Kotaku: chopin's

Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:40:14 MDT

Another week, another hardware sales chart. No movers and shakers here, but what we are starting to learn is the weekly ability of Nintendo to meet demand for its two hot hardware entries, the Nintendo DS Lite and Wii. It appears that Nintendo's fulfillment abilities have been around 120K a week for the DS Lite and 65K a week for the Wii, as the past two weeks closely match today's figures.

There's one big jump this week. Can you spot it?

Nintendo DS Lite - 118,684
Wii - 65,521
PSP - 33,359
PlayStation 2 - 11,974
PLAYSTATION 3 - 9,481
Xbox 360 - 7,583
Game Boy Advance SP - 472
Game Boy micro - 371

That's not a typo. The Xbox 360 tripled its typical weekly sales, moving units within spitting distance of the PLAYSTATION 3. This week's #2 software seller, Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream was responsible for that. Too bad Ninja Gaiden Sigma didn't seem to light a fire under PS3 buyers. Michael McWhertor

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Clips: Eternal Sonata Story and Gameplay

fdemarco — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:00:00 MDT

Eternal Sonata, the upcoming Xbox 360 RPG that takes place in a dying Chopin's dream looks quite beautiful. If you saw the gallery of screens we had up a few days ago then you already know how incredibly gorgeous it is.

The first of these two clips is a teaser trailer of the storyline showing some cut scenes and a bit of narration. It's a little slow going but the eye candy gives you more than enough to look at while the rather boring narrator tells bits of the story. (They should have gotten Linda Hunt!) The second clip, which can be found the jump, is a bit more exciting with some battle gameplay and spell casting. The music is, of course, Chopin and the orchestration is exceedingly well done.

So, sit back, relax, grab a cup of one of those International Coffees and enjoy the magic and wonder of Eternal Sonata. Flynn De Marco

Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream Coming to US as "Eternal Sonata"

egauger — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:20:59 MDT

We've been poking around Trusty Bell news the same way we sniffed after Rule of Rose stuff (review on that one is coming up, I promise). I'm pleased to announce that the composer-centric game is coming to the US under the name Eternal Sonata, possibly with some modifications:

The press release for Eternal Sonata, oddly enough, doesn't say anything about Chopin. It just mentions "a famous composer" instead. The "Chopin's Dream" subtitle has also been removed from the US name. One wonders if they'll be changing who the composer is (perhaps to a fictional one) or if they just didn't think it was important to mention for some reason.

Trusty Bell, at least in Japan, is the story of the famous composer Chopin just before his death, as he enters a dream world and meets a magical little girl with a "terrible destiny" yadda yadda yadda. It looks pretty and the music should be great. Eliza Gauger

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Clips: Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dreams

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:40:33 MDT

When I read Ash and Mike's reaction to watching the video for Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dreams I was equally enthralled and perplexed. Now that I've seen the trailer I'm equal parts perplexed and enthralled. See what I did there? Brian Crecente