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Wii made its long-awaited debut in Japan over the weekend, and to a very enthusiastic reception. Nintendo promised it'd deliver 400,000 units to its homeland, and in the period up until December 3rd, 350,358 consoles were reportedly sold.
Wii Sports, which isn't bundled free in Japan, was the best-selling game, even topping Zelda.
• Wii Sports - 176,167
• Play Wii - 174,297
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 139,011
• WarioWare: Smooth Moves - 63,954
• Super Swing Golf - 16,908
• Ennichi noTatsujin - 10,763
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Yesterday the Nintendo Wii launced in Japan and it received a huge welcome. As you can see from the video, this particular line stretches out to an insane distance. According to Nintendo, Japan received a total of 400,000 Wii consoles for sale, and every store that carried them has sold out already.
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Sonic Solutions, a maker of digital media software, on Monday said that Nintendo, the Japanese electronics firm, has selected it to provide DVD playback technology for use within an upcoming version of its Wii next-generation game console.
Sonic says the version of Wii that will support DVD playback will be available in the second half of 2007.
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Kenshi 1 year 10 months ago
Having already disappointed European gamers by delaying the launch of PlayStation3 in the territory until March 2007, it seems that Sony will be squeezing the number of launch units for Japan too, if reports from the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun newspaper prove to be accurate.
With the Sony-mad country already prepared to receive around 100,000 PlayStation3s for the November launch, the beleaguered electronics giant is rumoured to have cut that figure down to 80,000 units - a significant drop of 20%. The main problem according to the Nikkei Keizai...
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Bad news for those who can read Japanese and wants to play games months or years before the US, turns out Wii will be region locked. This is in spite of earlier quotes from Perrin Kaplan stating that Wii will be region-free.
Nintendo seems to have set aside mid-September as worldwide Wii day. According to Japan's Kabushiki Shimbun newspaper, the company will be showing off the Wii to the Japanese press at an event scheduled to be held on 9/14.
The Nintendo event will be held one week before the Tokyo Game Show, where Sony and Microsoft will show off their own next generation offerings. Nintendo does not attend TGS, instead opting for its own product showings.
One, Xbox Japan general manager Takahashi Sensui spoke with Japanese newspaper Mainichi Daily News deemed PlayStation 3 too expensive, and claimed Xbox 360 can provide everything Sony's machine has to offer at a lower price.
Don't worry, though, even if Microsoft does produce an HD-DVD Xbox 360 eventually, regular DVD will remain the go-to format for games. Any changes Microsoft makes to the hardware will simply be an added benefit for the movie viewing experience.
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Kenshi 2 years 1 month ago
This kind of ad is common in Japan, and seems to work for products from ramen to video games.
Sure it won’t sell to other markets, which is why you haven’t seen those types of commercials in other countries.
According to an Amazon Japan poll. Pre-order registration for the 60GB PlayStation 3 edges out Nintendo's Wii in the popularity contest. Interest in the 20GB PS3 is significantly lower. The 60GB PS3 comes with an open price, but rumor has that it will retails for around 70,000 yen (US $600). Unfazed, consumers are registering for the product in droves.
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