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While the Nintendo DS and Wii typically dominate Japanese sales charts, this past week was all about PlayStation, with Level 5's White Knight Chronicles and Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy topping software sales overseas.

Media Create numbers put three days worth of White Knight Chronicles for PlayStation 3 at 207,000 copies sold, a tad more than previously estimated. Dissidia's second week sales bring the total to a menacing 666,000 copies for the fan service-filled PSP fighter.

Similarly impressive are new milestones for two Wii titles, with Wii Fit crossing the 3 million mark in Japan, Mario Kart Wii besting 2 million. For the full breakdown from Dec. 22 to 28, read on.

01. White Knight Chronicles (PS3) - 207,000 / NEW
02. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP) - 176,000 / 666,000
03. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) - 144,000 / 876,000
04. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) - 141,000 / 920,000
05. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 105,000 / 547,000
06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 85,000 / 1,445,000
07. Phantasy Star Zero (DS) - 84,000 / NEW
08. Pokemon Platinum (DS) - 79,000 / 2,231,000
09. Wii Fit (Wii) - 71,000 / 3,051,000
10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 70,000 / 2,066,000

11. Momotarou Dentetsu: 20-Shuunen (DS)
12. Professor Layton and the Final Time Journey (DS)
13. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (DS)
14. Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (DS)
15. Gundam Musou 2 (PS2)
16. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP)
17. Taiko no Tetsujin Wii (Wii)
18. Pikmin (Play on Wii) (Wii)
19. Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi (DS)
20. Gundam Musou 2 (PS3)
21. Karaoke Joysound Wii (Wii)
22. Wii Sports (Wii)
23. WIi Music (Wii)
24. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3)
25. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
26. Meccha! Taiko Drum Master DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS)
27. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PS3)
28. Tales of Hearts - Anime Movie Edition (DS)
29. Gensou Suikoden Tierkreis (DS)
30. Inazuma Eleven (DS)

Source:
http://www.kotaku.com

Not more than a month after the release of Need For Speed: Undercover, the Electric Playground is reporting that Electronic Arts may be cutting the franchise entirely. The videogame web show claims that future titles in the series have been canceled. EA director of communications Colin Macrae provided Electric Playground with the following comment:

"We're working through a process on people, products, and facilities at EA and don't have any announcements today."

Undercover, the most recent entry in the long-running franchise, was received fairly well but didn't crack the top 20 in the NPD sales charts for the month of November. Earlier in the year, EA CEO John Riccitiello had spoken of plans to split the Need for Speed development team into two groups, allowing for a 24-month cycle for creating each game rather than the 12 months cycle that he said "torture[d] a very talented group of people."

If this report is true, I'm disappointed that we'll never get the chance to see what could have come from giving this series a much-needed boost in development time to try out new ideas. And unless the publisher already has new plans for the creators of Need For Speed, we could be seeing further layoffs from EA soon, as has been previously predicted. We'll keep checking for official confirmation and word from EA on what's happening to the Need for Speed franchise and why.

Source:
http://www.1up.com

Admit it. You've got an old GameCube from yesteryear laying around, and the slow economy (and fear for your life) is holding you back from running to your nearest brick-and-mortar to pick up a Classic Controller for your Wii. You know you want to play Super Mario 64 to work off that turkey, but you can't justify laying out the cash. Fret not; YouTube user marcan42 has you covered, courtesy of a PIC18F4520 microcontroller and makeshift GameCube connector, along with a chopped off Nunchuk extension cord. Of course, you could just pick up a different model, but that would be way too easy. We didn't say it was pretty, but if you're still intrigued, check the full vid after the break.

Update: As a bunch of commenters have pointed out, this can be done already by plugging the GameCube controller directly into the Wii. However, this mod lets you do it wirelessly -- err, if you don't count the big microcontroller and mess of wires.

Source:
http://www.engadget.com

Over two years ago, Agere Systems filed a suit against Sony for potential infringement on patents regarding "wireless local area network apparatus." Looks like the courts ruled in Agere Systems' favor. Sony has been fined $18.5 million for use of the technology in their devices, such as the mylo and PSP. The jury ruled that the patent infringement was willful.

Source:
http://www.pspfanboy.com

Just over a week ago we reported on the initial news of the Nintendo DSi being hacked.

Today, a new video is available showing homebrew running on the brand new Nintendo DSi courtesy of A252 via YouTube.

To quote: The famous Homebrew of Yasu now run on DSi.

PS: Take that Nintendo!

This is the site of the author of the Nintendo DSi exploit. Video below:

Source:
http://www.ps3news.com