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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of May. The results can be found below.

1. Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, NWU)**
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU)**
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, WII)
4. Dead Island: Riptide (360, PS3, PC)**
5. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
6. Metro: Last Light (360, PS3, PC)
7. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC)**
8. Bioshock Infinite (360, PS3, PC)**
9. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)**
10. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (360, WII, NDS, PS3, 3DS, NWU, PSV, PC)

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

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Nintendo’s response to the May 2013 NPD report is in.

The 3DS was the best-selling platform in the US for the month of May, according to the company. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and continued sales of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon boosted the handheld’s sales. Both games maintained two of the top three spots on the NPD charts in terms of best-selling SKUs – Donkey Kong came in second, with Luigi’s Mansion following third.

3DS software sales at retail increased by more than 60 percent year-over-year, according to Nintendo.

Nintendo’s full response is posted below.

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Remember how Atlus announced Etrian Odyssey Untold: Milenium Girl for a North American release last week? One section of the press release mentioned a summer launch while another area said that the game is due out this fall. Which one is it?

We’re hearing some reports that fall is the correct answer. That makes sense since Atlus will need the proper time for localization.

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Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Kirby, and Donkey Kong. These are some of the names that should be familiar to most Nintendo fans. But certainly, the Big N has other franchises at its disposal – some of which have been long forgotten or dormant.

Nintendo managed to bring Kid Icarus back to the 3DS after a very lengthy hiatus. Perhaps a similar situation could be realized for the company’s other characters? At the very least, Nintendo seems to be mulling over a few possibilities.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told MTV Multiplayer:

Nintendo is a very fortunate place, we have over 30 different franchises, and we look constantly for opportunities to bring those franchises to bear on our most current systems. I’m not making any promises, and I’m not making any commitments, but certainly we are thinking about, for Wii U and for 3DS, what are those franchises? Maybe those franchises that have been dormant for a few years, that we can loving bring to those platforms to drive our business forward.

Reggie also revealed to MTV that Nintendo is considering Tomodachi Collection for North America. He said that the 3DS game “is something that we are looking hard at for our market”.

“Animal Crossing” is the type of game that you want to play certainly every day, and there are benefits to having the digital version right there on your hardware. I have to say, personally, I don’t find it a huge inconvenience to be swapping out my game cards. There are other games, “Tamagotchi Collection” in Japan, which is something that we are looking hard at for our market, that’s another one that benefits from those short bursts of play, on a day-in, day-out basis.

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Youkai Watch will be getting its own anime early next year. The TV show, which is based on the 3DS game, will begin airing in January. Level-5 also has plans for a manga that will be distributed through Shogakukan’s Ciao magazine in December.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
2. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. NBA 2K13 – Take-Two
5. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
6. Injustice: Gods Among Us – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. ZombiU – Ubisoft
8. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
9. Rabbids Land – Ubisoft
10. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
6. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
7. Fire Emblem: Awakening – Nintendo
8. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
9. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
10. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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We have a few details on SEGA’s newly announced 3DS game, Hero Bank.

The battle life RPG features the cyber sport “Hero Battle”. Those who take place in these battles download hero data from racers, baseball players, or anyone else they can think of. They then duke it out in a virtual arena.

Hero Bank is a battle life RPG. After battling in one-on-one fights, players manage the cash they win. Rather than saving the world, your goal is to become a billionaire.

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A new game in the Retro Game Challenge series (otherwise known as Game Center CX) is coming to Japan. Namco Bandai will publish the title this winter. G.rev, the studio behind G.rev, is developing.

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