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Re: Square Enix’s Sales And Profits Soar

MadMirko — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:08:12 -0000

Seeing how DQIX has become the best-selling 3rd party title ever, I'm not exactly surprised. Good for them, now how about bringing back some more of those Enix series?

Re: Otaku Inventory: Play-Asia Year Of The Tiger Sale

MadMirko — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:33:00 -0000

Sure they will. I ordered DS games from them in the past, and a quick test with a random Wii game worked as well. Their shipping policy says: "Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S", so I'm not sure how many countries, but I can attest that Germany is one of them.

Re: Blaster Master Overdrive Rolls Onto WiiWare This Monday

MadMirko — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:30 -0000

Fast, indeed.

Seems the Nintendo School Of Marketing is gaining influence. "Oh and BTW, this awesome title we have been hinting at? Yeah, it's out on Monday".

Re: From the Abyss Powers Up For DSiWare

MadMirko — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:16:28 -0000

2 bucks? I guess that's what you call "reasonably priced".

Re: Bayonetta Breaks A Million Units Sold

MadMirko — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:12:58 -0000

http://www.segasammy.co.jp/...

Sega Sammy FY2010 Q3 Major Titles
[WII/NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (US,EU) - 5.67M
[PS3/360] Bayonetta (US,EU,JP) - 1.10M
[PSP/PC] Football Manager 2010 (US,EU) - 740K
[PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (JP) - 540K

Sega Sammy Shipments by Region: FY2010 Q3 (FY2009 Q3)
JP/Others - 2.47M (3.13M)
US - 6.09M (8.82M)
EU - 8.16M (9.13M) <--- Go Yurop!

Re: Zangeki no Reginleiv Took Over Three Years To Make

MadMirko — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:44:15 -0000

Yes, it uses Motion+.

Re: Prope Porting Ivy The Kiwi To Nintendo DS And Wii

MadMirko — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:53:18 -0000

I was toying with the idea of getting this for my phone, but if it's coming to DSiWare, so much the better.

Re: The Last Story Is A Wii RPG From Mistwalker

MadMirko — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:04:01 -0000

Out of the box? No, it isn't.

Can a trained chimp make it region free? Yes, if it mastered the technique of copying files to a SD card.

http://gwht.wikidot.com/ Free, simple, safe, awesome.

Re: Rising Star Resecures Rights To Publish Marvelous Games

MadMirko — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:37:29 -0000

It is further vindication that Rising Star Games has the right strategy, outlook and prospects. We've an exciting release line-up for the next quarter and will soon make announcements for product due later in 2010 that emphasise our growth and optimism

Re: Classic Controller Pro Bundled With Monster Hunter Tri

MadMirko — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:59:07 -0000

The CC Pro is an awesome pad, hope the bundled game lives up to it. ;)

Re: Marvelous Switches To Licensing Model, Sells Stake In Rising Star Games

MadMirko — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:49:23 -0000

At least their games do well in Europe. Especially Little King's Story and Muramasa deserve that.

Re: Marvelous Switches To Licensing Model, Sells Stake In Rising Star Games

MadMirko — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:45:54 -0000

Eh? It's not getting re-released because it was a smash hit, but because it seemingly was an overlooked gem. The recently announced budget line is about the highest rated (Nintendo Channel ratings) third party games, and is meant to give these games more visibility among those who would normally stick to Nintendo games (with a red sleeve over the original box, depicting the rating it received from people who played the game), and to lower the barrier of entry with a budget price.

Is that so hard? :/

Re: Takahashi Meijin: Original Characters Have An Uphill Battle

MadMirko — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:08:29 -0000

Sad, but true. Why bother inventing new characters when Mario, Sonic, and Master Chief sell millions

If it were that simple ("there was once a time, long ago, when new characters were accepted, but now ITS TOOO LAAAAATEEE"), there would be no (f.ex.) Master Chief.

A well-known character helps a game (as does a movie-license, a series name, anything that makes people recognize something familiar), but there are enough once-popular series and characters that prove that this is not independent of the actual appeal a game has.

A new character does not hinder a game, or did people not buy, say, Assassin's Creed because they didn't know Altair? To know what people want, or to make them want what you have is what a competent marketing department is good at. It's just much more important today, as so many games compete for attention and money.

Re: PlayStation Motion Controller Delayed Until Fall

MadMirko — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:02:09 -0000

I care. I love a good laugh, and Sony is getting ready to deliver the big LOLs.

Re: Etrian Odyssey III Lost At Sea, Will Be Found A Month Later

MadMirko — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:47:26 -0000

That is, IF we are looking at a delay caused due to technical / polishing reasons. Like Spencer said, it will now launch in Atlus' next fiscal year, and that could be purely due to financial reasons.

Re: Shin Megami Tensei For PS3, Says Amazon Japan

MadMirko — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:05:12 -0000

Or because it's not set in Tokyo. There are probably even more nonsensical reasons, though.

Re: Etrian Odyssey III Lost At Sea, Will Be Found A Month Later

MadMirko — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:42 -0000

cartography game

Re: This Week In Imports: Back to Gallia

MadMirko — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:19:45 -0000

Glory of Heracles is the only thing on that list that is on its way to me. It's an import, though. :)

Re: PixelJunk Studio Developing 3D Space Tank For Nintendo

MadMirko — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:05:10 -0000

Q Games rock, and so do their DSiWare titles. I have all of them, and will reflexively buy this "3D Space Tank" as well, as soon as it pops up. Hooray Q Games. <3

Re: Knights In The Nightmare Dreams Up PSP Port

MadMirko — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:01:08 -0000

Playstation Portable...

But on topic, they are probably going to have to tone down the difficulty again for the new control scheme. Let's hope they don't do it like in Yggdra Union for PSP, that was a pretty disappointing port (technically sound otherwise, though).

Re: Dragon Quest IX Getting Ultimate Budget Reprint

MadMirko — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:15:28 -0000

Good moves on their part all around. DQIX has sold better and longer than any DQ before, because they understand how the market (especially for RPGs) works: Many people buy day 1, complete the game and sell it. Late comers buy those used copies cheaper, instead for full price: No / few additional sales.

SE provides downloadable content for free for a year, so more people keep their copy after completing the main quest: Fewer used copies. Close to the end of that year they offer a budget version: Less reason to buy used.

Good strategy, that.

Re: Game Arts Developing Another Downloadable Game

MadMirko — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:24:52 -0000

Sounds like please look forward to the announcement, then look forward to the countdown (which probably counts down to when the second countdown may start, after which we may open a teaser site).

Re: The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC Crawling Onto WiiWare

MadMirko — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:36:15 -0000

The kids game will teach 140 basic English words like Lion and orange. Not really helpful if you’re already reading Siliconera

Uh oh. ;)

Re: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Has Brand New Endings

MadMirko — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:05:47 -0000

Speaking of the mini games, I hope they increas the amount of Zennies you get from playing them. I set my nephew on the task last time, but I don't think that'll work twice.

Re: Coin Battle To Determine Star New Super Mario Bros. Wii Player In Japan

MadMirko — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:14:31 -0000

I hope somebody youtubes those games... heck, make it a DVD!