The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 30,172
PS4 – 25,592
Vita – 18,202
Wii U – 15,398
New 3DS – 6,241
3DS – 4,797
PS3 – 1,939
3DS LL – 1,162
Xbox One – 99

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 37,227
PS4 – 36,559
Vita – 31,338
Wii U – 24,722
New 3DS – 11,610
3DS – 9,698
PS3 – 2,784
3DS LL – 1,944
Xbox One – 293

And here are the software charts:

1. [PSV] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir – 43,394 / NEW
2. [PS4] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir – 42,263 / NEW
3. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 36,700 / 2,623,786
4. [3DS] Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride to Victory! – 20,992 / NEW
5. [3DS] Monster Strike – 19,576 / 757,807
6. [WIU] Splatoon – 18,455 / 1,201,389
7. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 14,716 / 2,161,824
8. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 14,342 / 767,081
9. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 13,182 / 621,061
10. [PS3] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir – 9,771 / NEW
11. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 8,793 / 197,670
12. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 6,546 / 636,070
13. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force – 6,090 / 127,496
14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 5,389 / 279,666
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 5,305 / 1,317,679
16. [PS4] GTA V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 4,679 / 58,978
17. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 4,554 / 56,230
18. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 4,408 / 212,221
19. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 4,136 / 42,386
20. [PSV] Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours – 3,675 / NEW

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Nintendo has announced some maintenance on the Nintendo Network ID service that will take place Monday evening. During this time you will be unable to connect to networks with your Nintendo Network ID ad all online services which use the ID will not be functioning. The schedule for this maintenance is:

– 12 PM PT – 4 PM PT
– 3 PM ET – 7 PM ET
– 8 PM in the UK – 12 AM in the UK
– 9 PM in the UK – 1 AM in the UK

In addition, tonight will have the weekly Xenoblade Chronicles X maintenance which will halt online services for a short period of time. The schedule for this is:

– 5:50 PM PT – 7:30 PM PT
– 8:50 PM ET – 10:30 PM ET
– 1:50 AM in the UK – 3:30 AM in the UK
– 2:50 AM in Europe – 4:30 AM in Europe

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Hyrule Warriors Legends is releasing in Japan today at 12am JST and now fans can pre-load the game onto their system to be able to play right away when it launches. Here are some technical details of the download:

• Filesize: 16 101 blocks / 2GB
• Genre: Action
• Players: 1 (you can control up to 4 characters)
• Save data file: 1
• Internet play: special battles
• Local play: trading Renting Skills for your fairy (2 to 4 people), special battles

Nintendo has also confirmed amiibo compatibility for the game which whill work similarly to in Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U:

• the amiibo from The Legend of Zelda series allow you to get rare weapons, once a day
• all the other amiibo allow you to get materials or rupees at random, once a day

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The Ghostbusters Level Pack is among the new content out now for LEGO Dimensions. Check out some footage of it in the video below.

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If you’ve played Hyrule Warriors, you’re probably aware of the fact that a fairy speaks on Link’s behalf. This makes sense since he doesn’t talk in the Zelda games. But Toon Link, a new addition in Hyrule Warriors Legends, never had a fairy. The developers solved this issue with an interesting approach.

Aryll basically takes on the same role as the fairy for Toon Link. During battle, she’s able to speak for the legendary hero. This is done through the powers of the Pirate’s Charm. You can see this briefly in the video embedded below.

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Yesterday, the Japanese Zelda Twitter account began sending out new messages to promote Twilight Princess HD. There’s another post today, though this time it’s more about the series in general. Along with the timeline image above “Malo” wrote the following:

“…it’s Malo. This is a rare article brought by the pops with mustache… (note: likely Aonuma) So according to this, this story is the era of victory of the Hero of Time. The Hero of Time? …I don’t know the details, but why is everyone wearing green clothes? …if they’re of the same brand. That’s gotta be really good product appeal.”

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A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:

– Oshushi theme – 200 yen
– Assassination Classroom theme – 200 yen
– FuRyu theme – 200 yen
– Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Winter Deluxe – 200 yen
– flumpool ‘Yoru wa Nemureru Kai?’ – 200 yen
– team Hiragi ‘Ayanagi Show Time’ – 200 yen
– team Otori with the same track – 200 yen
– High School Star Musical ‘Warera, Ayanagi Gakuen Kao Kai’ – 200 yen
– Gesu no Kiwami Otome ‘Ryoseibai de li ja Nai’ – 200 yen

Videos for a number of today’s themes are posted below.

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Splatoon version 2.5.0 is out now. You can grab the update by starting up the game, or waiting for automatic updates to download today’s patch.

For those that missed yesterday’s post, we’re including the 2.5.0 patch notes once again. You can read them in full below.

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Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on January 27. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:

Wii U Virtual Console

Usagi no Kuni no Kangaroo Race Wallaby!! (PC Engine, 617 yen)
Medabots: Metabee Version – (GBA, 702 yen)
Medabots: Rokusho Version (GBA, 702 yen)

3DS Download

Nazo no Mini Game – 500 yen

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A special episode of Game Center DX featuring Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash has just been uploaded to Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube page. You can view it below.

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