After a rather tame period of releases from Nintendo (Wii Music failed to rock my world), things may finally be looking up for 2009. They have a lot of games lined-up, including Pokemon Platinum and Chinatown Wars for the DS, while the Wii gets MadWorld and some retro action with GameCube upgrades.

Enterbrain of Japan has finished tallying their results for the total hardware and software sales for the period of March 31 to September 28. This time period marks the first half of 2008's fiscal year in Japan.

So who's on top? If you're asking hardware, that'd be the PSP. Over one and a half million units sold, man! Meanwhile, on the software side of things, it's a different story.

Though Enterbrain's numbers of Japan console sales for week ending September 14 had the Xbox 360 outselling the Wii and PS3, Media Create's charts tell a slightly different story. Check the full article for all the numbers and figures, plus a look at the software charts as well.

Want more Pokemon? Then have more Pokemon! There's a new overview trailer up for the upcoming Pokemon Platinum game, and it looks as if there are quite a number of new features for you to try out. See the vid after the jump!

The Pokemon multimedia series needs very little introduction, we suppose, so let's talk about the goods. There's a new minute-long Japanese TV spot for the upcoming Pokemon Platinum, and you can watch the whole thing after the jump! Make sure you catch the part where it shows the player do some anti-gravity walking-on-walls-and-ceilings stunts.

Well, it's the moment of truth for Pokemon fans, and luckily, folks will be happy to know that a new Pokemon videogame is in the works. Learn more info and see pics for the newly-announced Pokemon Platinum after the jump!