OK, it was more management direction this week - as opposed to the retailer stuff last week.
DS part:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/06/07/103,1149665992,54485,0,0.html
Stats (for Japan):
32% of DS owners bought Animal Crossing
23% Mario Kart
14% Tetris
20% New Super Mario Bros
10 titles have shipped a million now, quite a feat.
Opera will be delayed a month... coming out in July now.
The Oneseg TV tuner will go on sale in Autumn and will cost "approximately half the price of the DS hardware" = ~8400 yen.
Nintendo aims to continue the Touch Generations series, with the balance between "non-games" and games being very important to them. Seems they want to get more non-gamers into games gradually - the above stats seem to indicate such a motion.
Pokemon will have wi-fi worldwide voicechat.
Wii part:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/06/07/103,1149672727,54492,0,0.html
Shipping 4 million by the end of the calendar year (worldwide)
Pokemon Battle Revolution will be out a few months after Pearl/Diamond and will link with the DS game.
New games (not just the emulated stuff) on Virtual Console could also be 500-1000 yen.
Main DS-Wii connectivity will be:
- touch-screen controller
- Wii = DS station, like the shop kiosks
- DS games can be expanded via Wii
Pokemon Wii:
DS part:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/06/07/103,1149665992,54485,0,0.html
Stats (for Japan):
32% of DS owners bought Animal Crossing
23% Mario Kart
14% Tetris
20% New Super Mario Bros
10 titles have shipped a million now, quite a feat.
Opera will be delayed a month... coming out in July now.
The Oneseg TV tuner will go on sale in Autumn and will cost "approximately half the price of the DS hardware" = ~8400 yen.
Nintendo aims to continue the Touch Generations series, with the balance between "non-games" and games being very important to them. Seems they want to get more non-gamers into games gradually - the above stats seem to indicate such a motion.
Pokemon will have wi-fi worldwide voicechat.
Wii part:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/06/07/103,1149672727,54492,0,0.html
Shipping 4 million by the end of the calendar year (worldwide)
Pokemon Battle Revolution will be out a few months after Pearl/Diamond and will link with the DS game.
New games (not just the emulated stuff) on Virtual Console could also be 500-1000 yen.
Main DS-Wii connectivity will be:
- touch-screen controller
- Wii = DS station, like the shop kiosks
- DS games can be expanded via Wii
Pokemon Wii: