Well, this is wonderful news for Muramasa, which saw terrible sales in Japan. Hopefully it'll boost the sales of that game there. Perhaps they'll bring this idea to the west to encourage more interest in third party software? One can only hope.

this is a must have here in western where alot of good software has being forgot ... like Little King Story, and Dead Space (even if it is on-rails)

Hmm, can DBZ budokai tenkaichi 3 reach a million after all ? =D

I'm glad this is happening but I really hate the need for ugly boxes. I'll have to grab a copy of Muramasa before the pretty ones are hard to find.

when will they hit the stores?

Considering this is based off the Nintendo Channel, does anyone have a list of the titles that are bronze, silver, gold, or platinum for Japan. I of course am able to get the ones for the Americas, but obviously don't have a Japan Wii. Anyone know where we could find that or have an ability to post it so we can see what's to come.

But yea this is a good idea by Nintendo and a way to push it beyond just what games have sold well in the area but also a way to show the customer what their peers think is the quality titles too.

Feb 25th.  They'll hit alongside Monkey Ball Athletic, GTI Club World Race and Daikaishu Ultimate Coliseum DX, so a weirdly full week for Wii.

Yeah without anything special though. However it is a good move, and maybe it will spur some of these games on

Yeah, none of those 3 are huge sellers.  Hell, I think Tales/DBZ the budget releases will probably sell more.  Maybe 428 too.

I guess considering this might come over to the west, here's a list of all the games that are bronze, silver, gold, and platinum on the American Nintendo channel. Maybe I'll create a separate thread for this later, but for now this seems appropriate. It would also be nice if some of our European members list the ones for the European version or if it is different by country then that as well. And as I said, would be nice to see the Japanese list. But for now here is the North American one:

Platinum Award:
Metroid Prime Triology

Gold Award:
Pokemon Rumble (Wiiware)
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Sports Resort
Rock Band 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Guitar Hero: World Tour
World of Goo (Wiiware)
Mega Man 9 (Wiiware)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Virtual Console)
Mario Kart wii
Okami
Super Smash Bros Brawl
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Virtual Console)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Virtual Console)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Silver Award:
The Conduit
PUnch-Out!!
Madworld
The House of the Dead: Overkill
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
Tetris Party (Wiiware)
Rock Band
Wii Fit
Bully: Scholarship Edition
No More Heroes
Super Mario Galaxy
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Virtual Console)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Paper Mario (Virtual Console)
Donkey KOng country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Virtual Console)
Punch-Out!: Featuring Mr. Dream (Virtual Console)
Super Mario World (Virtual Console)
Super Mario Bros. (Virtual Console)
Super Mario 64 (Virtual Console)

Bronze Award:
New Play control! Pikmin
Sonic and the Black Knight
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Sonic Unleashed
Skate It
Quantum of Solace
MySims Kingdom
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Wii Music
Bomberman Blast (Wiiware)
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility
Mario Super Sluggers
Madden NFL 09 All-Play
Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Runner (Wiiware)
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Dr. Mario Online Rx (Wiiware)
LostWinds (Wiiware)
Boom Blox
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Virtual Console)
Trauma Center: New Blood
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Revolution
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Sin and Punishment (Virtual Console)
Super Paper Mario
Star Fox 64 (Virtual Console)
The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
Donkey Kong Country (Virtual Console)
Kirby's Adventure (Virtual Console)
Mario Kart 64 (Virtual Console)
Warioware: Smooth Moves
Gunstar Heroes (Virtual Console)
Metal Slug Anthology
The Legend of Zelda (Virtual Console)
Wii Sports