The Super Mario Bros. franchise is world-recognized for its dedication to fun for all ages, while welcoming gamers of all skill levels. This holiday season the Nintendo Wii re-introduces video game fans to the gameplay style that they have been craving since the early 90s, as the Mario Bros. series makes its triumphant return to the world of side-scrolling adventure. Join us at http://WatchMojo.com as we take you through the seven things you may not know about Mario’s newest adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom!
Since moving the series out of the World War II era with Call of Duty 4, this franchise has received an overwhelming amount of critical praise. In addition, it has gained an extremely loyal fan base. Infinity Ward’s highly anticipated follow-up, Modern Warfare 2 improves on every aspect of its predecessor. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we take a look at the seven things you probably didn’t know about this new and exciting entry in the award-winning franchise.
from Joystiq.com:
Not only will the first few months of 2010 play host to the release dates of a squadron of delayed aught-nine blockbusters, it’s also when we can expect to see the recently announced, seriously embiggened DSi XL hit North American and European store shelves. According to a Nintendo spokesperson, the new model of the handheld will be released stateside (and … union-side?) in the first quarter of 2010.
That just leaves us with one final, appropriately oversized question: How much is it going to cost? Don’t get us wrong, we love the idea of buying a bigger version of a smaller version of a smaller version of an originally bulky handheld — but based on the sheer number of titles we’ll be buying in the dawn of next year, we’re probably going to be kinda strapped.
Just try and rip something off from the 90’s and see if the internet doesn’t slap you in the face with it 5 minutes later! Read more about Verizon/Google ripping off an old Sega commercial below from BusinessInsider.com:
The new commercial from Verizon and Google’s Android has generated a lot of buzz for attacking the iPhone. The real story here, however, is that the commercial is basically a rehash of a series of Sega ads highlighting the shortcomings of the original Nintendo Entertainment System in comparison to the Sega Genesis. Check out the eerie similarity:
From Ethioplanet.com:
One of the biggest announcements from Nintendo’s retailer briefing earlier this week was final release information for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The multiplayer Wii remake of the DS’s second best selling game (next to Pokemon Diamond & Pearl) is due for release here on December 3, with pricing set at ¥5,800.
It appears that Nintendo held another retailer briefing today (I’m going to speculate that this one was for retailers in the Tokyo area). The manager of game shop Games Maya, a Tokyo-based retailer that often hosts major talk events and signings, was in attendance and provided a few more details on the New Super Mario Bros. Wii part of the briefing via his blog.
The biggest surprise from the event, said the manager, was that Shigeru Miyamoto himself held a live New Super Mario Bros. Wii play session in front of attendees. During the play session, Miyamoto said of the game, “It’s a Mario that will continue selling even after one year has passed.”
New Super Mario Bros. sold about 865,000 units in its first week here, then kept on selling and eventually crossed the 5.5 million mark. Wii is no stranger to this type of sales pattern, as evidenced by games like Wii Fit and Wii Sports, but perhaps Miyamoto was trying to take care of any possible concerns from Super Mario Galaxy’s more traditional sales pattern.
The Games Maya manager noted that the game’s red packaging stands out. Nintendo hasn’t provided a look at the packaging yet, but perhaps we can expect a color scheme similar to this promo image that popped up earlier this week.
from Bloomberg.com:
Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 video-game console outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii for the first time on a monthly basis in Japan in September, after a price cut, according to market researcher Enterbrain Inc.
From Aug. 31 to Sept. 27, 309,939 PS3s were sold, a monthly record for the console in Japan since it became available in November 2006, the Tokyo-based research firm said in a faxed statement today. Nintendo’s DS Lite and DSi handheld players sold a combined 297,060 units.
Sony cut the price of the PS3 in Japan on Sept. 3 by 25 percent to 29,980 yen ($335) and introduced a model that is one- third the size of the original and consumes 34 percent less power. A similar price cut in the U.S. helped the Tokyo-based company sell more than 1 million units worldwide in three weeks, bringing it closer to its annual sales target of 13 million, Kazuo Hirai, head of Sony’s games business said last month.
The company also said last month that it will lower the price of its PlayStation Portable handheld player 15 percent in Japan to 16,800 yen from October. The PSP was the third-best selling hardware in Japan in September with 83,887 units, followed by Nintendo’s Wii with 61,691 units.
Rival Microsoft Corp. followed with a $100 reduction for its most expensive Xbox 360 player to $300 in the U.S. and 29,800 yen in Japan. Nintendo was the last of the major console makers to weigh in, cutting the price of its motion-sensing Wii 20 percent to $200 in the U.S. from Sept. 27 and to 20,000 yen in Japan from Oct. 1.
Sony fell 5 percent to close at 2,450 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. Nintendo slipped 0.4 percent to 22,530 yen in Osaka trading, while Microsoft declined 3.3 percent to $24.88 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday.
This is awesome….
Old Rivals… Awesome:
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From Kokugamer.com:
Now you can see all but one song that is in the upcoming Rock Band games titles The Beatles: Rock Band. MTV has announced the remaining songs and is keeping one under wraps as a suprise, what could it be? Perhaps Mocking Bird, or something else. Here are the tracks we know of so far:
• “Boys” / Cavern Club
• “A Hard Day’s Night” / Ed Sullivan Theater
• “I’m Looking Through You” / Shea Stadium
• “If I Needed Someone” / Shea Stadium
• “Ticket to Ride” / Shea Stadium
• “Drive My Car” / Budokan
• “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Getting Better” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Good Morning” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Hello, Goodbye” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Hey Bulldog” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Dear Prudence” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Helter Skelter” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Something” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Come Together” / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• “Don’t Let Me Down” / Rooftop Concert
• “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” / Rooftop Concert
• “I Me Mine” / Rooftop ConcertThe Beatles: Rock Band will hit stores shelves in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand on September 9th, on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii.
Not the greatest footage ever leaked… Just some random running and shooting. Keep in mind this is a Beta version, but check it out:
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