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The most obvious use out of the Wii having internet and using a remote like controller, is getting a TV Guide Channel up. Though you are probably reading this on a computer where you can look up channel’s on TVguide.com this second, though you probably already have a TVguide channel that is part of your cable/satellite service, and though the lack of good television programming may keep you from watching tv at all, STILL..

.. a TV Guide Channel is a very obvious part of the Wii user interface (I didn’t say it was a good thing, just a very obvious thing). Below I have the very first user video of this service that has hit the net. Only having 205 views at the moment, this will be viewed and linked to in the days to come from desperate Wii fans looking for anything to check out Nintendo related as we all sit and wait for Super Smash Bros Brawl (except for you Japanese viewers, whom we are all jealous of):

Famitsu.com has posted up the screenshots from their own magazine (here and here, if you receive a 404 error, click on your address bar and hit enter). For those who don’t read Japanese (me!), a Shoryuken.com forum member has posted a pretty decent translation of an interview with producer Yoshinori Ono. Keep on reading for the highlights from that interview:

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Ladies and Gents it pains me to say my farewells to 1PStart. I’ve been here only a short time, though I’ve been at Xbox 360 Rally (another 451 site) for just under a year. I will miss you guys, though you’re probably throwing a party, chanting “he’s leaving! Huzzah! Huzzah!”. If you do miss me, though, you can find me at my new home BingeGamer.net.

It’s been fun, and I hope to see y’all around.

P.S.: Qbix — E-mail me, dude. I’m still gonna get your GTA IV to ya.

Apparently Japan didn’t get the memo about Lair being what we in the industry call “the suck”, as the Factor 5 turd has entered the Japanese Top Ten.

Coming in at #7, Media Create is reporting that Lair has sold 22,000 copies in its first week in the land of the rising sun. It was still nowhere near the top, however, as the Nintendo DS title Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent sold some 61,000 copies.

For those of you who thought Halo 3’s success was marking the beginning of a trend shift in Japan… well, you’re an idiot. The only Xbox 360 game featured on the Top 30 list was Project Gotham Racing 4, which came in at number 25.

Seven of the top ten games sold in Japan last week are handheld titles, with six of them being for the Nintendo DS. The lone PSP title? Gundam Battle Chronicle on the PSP.

[GamesIndustry Biz]

Nintendo, DS, Lair, PlayStation 3, Sony, Factor 5