News: News | Weekly Round-Up: 16.12.2007 - 23.12.2007 Page 1

Welcome to the weekly C3 round-up (16.12.2007 - 23.12.2007), a collection of news and updates posted this week in world of Nintendo and video games.

Contents
General News
Media
Features
Reviews
Forum Updates

General News

Help Resurrect Shantae Project!
Quick News - WayForward Technologies, the team that has just completed the development of the fantastic Contra 4 for DS, is attempting to resurrect its old Shantae project from the Game Boy Colour. Be sure to fill in the official questionnaire below to state which platform you want it on:

Bring Shantae back to life!

Wii Developers Talk Shopping Channel
Quick News: Nintendo have posted a New Interview with developers on the Wii Shop concept and recent additions such as the gift giving feature that has taken the world by storm this Christmas.

Wii Shop Interview

Final Fantasy IV: 180,000 Sold on Day One in Japan
Cubed3 has been over to Japanese blogger sinobi's website once again to check out the latest First Day sale estimates and bring you, the reader, all the latest developments in the Japanese market.

Head inside for the full story...

With Flowers, Sun and Rain Site Launches
Quick News: The Japanese website for the Suda 51 project With Flowers, Sun and Rain has launched with some screens, gameplay details and character artwork to enjoy. Thanks to GoNintendo for the tip.

Japanese website

Euro Virtual Console Update - France Misses Out
The latest Virtual Console update for Europe has just hit Wii systems this morning, but the French will be missing out on one particular game, 'Skate or Die', due to legal restrictions, apparently.

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Nintendo's Wii Officially Surpasses GameCube LTD Sales
Update - Media Create Top 50 now added, plus hardware.

The latest first day sales for the new releases in Japan have now been revealed by blogger sinobi and it makes for very sad reading for companies like Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco and Capcom.

Head inside for the full story...

Japan Takes New Mario Galaxy Ad Slant
Quick News - The 'Minna no Nintendo Channel' (Everbody's Nintendo Channel) is in full flow over in Japan, with the current major promotion being for Super Mario Galaxy, showing how moves in New Super Mario Bros. are similar to the Wii game. Seems Nintendo is pushing the game to the 4.5million+ owners of the DS game!

Share your thoughts on this new tactic inside...

Atlus Brings More Strategy RPG Goodness to US
Following the revelation of Baroque on Wii, Atlus has today announced Drone Tactics, a game of turn-based strategy RPG warfare, for the Nintendo DS.

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E3 Heads Back to LA
Quick News: E3, the industry's yearly flashy lights and scantily clad woman extravaganza (with less flashy lights and boob tubes last year) is to return to the Los Angeles Convention Centre for 2008. Whilst it will still be the long winded E3 Media and Business Summit (for easier networking and more professional interaction between developers/publishers and the media) it will probably scale up a bit in size from the 2007 event which took place in Santa Monica. No more details have been revealed as of yet.

New Mother/Earthbound Coming to the US?
Quick News - Surfer Girl strikes again, this time bringing up memories of Reggie talking about the Mother RPG series. The rumour-filled blogger mentions how the franchise will return on Wii or DS soon, later clarifying it may not be 'new', just a game that has not come to the US yet.

Could the EGM rumoured 'Mother Collection' for DS be true? Share your thoughts...

News Channel Gets Upgraded
Quick News - A message from Nintendo on Cubed3's Wii today has revealed the News Channel now includes individual news feeds from additional news agencies, plus contains new categories and provides more news from your country than ever before. No download is required for this update.

Stick around for further updates...

DS Sells 4 Million in France Alone!
Quick News - Hot on the heels of the new UK record, it has been confirmed today that the Nintendo DS has now surpassed 4 million sales in France, reaching that target quicker than any system ever and selling a million in just the past three months!

Stick around for further updates...

Take 2 Laughs Off Idea of GTA Wii, Carnival DS Coming
Publisher Take-Two Interactive has today revealed its financial results for the fourth quarter period, stating that sales are up to $292.6 million, with losses halved to $7.1 million. Will GTA come to Wii, though? Looks like 'no'.

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DS Breaks Another UK Record, Wii Surpasses Xbox 360 Total
Whilst the Nintendo DS only just broke the UK record for the highest sales in a seven-day period, it has now gone and smashed its own record just a couple of weeks later!

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Kirby Wii Canned?
Quick News - Whilst Nintendo Japan's release schedule from a few months back still had the GameCube Kirby project listed as a Wii game for 2008, the UK Official Magazine states otherwise. In an 'Ask Nintendo' feature, the response said fans should just await Kirby's appearance in Smash Bros.!

Cubed3 believes the game will still appear in Q3/Q4, though. Share your thoughts on the matter inside...

Shortages Creating Headache, Bundling Frowned Upon
Whilst it is clearly fantastic news that Nintendo is selling out of Wii consoles around the world at such an amazingly fast rate, it also leaves some negative consequnces as the company is in the tricky position of not really being able to properly plan out the next few months of releases due to the lack of new systems available.

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Cybernator Hits US Virtual Console
The latest Virtual Console updates hit the Virtual Console download service over in the US yesterday, with the line-up including the fantastic side-scrolling shooter from Konami 'Cybernator' on the Super Nintendo.

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New Consoles for VC Service?
Quick News: Eagle-eyed reader PheonixS has noticed an revamp on the Official Japanese Virtual Console page, with two empty console icon slots. Could future platforms be on the way? Or are they present for aesthetic reasons?

Be sure to stick with C3 for updates...

Tigerz Roars onto DS from Ubisoft in 2008
Ubisoft's UK are has just sent through the latest European release list from the company, which includes a couple of date changes for the likes of Brothers in Arms on Wii, plus the news of Tigerz coming to DS.

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Details and New Images of Mistwalker's DS Exclusive RPG
Update - First screenshots from Famitsu now added.

The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed some very interesting pieces of information on Mistwalker's second DS-exclusive project, following ASH for Nintendo. Called 'AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon', the game is being co-developed by the Father of Final Fantasy, Hironbu Sakaguchi and is eagerly awaited.

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Ignition Entertainment Set to Expand
Ignition Entertainment has today announced that it will be expanding its videogame development capabilities by opening studios in both Japan and the USA.

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Symphonic Orchestra for Wii and DS from Kando [ Confirmed ]
Following the news of Kando Games bringing Deadline to Wii, the company has just revealed it is also working on 'Symphonic Orchestra' as well.

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Winning Eleven Wii Dated
Quick News: According to GameFront, Konami has confirmed the release date for Winning Eleven in Japan for Wii. The game hits stores on February 21st 2008 for those itching for some ball-action in Spring.

Be sure to stick around for updates...

Weekly Round-Up: 09.12.2007 - 16.12.2007
This weekand#39;s updates, brought to you by Cubed3and#39;s resident robot, C3bot. All the latest news, forum and feature updates from 16.12.2007 to 09.12.2007 inside!

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Media Updates

Smash Update: The Subspace Emissary Trailer

Smash Update: Kirby's Special Move

Mario and Sonic Olympics Trailer

First Wii Chess Screens/Video

New Tales of Symphonia Scan

Smash Update: Team Healer

Smash Update: Mother: Porky's Theme

Smash Update: Frigate Orpheon

New Final Fantasy The Young King and the Promised Land Trailer and Screens

Even More Final Fantasy IV Videos

Smash Update: Co-op Events