"Will there be another Mario and Sonic collaboration? Jeffery was being coy about the details, but he's certainly all for it.

"We would be delighted to do another game with Mario and Sonic," he said."

"On that same token, that same consumer sees No More Heroes or Okami and says, “The title is not familiar, the game looks complicated, and I don’t know what an Okami is.”

Does this imply that publishers and developers should be “dumbing” down their games to appeal to the mass audience? Of course not, but understand that like any new consumer base, there's an initial learning curve before they are more discerning about how they spend their money on games."

"Their unholy alliance seems to be paying off as everyone’s favourite Plumber and Hedgehog have topped the UK’s all format charts again this week. This game is proving to be a beast that will not be slain, consistently rising and falling in the charts just to climb to the top spot again. Not only is the game number one overall but first on the Wii and second on the DS charts, cementing the fact that I am the only one who finds the premise of a stunted overweight Italian posing anything that ev..."

"01. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) - 242,000 / NEW
02. Deca Sports (Wii) - 65,000 / NEW
03. Armored Core: For Answer (PS3) - 54,000 / NEW
04. SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi (DS) - 49,000 / NEW
05. Wii Fit (Wii) - 48,000 / 1,752,000
06. Tales of Rebirth (PSP) - 47,000 / NEW
07. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 41,000 / 1,490,000
08. Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi o Yobu Cinema Land (DS) - 35,000 / NEW
09. DS Bimoji Training (DS) - 35,000 / 101,000
10. Time Hollow: Uwareta Kako..."

"01./00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 819,647 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 205,390 / NEW
03./00. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) - 116,928 / NEW
04./00. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (Banpresto) - 114,335 / NEW
05./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 73,325 / 1,356,000
06./00. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software) - 54,596 / NEW
07./00. [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 40,023 / NEW
08./04. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games ..."

"01./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,248 / 1,283,000
02./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 76,669 / NEW
03./00. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten) - 71,512 / NEW
04./02. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 50,169 / 140,000
05./04. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 25,788 / 2,714,000
06./03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 21,840 / 1,581,000
07./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd ..."

"01./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 92,471 / 1,194,000
02./00. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 89,909 / NEW
03./02. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 33,003 / 1,560,000
04./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 30,458 / 2,689,000
05./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 23,614 / 1,534,000
06./06. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 22,032 / 730,000
07./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 21,662 / 559,000
08./09. [WII] Mario and Sonic a..."

"Xbox 360:

Burnout: Paradise

PS3:

Burnout: Paradise

Nintendo Wii:

No More Heroes

Endless Ocean

Kawasaki Jet Ski

One Piece Unlimited Adventure

PSP:

Rainbow Island: Revolution

Nintendo DS:

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games

Mega Brain Boost

PC Games:

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Mission: WWI Combat

History Channel: Lost Worlds

Pacific Storm: Allies"

"HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF..."

"01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 ..."

"01./03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 195,781 / 1,484,000
02./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 127,142 / 1,011,000
03./06. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 118,286 / 2,625,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 90,634 / 505,000
05./10. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 81,967 / 802,000
06./11. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 78,065 / 2,130,000
07./09. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 77,603 / 1,118,000
08./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 76,263 / 68..."

"Cheesemeister

01./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 329,826 / 1,156,000
02./00. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 287,697 / NEW
03./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 214,334 / 749,000
04./05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 113,831 / 664,000
05./00. [PS2] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (Bandai-Namco) - 108,717 / NEW
06./07. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 104,948 / 317,000
07./06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 94,425 / 963,000
..."

"Cheesemeister

01./02. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 180,042 / 826,000
02./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 124,238 / 535,000
03./00. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony) - 115,748 / NEW
04./05. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 74,378 / 444,000
05./09. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 74,113 / 550,000
06./06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 73,061 / 868,000
07./10. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 64,228 / 212,000
08./14. [WII] Wii ..."

"Cheesemeister

01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 149,587 / 411,000
02./06. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 106,995 / 646,000
03./00. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco) - 104,317 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony) - 87,231 / NEW
05./01. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 75,609 / 370,000
06./04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 63,447 / 795,000
07./00. [360] Lost Odyssey (Microsoft) - 54,581 / NEW
08./00. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (K..."

"Cheesemeister

01./00. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 293,897 / NEW
02./00. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 261,226 / NEW
03./00. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (Bandai-Namco) - 252,380 / NEW
04./01. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 134,556 / 732,000
05./00. [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom) - 95,409 / NEW
06./04. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 79,531 / 539,000
07./02. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) - 73,744 / 368,000
08./00. [360] As..."

"Cheesemeister

01./00. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 597,301 / NEW
02./00. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) - 293,926 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) - 141,432 / NEW
04./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 109,522 / 460,000
05./00. [PS2] Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (Square-Enix) - 67,724 / NEW
06./00. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 62,550 / NEW
07./00. [NDS] Dinosaur King: The Seven Fragments (S..."

""Though the Wii owners in Europe are lucky enough to get the Wii version of Mario & Sonic in just a few days (November 23), the DS version will not roll out for a few months yet.""

"Xbox 360:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

F.E.A.R. Files

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

Scene-It

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Cabela's Big Game Hunter

PS3:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Wii:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Bee Movie

Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games

My Word Coach

Agatha Christie: An...

"

So, Nintendo sent out new PR, detailing their new release schedule. Unfortunately, that includes Brawl on Feb. 10

However, there are some very amusing and hidden gems. Assassin's Creed apparently is set to be released February '08, and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin will be releasing on January 21st. There are some delays, including February 4th for Professor Layton (originally Dec. 3). It is shaping up to be a great end of '07/early '08.

Take note that this is a partial list. Most not...

"See that? Just your bog-standard, everyday Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games screengrab, right? Right. But wait a second there, bucko. Look closer, and what you’ll see is an out-and-out minefield of fresh, juicy information on the game that Sega reckons will sell, oooh, around a gazillion copies.

Indeed, through this solitary screen, taken by the furtive types at N-Europe, we can extract three new facts about Mario and Sonic’s RSI-inducing Olympics title."

"Mario and Sonic will soon put their bitter 16-bit rivalry aside, sharing screen time in Sega and Nintendo's 'Bizarro World' collabo, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. With the release for the Wii just a couple of months away, Sega has released details concerning the game's 20 authentic Olympic events, as detailed below:

* Fencing - Individual epée
* Archery
* Shooting - Skeet
* Gymnastics - Trampoline
* Gymnastics - Vault
* Field - High Jump
* Field - Po..."

"Under development at Sega, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on Nintendo’s console looks vibrant, energetic, happy, and - most importantly of all - comes with a big, happy dollop of blue skies."

"Shenmue. Either you loved it for it’s engrossing story and memorable characters, or you hated it for it’s often tedious and boring gameplay. It goes without saying that the Shenmue series has garnered one of the most loyal underground followings of any game franchise since Bad Dudes (I’m a bad enough dude to rescue the President. Are you?). Regardless, ever since it was announced all those moons ago that Shenmue III would NOT be coming to the Xbox, fans of the series have been clammering for ..."

"Last month’s news that SEGA and Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter Nights/Jade Empire developer BioWare were joining forces to create a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG for the Nintendo DS came straight out of Bizarro World. Now, BioWare chief Ray Muzyka has shed a little more light on a project that has taken everybody by surprise.

As well as promising that some of the world’s best writing and designing talent was working on Sonic, Muzyka also discussed how the studio intends to translate what is traditiona..."

""We haven't announced anything, so I can't speak about any particulars, but we do have a lot of ideas about how we could potentially use the Wii remote for something like that," Miyamoto told us.

He also pointed to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games as a project that may potentially include such a feature. "There will be some fencing in Mario & Sonic at the Olympics. I don't know if I'm supposed to say that, so if I'm not, I'm very sorry, SEGA," he said, laughing."

"Nintendo and Sega have released the first screenshots for the upcoming game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Gone are the days of getting the message "Not cool enough" when you enter "Sonic" as your name in a Nintendo game, and here is the first game that sees Mario and Sonic pitting out against each other.

Due out this November on both Wii and DS, Mario & Sonic will see the cast of Mario and Sonic games (including Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Tails, Peach, Eggman/Robotnic, Knuckles and Bows..."