How Many Hours Danced? Just Dance 2's One Year Report

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     Just Dance 2 was released on October 12, 2010 with a MSRP of $39.99.  The game was a sequel to the original Wii hit Just Dance, which released in 2009.
     The game was developed by Ubisoft Paris, and published by Ubisoft, and it received an "Everyone 10+" rating from the ESRB with "Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     How many hours have Wii owners reported dancing with Just Dance 2, with 370 days possibly reported?  Let's take a look!

How Many Hours Played? Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I's One Year Report

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     Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I was release on October 11, 2010 with a price point of 1,500 Wii Points, which is $15.  The game was co-developed by Dimps and Sonic Team, and it received an ESRB rating of "Everyone" with "Comic Mischief" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     How many hours have Wii owners reported playing Sonic's WiiWare adventure with 371 days of data possibly reported?  Let's take a look!

Max & the Magic Marker - Hours Drawn

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     Max & the Magic Marker was released on March 8, 2010 through the Wii's WiiWare service at a pricepoint of 1,000 Wii Points, which is $10.
     The game was developed by Press Play, and received an "Everyone" rating from the ESRB, with "Comic Mischief" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     Max has drawn his debut onto the Nintendo Channel, so let's take a look at how many hours Wii owners have reported playing Max & the Magic Marker!

Charity, Contest, & CoffeeWithGames - Notes

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     Okay, so here are some notes about things happening.

     1)  First, Knuckles Sonic8, who comments here on CWG some, also runs his own video game related site, WiiLoveIt.com.
     Today, Saturday, WiiLoveIt.com is partcipating in an Extra Life charity event, which is a cause setup to raise money for children via donations, in which the participants play video games for 24 straight hours...or at least 24 hours total for the event.
     You can read/see more about WiiLoveIt's participation with the Extra Life charity event HERE, http://www.wiiloveit.com/blog/extralifeeventupdate; and you can read more about Extra Life HERE, and if you feel like donating to WiiLoveIt's cause, 100% of the proceeds go to the foundation, you can do so HERE: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=501&participantID=25045.

     2)  Jeremy, who won my contest/giveaway of two years' worth of coffee, also has his own site he helps out with, NintendoFuse.com.  He wanted me to help spread the word that they are doing a contest/giveaway of some great Wii and 3DS games: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land, and Mario Kart 7.  You can read about how to enter the contest HERE, http://forums.wiinintendo.net/viewtopic.php?f=164&t=9223.

Have You Partied? Wii Party Turns One

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     Wii Party was released on October 3, 2010 with a MSRP of $49.99.  On April 25th this year, the game saw an "official" price drop from the MSRP of $49.99, down to a MSRP of $39.99.
     The game was developed Nd Cube and Nintendo EAD, and published by Nintendo.  Wii Party received an "Everyone" rating from the ESRB with "Mild Cartoon Violence" listed as content for parents/gamers to be aware of.

     How many hours have Wii owners reported partying with Wii Party during its first year?  Let's take a look!