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Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 163,824 | 285,192 | 3,052,216 | 17,057,895
2. WII - 52,544 | 101,320 | 1,504,716 | 2,424,359
3. PSP - 34,433 | 35,172 | 873,828 | 5,405,957
4. PS2 - 10,414 | 14,815 | 335,018 | 20,489,877
5. PS3 - 8,839 | 12,974 | 425,895 | 883,453
6. 360 - 2,105 | 3,205 | 95,655 | 360,357
7. GBA - 769 | 653 | 36,076 | 15,334,155
8. NGC - 315 | 394 | 7,078 | 4,176,546

Source: Media Create via NeoGAF

01./00. [PSP] Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (Square-Enix) - 154,891 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Square-Enix) - 38,003 / 421,333
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 30,180 / 1,573,776
04./10. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo) - 27,930 / 4,266,115
05./08. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 21,332 / 4,440,924
06./02. [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 20,670 / 330,851
07./05. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 20,498 / 1,299,628
08./07. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) - 20,063 / 117,487
09./09. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (Hudson) - 18,547 / 143,189
10./04. [NDS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo) - 17,423 / 808,555

11./13. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
12./15. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
13./11. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
14./14. [NDS] Panel de Pon DS (Nintendo)
15./06. [NDS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo)
16./12. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
17./16. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
18./17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5)
19./18. [NDS] Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo)
20./20. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
21./21. [NDS] Word Puzzle Mojipittan DS (Bandai-Namco)
22./22. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
23./41. [NDS] 1000 Recipes (Nintendo)
24./34. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2M (IE Institute)
25./19. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Square-Enix)
26./00. [PS2] Wrestling Kingdom 2: Pro Wrestling World War (Yuke's)
27./25. [PSP] Final Fantasy (Square-Enix)
28./43. [NDS] Cooking Navi (Nintendo)
29./30. [NDS] Kanji Test (Rocket Co.)
30./37. [NDS] Tetris DS (Nintendo)
31./23. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokemon)
32./26. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 4 (Konami)
33./46. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (Capcom)
34./27. [PS2] Persona 3: Fes (Atlus)
35./35. [NDS] Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
36./24. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokemon)
37./31. [PS2] Musou Orochi (Koei)
38./39. [NDS] DS Kageyama Method Electronic Kanji Drills (Shogakukan)
39./44. [NDS] Puyo-Puyo! (Sega)
40./36. [NDS] Nodame Cantabile (Bandai-Namco)
41./00. [NDS] SimCity DS (EA)
42./38. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 2 (Konami)
43./32. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan DS: Arashi wo Sakebunutte Crayon Daisakusen! (Banpresto)
44./29. [WII] One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (Bandai-Namco)
45./48. [NDS] IQ Supply (Spike)
46./00. [NDS] TOEIC Test Training DS (IE Institute)
47./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright: Gyakuten Revival (Capcom)
48./28. [NDS] Tamagotchi's Splendid Rainbow-venture (Bandai-Namco)
49./50. [PSP] Gundam SEED Alliance vs. ZAFT Portable (Bandai-Namco)
50./33. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)

Source: Media Create via NeoGAF

01./01. [NDS] Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Square-Enix) - 109,326 / 383,330
02./03. [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 90,151 / 310,182
03./04. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 84,782 / 1,543,596
04./12. [NDS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo) - 58,948 / 791,132
05./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 58,718 / 1,279,131
06./08. [NDS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo) - 57,741 / 233,477
07./05. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) - 55,165 / 97,424
08./14. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 51,681 / 4,419,592
09./02. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (Hudson) - 45,662 / 124,642
10./13. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo) - 44,047 / 4,238,185

11./09. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
12./20. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
13./15. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
14./10. [NDS] Panel de Pon DS (Nintendo)
15./19. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
16./22. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
17./16. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5)
18./29. [NDS] Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo)
19./34. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Square-Enix)
20./30. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
21./26. [NDS] Word Puzzle Mojipittan DS (Bandai-Namco)
22./23. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
23./36. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokemon)
24./41. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokemon)
25./17. [PSP] Final Fantasy (Square-Enix)
26./28. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 4 (Konami)
27./18. [PS2] Persona 3: Fes (Atlus)
28./47. [NDS] Tamagotchi's Splendid Rainbow-venture (Bandai-Namco)
29./07. [WII] One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (Bandai-Namco)
30./38. [NDS] Kanji Test (Rocket Co.)
31./32. [PS2] Musou Orochi (Koei)
32./49. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan DS: Arashi wo Sakebunutte Crayon Daisakusen! (Banpresto)
33./48. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
34./37. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2M (IE Institute)
35./00. [NDS] Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
36./31. [NDS] Nodame Cantabile (Bandai-Namco)
37./45. [NDS] Tetris DS (Nintendo)
38./42. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 2 (Konami)
39./46. [NDS] DS Kageyama Method Electronic Kanji Drills (Shogakukan)
40./11. [NDS] Daito Giken Official Pachislo Simulator DS: Ledendary Treasure; Osu! Banchou; Yoshimune (Paon)
41./00. [NDS] 1000 Recipes (Nintendo)
42./00. [NDS] Kirby Squeek Squad (Nintendo)
43./00. [NDS] Cooking Navi (Nintendo)
44./00. [NDS] Puyo-Puyo! (Sega)
45./00. [NDS] Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Goku Legend (Bandai-Namco)
46./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (Capcom)
47./00. [NDS] Digimon Story: Sunburst (Bandai-Namco)
48./00. [NDS] IQ Supply (Spike)
49./39. [PS2] Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (Square-Enix)
50./40. [PSP] Gundam SEED Alliance vs. ZAFT Portable (Bandai-Namco)

Source: Media Create via NeoGAF

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 285,192 | 256,063 | 2,888,392 | 16,894,071
2. WII - 101,320 | 102,522 | 1,452,172 | 2,371,815
3. PSP - 35,172 | 33,860 | 839,395 | 5,371,524
4. PS2 - 14,815 | 12,584 | 324,604 | 20,479,463
5. PS3 - 12,974 | 12,791 | 417,056 | 874,614
6. 360 - 3,205 | 3,162 | 93,550 | 358,252
7. GBA - 653 | 1,125 | 35,307 | 15,333,386
8. NGC - 394 | 167 | 6,763 | 4,176,231

Source: Media Create via NeoGAF

#. Platform - Title - Publisher - This week's sales (Total sales) - Weeks on sale

01. NDS - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - Square-Enix - 274,004 - NEW
02. NDS - Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan - Hudson - 78,980 - NEW
03. Wii - Super Paper Mario - Nintendo - 75,839 (220,031) - 2nd week
04. Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo - 58,026 (1,458,814) - 22nd week
05. Wii - Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - Nintendo - 42,259 - NEW
06. Wii - Wii Play - Nintendo - 41,784 (1,220,413) - 22nd week
07. Wii - One Piece: Unlimited Adventure - Bandai Namco - 40,003 - NEW
08. NDS - Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - Nintendo - 37,115 (175,736) - 3rd week
09. NDS - Phoenix Wright 4 - Capcom - 35,052 (333,535) - 3rd week
10. NDS - Panel de Pon DS - Nintendo - 34,583 - NEW

Source: Media Create via GamesAreFun

System - Weekly sales (Compared to last week) - 2007 sales - Lifetime sales

1. DSL - 255,971 (+83,612) - 2,601,745 - 10,051,629
2. Wii - 102,522 (+24,609) - 1,350,852 - 2,270,495
3. PSP - 33,860 (+4,401) - 804,223 - 5,336,352
4. PS3 - 12,791 (+1,791) - 404,082 - 861,640
5. PS2 - 12,584 (+1,186) - 309,789 - 20,464,648
6. 360 - 3,162 (+855) - 90,345 - 355,047
7. GBM - 630 (+181) - 18,060 - 577,940
8. GBASP - 495 (-365) - 16,046 - 5,934,996
9. NGC - 167 (-101) - 6,369 - 4,175,837
10. NDS - 92 (+11) - 1,915 - 6,584,172
11. GBA - 0 (-55) - 578 - 8,823,784

Source: Media Create via GamesAreFun

NINTENDO NEWS: POKÉMON HOTTER THAN EVER

April 26, 2007

One of the video game industry's most celebrated franchises is officially hotter than ever. Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS™ have sold in the United States since Sunday's launch; a faster rate than any previous Pokémon games since the franchise's U.S. introduction, almost a decade ago. To date, more than 155 million copies of Pokémon games have sold worldwide.

Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl are poised to become two of the top-selling games of 2007 in the United States. More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts. These latest versions of Pokémon games were introduced in Japan on Sept. 28, 2006, and have already been purchased by more than 5 million video gamers there.

The two games include a number of features that make them particularly attractive to gamers, including:

* More than 100 new Pokémon.
* A 3-D look that makes Pokémon jump off the screen.
* Worldwide wireless battling and trading using Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection.
* Voice chat functions that let players talk wirelessly with their friends.

Later this year, these two titles will also help expand the Pokémon universe for the first time to Wii™, Nintendo's new home video game system. Diamond and Pearl owners will be able to use their DS hardware units as controllers for Pokémon Battle Revolution (launching June 25), the first Pokémon game available for Wii. Players also will be able to export characters to the Wii game.

Source: Nintendo

NINTENDO POSTS RECORD YEAR ON STRONG NINTENDO DS SALES, BREAKTHROUGH RECEPTION FOR WII

April 26, 2007

Nintendo Co., Ltd., today reported final consolidated fiscal year revenues of 966.5 billion yen and operating profits of 226.0 billion yen for the year ending March 31, 2007, an increase of 90 percent and 150 percent, respectively, over the same period one year ago. Both numbers are record highs for the company.

The results are due largely to full-year sales of more than 23 million portable Nintendo DS™ systems globally, along with 123 million Nintendo DS games. Since introduction, the Nintendo DS has now eclipsed lifetime sales of 40 million systems.

In addition, in less than five months since introduction, the company sold 5.84 million of its new Wii™ home video game systems globally, virtually every one snapped up immediately by consumers, along with nearly 29 million Wii games. Wii has taken a step toward becoming a cultural phenomenon, appealing widely to both avid and previously disinterested game-playing audiences.

For the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2007, Nintendo projects sales of 14 million Wii systems and 55 million games worldwide. The company projects sales of 22 million Nintendo DS hardware unit sales and 130 million software units sales. Nintendo forecasts consolidated sales increasing nearly 18 percent to 1.14 trillion yen, and operating profits growing nearly 20 percent to 270 billion yen.

All financial projections are based on an anticipated ratio of 115 yen to the U.S. dollar, and 150 yen to the euro. Using this estimate, recurring and net profits for the year are projected to be flat in anticipation of a foreign currency reevaluation loss.

Source: Nintendo