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- Here are some new images of Namco Bandai's PSP action game Gundam Assault Survive, feature over 100 playable mechs, 500 customizable parts, single and multi play modes. The game will be available in Japan on March 18.

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- Here are some new images of Namco Bandai's PSP four player action RPG God Eater, the game will be available in Japan on February 4, 2010.

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- Here are some new images of Capcom's original PSP action RPG Last Ranker, the three protagonists are Zig, Ren and Faz....

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- Here are the latest Media Create console hardware sales for the week of Jan 18 - 24 in Japan:

1. PSP - 52,909 [402,688]
2. Wii - 45,167 [343,143]
3. PS3 - 26,966 [238,081]
4. DSi LL - 24,059 [170,341]
5. DSi - 20,373 [190,304]
6. DS Lite - 4,966 [38,995]
7. 360 - 3,343 [20,304]
8. PS2 - 2,088 [11,783]
9. PSP Go - 1,773 [10,544]

- Nintendo posted a quarterly profit of 191.6 billion yen (US$2.13 billion), fell by 23% from last year; sales have declined by 20% from 1.53 trillion yen (US$16.99 billions) to 1.18 trillion yen (US$13.05 billion), which was caused by price cut of Wii.

- Nintendo also posted worldwide hardware shipment as of December 31, 2009:

Nintendo DS (all models) - 125.13 million units

• Japan - 3.52 million units (total 29.92 millions)
• America - 10.53 million units (total 44.99 millions)
• Europe - 9.3 million units (total 50.23 millions)

Nintendo DSi

• Japan - 2.44 million units (total 4.66 millions)
• America - 5.83 million units (total 6.16 millions)
• Europe - 5.13 million units (total 5.61 millions)

Nintendo DSi LL

• Japan - 700,000 units

Wii - 67.45 million units

• Japan - 1.76 million units (total 9.72 millions)
• America - 8.48 million units (total 32.02 millions)
• Europe - 6.81 million units (total 25.71 millions)

- Square Enix producer Yoshinori Kiatse mentioned that the American and Europe version of Final Fantasy XIII will possibly have DLC. The team had considered DLC during game develoment but it was dropped in favor to complete the game; however it is possible to offer DLC later in the year.

- Famitsu posted an annual review of the console market in Japan in the year, 70% of dealers said the holiday shopping season was just as good or better than 2008. Certain dealer thinks games that appeal to everyone move the most hardware, such as New Super Mario Bros. Wii and PokePark Wii. Nintendo was able to sell its hardware to people of all ages, advertisement of friends and family enjoy playing togeter was more effective than one thought. One dealer also noted that sales of PS3 have tripped after the release of Final Fantasy XIII.

Best Selling game of the year

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (74 votes)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (69 votes)
3. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (38 votes)

Best Selling console of the year

1. PS3 Slim (36 votes)
2. Wii (35 votes)
3. PSP (5 votes)

Which game surpassed their sales expectations

1. Tomodachi Collection [Friends Collection) (NDS, Nintendo)
2. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, Sega)
3. Modern Warfare 2 (PS3/360, Square Enix)

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- Nikkei News reported that Sony plans to launch the PS3 motion controller with 10 games in Japan this year, the titles will include sport games and virtual simulations with animal.

N I N T E N D O   D S

- Square Enix announced Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 for NDS, in the game you can raise monsters and fuse them to become stronger monsters. The game will have online battle over WiFi.