- The new Pokemans games
have sold 3.7 million copies in two weeks, making them the fastest sellers ever
for Nintendo, according to press releases given to Polygon
and other sites. You can listen to our Pokemans
show here!
- In other Big N news: Although they announced a Japanese
partnership with Universal for theme parks last year, the effort has spread to
the U.S. now too, per Den
of Geek and other sites.
- In other, other Big N news… The NES Classic Edition is
still impossible to find, but ThinkGeek is doing a sweepstakes for
some. They might also have some for sale this week. Huzzah!
ON THIS DAY (OR CLOSE
TO IT!) IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY…
- November 30 is a popular day for PC releases. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness came out
in 1995, Diablo came out in 1996, and
Baldur’s Gate and Starcraft: Brood War came out in 1998.
You can listen to our shows on Warcraft,
Starcraft and Diablo here,
here
and here.
- November 30, 1999 was also popular for RPGs. Koudelka and Vandal Hearts II
both came out on that day. They’re both considered cult classics, and Koudelka continued on via the Shadow Hearts series, which is for the
PS2 and awesome.
- Quake III Arena came
out on Dec. 2, 1999. While it wasn’t horrible, it was a bit of a misstep by id
Software, as Unreal Tournament was
generally more popular.
Video game history
information comes from GameFAQs and Moby Games. And as always, if you’d like to support the show, do so via our Amazon link.
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