According to the latest sales data from Enterbrain, the Wii has sold 7,024,239 units from its December 2, 2006 launch through this past Sunday, November 23, 2008. Bumping it over the hill was mostly the work of Animal Crossing: City Folk, moving 303,204 copies itself this past week. Other data figures include a total of 24,127,175 Nintendo DS units (including the DS Lite and DSi) since the unit’s December 2004 launch, and 276,049 copies of Crono Trigger sold in the week ending November 23rd.

What does all that mean? It means that Nintendo will continue swimming in money for the forseeable future, and that we can almost bet on City Folk 2 in the Wii’s lifetime. Or maybe just Nintendogs-like promotion on the first City Folk for the next several years. Yeah, that’s it.

Famitsu

Some of us are extremely picky about spreading germs. Over in Japan, some people wear masks to filter out the air they breathe - 12 million people plus tourists going through the city of Tokyo each day has got to be a health hazard.

Of course, why would anyone sell plain, cheap masks to the mass public, when you can stick a bunch of Pokemon stickers in the bag and make a bigger buck off parents having to buy these for their kids? It’s not like those parents want their kids to be Weezing in that nasty air or spread their own germs around.

Destructoid

Mario & Luigi RPG 3 was announced at the Tokyo Games Show just last month, and a Japanese release date has already been set. The game will hit shelves in Japan on February 11th.

Mario & Luigi RPG 3 is the third game in the Mario & Luigi series. It will use a battle system similar to that of the previous two Mario & Luigi games, and will feature Bowser as a playable character. This time, the brothers are up against a plague that’s spreading across the Mushroom Kingdom, possibly turning Toads into the crazy spherical monstrosities in the above screenshot.

No American release date has been revealed yet. You can count on us to report that little tidbit as soon as it becomes available.

Siliconera

Seeing as how Nintendo’s Wi-Fi USB Connector is currently discontinued pending a lawsuit against Buffalo, it would make sense that Nintendo come up with a way to get wireless-less Wii and DS owners online in some manner.

Enter the Wi-Fi network adapter you see above. From the looks of it, you simply plug in the power, plug into your LAN or directly to the Internet, and you’re good to go. It supports 802.11g/b, and will be available for ¥5800. It’s a safe bet that it only allows connections for Wii and DS systems, and it’s also a safe bet that this will only be heavily supported in Japan. Maybe a limited release via the Nintendo Online Store for the rest of the world?

More pics after the break!

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Sure there isn’t much gameplay, and yeah nothing really blows me away in the trailer, but it is still a Chrono Trigger trailer. That is enough for me I think. It’s nice to have a quick run down of characters too; nothing like good a trip down memory lane.

My one concern is the art style and music that Squeenix was bragging about in their press release. I wasn’t thoroughly impressed by what was in the trailer, not that it carries too much weight, but I would at least like the music to be epic.

Gametrailers

The recently announced Mega Man 9 will see a release this September in Japan, according to this weeks Famitsu magazine (above image). There was no mention of a North American date, but we Yanks should expect it a few months after. PAL region friends, well, you know how it goes.

Wii@Everyday
via Kotaku

Three new additions to the Japanese Virtual Console today, including the always-classic Dig Dug. 500 points, though? I’m pretty sure you can get old copies of Namco Museum for cheaper these days. That’s what I did, at least!

• Dig Dug (Famicom, 500 Wii Points)
  
• Splatterhouse 2 (Mega Drive, 600 Wii Points)
  
• Seirei Senshi Spriggan (PC Engine, 600 Wii Points)