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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:33AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said

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I applaud them. Those are some fine sales figures.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:35AM Jacksy said

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nice photoshop who ever did that
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 12:24PM skyblaze said

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pic=saved.

oh, not yours...

...wait... wow. yeah, yours too.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:36AM DeeZeee said

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@ Mario: Scrooge McDuck is not amused!!!
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:45AM r4in said

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Best cartoon ever!
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:04AM ThatStuffsLethal said

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I especially loved the Taco Nazis
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 1:00PM blahblah55 said

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Psh, Mario ain't got nothin' on Scrooge.
Scrooge can swim through coins...
Paper-cloth's nothin'.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:38AM ThatStuffsLethal said

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So they make the DS smaller just to make it big again.

Next up: The Nintendo DSi XL Lite+
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:49AM Dr Blight said

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With no camera but with GBA slot.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 12:47PM kojo87 said

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@ Dr. Blight: that actually sounds quite appealing.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:40AM n2whyteguyz said

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Mario comes off as a real asshole in that pic
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:54AM CaptainProtonX said

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Then I assume you don't want to see him taking a dump on his diamond encrusted toilet.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:56AM (Unverified) said

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Or you mean that asshole's coming off as a REAL mario in that pic
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:55AM Co said

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Well done. Sony must be thinking Move can't come soon enough. Although I cannot see success rates anywhere close to Wii until it comes WITH the console for sale.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:23AM Dr Blight said

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Yeah, that Move+PS3 bundle they announced doesn't exist, eh?
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:43AM guttertalk said

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@Blight: I think he might that it comes with the PS3 at no additional cost.

Having the tech and the bundle are one thing. Having it at a higher cost is another.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:44AM guttertalk said

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"I think he might that it . . ."

he *means* that it . . .

Jeez.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 10:59AM dcfortythree said

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wow! but part of me hopes sales of the DS start to decline so i can get, a rumor i heard, the next gameboy that plays gamecube games.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:23AM Dr Blight said

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Less of a rumor and more assumption based on the fact that Nintendo usually bases their handhelds off of older console technology.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:43AM ThatStuffsLethal said

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I wish the same about the GB coming back. It's not impossible for them to sell great, solid games without having to slap some second screen functionality onto the final products. Unfortunately, given the success of the Wii/DS, I doubt Nintendo will take a step away from gimmicks anytime soon.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 1:00PM Tab said

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You could argue that the Wii is gimmicky and I'd agree but the DS's touch screen has introduced some clever game mechanics over the years that can hardly be called gimmicks anymore. Wii can be fun at times but yeah, motion controls do still seem to be a bit of a gimmick.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 1:17PM blahblah55 said

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I often wonder if the Wiimote wouldn't be considered as gimmicky if developers just used the damn controls right.

Is it that devs aren't trying, or is the secret to making more accurate and responsive motion controls being kept from them?

The Wiimote's got a ton of useful control methods, but devs never use them... they mostly just use the swinging for half-arsed platformer games.
I mean seriously, if the pointer can act like a mouse, why the hell aren't there that many (or any good) RTSs on the Wii? You know, the only genre that you can't ever argue that an analog controller beats a mouse.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 1:28PM Sponge said

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Pokemon will skyrocket DS sales soon, I know I will be buying a new Phat when I go get SoulSilver.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 5:05PM Tab said

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Seriously. People kept talking about Plants vs Zombie on xbox arcade or something but I don't even get how that would work. It could work on Wii if done correctly but it would be an instant buy if they put it on DS. Wii controls can be very intuitive when developers try (like in all the major nintendo releases) but a lot of the time it's just unnecessary waggle. Maybe the motion control dev will increase now that PS3 is on the scene. Never thought I'd see the day when a remote/nunchuck game comes out multi platform.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 11:56AM acefondu said

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pish, Mario can't buy 1-ups with that, he needs GOLD coins!
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 12:05PM (Unverified) said

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I see figures like this every month, and I usually don't really consider them, but it's pretty amazing when you stop and think about what it means.

Worldwide, the Wii has outsold the NES by about 6 million units. About 67 million vs. 61 million. That's pretty huge, given that pretty much everyone I knew when I was 7 had an NES, and they had no major competitors.

By comparison, SNES sold about 49 million, N64 sold about 34 million, and the GameCube didn't even crack 22 million.

Wii sales might be slowing, but they're showing no signs of stopping. Nintendo should be proud.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 2:57PM jecks said

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i'm glad to see that they're putting all of this money into extra first party game productions and helping third parties with advertising.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 3:06PM (Unverified) said

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I agree with you on the second point, but three Marios, two Zeldas, and two Metroids aren't enough?
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Posted: Mar 13th 2010 6:53AM Wesscoast said

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Why would Nintendo help 3rd parties (read: other companies) with advertising?
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Posted: Mar 12th 2010 4:43PM BrokenTriforce said

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Looks like Mario cashed in all that change he's been picking up since 1983.
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