Nintendo Sold Over 1.5 Million Wiis, DSs Last Week [Corporate Gloating]

November will be a big month for Nintendo when all is said and done, based on the more than 1.5 million consoles and handhelds it sold in the United States last week. That 1.5 million breaks down to more than 550,000 Wii consoles and more than 1 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi portables, according to Nintendo’s internal estimates. In terms of frequency, that’s over 150 Nintendo hardware units sold every minute, more than 2.5 smiles put on faces every second. Yes, those are impressive numbers. But one of those numbers was more impressive last year, when Nintendo says it sold more than 800,000 Wiis during the same time period. In 2007, Nintendo sold a comparitively meager 350,000 Wiis during the Thanksgiving spending spree. That year, Nintendo boasted that Nintendo DS sales topped 600,000 during the same week long period, a number that jumped 20% the following year, nothing that compares to the new 1 million unit sold record held by combined DS and DSi sales. Since Nintendo sold 506,900 Wii consoles and 457,600 Nintendo DSs during the full month of October , we’ll bet the company will have something to brag about when November’s tally rolls around. While we suspect it won’t shatter November 2008’s amazing, ” historic ” records,, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Nintendo branded things topping the charts.

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Nintendo Sold Over 1.5 Million Wiis, DSs Last Week [Corporate Gloating]

Q-Games’ Reflect Missile Coming To DSiWare [DSIWare]

PixelJunk and Art Style game creators Q-Games have a new, original project heading to the DSiWare shop next week. Reflect Missile looks to combine Arkanoid-style brick smashing with missile management strategy, which sounds potentially fascinating. The official Nintendo of Europe web site has details and first screens on the Nintendo DSi downloadable title, promising 200 stages of action-puzzle-strategy in the Q-Games fashion. With the developer’s recently released Art Style: Digidrive making DSiWare a better place, we’re looking forward to giving Reflect Missile a shot. Reflect Missile [Nintendo UK]

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Report: Nintendo Releasing New DSi With Larger Screens For Japan This Year [Nintendo]

There’s a new Nintendo DSi coming. And it’s coming this year to Japan, boasting a larger 4″ screen and… well, a larger 4″ screen, according to a report from the reliable Nikkei news service. According to that report, which appeared in the Nikkei newspaper and has since made its way online, the price for the new, larger DSi will remain the same, 18900 yen. The large screen DSi, three-quarters of an inch larger than the current model, is said to be aimed at an older market, the type who likes big buttons on their telephones and large print books. While the jumbo Nintendo DSi is planned to hit Japan this year, says the Nikkei, a release elsewhere is said to be under discussion. Nintendo announced the original DSi in a similar fashion, officially unveiling the device in October then releasing it domestically before the end of the year. We’re checking in with Nintendo of America for comment and will update if they have anything interesting or confirming to say. Nintendo To Release Large-Screen DSi In Japan [Nikkei - subscription required] 任天堂がDSiの進化版を年内に販売！iPhone対抗か！液晶も大型化 [via NeoGAF ]

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System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

Looks like we may have missed an announcement, because yesterday we incorrectly assumed that the first Nintendo DSi-only game in Japan would also be the first Nintendo DSi-only game released in North America . We didn’t know about System Flaw . That game, Nintendo DSi owners, will be the first retail release to claim the title of first DSi-only, the first to be packaged with said warning. System Flaw from Storm City Games is billed as an “innovative, action shooter” that uses the DSi’s built-in cameras to” turn your surroundings into the playing environment, and your DSi into a weapon against attacking enemies.” And it hits next week, shipping to retail on October 27. Monster Finder is due until next year. My humblest apologies for the error. You’d think I would’ve known . For further details on the first DSi-only game and screen shots of alien invaders attacking coffee cups, hit up the official site. System Flaw [Storm City Entertainment]

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System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

Looks like we may have missed an announcement, because yesterday we incorrectly assumed that the first Nintendo DSi-only game in Japan would also be the first Nintendo DSi-only game released in North America . We didn’t know about System Flaw . That game, Nintendo DSi owners, will be the first retail release to claim the title of first DSi-only, the first to be packaged with said warning. System Flaw from Storm City Games is billed as an “innovative, action shooter” that uses the DSi’s built-in cameras to” turn your surroundings into the playing environment, and your DSi into a weapon against attacking enemies.” And it hits next week, shipping to retail on October 27. Monster Finder is due until next year. My humblest apologies for the error. You’d think I would’ve known . For further details on the first DSi-only game and screen shots of alien invaders attacking coffee cups, hit up the official site. System Flaw [Storm City Entertainment]

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System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

Looks like we may have missed an announcement, because yesterday we incorrectly assumed that the first Nintendo DSi-only game in Japan would also be the first Nintendo DSi-only game released in North America . We didn’t know about System Flaw . That game, Nintendo DSi owners, will be the first retail release to claim the title of first DSi-only, the first to be packaged with said warning. System Flaw from Storm City Games is billed as an “innovative, action shooter” that uses the DSi’s built-in cameras to” turn your surroundings into the playing environment, and your DSi into a weapon against attacking enemies.” And it hits next week, shipping to retail on October 27. Monster Finder is due until next year. My humblest apologies for the error. You’d think I would’ve known . For further details on the first DSi-only game and screen shots of alien invaders attacking coffee cups, hit up the official site. System Flaw [Storm City Entertainment]

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System Flaw Is Actually The First DSi-only Game [Correction]

Konami Brings First DSi-only Game Monster Finder To America [Rumor]

Alpha Unit’s Monster Finder , the first Nintendo DSi -only retail game announced for the platform, looks like it may have been picked up by Konami, due to arrive stateside early next year. According to a listing from online game rental outfit GameFly, spotted by Siliconera , Monster Hunter will be published by Konami in January 2010, likely the first DSi-only game to hit North American store shelves. As previously reported, the game uses the Nintendo DSi’s built-in cameras to snap pictures of collectible beasts in the vein of Pokemon and Sony’s PSP game Invizimals. Monster Finder [GameFly via Siliconera ]

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