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Hideo Kojima approved the use of Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake in Super Smash Bros Brawl thanks to his own son who was a fan of the series, the MGS creator told journalists (via Joystiq) in Washington last week.

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Some intrepid modders have created a way for Nintendo enthusiasts to get their favorite evil character into Super Smash Bros. Brawl. More »

Kotaku‘s rumouring that Nintendo will introduce a new budget line of titles for Wii in the US.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a jolly good bit of Nintendo-fandom fun, but it’s not exactly the deepest fighter out there.The fan-made Project M aims to correct this by introducing new ways to cancel, dodge, and manoeuvre – all of which serves to turn the speed and complexity up by about a bazillion.

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Nintendo’s decided to turn off user-generated uploads and replay data for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

“As of June 30th, 2009, the current service that accepts user-generated snapshots, stage designs, and replay data will no longer be available,” said the game’s official site.

“Please note, however, that we will continue to distribute such data after that date.”

The title launched last year.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Nintendo character Kirby and designer of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, is working on a new Nintendo game, the company’s confirmed.

Details on the title are zero, although it’s not another Smash Bros.

“It’s not Smash Bros.,” Sakurai said, “I can promise an experience that’s different from anything [you've played] up until now.”

Sakurai’s new firm is mainly owned by Nintendo.

More on Kotaku.

American official book Nintendo Power’s awarded Super Smash Bros. Brawl Game of the Year for 2008, as you can see on NintendoEverything.

The fighter also won Best Original Score, Best Wii Graphics and Best Fighting Game.

There’s a full list of all the other gongs through there, Nintendo fans. Thanks, GoNintendo.

A joint report from NPD, GfK Chart-Track and Enterbrain has just claimed that Mario Kart Wii was 2008′s biggest selling game across the US, the UK and Japan.

The Wii racer sold 8.94 million units last year, beating off Wii Fit with 8.31 million sales and an eye-watering effort from GTA IV. The Rockstar smash moved 7.29 million copies.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl came fourth with 6.32 million sales, and Treyarch will no doubt be thrilled with a fifth place for World at War and 5.89 million units sold, even without a Japanese release.

Press release after the break.

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According to this Gamasutra piece, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the biggest selling game in America so far this year, with 3.5 million units sold.

Mario Kart Wii’s in second place (3.4 million) with GTA IV coming in third, with 3.2 million copies sold.

More through there. These figures are taken from Matt Mathews’ latest NPD analysis feature.

The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., today announced the release of Top Global Markets Report which collates software sales data from the US, UK and Japan.

The report shows that GTA IV has comes out on top by some margin selling 6.3 million copies in US and UK. Some way behind it is Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which has sold a total of 5.4 million units across all three territories.

To break it down: GTA IV has sold 4,711,000 units in the US and 1,582,000 in the UK whereas Brawl has sold 3,539,000 units in the US, 213,000 in the UK and 1,681,000 in Japan.

From the release:

“The leading games information sources in the U.S, U.K. and Japan – the largest games markets in the world – have joined forces to provide the gaming industry with a single source for sales data providing detailed insight into what’s happening in these important markets.”

“The video games business has become increasingly global, with the majority of the publishers releasing games in multiple markets,” said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. “The U.S, as the world’s largest market will be able to view and compare sales for the first time outside of their own market.”

Top 5 listed below, full release after the link.

• GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 6,293,000
• SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL 5,433,000
• MARIO KART WII 4,697,000
• WII FIT 3,604,000
• GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK 3,475,000

By Mike Bowden

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Gamekyo isn’t giving up the ghost as far as Nintendo game announcements are concerned, reckoning the firm could talk about a new IP at a private conference at E3 this evening.

Apparently it was at a roundtable just like this where Super Smash Bros. Brawl was mentioned for the first time.

No details for the conference was given, but we’ve heard that it’s 5pm Pacific Standard Time. Way past our bedtimes.

We’re not holding our collective breath on this one.

By Mike Bowden

Chart-Track has released the latest UK charts revealing that Nintendo’s Wii Fit has taken over from its other big seller, Super Smash Bros. Brawl to go top of the UK software charts.

Last week’s charts here. Top ten below.

1. Wii Fit
2. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
3. Super Smash Bros: Brawl
4. Top Spin 3
5. Battlefield: Bad Company
6. Big Beach Sports
7. Wii Play
8. Beijing 2008
9. Kung Fu Panda
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

By Mike Bowden

Fighting cartoon characters will never die. Last week’s charts here. Data for the week ending July 5.

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Battlefield: Bad Company
3. Lego Indiana Jones
4. Big Beach Sports
5. Beijing 2008
6. Top Spin 3
7. Wii Fit
8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
9. Wii Play
10. The Bourne Conspiracy

Super Smash Bros. World is reporting that custom stages in SSBB can now be shared between regions.

“It all comes down to where you place the stages on your SD card,” says the site. “There are specific directory structures for each region. So, if you’re from America, all your stages (downloaded or created) will go in the same directory. The same would apply to EU and Japanese users.”

Full details through the link.

By Mike Bowden

European Nintendo fans who haven’t caved in and bought a Freeloader, or re-bought a copy of Twilight Princess simply so they can mess around with a save game file, can finally get their hands on Super Smash Bros. Brawl this week.

If that is not enough smashing for you, then how about Sierra’s The Bourne Conspiracy? There you can smash people’s faces in all day long. With radiators and other household objects if necessary. Smash smash smash. That’s out on 360 and PS3.

If you don’t like smashing things – like, if you’re weird or something – then we’re certain you’ll find something on the list below that might be worth a purchase. Which is good.

By Mike Bowden

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UK retailer GameStation is hosting a Super Smash Bros. Brawl Showdown on June 28, IGN reports.

Interested? We thought so. All you need to do is register online before June 21 at www.gamestation.co.uk/supersmashshowdown and you’ll then be contacted by someone at Nintendo to confirm your entry into the tournament.

More through the IGN link.

By Mike Bowden

UBS analyst Ben Schachter has called for higher profile third party titles for the Nintendo Wii following the May NPD software numbers.

“While overall hardware and software trends for the Nintendo Wii continue to be strong, we would like to see more third-party hits on the platform,” said Schachter.

“To date, Guitar Hero III, Sega of America’s Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games, and TTWO’s Carnival Games are the only third-party Wii games that have sold more than 1 million units to-date according to NPD, and there are many third-party Wii exclusives that have come-and-gone with minimal reaction from the market,” he added.

“Nintendo’s share of software dollars on its platform has approximated almost 50% since the Wii was introduced, and reached an all-time high in May of 68%.”

The statement comes after it was revealed that Spielberg’s Boom Blox only sold 60k, although NPD analyst Anita Frazier puts the poor performance down to EA’s puzzler being released in amongst “Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GTA IV, Wii Fit, Mario Kart and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4″.

Thanks GameDaily.

By Mike Bowden

According to this Gamespot story, Super Smash Bros. Brawl will release in Australia on June 26.

The game has already been confirmed for a European release on June 27.

A Nintendo UK spokesperson has just confirmed to videogaming247 that the release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl is officially set at June 27 in Europe.

The staffer also verified the authenticity of this release schedule, which includes both the Smash Bros. date and confirmation of a May 20 launch for WiiWare in Europe.

There’s a heap of other stuff on there as well. Have a look.

GoNintendo‘s just published what is supposedly a release schedule from Nintendo Norway, which dates a huge amount of product for Europe, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl for June 27.

WiiWare is listed as a May 20 release. The service is launching on May 12 in the US, if you recall.

Not sure how new this is. It lists Alone in the Dark as “Q1″ for Wii. And Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for “summer”. Still, passes the time.

Full thing after the link.

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