The powers and resources of the NPD, Enterbrain, and GfK Chart-Track have all come together and the results are in - Dragon Quest IX dominated the global sales charts spanning over three months ending September of this year. What's more amazing is that the DS-exclusive title has only been released in Japan. See how the others fared.

It's that time of the week again. Media Create has released the software sales results in Japan for the week of October 5th through October 11th. Keeping the top spot is still Pokemon HeartGold/ SoulSilver for the DS.

We've been so attuned to the hardware sales charts the past couple of weeks, thanks to Media Create, so for a change, let's veer our sights to softwares. For the week of September 14-20, Pokemon Soul Silver and HeartGold take spots number 1 and 2, respectively.

Here's another Pokemon milestone, straight from the Pokemon-loving shores of Japan. In just two little days from release, the latest DS Pokemon installments, HeartGold and SoulSilver, have already fetched over 1.4 million copies sold.

Lots of things happened this week on the QJ.NET PSP blog. A new firmware update came out, we saw some intriguing new Sony tech that'll supposedly be made available to game devs, and we also got a little reassurance from Sony that they ain't forgetting about no UMDs, no sirree. The software side wasn't too bad either thanks to the run-up to this year's Tokyo Game Show. Hit the jump for the rest of the week's happenings in the PSP Weekend Warrior.

Sony is confident enough that Invizimals can be as successful as Pokemon, though not necessarily meaning to say that it is Sony's answer to Nintendo's blockbuster collectible pocket monsters.

Despite five months of hurting sales, Nintendo still manages to come out on top of the drop, largely thanks to Wii Sports Resort and possibly the Wii MotionPlus that comes with it. Speaking of new controllers, we've got the Wii Vitality Sensor and a funny Wii horseback riding controller on the spotlight as well. Get all the goods on those, plus news of Japanese releases flying West in this edition of the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

For the fifth consecutive month, the US gaming industry experiences a downward slip, this time with a 29% year-over-year decline to US$ 848.9 million. Details on July's NPD results are at the full article.

The Japanese Debut trailer for Nintendo's Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver is here. See two of the great Game Boy Classics remade for the DS with 3D graphics and new gameplay.

aznag88 dropped by the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums to release his first PSP homebrew game called Naruto (Contra edition). As the title suggest, the homebrew is based on the classic NES game Contra only with an added Naruto twist.


Download: Naruto (Contra Edition) v1
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