Wedbush Morgan analyst on his predictions for a 3DS release date and pricing. I know Nintendo don’t sell hardware at a loss like Sony and Microsoft but fingers crossed they keep the price as close to the cost as possible!

“I expect the device to be available only on eBay for its first couple of months. I think that we Westerners won’t have an opportunity to buy before Christmas, so think that sales by Christmas will be limited to a few million in Japan… I see it having huge success as an upgrade device, with sales likely limited only by supply and price. My best guess is that they will price it around 0/£199/€250, so this may limit demand somewhat, and I doubt that Nintendo will manufacture more than 10 – 15 million the first full year… I think that the 3DS’s addressable market is really the current DS market and some overlap with the current PSP market. That’s still a huge market opportunity.”

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AVIENNA, Austria – August 4, 2010

The highly anticipated puzzle platformer for WiiWare™, And Yet It Moves, officially receives a launch date of August 23, 2010, and pricing of 1,000 Wii Points™. Indie studio Broken Rules brings the award-winning downloadable PC game experience to the living room, introducing all new levels and game controls using the Wii Remote™ that will have players physically rotating environments to overcome various obstacles and challenges. Experience a new twist on the game that won the 2007 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase, was nominated for the 2007 EUROPRIX Top Talent Award and qualified as a finalist during IndieCade 2008.

And Yet It Moves is a physics-based platform game in which players rotate the world at will to solve challenging puzzles. A tilt of the Wii Remote also tilts the world, turning walls into floors, slides into platforms, and stacks of rocks into dangerous hazards when flipped upside down. Players navigate through a paper collage world created with colorful pieces of cardboard and set to distinctive music. With four different environments and multiple unlockable modes, And Yet It Moves will provide gamers with endless challenges.

Key features of the game include:
• Advanced Platforming – Players run, jump and must rotate the world to solve puzzles.
• A Living World – Creatures such as bats, bees and monkeys populate the game world and react to ever-changing gravity.
• 20 Levels In Four Different Environments – Mind-bending puzzles set in an extraordinary paper collage world created with colored cardboard, brought to life with handmade sounds and music.
• Endless Replayability – Unlockables include bonus levels and competitive play modes: Time Trial, Limited Rotation, Speed Run, and Survival. Additional modifications can be unlocked that can change the entire game.
• Multiple Control Options – Play as you wish with 4 different control schemes. Use the motion sensor and Wii Remote pointer, or use the Classic Controller™.

And Yet It Moves will be available for download on August 23rd through the Wii™ Shop Channel for 1,000 Wii Points, and has been rated “E” for “Everyone” with Mild Violence by the ESRB.

To view the video trailer and learn more about And Yet It Moves, visit the official website at: www.andyetitmoves.net/

We have waited too long for a massage sim! Now Microforum announced that Enjoy Your Massage! will be out August 9th on WiiWare. Here’s the PR:

Microforum Ltd., a worldwide publisher and software developer, today announced that its massage simulator puzzle game, Enjoy your massage!, will be available on WiiWareTM in North America on 9th August.

In Enjoy your massage! you will be hired as an apprentice masseur of Giselle’s beauty farm, one of the most famous in the city. Learn new relaxing massage combinations and apply them on your stressed customers! As an apprentice, you’ll have to do your best: if your client gets angry, no one will save you from losing your job, but if you prove to be able, you might even become the director of the whole beauty farm!

Enjoy your massage! has been created with the cooperation of a team of psychologists: a special mix of slow breath-rythmical animations and harmonic sound relaxes the player and enhances his emotional involvement.

Enjoy your massage! has been rated E10+ (Everyone 10+) with Mild Suggestive Themes by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Nintendo trademarks used under license. WiiWare is available only through the Wii console. For more information, visit the official website at http://www.enjoyyourmassage.com