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News Infinite Space clears for launch in Japan
PlatinumGames' epic space-sim/RPG gets a Japanese release date
Publisher Sega has announced that Japanese DS owners will be able to get their hands on sci-fi space-opera Infinite Space (known as Infinite Line in Japan) on June 11. Co-developed by PlatinumGames (ex-Clover Studios team and makers of MadWorld) and Nude Maker (Steel Battalion),...
News New Arc Rise Fantasia gameplay video
Less than ninety days to release and this Wii-exclusive RPG just looks better and better
New footage of the upcoming Wii-exclusive RPG Arc Rise Fantasia has emerged and can be viewed below. From Marvelous Entertainment and Image Epoch, the same tandem that created the strategy RPG Luminous Arc, comes Arc Rise Fantasia, an epic RPG exclusively...
News Mario & Luigi 3 Makes Its Mark In Japan
Bowser takes the front seat in this zany RPG adventure.
Mario and Bowser have a long running history in gaming as rivals. Occasionally though, the pair cooperate to accomplish a common goal. In Mario & Luigi 3, a new DS RPG which just released in Japan, this is only half the case. In a strange series of events, Bowser ends up ingesting some...
News Japan To Get Dracula X And Metal Slug Next Tuesday
Even the most optimistic Nintendo fan would be hard pressed to deny that this week’s European Virtual Console update was a tad underwhelming. Just to make you feel even worse about it, not only is Japan getting four (count ‘em) games this coming Tuesday (22nd), but two of those releases are Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood and Metal Slug.
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News Wii SNES Controller Hits Japan
We don’t get jealous often here at Virtual Console Reviews – we don’t need to, being the famous international playboys that we are – but when we spotted some shots of one particularly lucky chap unpacking his limited edition Wii Super Famicom (SNES in the West) controller, we couldn’t help but go a little green with envy.
It was reported...
News White GameCube Pad Coming To Japan
Nintendo keeps the memory of the Cube alive
Although many Nintendo fans will have relegated their once-treasured GameCube consoles to the great console heaven in the sky, the trusty Cube pad is proving to be a near-essential piece of hardware for Wii owners. We dread to think about how many Cube consoles have been offloaded at carboot sales or...
News Sony Continues To Be Nintendo’s Bitch In Japan
Wii outselling the PS3 by 4-to-1
Since the dawn of the new year Sony fans have been constantly twittering on about how “2008 is the year of the PS3” and that the console will have “doubled its installed user base” by the year end (which isn’t that hard when you consider how poorly it performed in 2007). Sales figures from January seem to...
News Hitachi And Sharp In Illegal DS Screen Cartel?
Shock! Horror! Hold the front page!
Scandal has rocked the very foundations of the Japanese consumer electronics industry as Hitachi and Sharp – the two companies tasked with producing those lovely little screens you have on your DS – found their offices raided by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission on suspicion of fixing the price of said...
News Wii Outsells PS3 3-to-1 In Japan
Normal service resumed as Nintendo dominate in The Land of the Rising Sun
Nintendo has started 2008 with a bang by outselling nearest rival Sony by 3-to-1. After a storming year in 2007, with both the Wii and DS topping their respective markets, the veteran videogame company started the new year in the same fashion, effortlessly dominating the...
News Smash Bros Brawl Selling For $240 On EBay
Money, Money, Money
Brawl is now out in Japan, but if you were to walk the streets of Tokyo you probably wouldn’t know this fact as the game has promptly sold out all over the country with Nintendo unable to satisfy the seemingly insatiable demand for the hugely anticipated Wii title. But this is a world where money talks and one particularly...
News Brawl Awarded Top Score By Famitsu
New character also added to the rapidly increasing roster
It may have been delayed yet again but if Japanese magazine Famitsu’s latest review is anything to go by, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is going to be worth waiting for. The highly respected publication has awarded the top score of 40/40 for the eagerly awaited Nintendo fighter. In other news,...
News Wii Fit Gets Its Own Wii Mat
The Wii is looking more and more like a successor to Reebok's STEP fitness system
Despite confirmation from many sites (including us) that the Wii Balance Board is perfectly stable on even the most polished wooden floors, Nintendo has nevertheless endorsed the production of what can only be described as the most bizarre videogame accessory we’ve...
News Mario Party DS Tops Japanese Charts
Nintendo conquer the entire top ten
Nintendo’s dominance in Japan is becoming quite scary now. Mario Party DS was the biggest selling title for the period 31st December to 6th January and the latest figures show that the top 13 slots of the chart are ALL titles for either the DS or Wii, with the first non-Ninty game (PSP title Monster Hunter...
News No More Heroes - Another Wii Flop?
More doom and gloom for third party publishers
Regular readers of NintendoLife would be forgiven for thinking that we’ve been getting out of the wrong side of the bed for the past week or so. The number of downbeat and negative news stories appearing is on the rise and sadly we’re about to add yet another. Although we’re a bit on the late side...
News Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga
Features robots and large breasts, in that order
Fans of obscure Japanese RPGs should rejoice - Famitsu magazine has recently revealed that Nintendo's Monolithsoft is working with Banpresto to create a new title called "Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga". I'm sure you'll agree, that's quite a mouthful. Coding duties are being...
News PES 2008 Gameplay Video Revealed
Lots of shaking and dribbling involved
Konami of Japan has released a gameplay video for the upcoming Winning Eleven: Play Maker 2008. The more astute amongst you will know that Winning Eleven is the Japanese title for the Pro Evolution Soccer series. The video shows us two things: firstly, the game is looking mighty fine graphically and secondly,...
News Nintendo Triumphant In Japan This Christmas
Videogame giant is unstoppable on home soil
Early figures from Famitsu magazine indicate that Nintendo has dominated the Japanese sales charts over the Christmas period. Although a PS2 title (Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Gaiden) took the number one position, a quick glance at the rest of the top 20 shows that the Big N is firmly in...
News Wii Fit: Famitsu Preview Scans
Thanks to Nintendo, the promise of a God-like physique is almost with us
Japanese magazine Famitsu has just published a pretty in-depth guide to all things Wii Fit. The game has done impressive business over in Japan and looks certain to repeat this performance when it’s released alongside the Wii balance board controller in the West this year...
News Japanese Virtual Console List
Nintendo has released the launch list for the Japanese virtual console.
Today Nintendo has announced the final Japanese launch list, boasting an impressive 39 titles! Of course I doubt this list will be of much use to anyone. Most people will be importing from America. This can be used as a good reference to compare the different areas. Hopefully...
Just in-case you missed them, the infamous Japanese magazine scores on the Wii, we'll remind you.
Whenever it comes to Japanese gaming media, there is only one magazine that's important, that is of course Famitsu. Although I'm alittle late posting these, they still might prove interesting to someone. "Famitsu is known worldwide for its...
News New Super Mario Bros. Rocks Japan
Kotaku report sales of 480,000 units of New Super Mario Bros. on day one, train your brain!
Kotaku have today posted a brief article about the launch of New Super Mario Bros. in Japan. Sure, New Super Mario Bros. is popular in Japan. But, just how popular? The game moved 480,000 units in its first day, compared to 414,556 units the second edition of...
News Nintendo Storms Famitsu Survey
The news from Japan is good, Nintendo tops the Famitsu reader survey, long live Nintendo.
Wii all expect the Wii to do pretty well in the US and EU, but almost accept that it's not going to out gun the 360 or PS3 from the off, its just something about the Western market that saddens me, the so called "PlayStation generation" that only buy games that...
Mysterious Japanese magazine scan suggests what we could expect from Resident Evil Wii
After Capcom's announcement that we'll be getting an exclusive Resident Evil title for Wii the minds of the gaming elite have been at work. Capcom restrained themselves and told us nothing about the game. Would it play like Resident Evil 4? Would it be like Dead...
News Nintendo Sees Strong Home Performance
Reports confirm Nintendo's dominance for handhelds in the Japanese market.
After reports late last month suggesting DS out selling PSP by 2 to 1, a new report shows that four of the top 5 selling games in 2005 were for the Nintendo DS. "Animal Crossing: Wild World was the best-selling game of the year, with 2.34 million units shifted. PS2 title...
News Opera DS To Reach Japan In June
News comes that the DS version of the Opera Web Browser will be released in June for the Japanese.
Nintendo announced its partnership with Opera to deliver a Web Browser for the Nintendo DS unit earlier this year. They have now announced that the first version of the software will be released in Japan this coming June. Date for North America and...
Japanese go crazy for DS. Just like a new iPod the DS Lite sells out only within hours of its official release.
Today marks the release of the reformed Nintendo DS dubbed DS Lite. Taking on its smaller form and Apple like good looks its unsurprising that the Japanese Nintendo faithful were out in force as the new unit sells out within hours of going...
News Nintendo Announce DS TV Tuner
That's right folks, just as you wanted, a TV Tuner for the Nintendo DS... in Japan.
Nintendo today announced a TV tuner add on for the Nintendo DS to be available in Japan. With most portable devices, its never long until a TV tuner gizmo comes along, people will always want them. "The TV tuner add-on will occupy the standard DS game slot,...
News Patented Nintendo Floor Vision
Japanese patent office shows record for Nintendo's "Floor Vision" technology.
The Japanese giants are going full force into the interactive gaming experience, first with the DS, then the Revolution controller, followed by interest in VR headsets and now interactive floor vision! It seems late last year Nintendo secured the "Nintendo Floor Vision"...
News Japanese DS Sales Hit 5 Million
Just over 12 months were needed to sell over 5.4 million Nintendo DS units.
Reuters has today reported Nintendo's Satoru Iwata confirming that domestic sales of the DS portable game machine reached 5 million units in less than 13 months after its launch in early December 2004, becoming the fastest-ever pace in Japan's video game market. Whatever the...
