Dragon Quest XI shipments and digital sales surpass three million in Japan
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Dragon Quest XI has already surpassed another major milestone in Japan. At Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017, Square Enix announced that combined total shipments and digital sales have surpassed three million units. The game only just released last week.
Media Create has already reported that Dragon Quest XI sold 1.1 million copies on 3DS in its first two days. Another 950,000 units were sold on PlayStation 4.
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Splatoon 2 – North American Splatfest #1 results
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 54 Comments
The results are in for the first true North American Splatfest in Splatoon 2. Ultimately, it was mayonnaise that beat out ketchup.
Ketchup was much more popular than mayonnaise with 73 percent of the vote. However, mayonnaise took home the battles – just barely so – in the other categories. That helped Team Mayonnaise win by a score of 2-1.
Mayonnaise was also victorious in Japan. We should be finding out about the European results later today.
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North American Metroid: Samus Returns teaser site open
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
The official teaser site for Metroid: Samus Returns is now live. You can access it here. The full site will open soon, but for now, the page has some screenshots and gameplay details.
Dragon Quest XI sold through 76% of its initial shipment in Japan, gave 3DS a huge boost
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 22 Comments
Japan just had one of its best weeks in a long while in terms of gaming sales. Dragon Quest XI finally launched to huge success, and Nintendo shipping out a steady supply of Switch units also helped.
Console-wise, the sales of all 3DS systems combined sold 417.62 percent more than last week. Again, part of this was due to the release of Dragon Quest XI. Square Enix also put out a special Liquid Metal Slime New 2DS XL design, which was no doubt purchased by many consumers.
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Sonic Forces devs on the custom character and story plus more, brief Sonic Mania talk
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 72 Comments
Recently, Famitsu spoke with Sonic series producer Takashi Iizuka and Sonic Forces producer Shun Nakamura. The two had much to say about the brand new custom character aspect and more.
First, Famitsu asked about the details on why character customization was added in Sonic Forces. Iizuka said that for many years in which he had been working on Sonic games, he received a ton of requests from fans to have their own original characters appear. While he has never been able to put in those characters exactly as they are, he still wanted to make those dreams come true, so SEGA decided to add a custom character that will fight together with Sonic.
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Nintendo was originally up for Night Trap on Switch, but randomly “pulled out two days later”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 91 Comments
The 1993 interactive movie game Night Trap is being revitalized this year. Originally, Screaming Villains hoped to bring the 25th Anniversary Edition to Switch. That looks like it won’t be happening, however.
Screaming Villains told one fan on Twitter that “Nintendo was on board originally but pulled out two days later for a very random reason.” The specific reason here is unknown.
Not happening unfortunately. Nintendo was on board originally but pulled out two days later for a very random reason. I tried.
— Screaming Villains (@screamingvill) July 29, 2017
So any theories as to what happened here, folks?
Dragon Quest Builders 2 announced for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 43 Comments
Update: Since the live stream is ongoing, here’s a video with just the footage:
Original: Dragon Quest Builders 2 is in development for Switch, Square Enix has revealed. The news was just shared during the Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017.
Square Enix showed the first footage during a live stream just moments ago. You can watch it towards the end of the video below.
Among the new elements in Dragon Quest Builders 2 are underwater exploration and gliding. Multiplayer is also confirmed to be in.
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Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stage theme (8/5/17)
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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“Stealth attack! Ninja Style” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
– Ninja hood (set)
– Ninja suit (set)
– Ninja sword
– Shuriken tabi socks
– Lady ninja headband (set)
– Lady ninja suit (set)
– Lady ninja sandals (set)
– Throwing-star pin
– Ninja disguise hood (set)
– Ninja disguise suit (set)
– Ninja kanji tee
– Shuriken tee
– Arabesque print pants
The returning stage will be available until August 8 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
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New Dusk Form Lycanroc revealed for Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
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A new form for Lycanroc for Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon was just revealed on the Japanese Pokemon show Pokenchi. Official details have since come in as well.
This evolution is known as Dusk Form Lycanroc. Here’s the official rundown:
It’s been confirmed that a new form of Lycanroc appears in the world of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon-Dusk Form. The colors of Dusk Form Lycanroc’s body and eyes differ from those of previously discovered Lycanroc, Midday Form and Midnight Form.
You can’t get Dusk Form Lycanroc on your team by ordinary methods, such as discovering the mysterious Pokémon in the wild.
So check back soon for news on how you can get Dusk Form Lycanroc, along with more details on the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon games.
Unfortunately, that’s all we saw from Pokenchi – nothing else on Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon.
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Series creator reiterates that Dragon Quest XI is still in the works for Switch, will be released when the time is right
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 92 Comments
We’re in a strange place with Dragon Quest XI on Switch right now. Last week, the long-awaited RPG launched in Japan on 3DS and PlayStation 4. Despite that, we still have yet to see a single image from the Switch version. Square Enix has also chosen not to provide any information thus far.
Dragon Quest XI was actually “announced” for Switch way back in 2015 during the NX days. However, Square Enix then said it was only “considering” bringing the game over to Nintendo’s new platform. Square Enix then clarified that it was officially happening last year. We also received another confirmation when Switch was initially unveiled . Finally, this past May, series creator Yuji Horii noted that they’ll say something when they are able to.
