Deca Sports Coming to DS

Hudson Entertainment announced that it plans to release a DS version of Deca Sports in the Spring of 2010. Deca Sports DS is an all-new sports compilation title with ten new games that can now be played solo or with up to six friends. The game will feature an all new selection of sports including golf, ping pong, wall climbing, bobsled, rugby, arm wrestling, clay shooting, cheerleading, sky diving and sepak takraw. In addition to the new sports and multiplayer functionality, gamers will also be able to design their own teams by customizing uniforms, changing athlete abilities and altering the physical characteristics of the athletes themselves.

Nintendo's Lifetime British Sales Numbers

Chart-Track has released an updated set of figures for the British market, revealing how many units of the Nintendo Wii and DS (all versions) have been sold since launch.

The figures show that while the Wii has a pretty sizeable install base for a country of 60 million people, it's got nothing on the combined selling power of the three iterations of the Nintendo DS.

Wii: 5.5 million
DS: 1.6 million
DS Lite: 7.5 million
DSi: 370,000

These numbers were issued as a correction to some figures released earlier in the year.

Ninja Gaiden, Rygar Coming To Virtual Console

New ESRB ratings indicate that Tecmo is planning to release Ninja Gaiden, Solomon's Key and Rygar. Those three Tecmo arcade games all had NES ports. Tecmo recently brought the arcade version of Tecmo Bowl to the Virtual Console Arcade. It appears its plans don't stop there.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

Developers recently toned down the shake of the camera in documentary-styled shooter Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. They did this to make the upcoming Wii game easier to play, Capcom developers say. "It was a bit of a trial and error, this shaky cam," said Masachika Kawata during a meeting at this week's Gamescom convention in Cologne. "It was probably a little too much, so it's a little toned down now."

Mad Catz Making Peripherals With Licensed Characters

Mad Catz has announced an agreement with Nintendo to create and market licensed accessories for the Wii, DS and DSi which include the use of Nintendo's intellectual property. The line of peripherals will include cameos from Nintendo's characters, such as Donkey Kong, Zelda, Link, Mario, Luigi, Wario, Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Princess Peach and Metroid's Samus Aran.

Square Enix's Cross Treasures

Square Enix and V-Jump magazine have revealed a collaborative DS RPG called Cross Treasures. The game has character art from Shinya Suzuki and elements of the game are based on feedback from V-Jump readers. This is probably the Square Enix/V-Jump project that was teased back in April. According to Siliconera, Cross Treasures has a unique networking mode, in which players design "his or her game world" and share it with other players. "Your custom world is also connected to worlds made by your friends resulting in a Cross Treasures multiverse."

Wii Sports Resort's Wuhu Island Papercraft

Baroque for PS2 and Wii Now Available

Baroque, the new dungeon-crawling action RPG for Wii and PlayStation 2 is now in stores across North America. The game has been rated Teen by the ESRB. "You awaken to find the world in ruin, your heart beset with unexplained guilt. A cataclysm has destroyed the cities and empires of men and disfigured the spirit of humanity. In this nightmare, it falls to you to descend a mysterious tower in search of absolution. Battle merciless foes through treacherous dungeons, scour for new items to aid you in your travels, and unlock the secrets of a devastated land. You will find death in the depths, yet learn that death is not the end of the story; in the twisted world of Baroque, it is only the beginning."

MiniCopter: Adventure Flight for Wii Out Now

"MiniCopter: Adventure Flight opens up the vast world of RC Helicopter action to players of all ages", states Frank deWindt II, Project Lead, Aksys Games. "This game will definitely test your helicopter flying skills through a ranking system that judges you on a variety of factors." The game has mission-based gameplay and allows you to customize your helicopter. There is also 2-player split-screen. The game retails for $29.99.
[Official MiniCopter Site]

Octomania Ships for Wii

"On a peaceful day in the land of Lonronpia, Kari, an apprentice magician, is summoning up her favorite treat. When her spell goes horribly awry, hundreds of thousands of colored octopi suddenly rain down from the clouds. A guardian angel appears before her, asking Kari to rid the land of the octopi and undo the damage of her failed spell." The game has as suggested retail price of $19.99