Nintendo reveals the best-selling games on the Japanese eShop for the first half of 2018
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2018 is just a little over halfway done. With that in mind, Nintendo today revealed the best-selling games on the Japanese eShop this year so far.
We have two sets of data. The first chart combines retail and digital titles, while the second focuses exclusively on eShop games.
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Sonic Mania director on what makes a Sonic game, interested in making a 3D title
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Eurogamer spoke with Sonic Mania director Christian Whitehead as part of a feature exploring the creation of the game. One interesting topic brought up is what actually makes a Sonic game.
Whitehead shared the following on that front:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou trailer
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Entergram has gone live with a five-minute Japanese trailer for the visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou. View it below.
Magic Scroll Tactics coming to Switch
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Magic Scroll Tactics is making its way to Switch, Play, Doujin! announced today. The side-scrolling, turn-based tactical RPG is currently in development, but lacks a release date.
Here’s a trailer:
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Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes web commercial
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Nintendo issued a new Japanese web commercial for Fire Emblem Heroes today. Have a look at the advert below.
Mega Man X: Mega Mission to see English release in January 2019
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Mega Man X: Mega Mission has been published in Japanese, but never in English. That will change early next year thanks to UDON Entertainment.
UDON revealed at Comic-Con yesterday that Hitoshi Ariga’s Mega Man X: Mega Mission will finally receive a North American release. The first full-color, 48-page issue will be made available in January 2019.
As Rockman Corner notes, Mega Mission first appeared in Hitoshi Ariga’s Rockman Remix manga compilation in 1996. It’s an adaptation of the Mega Mission trading cards by Bandai, which follows a storyline that took place between Mega Man X2 and Mega Man X3.
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Nintendo on the possibility of a demo for Smash Bros. Ultimate and DLC
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At Comic-Con yesterday, IGN spoke with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The two sides spoke about a number of topics, including the possibility of a demo down the road and DLC.
When asked if we could see a demo similar to the likes of ARMS Global Testpunch or Mario Tennis Aces, Trinen stated:
Media Create software sales (7/9/18 – 7/15/18) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [NSW] Octopath Traveler (Square Enix) {2018.07.13} (¥6.800) – 110.111 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} (¥3.980) – 41.852 / NEW
03./01. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} (¥5.980) – 21.838 / 227.452 (-33%)
04./03. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 20.430 / 2.447.782 (+25%)
05./02. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 15.101 / 121.785 (-21%)
06./00. [3DS] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} (¥3.980) – 14.558 / NEW
07./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 11.417 / 1.627.674 (-6%)
08./00. [PS4] Mary Skelter: Nightmares 2 # (Compile Heart) {2018.07.12} (¥7.200) – 10.370 / NEW
09./12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) – 7.145 / 1.668.513 (+63%)
10./09. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 6.622 / 1.043.717 (+5%)
11./08. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) – 6.160 / 559.764 (-10%)
12./13. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.06.21} (¥7.600) – 5.023 / 82.077 (+22%)
13./10. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 5.016 / 1.766.438 (-6%)
14./06. [PS4] The Crew 2 (Ubisoft) {2018.06.29} (¥8.400) – 4.951 / 32.276 (-49%)
15./04. [PS4] Zanki Zero: Last Beginning (Spike Chunsoft) {2018.07.05} (¥7.200) – 4.164 / 19.705 (-73%)
16./16. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 3.788 / 167.064 (+9%)
17./11. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2018.05.03} (¥5.980) – 3.642 / 190.330 (-24%)
18./00. [NSW] Shining Resonance Refrain (Sega) {2018.07.12} (¥5.990) – 3.465 / NEW
19./15. [PS4] Detroit: Become Human # (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.05.25} (¥6.900) – 3.321 / 90.360 (-7%)
20./14. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) – 2.724 / 172.154 (-32%)
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Fire Emblem Heroes – Ylissean Travelers event starts tonight, trailer
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Fire Emblem Heroes will be hosting its latest event later tonight. Ylissean Travelers kicks off at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET, which is 8 AM in the UK / 9 AM in Europe.
Sumia, Libra, Maribelle, and Olivia are all featured here. Per tradition, there will also be a new story chapter.
Here’s a trailer for Fire Emblem Heroes – Ylissean Travelers:
Fire Emblem Heroes – Feh Channel (7/19/18) – full presentation
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Missed tonight’s Feh Channel broadcast for Fire Emblem Heroes? That’s not a problem, as the full recording has been posted online. Watch the entire presentation below.
