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Video: Animal Crossing City Folk - CyclommatusOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 10
By rss@youtube.com (MatchBlankSpace342) Author: MatchBlankSpace342 Keywords: Animal Crossing City Folk Beetle Cyclommatus Cities Insects Bugs Bug Insect Japan Japanese Anime Nintendo Bulletin Nook Added: February 10, 2009
Video: Daily Animal Crossing City Folk - 10/2 and 10/3Original at YouTube
• Fri, Oct 3
By rss@youtube.com (accityfolk) The game's Japanese website has a new video everyday and they will all be posted here at the ACCityFolk YouTube channel! Subscribe for more. Author: accityfolk Keywords: 2nd 3rd Animal City Crossing daily Folk Go Japan Japanese Lets october The To video website Added: October 3, 2008
Video: Pokémon Platinum Request: Resort Area HouseOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Sep 18
By rss@youtube.com (chuggaaconroy) A request to show the customizable house in the Resort Area. This game has a touch of Animal Crossing! Author: chuggaaconroy Keywords: Pokemon Platinum Resort Area House Animal Crossing Nintendo DS Wii Giratina Japanese English Added: September 18, 2008
Another Foray Into the World of Japanese Box Art
Original at 4 color rebellion
• Tue, Jul 21
By Gregory Gay It should be all right, guys, it should be safe. It has been a few months since I last subjected myself to the insanity of the Japanese video game store. I’ve played several rounds of Princess Maker, I’ve been to a therapist. I should have recovered by now. This is Animal Crossing, right?
Bleach Cleans Up In This Week's Japanese Sales Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, May 20
By Michael McWhertor 13. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 15. Persona (PSP) 18. Pokémon Platinum (DS) 19. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 20. Rittai Picross (DS) 22. Wii Sports (Wii) 24. A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (DS) 25. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (DS) 28. Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii) 29. Rhythm Heaven (DS) 30. Inazuma Eleven (DS)
Dip in Japanese Wii sales due to Wii Music, Animal Crossing
Original at Vooks.Net
• Fri, Apr 17
Wii Music and Animal Crossing City Folk just don't seem to have to have the same hook going forward and since then Nintendo hasn't offered any more Wii games instead releasing more New Play Control GameCube games, could consumers be seeing past these ...
Japanese February DSi Ware Release Impressions
Original at Vooks.Net
• Wed, Feb 25
Australia Impressions of the Animal Crossing Calculator, Art Style HACOLIFE and Nalaku and Mr Driller await within. I’ll let the video do the talking as it’s just a calculator. There is also a Mario Themed version for the same 200 Points. ...
Next batch of Japanese DSiWare games detailed
Original at Vooks.Net
• Sat, Feb 21
Australia Now we say apps because at the bottom of the totem pole, on 200 points, Nintendo is adding two calculators to the store. One a Mario Bros. theme, the other Animal Crossing. But wait there’s more! Not only can you calculate maths (shock, horror) but it ...
Mario & Luigi Knock Out Ken & Ryu In Japanese Sales
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Feb 20
By Michael McWhertor 15. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) 17. Wii de Asobu: Mario Power Tennis (Wii) 19. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 20. Pokémon Platinum (DS) 21. Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii) 22. Inazuma Eleven (DS) 23. Penguin no Mondai (DS) 25. Chibi Maruko-Chan DS: Maru-Chan no Machi (DS) 29. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
Nintendo's Iwata: How to Expand in a Recession
Original at Wired News
• Thu, Feb 5
• 1 related articles
Makes sense, as the girls' game market is rapidly expanding on DS but Nintendo itself has not released many games specifically aimed at them. ... Iwata Comments on Japanese Game Market Gamespy.com Iwata: Wii Music, Animal Crossing disappointing GameSpot
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Newest 'Tales' Tops Japanese Charts As 'Ninja Blade' Bombs
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Feb 5
By Michael McWhertor Also debuting to Japanese shrugs was Tomb Raider Underworld for the PlayStation 3, which just beat out Ninja Blade to land at the 18th spot. Previous champ, Wii de Asobu: Mario Power Tennis for the Wii sank eighth place. The best selling games in Japan according to Media Create for the week of...
What Games Sold In Japan Last Month
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Feb 1
By Brian Ashcraft Enterbrain, the Japanese publisher of game magazine Famitsu has released its most recent monthly sales data, ranking the top ten titles. The data is for the period beginning December 29 and ending January 25 as well as Enterbrain's estimated life-to-date.
What was City Folk good for?
Original at N-Sider.com
• Fri, Jan 16
CA - Jan 16, 2009 NPD numbers are out today, and Animal Crossing: City Folk did nearly half a million this past December. It's making its presence felt on the Japanese charts ...
Japanese Charts: White Knight Saves PlayStation 3 Sales
Original at Gamasutra
• Thu, Jan 8
CA - Jan 8, 2009 Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii was at number three with 144179 unit sales, with Kirby Super Star Ultra on Nintendo DS at number four with 140934 units ...
2008 Winners and Losers
Original at Mygamer.com
• Wed, Dec 31
Boston Globe NJ - Dec 31, 2008 Animal Crossing: City Folk and Guitar Hero: World Tour both sold over one and a half million each internationally. Biggest loser has to go to the Nintendo ... Japanese Charts Again Dominated by Nintendo Softpedia
Japanese Charts: PSP Surges on Dissidia Launch, DS Still On Top
Original at Gamasutra
• Fri, Dec 26
CA - Dec 26, 2008 Going down the chart, Kirby Super Star Ultra continued robust sales at number 3, with 150000 and a lifetime to date haul of 779000, and Animal Crossing for ... Sony PSP sales soar in Japan Digital Spy all 6 news articles
Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City
Original at Play.tm
• Tue, Dec 23
UK - Having recently unveiled its upcoming Wii software release list for the first quarter of 2009, Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has flattered to deceive in ...
Games: ‘Animal Crossing’ fun for kids, moms
Original at Stars and Stripes
• Sat, Dec 20
You’ll make money — "bells" — by working for Nook, digging up fossils, collecting shells, fishing, picking fruit and other activities. ... Nintendo of Australia Giving Animal Crossing Replacement Discs Nintendo World Report Namco-Bandai drums up Japanese sales for 12/8 - 12/14 Examiner....
Namco-Bandai drums up Japanese sales for 12/8 - 12/14
Original at Joystiq
• Fri, Dec 19
By Randy Nelson Japanese gamers evidently don't want to work; they just want to bang on the virtual drum all day. Or, more specifically, the Wii release of Namco's Taiko no Tatsujin, which barely eked out a first-place spot over Animal Crossing: City Folk in Media Create's Japanese software sales charts...
Sales chart shows Japan still smitten with Nintendo
Original at Neoseeker
• Thu, Dec 18
Close behind is Animal Crossing: City Folk with over 97k and now totalling an overall 500k. Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 ranks highest for a ... Japanese Charts: Taiko Drum Master Wii Leads Nintendo Chart Takeover Gamasutra Nintendo platforms ace Japan top ten GamesIndustry.biz
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 08/12 – 14/12
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Thu, Dec 18
By lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) Animal Crossing: City Folk – Nintendo (Wii) – 97 700 Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode – Nintendo (DS) – 63 100 Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel – Level 5 (DS) – 57 600 Rhythm Tengoku Gold – Nintendo (DS) – 45 200 Wii Fit – Nintendo – (Wii) - 43 000 Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo (Wii) - 34 300
Wii, DS Software Dominates Japanese Charts [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Dec 18
By Michael McWhertor 14. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii) 15. Chrono Trigger DS (DS) 16. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Wii) 20. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 21. Wii Sports (Wii) 24. Wii Music (Wii) 26. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Wii) 27. Wii Play (Wii) 28. Mario Kart DS (DS) 29. Inazuma Eleven (DS)
Nintendo Wii Year in Review 2008
Original at IGN
• Fri, Dec 12
And finally, Animal Crossing: City Folk heralded the arrival of Nintendo's long overdue voice-chat solution, WiiSpeak, an oddball device meant to bring ... November NPD: Wii Sells 2.04m, Wii Music Makes Top Ten Nintendo World Report Layton and DSi Top Japanese Charts IGN
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 01/12 – 07/12
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Wed, Dec 10
South Africa - Dec 10, 2008 Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii sticks out it in third with 75 600 copies, its life-to-date sales fall just shy of the half a million mark ...
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 24/11 – 30/11
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Wed, Dec 3
South Africa - Dec 3, 2008 Meanwhile Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii drops to number 3 with 109 000 copies, after debuting at number 1 last week with 305 000 copies. ...
Japanese Charts: Animal Crossing Heads Blockbuster Week
Original at Gamasutra
• Thu, Nov 27
The chart is lead by the new Wii version of Animal Crossing, with an impressive 305000 units sold on its debut. The number two seller is the new Nintendo DS ... Animal Crossing Wii Begins Its Dominance In Japan Kotaku.com Animal Crossing Wii top in Japan Videogamer.com
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 17/11 – 24/1
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Wed, Nov 26
South Africa - Nov 26, 2008 Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii debuts at the top of the chart with 350 000 copies. If the popularity of its predecessor is anything to go ...
Wii hardware Animal Crosses the 7 million mark in Japan
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Wed, Nov 26
By JC Fletcher Helping to drive the Wii sales last week was Animal Crossing: City Folk, of which an astonishing 303,204 copies flew off of Japanese store shelves in its debut week. If we were feeling snarky about Animal Crossing, we'd say that between that and Chrono Trigger, it was a good week for ports. Bu...
Japan Review Check: Animal Crossing: City Folk
Original at 1up.com
• Wed, Nov 12
By Kevin Gifford Good bits: The word teinei in Japanese means a large variety of things -- normally used to mean "polite" or "respectful" (in terms of manners), it has the nuance of doing something extremely carefully, always keeping the wishes of others in mind during the process. I mention this because t...
Wii Music List (So Far)Original at WiiNintendo
• Mon, Oct 20
By hattrick Our friends over at videogameblogger.com have put together a list of Wii Music songs so far. Most are confirmed from the Japanese version of the game. All the songs are clickable links to hear the music. Here’s the Wii Music songs list in alphabetical order: 1. “American Patrol” the march b...
Blue Dragon DS Lands In Japan, Japan Doesn't Care [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Sep 11
By Michael McWhertor 13. Wii Sports (Wii) 17. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 21. Wii Play (Wii) 22. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 24. Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai-4 no Children (DS) 26. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 27. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) 28. Fatal Frame IV (Wii) 29. Sigma Harmonics (DS)
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Only In Japan]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Mar 13
By Michael McWhertor 12. Wii Play (Wii) 15. Family Ski (Wii) 17. Mario Party DS (DS) 18. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 19. Winning Eleven Play Maker 2008 (Wii) 22. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 24. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 25. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Software]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jan 23
By Michael McWhertor 11. Mario Kart DS (DS) 12. Wii Play (Wii) 13. Mario Party 8 (Wii) 14. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) 15. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 17. RuneFactory 2 (DS) 18. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 22. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii) 24. DS Bungaku Zenshuu (DS) 27. More Brain Age (DS)
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart... Again! [Sales]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jan 10
By Michael McWhertor 01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 196,000 / 1,484,000 02. Wii Fit (Wii) - 127,000 / 1,011,000 03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 118,000 / 2,625,000 05. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 82,000 / 802,000 06. Wii Play (Wii) - 78,000 / 2,130,000 10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 66,000 / 1,145,000
Kotaku's 2007 Gift Guide of Obscene Nicety and Sublime Naughtyness [Kotaku Gift Guide 07]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Nov 22
Super Mario Stylus Pen ($8.59): This is the thickest DS stylus on the market. Two words: bragging rights. Animal Crossing Mugs ($10) - Coffee and Animal Crossing, what better combination? 70 Japanese Gestures ($8.99) Learning to speak Japanese is hard. Learning Japanese gestures, not!
Sales Plus: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Sep 28
By Michael McWhertor 12. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 13. Taiko no Tetsujin DS (DS) 14. Wii Sports (Wii) 16. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Wii Play (Wii) 20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 23. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney 3 - Best Price! (DS) 28. More English Training (DS)
Simple 2000: The Late Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 31
By Michael McWhertor 11. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 12. Wii Play (Wii) 16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. More Brain Age (DS) 20. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 25. Brain Age (DS) 26. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 27. Face Training DS (DS) 28. Otoda Master (DS) 29. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Aug 8
By Michael McWhertor 13. More Brain Age (DS) 15. Endless Ocean (Wii) 16. Mario Kart DS (DS) 17. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 19. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 20. Brain Age (DS) 22. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 24. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 25. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Wii (Wii) 26. English Training (DS) 28. Pokémon Pearl (DS)
Only In Japan: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jul 25
By Michael McWhertor 12. More Brain Age (DS) 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 16. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 17. Brain Age (DS) 19. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 22. Pokémon Pearl (DS) 24. English Training (DS) 27. Mega Man ZX Advent (DS) 28. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 29. Kanji Brain Test 2M (DS) 30. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
Sales Snoozer: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jun 13
13. Mario Kart DS (DS) 14. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) 17. Professor Layton & The Mysterious Village (DS) 19. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 20. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 21. Super Paper Mario (Wii) 24. Yamakawa Shuppansha: Japanese History B Detailed Training (DS)
Bleach Is Always The Bridesmaid: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, May 30
13. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 15. Super Paper Mario (Wii) 17. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Brain Age (DS) 21. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 24. Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS)
Domination Update: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, May 10
02. Super Paper Mario (Wii) - 90,151 / 310,182 03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 84,782 / 1,543,596 05. Wii Play (Wii) - 58,718 / 1,279,131 08. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 51,681 / 4,419,592 09. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) - 45,662 / 124,642
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Apr 25
11. More English Training (DS) 13. Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) 14. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 15. More Brain Age (DS) 19. Word Puzzle Mojipittan DS (DS) 20. Mario Kart DS (DS) 21. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 22. Brain Age (DS) 24. English Training (DS)
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Sales Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Apr 12
By Michael McWhertor 12. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan DS (DS) 14. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 15. Wii Play (Wii) 19. Mario Kart DS (DS) 20. Digimon Story: Sunburst (DS) 21. More Brain Age (DS) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 25. SimCity DS (DS) 28. English Training (DS) 30. Super Robot Wars W (DS)
Virtua Fighter 5 Tops Japanese Sales Charts
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Feb 14
By Michael McWhertor 11. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 12. Picross DS (DS) 13. Common Knowledge Training (DS) 14. Mario Kart DS (DS) 15. Brain Age (DS) 16. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 17. English Training (DS) 18. Kanji Brain Test 2M (DS) 19. Pokémon Pearl (DS) 20. Sangokushi Taisen DS (DS)
Animal Crossing Wii Hinted At
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jan 3
By Mike Fahey I'm the type of guy who likes to sit through movie credits, ignoring the desperate pleas of whomever I am with as I scan for names, funny bits, and important messages about cutesy cartoon animal video games. I would have been in luck after watching the Japanese Animal Crossing movie.
UPDATE! Animal Crossing Official Movie
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jul 18
By egauger So, 4-Color Rebellion posted a huge, glossy ad for the Animal Crossing movie, which is due for Japanese release on December 16th. I've put the fullsize scan under the jump. Brokeback Crossing, and post about the ad [4-Color Rebellion] Official Animal Crossing Movie site