Aksys Games set to release portable version in North America this year
If you played Muramasa: The Demon Blade back when it was released on Nintendo Wii in 2009, the following clips of the PS Vita port, Muramasa Rebirth, should look plenty familiar. Check out Marvelous AQL’s latest previews after the jump.
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Last chapter to run in April issue of “Shounen GanGan”
Artist Ren Saizaki has confirmed on Twitter that the Blast of Tempest manga will be ending in this year’s April issue of Shounen GanGan, on sale March 13. This means that the main story of the 2009 super powered thriller will probably go 10 volumes. However, the team, including scenario creator Kyo Shirodaira have a spin-off in the works. More after the jump.
Source: Crunchy Roll
Support for up to four players featured in downloadable game
The Pokémon Rumble series (Pokémon Scramble in Japan), which got its start on Wii in 2009, has Pokémon straight-up battling one another melee style in dungeons and other areas, and it’s set to make its next appearance on Wii U. More after the jump.
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Ubisoft has announced its Trials franchise has raced past four million units sold. The first game, Trials HD, was first released in the summer of 2009. The sequel, Trials Evolution, was released in 2012.
Developer RedLynx announced in December 2012 that Trials Evolution for the Xbox Live Arcade sold more than one million units. Trials HD had also sold more than one million units on the Xbox Live Arcade.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition was announced for the PC at the same time. The game includes all the Trials HD tracks updated with the Trials Evolution engine. The game will have 129 tracks. The game will be released on March 22.
Source: VG Charts
Portable version hits Japan on March 28 with DLC chapters to come
Originally released for Nintendo Wii in 2009, Vanillaware’s gorgeous side-scroller Muramasa: The Demon Blade is making the leap to PS Vita. See how it looks on Sony’s portable in Marvelous AQL’s full trailer after the jump.
Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three home consoles over comparable periods for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 7th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 8th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
2009 – (Week beginning January 4 to January 2)
2010 – (Week beginning January 3 to January 1)
2011 – (Week beginning January 2 to December 31)
2012 – (Week beginning January 1 to December 29)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 7th Generation
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 8th Generation
“Year to date” sales for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2012 versus 2010 and 2012 versus 2011 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
Xbox 360 – Down Year-on-Year 8,714, Year to Date -24.1%
Sony
PlayStation 3 – Up Year-on-Year 32,037, Year to Date -15.8%
PSP – Down Year-on-Year 116,124, Year to Date -60.2%
PlayStation Vita – Up Year-on-Year 92,715, Year to Date 648.4%
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii – Down Year-on-Year 167,006, Year to Date -55.6%
Nintendo DS – Down Year-on-Year 19,471, Year to Date -60.0%
Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 121,489, Year to Date 4.0%
Nintendo Wii U – n/a
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Pearl Jam are working on their follow-up to 2009′s well-received Backspacer, but they’re not in any huge rush…
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Maiden Japan/Section23 Films to release 11-episode series from 2009 on bilingual DVD/BD on April 2
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Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three home consoles over comparable periods for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 7th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 8th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
2009 – (Week beginning January 4 to December 16)
2010 – (Week beginning January 3 to December 25)
2011 – (Week beginning January 2 to December 24)
2012 – (Week beginning January 1 to December 22)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 7th Generation
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 8th Generation
“Year to date” sales for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2012 versus 2010 and 2012 versus 2011 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
Xbox 360 – Down Year-on-Year 266,047, Year to Date -24.8%
Sony
PlayStation 3 – Down Year-on-Year 115,621, Year to Date -16.7%
PSP – Down Year-on-Year 189,385, Year to Date -60.3%
PlayStation Vita – Down Year-on-Year 94,820, Year to Date 704.7%
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii – Down Year-on-Year 544,044, Year to Date -56.0%
Nintendo DS – Down Year-on-Year 96,672, Year to Date -60.9%
Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 342,606, Year to Date 3.2%
Nintendo Wii U – n/a
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Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three home consoles over comparable periods for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 7th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 8th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
2009 – (Week beginning January 4 to December 19)
2010 – (Week beginning January 3 to December 18)
2011 – (Week beginning January 2 to December 17)
2012 – (Week beginning January 1 to December 15)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 7th Generation
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 8th Generation
“Year to date” sales for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2012 versus 2010 and 2012 versus 2011 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
Xbox 360 – Down Year-on-Year 231,839, Year to Date -24.8%
Sony
PlayStation 3 – Down Year-on-Year 119,131, Year to Date -16.9%
PSP – Down Year-on-Year 167,977, Year to Date -60.4%
PlayStation Vita – Down Year-on-Year 151,269, Year to Date 910%
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii – Down Year-on-Year 479,054, Year to Date -55.5%
Nintendo DS – Down Year-on-Year 119,131, Year to Date -62.5%
Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 348,788, Year to Date 6.5%
Nintendo Wii U – n/a
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