Zoo Hospital (Wii) SimCity Creator (Wii) de Blob (Wii) Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) Samba de Amigo (Wii) Ford Racing: Off Road (PC) My Japanese Coach (DS) Pitfall: The Big Adventure (Wii) Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (DS) Margot's Word Brain (Wii, DS)
Saturday, Sep 20
Kotaku Originals: Hot Air Guitar
Nintendo Responds to Trade Commission Investigation of Wii Rock Band 2 Review: Second Verse Same As The First Training Wheels: My First MMO The Best Damn Video Game Infomercial You'll Ever Not Walk Away From Activision Boss Says Guitar Hero Is "Dominating" The Competition
Wednesday, Jun 25
Mario, Wario Games Headline Nintendo's Summer Line-Up - Rhythm Tengoku MIA
Kirby Super Star™ Ultra for Nintendo DS, launching Sept. 29, re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. Kirby Super Star Ultra features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as K...
Tuesday, Mar 4
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Character Super Evolved [Nintendo]
Sure, we've seen stuff like this before, that doesn't mean we're sick of Nintendo character evolution charts. Never! This time around we're tracking the progression that the brawlers from Super Smash Bros. Brawl have undergone. Hit the jump for a look at Samus, Kirby and non-Nintendo char...
Monday, Mar 3
Super Turrican Is Lonely [Vc Update]
It's Monday, and that means it's time for the weekly Wii Virtual Console update! Hooray! This week brings us the derivative platform exploration of Super Turrican for the Super Nintendo (800 Wii Points), along with...nothing. Poor Super Turrican, all alone atop the new games list, begging...
Monday, Feb 25
The Virtual Console Update Sucks - Kirby 64!
Kirby 64™: The Crystal Shards: (Nintendo 64®, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful cr...
Monday, Jan 28
Kirby For Wii Still On For 2008, Says Nintendo [Hal Laboratory]
Kirby enthusiasts will also take comfort in that the third Nintendo DS game, Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe, is similarly tentatively scheduled for a 2008 release. The remake of the SNES classic Kirby Super Star will hopefully make it before the end of the year.
Monday, Sep 24
Wiikly Update: Kirby, Tonma and Streets of Rage
Kirby's Avalanche™ (Super NES®, 1-2 players, rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): Everyone's favorite round, pink hero takes a break from swallowing his enemies to put your brain to work in this fast-paced puzzle game. Players take control of Kirby and match wits with well-known enemi...
Tuesday, Dec 26
Most Innovative Games? Yes, Most Innovative Games
Resident Evil 4 This game was one of the best titles ever released on the GameCube, a complete reinvigoration of the Resident Evil franchise, and has entirely set the tone for modern shooters. A lot of the goodness from Gears of War came from filing the serial numbers off of RE4.
Saturday, Dec 16
Instant Console Collection
Super Nintendo Entertainment System with 2 original style Controllers, 1 Asciipad Controller, and Hudson Super Multitap (originally packaged with Bomberman) Nintendo Entertainment System with 2 Controllers, NES Advantage Joystick, Game Genie, Zapper and Power Pad
Thursday, Nov 2
Nintendo World 06: The DS Line Up
Kirby: Calling on the Droche(?) Group! [Kirby Squeak Squad] (Nintendo) Tetris DS (Nintendo) English Training (Nintendo) Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) Nintendogs (Nintendo) Prose Training (Nintendo) Chibi-Robo! DS (Nintendo) Picross DS (Nintendo)
Monday, Jul 31
High Score: The Best of Kotaku [High Score]
While Nintendo is enjoying huge success with their recently released cooking and English-training non-games, a bevy of future DS release dates of actual honest-to-goodness games was released from the fine PR folks. I'll be ordering my copy of Kirby Squeak Squad over the internet, than...
Tuesday, Jul 25
Nintendo's DS Fall Line-Up Hits [Ds]
Oh, and Nintendo reminds us that there's still one good GameCube title on the way: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. .Brian Crecente And, for Nintendo GameCube owners, The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess will be available for you this fall. An enhanced version also will be a launch...
Friday, May 12
Seen At E306: Mysterious Leopard Print Man Plays Wii
Who is this Leopard Nintendo Man???? It's like his identity is supposed to be secret, because his badge is constantly and conveniently obstructed from a clear view (in my pics anyways). I wonder if Shigeru ever hits up clubs in leopard print too.
Monday, Apr 3
Iwata Returning to Developing? Probably Not [Shiggy]
As with most businesses, it's readily apparent when those at the top have experience working in the industry. Rarer is when those people can lead and inspire others to create. With Iwata now at the helm, Nintendo seems headed in the right direction. Everything now depends on timing. Are the no...
Monday, Oct 17
Princess Peach Keeps Looking Better
Some new screens of the upcoming Nintendo DS Princess Peach title showed up at the British Gaming Blog and I can't get over how impressive its looking. Described at the blog as having the "ideas and feeling of Super Mario World but with an ambience of Kirby," if this game plays as good as it loo...
