Wii Love Play

PSP 89,884
Wii 67,308
DS Lite 51,228
PS3 8,054
PS2 7,464
Xbox 360 1,298

Sega has rereleased classics like Nights,Bass Fishing and House of the Dead lately. Now it's said that Shenmue is next. But don't think that it's about a new game, instead, they're bringing back the two original Shenmue games with extra Wiimote-minigames which will be released for the Wii.

The Nintendo Wii has succeeded in overcoming the mark of 6 million units in Japanese territory. Launched in November 2006, the little white console needed 18 months to achieve the new level of sales.

In the U.S. things are even better, were 10.61 million Wiis Americans. In Europe, with 7.94 million units sold the video game, also sold more than Japan In total were 25 million worldwide.

Speaking on sales of Nintendo, Wii Fit is dominating Japan: The package sold 2 million, statistically speaking it every 3 Japanese buying the Wii Fit

Nintendo Europe's senior marketing director Laurent Fischer says the casual gamer is a myth and that there are only people who play games and people who don't.

"For me, you are a gamer or non-gamer," he told CVG at Nintendo's German HQ yesterday. "I think most of you know that you can spend ten or twenty hours on an internet flash game and have not realised. The guy who plays these games regularly - he's a core gamer."

But what about Brain Training, we hear you scream? And we really did hear that. "Someone who is fifty-years old who only plays Brain Training, but plays it like a core gamer is a core gamer," Fischer added.

"I don't like this word casual so much. Because people consider that casual needs to be something easy. If you're good at any game you can play at a high difficulty level.

"Take Tetris. There is incredible gameplay, it's very simple, very easy to understand, but it's also very different. I think a game can be a light enough to enjoy and for all gamers to become a core gamer on it."

Fischer concluded: "There is no casual gaming. There is just a different way to play." Look out for more from Fischer later on today.

Via CVG

Over yonder in the Land of the Rising Sun (Tokyo, Japan to be exact), Level-5 (of Dark Cloud 2 and Dragon Quest VIII fame) president Akihiro Hino held a press conference today discussing the company's upcoming plans for Inazuma Eleven franchise. Izanuma Eleven, a sort of Soccer/Role Playing Game hybrid for the DS, marks Level-5's second self-published franchise.


What does any of this have to do with the Wii? Well, towards the end of the conference, Hino revealed that the next installment to the franchise, Izanuma Eleven: Break! is being developed for an undisclosed console. In an interview with Famitsu, President Hino mentioned having an interest in developing on Nintendo's Wii, and that there is indeed a possibility for their new games to debut on Wii.

Do the math, and cross your fingers! Soccer games might be very popular Stateside, but some bizarro Soccer-RPG monster could very easily develop a cult following. Or perhaps I just like Level 5 that much.

Via IGN.

Nintendo Wii is the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Until its official name was announced on April 27, 2006, the Nintendo Wii was known by the codename Nintendo Revolution. The Nintendo Wii is quite different from its competitors the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Instead of focusing on graphical power Nintendo with its Wii will change the way people play games. The system is unique in that the console's controller - affectionately dubbed the 'wii-mote' - can be used as a handheld pointing device as well as detecting motion in all three dimensions. The controller also contains a speaker and a rumbling device.