![]() We've split the coverage into two sections: media, where you'll find screens and art for upcoming titles, and headlines, where you'll find links and headline translations for the newsmakers across the Pacific, sorted by topic. JAPANESE HEADLINES This section of Gaming Life in Japan provides links to the latest coverage from Japan's biggest game sites like Impress Watch,, and Dengeki. Turn the page for the latest headlines, and keep reading on for a look back at that other time when Nintendo ruled the gaming world. But accompanied by the influx of a few hundred-thousand new DS Lite owners on one day, this could be the next Nintendo franchise revived to assured million seller status. We don't expect Zelda DS to sell nearly as well as games like New Super Mario Bros., Brain Age and Animal Crossing. The Wii version of Zelda: Twilight Princess was overshadowed by Wii Sports and Wii Play at launch last year. Sure enough, two new colors will be released on the same day. The fact that this is a Saturday, rather than the usual Thursday release day, caused some speculation that Nintendo would be backing the game's release with some sort of hardware update. Nintendo is releasing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the system on 6/23. For many, the lucky chance to purchase a DS will likely come in late June. Of course, in the DS's case, the answer could be that they were unable to find a store with actual stock until now. The DS has reached that PS2 level of ownership, where you look at people buying the system now and wonder why it took them so long. As Japan's biggest platform, the DS lineup has enough variety that it's hard to attribute its sales to a single game (even Brain Age has sold to 1/4 of the userbase). ![]() Unless Resident Evil somehow manages to cause a frenzy, this latest Wii shipment will likely sell out due primarily to Wii Sports. ![]() ![]() Expectedly, the whole lot was gone by the time the time of the Wii shipment's arrival. We saw a few dozen DS boxes behind the counter as we walked up with Resident Evil 4 Wii. ![]() Almost like the system just launched!"> The same store also got DS Lite shipments early in the day. ![]()
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