Get the perfect Travel Gadget for the jetsetter on your list!
Holidash Blog
Posts with tag takara-tomy

Toshinden's back for some reason

If you were a PlayStation early adopter, you'll remember Battle Arena Toshinden. It was the terrible 3D fighter that launched with the system and featured in its early advertising; for a while, we all managed to convince ourselves that it was good and an appropriate showcase for the system.

Takara Tomy has decided to resurrect the franchise on the Wii, or possibly to use the Toshinden name as a selling point for a new fighter. Other than being a 3D fighting game, there doesn't seem to be too much in common. The characters all look new, anyway. Not that changing Toshinden is necessarily a bad thing.

Japanese Wii software sales for 2007: How did Wii publishers fare?


The year is almost over, and we could probably debate for hours about which games were the best, but in the end, money talks. So, how did Wii games actually sell in 2007? A kind NeoGAFfer compiled a list that shows how much each Wii game sold this year in Japan, based on Media Create figures up until December 2nd.

It's also important, though, to consider how Wii game publishers did this year in Japan (check the stats in the image above). Nintendo certainly had a great year, with over 8 million sales for 17 games. Square Enix also did pretty well for itself with Dragon Quest Swords (the only game released by the company for the Wii before the December 2nd window). As for the other third parties, however, the median game sales seem somewhat poor. Yet, considering the amount of shovelware released this year, it's hard to say that some of them didn't deserve it. Check the list of game sales here to decide for yourselves. You may notice one major disappointment (yes, we're talking about Zack and Wiki) or two, but how many other third-party games, in your opinion, really deserved to sell better than they did?

Major Dream's not-so-major screenshots

Famitsu has put up the first screenshots we've seen for Major Dream, Takara Tomy's recently announced Wii game for the baseball anime, and ... They look exactly like how you'd expect a low-budget anime sports title to look like. What's up with the crotch pinstripes in the above image? His outfit resembles a wacky line graph more than it does a baseball uniform. Even with the game's Eyeshield 21 similarities, all the motion blur in the world couldn't distract us from that mess of stripes.

Watch movies on your Wii!

This Month's New Games

Name Date
King of Fighters: Orochi Saga
Nov 25
Ultimate Band
Nov 25
Mushroom Men
Dec 2
Iron Chef America Dec 5
Rock Band 2
Dec 16
Ultimate Shooting Collection
Dec 16
Neopets Puzzle Adventure
Dec 30

Popular on Wii Fanboy

The story
More like it
Wii Fanboy Review: Tetris Party Reviews
Top 5: Castlevania Games Top Five
It's-a Mario World: Fan Art It's-a Mario World
Mod that: 5 of our favorite DIY Zappers Mod that
Revolutionary: Hz So Good
Revolutionary
Features
Another Week in ... (50)
Born for Wii (25)
Brawl Stage of the Week (15)
Contests / Giveaways (130)
Friday Video (68)
Game Night (46)
It's-a Mario World (22)
Metareview (52)
Mii Spotlight (17)
Point/Counterpoint (9)
Revolutionary (48)
The VC Advantage (55)
Top Five (22)
VC Monday Madness (162)
Virtually Overlooked (90)
What are you playing? (87)
Wii Fanboy poll (41)
Wii Warm Up (632)
Bits
Channels (71)
Cheats (7)
Controller (443)
Fan stuff (1105)
Features (295)
Homebrew (110)
How-tos (65)
Imports (582)
Interviews (363)
Meta (75)
Mods (148)
News (3950)
Nintendo Wi-Fi (138)
Peripherals (332)
Reviews (141)
Rumors (498)
Sales (147)
Screens (766)
Tech stuff (152)
Video (1072)
Virtual Console (538)
Walkthroughs (33)
WiiWare (399)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Sponsored Links

Featured Galleries

Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution
Today And Tomorrow's Lucky Fortune-Telling Channel
Play On Wii: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat comparison
CustomNESguy's Punisher Mod
Pop-up Pirate Wii
Evasive Space
Ultimate Shooting Collection
EA Sports ACTIVE
Strong Bad Episode 4 - Dangeresque 3

 

Most Commented On (14 days)

Recent Comments

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in: