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Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in America, DS, Nintendo, Retail, Trade, Wii | No Comments »
Nintendo chose to lead on Mario Kart and Wii Fit sles in its response to last night's NPD data, with gigantic hardware figures taking a back-seat - winning in the ... Read more..Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in America, Retail, UK | 3 Comments »
The bestsellers charts from two of the top online retailers in the US, namely GameStop and Amazon.com, show that Wii games make up 60 percent of games listed in the ... Read more..Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Charts, Japan, Retail | 3 Comments »
Nice debut there for Sega's Valkyria Chronicles, but there's no moving Mario Kart Wii at the top of the Japanese all formats. Last week's chart here, Figures below for the ... Read more..Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Charts, Japan, Retail | No Comments »
New MediaCreate figures show Mario Kart easily leading the Japanese all-formats, and Monster Hunter heading inexorably towards 2 million sales. Data for the week ending April 20. Here's last week's ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Charts, Racing, UK | 6 Comments »
Data for the week ending April 19. Mario Kart for Nintendo's win. GT5 didn't last long, did it? Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) Gran Turismo 5 ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Charts, Japan, Retail | No Comments »
Not the most jolting shock of the Century, but Mario Kart Wii has gone straight in at the top of the Japanese all formats. Monster Hunter was in a comfortable ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Charts, Retail, Trade, UK | 7 Comments »
Mario Kart Wii races to the top of the UK Charts this week, knocking GT5: Prologue off the top spot for the first time in two weeks. As expected CoD4 finally ... Read more..Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Ireland, Nintendo, Racing, Retail, Wii | No Comments »
Sorry, but we had to post this. GoNintendo's published what has to be the most pathos-heavy games-related image yet created. It's of "Mario" and "Peach" sitting in the middle of ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 17 Comments »
Play-Asia's just put the following message to those with pre-orders for the Japanese version of Mario Kart Wii, according to GoNintendo: This is an important e-mail update regarding your pending preorder ... Read more..Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Japan, Journalism, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 2 Comments »
Famitsu's scored Mario Kart Wii 37/40, probably crushing news for those expecting the ultimate super-40 for the cartoon racer. UK NOM scored it 94 percent, while Eurogamer's given the only ... Read more..Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 3 Comments »
Eurogamer's published what appears to be the first online review of Mario Kart Wii. The site's given it an 8. The UK's Nintendo Official Magazine published the first review of ... Read more..Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Fitness, Nintendo, Racing, UK, Wii | 3 Comments »
Nintendo UK's marketing director Dawn Paine reckons Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii are going to set Wii on course for a massive April likely to further expand the machine's ... Read more..Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 8 Comments »
Poor old magazines. There really is no keeping the good bits off the internet, is there? Hit this for the UK Nintendo Official Magazine's review of Mario Kart Wii, the ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in America, Nintendo, Racing, Retail, Wii | 7 Comments »
Says so here. The April 27 date means the Americans are getting it 16 days later than us Europeans on April 11. Don't you worry, though: we'll all be driving ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 4 Comments »
So says this. The game - releasing on April 11 in Europe - supports 12 players in straight races but eight in the famed Battle Mode. A reason to be ... Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | 4 Comments »
Says so here. The Wii racer is going to be released Europe-wide on April 11, according to that report, and will come bundled with the Wii Wheel. Click through for ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in GDC 2008, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | No Comments »
Both Gamespot and IGN have posted extensive playtests of Mario Kart Wii today, so if you're up for ploughing through about 20,000 words on a Nintendo racer, you're in luck. ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | No Comments »
Scans just popped up of the latest Famitsu, showing pretty clearly that there's nothing rumour-like about information that surfaced overnight. As previously reported, the game will feature 12-player online support, ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, Racing, Wii | No Comments »
Non-shock number two for the morning. Nintendo UK has branded the supposed April 10 release date for Mario Kart Wii as "just rumour - nothing official has been announced". The date ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Nintendo, Racing, Wii | No Comments »
According to this, fresh details on Mario Kart Wii are in the latest Famitsu. Don't blame us if this is bollocks. If true, the game's out on April 10 in ... Read more..
