(4/25/12)
Welcome back to Nintendo Daily! Today we have some good stuff to cover! Let's not waste any time and get started shall we?
Pokemon - Darkrai Distribution Event
On May 9th you will be able to get a special Darkrai for Pokemon Black & White. All you have to do is connect online with either game and get it.
Nintendo Zone officially launches in Europe
Europe has finally gotten the Nintendo Zone app. With this they have access to 3D trailers, trivia, Pokemon episodes, coupons, sports highlights, etc (at least here in U.S). I'm not really sure what exactly the Nintendo Zone application provides for them, but I'll be sure to do an update on this in a future edition of Nintendo Daily.
UPDATE: Looks like they only have the most basic features of Nintendo Zone for now. 'Nintendo Zone is a free location based, interactive service that allows you to access exciting content including upcoming trailers of games in 2D and 3D, product information, 2D and 3D screenshots, Nintendo 3DS game demos and free video clips.'
That is pretty much how our Nintendo Zone started off, but then we got trivia questions, coupons, Pokemon episodes, and now sports highlights.
Japanese hard/software sales - April 16th to 22ndThe 3DS continues to dominate in Japan! Nintendo has 9/10 games in the top 10! 8 3DS titles and 1 DS title. The Playstation Vita continues to decrease in hardware sales and has no game in the top 20. Ouch!
01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening # (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (¥4.800) - 242.600 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Code of Princess (Agatsuma Entertainment) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) - 19.554 / NEW
03./03. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 14.491 / 1.519.303 (-20%)
04./01. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.05} (¥7.330) - 13.560 / 313.402 (-61%)
05./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 13.069 / 1.403.296 (-13%)
06./02. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- # (Square Enix) {2012.03.29} (¥6.090) - 12.881 / 289.668 (-39%)
07./05. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) - 10.915 / 231.558 (-28%)
08./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 10.892 / 1.660.759 (-11%)
09./00. [3DS] Cho-ricchi! Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) - 8.453 / NEW
10./00. [NDS] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) - 8.312 / NEW
11./07. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) - 7.954 / 139.758 (-45%)
12./04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥5.980) - 7.833 / 111.919 (-54%)
13./09. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) - 6.976 / 302.950 (-33%)
14./10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) - 6.104 / 137.326 (-26%)
15./14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) - 4.567 / 919.259 (+8%)
16./00. [PSP] Seinaru Kana: Orichalcum no Na no Motoni # (CyberFront) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) - 4.406 / NEW
17./00. [PS3] The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2012.04.19} (¥7.980) - 4.199 / NEW
18./00. [PSP] Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.19} (¥5.040) - 4.037 / NEW
19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) - 3.967 / 3.550.906 (+13%)
20./00. [PSP] Miyako: Awayuki no Utage # (Idea Factory) {2012.04.19} (¥6.090) - 3.824 / NEW
System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
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| 3DS | 84.760 | 63.796 | 23.038 | 1.461.116 | 920.133 | 5.743.259 |
| PS3 | 16.390 | 17.765 | 19.033 | 474.147 | 446.353 | 8.110.532 |
| PSP # | 11.779 | 13.166 | 49.427 | 317.723 | 751.974 | 19.047.107 |
| PSV | 8.206 | 8.250 | | 227.891 | | 667.877 |
| WII | 7.025 | 6.837 | 7.866 | 181.128 | 243.980 | 12.344.349 |
| 360 | 1.282 | 1.373 | 1.891 | 24.595 | 37.510 | 1.560.640 |
| NDS # | 1.276 | 1.433 | 13.561 | 32.738 | 376.395 | 32.841.224 |
| PS2 | 1.172 | 1.212 | 1.163 | 18.478 | 27.561 | 21.792.585 |
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| ALL | 131.890 | 113.832 | 115.979 | 2.737.816 | 2.803.906 | 102.107.573 |
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| DSiLL | 760 | 800 | 7.064 | 18.656 | 193.818 | 2.312.975 |
| DSi | 516 | 633 | 6.214 | 14.082 | 165.337 | 5.848.132 |
| PSP | 11.779 | 13.166 | 49.162 | 317.723 | 737.647 | 18.871.120 |
UK's Top Ten single SKUs of all time - Wii hits it big.jpg)
These are the top ten software games in the UK that have sold the most units! As you can see Nintendo has a lot of spots in the top 10 with Mario Kart Wii being the number one game!
Mario Tennis Open - Roster (Spoilers)

Here is all the currently known characters that will be in the game.
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Daisy
Boo
Dry Bowser
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Waluigi
Wario
Baby Peach
Luma
Mii
There seems to be only one character missing from the roster that still remains a secret.
Dinosaur Office

I forgot to post this yesterday on Nintendo Daily, but the new season of Dinosaur Office is finally upon us! Nintendo Video actually had the episode since Friday of last week lol.
Season premiere episode "Viral Videos"
Sakurai - Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS will 'change direction', dual support is keyOur last bit of news just actually barely went live not too long ago. Ign just posted this.
"As you noted, there is a certain dead end we come to if we just expand the volume of the game. I intend to change direction a little as we go. The key to that's going to be its dual support for 3DS/Wii U. I'm really just getting started on this so it's going to take time, but I'll come up with something that uses that link as the game's central axis, so I hope you're looking forward to it." - Masahiro SakuraiI can't wait for those daily updates (if he does them again) from the Smash Bros. Dojo! I'll gladly post each one every day here on Nintendo Daily. From what I've read above though it seems like 3DS and Wii U owners will be able to play online against each other among other possibilities.
Well that's it for Nintendo Daily! I leave you all with this video! Enjoy!