Nintendo's Millions

The news that 26 of Nintendo games sold over a million units did not came as a surprise to me. Focusing on innovation, instead of hardware truly paid of for Nintendo's Wii an DS.

Among the 26 games, 15 are for the DS. Here's the list with their Life-to-Date sales as of December 2008.

• Nintendogs - 21.67m
• New Super Mario Bros. - 17.63m
• Brain Age - 16.82m
• Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - 16.48m
• Mario Kart DS - 13.79m
• Brain Age 2 - 13.27m
• Animal Crossing: Wild World - 10.57m
• Super Mario 64 DS - 7.16m
• Mario Party DS - 5.49m
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: EoT/D - 4.4m
• Pokemon Platinum - 2.4m
• Kirby Super Star Ultra - 2.19m
• Pokemon Ranger: SoA - 1.8m
• Rhythm Heaven - 1.71m
• Personal Trainer: Cooking - 1.68m

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New Manga Brawler Coming to the PSP

Remember that awesome game for the Nintendo DS, Jump Ultimate Stars? Well, something similar is coming to the PSP in the form of Sunday x Magazine: Taisen Action. It's a brawler with characters coming from two different manga's, Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Manga fans who happen to be PSP gamers are in for a treat on this one. Imagine Aoi Nogami versus Kyo. Or maybe Kenichi Shirahama against Ikki Minami. Here's a list of characters to look forward to:

• Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate the Combat Butler
• Ueki Kosuke from The Law of Ueki
• Inuyasha from Inuyasha
• Shiho Sannomiya from Absolutely Lovely Children
• Yoshimori Sumimura from Kekkaishi
• Takizawa Noboru from Blazing Transfer Student
• Kaoru Akashi from Absolutely Lovely Children
• Aoi Nogami from Absolutely Lovely Children
• Ippo Makunouchi from Hajime no Ippo
• Kyo from Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Shinichi Mechazawa from Cromartie High School
• Natsu Dragonil from Fairy Tail
• Ban Mido from GetBackers
• Kenichi Shirahama from Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
• Kotaro Shindo from Kotaro Makaritoru
• Negi Springfield from Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
• Ikki Minami from Air Gear
• Ryo Takatsuki from Project Arms
• R from Kyukyoku Choujin R

Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! New Videos

As you can tell from the three exclamation points on its title, Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! is full of awesome. It will be released in Japan this coming February 11.

Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! makes use of the Nintendo DS in every possible way. There's the stylus for stroking, the mic for blowing, and there are even parts where you turn your DS book-style. Also, players will be able to play as Bowser, because he swallowed Mario & Luigi and that's what really happens when one swallows little people.

Here are the new trailer and ad spots for Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!

Latest Phantasy Star Portable Trailer

Sega just released the newest trailer to another addition to one of its best franchise, Phantasy Star Portable. As you can tell by the game's title, its for the Sony PSP.



The game comes with a brand new story line, exclusive new content, and multiple endings.

Phantasy Star Portable  will be arriving this March on US soil.

Echoes of Time Release Date

The exact and official release date of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for the DS has been recently announced by Square Enix. Mark March 24th on your calendar, as both the DS and Wii version of the game ships out on this day.

FFCC: Echoes of Time features an innovative multiplayer gaming experience where Wii and DS users can play side by side.

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