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- December 23, 2001 -
- The latest worldwide console shipment figures are released in Japan. Notes: there are
no sales figure for Sega Dreamcast because Sega has exited the hardware market; Nintendo
64 is also considered as a "retired" system, no sale figures are released; and
Nintendo GameCube was not launched in US and Europe by the end of September, so no figures
are available:
| Domestic (Japan) |
March 2001 |
September 2001 |
| Nintendo GameBoy |
31.51 millions |
31.99 millions |
| Nintendo GameBoy Advance |
1.06 millions |
3.82 millions |
| Nintendo GameCube |
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0.51 millions |
| Sony PlayStation |
18.46 millions |
18.90 millions |
| Sony PlayStation 2 |
4.75 millions |
6.86 millions |
| Bandai WonderSwan Color |
2.80 millions |
3.30 millions |
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| Foreign (US and Europe) |
March 2001 |
September 2001 |
| Nintendo GameBoy |
82.22 millions |
83.99 millions |
| Nintendo GameBoy Advance |
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5.76 millions |
| Sony PlayStation |
63.77 millions |
69.36 millions |
| Sony PlayStation 2 |
5.86 millions |
13.18 millions |
- Bandai has revealed new info on the WonderSwan Color SRPG Arc The Lad:
Resurrection of the Machine God, the game is being developed by Bandai and Sony.
The main characters are Erk and Felia. Erk is the main character from Arc the Lad II and
III, who is from the clan of flame; Felia is an original character, who is said to be the
key character of the whole story, she also has a special relationship with Erk. The game
is a side story of Arc The Lad, taking place 3 years after Arc the Lad III, the peace of
the world has once again been ruined by a mystical force, and Erk begins his journey to
gather his companions of the past to restore the peace to the land.
  
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- Sony has officially announced the next installment of the Arc the Lad series for
PlayStation 2, the title is Arc the Lad: Spirits of the Dead's Dusk, the
game is scheduled for release sometimes in 2002. This time the game will be in complete 3D
environment, the developer said the game will return to its root, more details will be
available soon.
 
- Koei announced a new GameBoy Advance RPG called Houshin, scheduled for release
in Japan in Spring 2002. The game is based on the ancient Chinese mythology, and this game
will have linkup features with the GameCube version of Houshin, which is an action game.
In the game you play as a hero named Sky, who is sent by the God to the human world to
recover the stolen treasures, and defeat the monsters and devils that are infesting in the
once peaceful human world. Sky discovered that the devils were attempting to synthesize
the stolen treasures, and use the power to revive the evil queen Tengei, so that she can
led the devil army corps to conquer the human world. The adventure will be full of
mysteries, there will be tons of secrets in every area.....
 
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- Koei announced their first GameCube title - Houshin, a new 3D action adventure
based on the ancient Chinese mythology, this game will be able to linkup with the GameBoy
Advance version of Houshin, both titles are scheduled for release in spring 2002. In this
game you can use over 70 kinds of treasures and shinshu (magic) to defeat the enemies, you
can equip up to 4 kinds of treasures, you can also use the treasures to cast shinshu magic
when your skill level reached a certain degree. Some of the rare treasures are hidden
somewhere in the world, or can only be obtained in special events, so you may need to do
some treasure hunting to acquire the rare treasures and shinshus.....
 
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