There's
not much to speak of today, so this edition will be a little
different than usual, as there won't be any headlines today. Probably
the week's biggest news, so far, was the release of the new Pokemon
games for Nintendo DS. The amount of games sold from each version,
yesterday alone, were staggering. Today's sales of the game were
considerably slower, but that doesn't mean they were slow by any
means.
In
some news from other consoles, we got absolute confirmation on the
Canadian release date of the Xbox 360 Elite today thanks to a retail
rep. The Elite will be arriving in Canada on May 4th,
rather than the American release date of April 29th. When
we asked why it would be arriving the week after, the rep simply said
he didn't know. Speaking of black Xbox 360s (if you didn't already
know, the Elite is black), black Xbox 360 accessories are already
available at major chains, so if you wanted to get your hands on
those before the release of the Elite you can. Currently available
are black wireless controllers, black play n' charge kits, black
accessory packs, which include a wireless controller and play n'
charge kit, and black Xbox 360 rechargeable batteries.
Licensed
movie games are starting to make some more rounds on the mobile
market. Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Hong Kong based
Artificial Life are working on a mobile version of Happy Feet for
Japan. The game's release will coincide with the movie's Japanese DVD
release in the middle of this year. Gameloft is also getting in on
mobile licensed movie games with Dreamworks Animation SKG, bringing
Shrek the Third to mobile phones worldwide around the release of the
movie in theatres.