Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - Page 2
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DSi Sales Break 500,000

Japanese people are buying the DSi. Lots of them. Nintendo sold over 500,000 DSi units (535,379 units by Enterbrain’s numbers) during November, it’s first month on sale. For comparison’s sake, the DS Lite sold 550,000 units during its first month on sale in Japan.


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Can Dead Rising Wii Be Saved?

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop ‘Mall Massacre’ clip

Not if this trailer is anything to go by. On the plus side, for the first time, we see more than half a dozen zombies in the one spot. Sadly, they’re carefully staged areas.


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First Look At Movie Chun-Li’s Thighs

We’re not posting the first images from the upcoming Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Already did that! We’ve got something better — the first look at movie actress Kristin Kreuk’s Chun-Li thighs. So, yeah, there ya go. Thighs.


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Wii, 360 And…Runescape Top Yahoo! Search Queries For 2008

It’s no Google, but in the absence of Google’s stats, it’ll have to do: according to Yahoo!, the Wii, 360, PSP and even PS3 were amongst the 10 most-searched for technology items for 2008.


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Win Blowfish At Japanese Arcade

Strangest crane game prize? Baby fugu, aka blowfish, aka that delicacy that annually kills a few Japanese people. Spotted at a game centre in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa. There is no known antidote for the lethal blowfish poison.


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For Some Reason, Australia Is Getting An Uncut GTA IV On PC

In perhaps the most glaring example of the OFLC’s utter disregard for consistency, Grand Theft Auto IV will be released in Australia on PC completely uncut. Even though the console versions were cut, cut, cut.


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Let’s Learn About The Five Dragon Quest IX Classes

Square Enix has announced info about the five character classes in Dragon Quest IX. We have info about those classes: Warrior, Mage, Priest, Martial Artist and Thief. That info is in the paragraphs on the jump. Read it.


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No, Nintendo, You Are Not Allowed To Trademark The Term ‘Wii Remote’

In March, Nintendo sought to trademark the term “Wii Remote”. As you’d expect, what with the device being theirs and all. But last week, a letter arrived at Nintendo HQ. The sender? The United States Patent Office. Their response?


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So, How Much Money Does Nintendo Make From Each Wii Sold?

It’s a well-known fact that Nintendo turn a profit on every Wii they sell. What’s not well-known is how much profit they make. Nintendo won’t tell us, but Macquarie Securities reckon they know.


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Xbox 360-Type Logo Appeared In 17th Century As Aliens?

The Xbox 360 logo inspired by aliens? Probably not, but it does have green in it. And aliens are always green. Mark Wilson over at sister site Gizmodo spotted this sketch from 1697, which has a design that looks like the Xbox 360 logo. Coincidence?