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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/5-5/11

Posted May 16th 2008 5:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Another Week in ...

The gap between Wii and PSP sales is slowly but surely decreasing, making us wonder if the Wii might be able to overtake Sony's handheld once the Monster Hunter hype dies down:

PSP: 89,884
Wii: 67,308
Nintendo DS: 51,228
PlayStation 3: 8,054
PlayStation 2: 7,464
Xbox 360: 1,298

Yet, the true triumph for the Wii last week was in software. Nintendo scored big all-around, but the Wii claimed six of the top ten spots in the chart. Keep in mind, though, that all the Wii games that made it to the top thirty are first-party titles, with the exception of Deca Sports.

In other news, Smash Bros. Brawl managed to hop up five spots, showing us that it won't be disappearing any time soon. Meanwhile, Mario Kart is inching nearer to Brawl's total sales, making it a close race between the two games. To see how they're currently fairing against each other, just click past the break.

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NPD: April sees Wii on top (yet again)

Posted May 16th 2008 11:45AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Well, you should all be used to this by now. Sound the trumpets and all that, Nintendo dominated the U.S. market yet another month, proving Pachter's prediction right. Even though that Grand Theft Auto IV game released in April, Mario Kart Wii was still in the running. But, before we get to software sales, we should probably check the hardware charts.

Hardware sales

- Wii: 714.2K

6.8K (0.94%)
- DS: 414.8K

283.2K (40.6%)
- PSP: 192.7K

104.3K (35.1%)
- Xbox 360: 188K

74K (28.2%)
- PS3: 187.1K

69.9K (27.2%)
- PS2: 124.4K

91.6K (42.4%)

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

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New Mario Kart tournament opens for Wii Wheel users

Posted May 15th 2008 11:45AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Fan stuff

Fans of the Wii Wheel, take note: Nintendo has opened up yet another Mario Kart Wii tournament catering exclusively to you and your primary control scheme of choice. As you can see above, the tournament takes place on the GBA Battle Course 3 track, but you better hurry because this tournament ends on the 24th of this month.

So, who's getting down with this? Just another disappointing tourney to you?

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

Pachter: Wii owned in April, despite GTA IV release

Posted May 13th 2008 10:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

The NPD numbers aren't going to be available until later this week, but Michael Pachter is still doing his thing and tossing some predictions out there. With that Grand Theft Auto IV game releasing in April (and shattering records like crazy), many might think that Nintendo is going to have to relinquish its throne for a short while, like when that Halo 3 game released. Pachter doesn't think so, however, and called for another victory for Nintendo.

600,000 units is the magic number, according to the analyst, as he says Wii will once again reign supreme when the April NPD numbers release. Considering a pretty big Wii title released during that month, we're inclined to agree with the man.

Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 4/28-5/4

Posted May 9th 2008 5:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Another Week in ...

Ah, remember Link's Crossbow Training? The game that was bundled with the Wii Zapper last November (December, for PALs)? It was only released in Japan last week. If sales are any indication, though, Japanese gamers were clamoring for the goron-junk shooter rail shooter, as it claimed the third place spot.

Even so, Link had to hail to the king (baby), as Mario Kart Wii still dominated the charts. The other big news for Mario Kart Wii? It passed one million sales in the Far East, denoting its success. Meanwhile, Deca Sports clamored back into the top ten, but Brawl only slipped further downward, thus answering our question from last week. Also proving that the Japanese love their sports games for the Wii, Bandai Namco's Pro Baseball Family Stadium debuted at spot twenty.

The Wii triumphed in hardware last week as well. While the console continues to trail behind Sony's handheld, Wii sales went up almost 30,000 units from last week -- perhaps from the Link's Crossbow boost. Go on and check things out for yourself after the break, if you feel so inclined.

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Cowboy Jed implores you to look at more footage

Posted May 7th 2008 5:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video

By far the most enjoyable thing about Mario Kart Wii (and we're not saying Mario Kart is bad) is the psychotic "Cowboy Jed" advertising campaign, in which a hyperkinetic salesman attempts to sell us karts, while impressing upon us the importance of looking at the footage. Look at the footage!

The footage has just gotten a lot cooler with the discovery of a ton of previously-unseen Jed clips. They're available on archive.org under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license, meaning you're free to remix and share the all-important footage as long as you're not making money off of it.

If you just want to, you know, look at the footage, the "Cowboy Jed Song" link features a footagey music video (as seen above), and the "Cowboy Jed Montages" link features montages of the remixable material for viewing. Look at the cow! Look at the footage.

Read: The Cowboy Jed Song
Read: Cowboy Jed Clips for Remixing
Read: Cowboy Jed Montages

Circuit City has huge sale next week

Posted May 6th 2008 5:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Sales

Next week is going to be hard on your wallet. Circuit City is going to be having a big sale, according to DVDTalk, and our favorite Wii game is going to be available for insanely cheap. Supposedly, you'll be able to nab Suda 51's No More Heroes for only $19.99 (or you can try your luck at nabbing it from us). If, for some crazy reason, you haven't gotten the game yet, you need to do so next week.

Aside from that, the deal is further sweetened through the retail giant offering buy one, get one %50 off on select games. These games include:

Outside of the games, they've also got DVDs and other junk on sale. If you're into that sort of thing.

[Thanks, Nate!]

Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 4/21-4/27

Posted May 2nd 2008 5:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Another Week in ...

Mario Kart Wii continues to top the charts in Japan, but a lot of movement happened with the Wii's other software. Because a bunch of new games came out last week, Wii Sports, Deca Sports, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl were all knocked out of the top ten. We know that Wii Sports will return to top ten fame soon enough, since it always does, but we'll be interested to see whether the other two titles can pull that off as well.

On the hardware side of things, the Wii got sandwiched by the two portables as it jumped up into second place:

PSP: 92,411
Wii: 48,796
Nintendo DS: 42,435
PlayStation 3: 9,107
PlayStation 2: 7,108
Xbox 360: 1,283

To see the software sales, just bring your super smooth moves past the break.

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WRUP: Is it Iron Man? edition

Posted May 2nd 2008 12:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: What are you playing?

Uh, no post title, it is in fact not Iron Man (although, we should say the prospect of seeing the film this weekend sounds nice). What we're all going to be playing, no doubt, is Mario Kart Wii. With its multitude of tracks, online play and plethora of control schemes available (got to love that wheel!), it looks like it's a shoe-in for this weekend's down time. What about you all?

Will you be racing it up in Mario Kart Wii, or are you playing something else? Maybe you're still chipping away at Okami? What are you playing?

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

What are you Playing? is a weekly feature where we ask what it is that you're, well ... playing! Every Friday, look for a new topic and a new chance to converse with the community about what games you're enjoying and which games are disappointing. So tell us already!

Wii Fanboy Poll: Best control scheme for Mario Kart?

Posted May 1st 2008 11:15AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Wii Fanboy poll

We've heard from a lot of you that Mario Kart Wii is awesome -- we completely agree. Some of you were even surprised to find out that you actually liked using the Wii Wheel.

But now that you've had some time to play around with the game, you have to have a favorite control scheme. So, what is it?

Hit up our poll after the break to let us know, and feel free to explain why in the comments section.

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First Mario Kart competition opens, disappoints

Posted May 1st 2008 10:30AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Nintendo Wi-Fi, Channels

Those of you who booted up the Wii this morning and checked out the Mario Kart Channel may have noticed that the first competition has finally been opened for entry! The process is simple: complete three laps of Mario Circuit as quickly as possible, upload your time to Nintendo's big list 'o times, wait until the deadline (May 9th or May 10th, depending on your timezone), and get ready to bask in internet glory. Hurray, right?

Wrong.

When we think of Mario Kart time trials, we think of gradually shaving milliseconds off of our best times, of taking every corner as finely as possible, of finding the best way to utilize our three mushrooms, of locating the perfect racing line, and of keeping our noses just ahead of the time trial ghosts. Yet this first Mario Kart Wii competition totally misses the point.

For instance, it's not a time trial at all, but a fully fledged race, complete with eleven opponents and all the usual items. In other words, you can take every corner as flawlessly as possible, only to get blue-shelled on the final straight. Which doesn't strike us as a terribly fair contest. We guess this is meant to level the playing field for newer players, but shouldn't more skillful players be justly rewarded?

Anyway, if you do want to try your hand at being robbed of a deserved victory, this blogger's best time so far is a quite appalling 2:03.325.

British magazine giving away free Wii Wheel

Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Peripherals

Here's something: despite our initial skepticism, we actually really like the Wii Wheel -- in fact, it's all we use now for Mario Kart Wii. The only downside? At $10 per wheel (or £7 in the UK), buying enough for four-player matches can get kind of pricey.

So the way we see it, you have two choices:

Go with one of our totally awesome (and totally free) homemade Wii Wheels (the option we'd recommend) or:
Pick up the latest issue of NGamer, which comes with the above "free" wheel packed in. It's not technically free, obviously, because you'll have to pony up the £4.99 for the magazine, which optimistically suggests that the free gift is worth £7, meaning somebody in NGamer's accounting department may well be clearing their desk later this month.

Incidentally, while NGamer is a UK publication, some of my U.S-based colleagues think they may have spotted copies in Barnes & Noble, so keep your eyes peeled and you too might save hundreds of cents.

Update: Corrected U.S. price.

Gallery: Reinventing the Wii Wheel

Gallery: The Evolution of the Wii Wheel

[Via Go Nintendo]

Wii Warm Up: Favorite tracks?

Posted Apr 29th 2008 9:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Okay, you've had some quality time with every Wii owner's latest obsession, Mario Kart Wii. Now that you've had ample time to play a few of the game's tracks repeatedly, we were hoping you wouldn't mind chiming in and telling us who's hot, and who's not, so to speak. Loving the newer tracks? Been enjoying some of the remakes? Weigh in!

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

Wii releases this week: Mario Kart Wii edition

Posted Apr 28th 2008 10:30AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

It's been one big week leading up to here and this week is also bound to be a big one for the lot of you. That's right, Mario Kart Wii is on shelves right now, and likely many of you did the right thing and picked it up yesterday. Did you get a new Wii with it? Did you race Jason Priestley at the Nintendo World Store?

This week's releases are:

Mario Kart Wii
Iron Man

Also, in case you might have missed it, don't forget to check out our off-the-wall features and fun we had up until the game's release to retail locations nationwide. It's been a fun ride, now we look forward to taking the turns and bumps with you all at Game Night. See you Thursday!

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

Wii Warm Up: Karting

Posted Apr 27th 2008 10:30AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Okay, so it's here -- Mario Kart Wii's North American launch day, that is.

Who's getting it (or got it already)? What are your initial impressions? Have you played online?

And, folks in Europe and Japan (and even Australia!), have you noticed a difference in online play? Has it been lagging more since North American players joined that fray, or are things still smooth? Have you been schooling a lot of Mario Kart Wii "noobs" in races and battles?

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/5-5/11

NPD: April sees Wii on top (yet again)

New Mario Kart tournament opens for Wii Wheel users

Pachter: Wii owned in April, despite GTA IV release

Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 4/28-5/4

Cowboy Jed implores you to look at more footage

Circuit City has huge sale next week

Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 4/21-4/27

WRUP: Is it Iron Man? edition

Wii Fanboy Poll: Best control scheme for Mario Kart?

First Mario Kart competition opens, disappoints

British magazine giving away free Wii Wheel

Wii Warm Up: Favorite tracks?

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