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Nintendo has just announced that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are the biggest-ever launch of any game from the company in Europe.

First week sales are over 1.5 million units. This includes more than 368,000 copies sold in the UK in the first week.

It’s not yet known how much Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have sold in North America. In Japan though, we know that it moved about 1.9 million copies in Japan in its first three days.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Nintendo published a new Dragon Quest VIII trailer today that specifically focuses on the RPG’s story. We’ve attached it below.

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Thes NES Classic Edition (or Nintendo Classic Mini) has sold out in many countries, including the UK. At least when it comes to the Nintendo UK store, it shouldn’t be much longer before additional stock arrives. More units should be available sometime in December. There’s no specific date yet, but we’ll certainly keep an eye out.

Thanks to Nin10doApplNews for the tip.

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

New 3DS LL – 45,622
PS4 – 33,859
2DS – 18,158
Vita – 12,240
PS4 Pro – 8,243
New 3DS – 6,955
Wii U – 3,493
Xbox One – 778
PS3 – 623
3DS – 482
3DS LL – 95

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

New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96

And here are the software charts:

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Koei Tecmo has come out with the first full trailer for Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death. Have a look at it below.

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Update: The soundtrack is now live in the US and UK as well.

Original: iTunes is starting to be updated with the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon soundtrack in various regions. It’s available in places like Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Italy. All regions should be getting it soon.

169 pieces of music are included in the soundtrack. If you’d like to view the full list, continue on below.

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The new Zelda 30th anniversary amiibo officially launch on Friday, but some people are getting them early. View some up-close photos below.

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Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Let nature soothe you. Forest Friends #3”.

Available items include:

– Tree hood
– Tree costume
– Forest-print tee
– Forest-print shirt

Users can select Miitomo Drop stages from the Shop tab. Miitomo coins or game tickets are needed to play.

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Major retailers have started to take pre-orders for Mario Sports Superstars, starting with Amazon and GameStop. If you have an Amazon Prime membership, you can take 20 percent off per usual.

Mario Sports Superstars launches in Spring 2017. Five sports are included: baseball, tennis, golf, horse racing and 11-on-11 soccer games. The game will feature both online and local multiplayer.

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Konami released a new Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes trailer today that mainly goes over the game’s mechanics. See it below.

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