Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 scan shows newly-confirmed monsters
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 was once again featured in the latest issue of Jump. A few things are featured in the magazine.
We now know that Joker 3 will have three new monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, Dragon Quest: Monster Parade and Dragon Quest X. Other than that, Jump shows scouting (from previous Joker titles), accessories that players can equip, and Skill Points (used by monsters to obtain new skills).
Update: Dark Edition Wii U – Amazon: Skylanders SuperChargers Racing 3DS for $24
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Update: Not quite as good a deal, but Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition for Wii U
is $75 ($25 off).
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing on 3DS is seeing a rather big discount on Amazon. You can purchase the game for only $24, down from the original $65 asking price.
Place an order here
if interested. Note that the deal expires at 3 AM ET / 12 AM PT.
Media Create software sales (11/23 – 11/29) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage!
03./08. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./11. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./01. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront
06./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Vs. Sega Hard Girls: Yume no Gattai Special #
07./10. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
08./00. [PSV] Criminal Girls 2 #
09./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.6
10./06. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
11./00. [PS4] Blade Arcus from Shining EX #
12./14. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
13./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen! #
14./21. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
15./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
16./00. [PS3] Blade Arcus from Shining EX #
17./03. [PSV] Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book #
18./16. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble World
19./05. [WIU] Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
20./04. [PSV] Omega Labyrinth
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SEGA’s full-year profit estimate reduced by 90 per cent
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SEGA has announced that it’s cutting revenue and profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2016. Revenue forecast has been dropped by ¥65 billion to ¥355 billion, resulting in a 15 percent reduction. Operating income will also be reduced from ¥25 billion to ¥10 billion. Net profit is declining by nearly 90 percent from ¥19 billion to just ¥2 billion.
There are a few reasons behind this. First, SEGA’s pachislot machine sales expectations are down from 265,000 units to 154,000 units and its pachinko machine expectations are down from 220,000 units to 203,000 units. The company is also experiencing “intensifying” competition within the Japanese market when it comes to the Entertainment Contents Business (games) and longer development lead times. That means SEGA doesn’t have a whole lot of titles coming up immediately due to delays.
Monster Hunter X sold through 92% of its initial shipment in Japan
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Media Create’s latest report had Monster Hunter X at nearly 1.5 million unit sold. As it turns out, the game sold through 91.84 percent of its initial shipment. Media Create also says that pre-orders were at 936,000 copies.
How does Monster Hunter X stack up to the previous game in the series? Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (4G) sold 1,446,289 copies with a sell-through of 85.40 percent. Pre-orders were similar, as that title had 929,000 units reservations.
In terms of hardware, Monster Hunter X helped boost 3DS sales by 362.53 percent. 196,000 systems were sold across all platforms during the week, up 206.19 percent from the previous week.
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The Game Awards 2015 winners
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The Game Awards 2015 just wrapped up a short while ago, and the winners are in. Head past the break for the full rundown of categories and winners.
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Satoru Iwata given a tribute at The Game Awards 2015, full segment
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At The Game Awards 2015 tonight, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was honored with a tribute – not to mention a touching speech from Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime. You can watch the full segment below.
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The Game Awards 2015 live stream
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The Game Awards 2015 will begin fairly soon. We’ll be seeing the actual show at the following times:
– 6 PM PT
– 9 PM ET
– 2 AM in the UK
– 3 AM in Europe
If you’d like to watch The Game Awards live, check out the embedded stream below. Note that a pre-show will begin 30 minutes beforehand.
It’ll be interesting to see what comes out of this in terms of Nintendo-specific content. Reggie will definitely be showing up, so there should be at least one surprise!
Random notes during the event
– Super Mario Maker wins Best Family Game
– Splatoon wins Best Multiplayer
– Satoru Iwata tribute at The Game Awards
– No new reveals from Nintendo
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Splatoon – Mahi-Mahi Resort map now live
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Splatoon’s latest map has gone live. Players can begin battling it out on Mahi-Mahi Resort.
Want to see Mahi-Mahi Resort in action? You can check out video footage here and here.
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Shovel Knight amiibo out in Europe on Dec. 11, North America on Jan. 8
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Yacht Club Games has finally shared a concrete release date for the Shovel Knight amiibo.
In Europe, the figure is officially slated for December 11. North America will be receiving the Shovel Knight amiibo on January 8. Pricing is set at $12.99 / £10.99 / €14.99.
Yacht Club Games spoke about the release timing and stock in a website post:
“You may be wondering why the Shovel Knight amiibo is coming out so much earlier in Europe! It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing to ship a tiny, insufficient number of amiibo units before Christmas, or ship a good healthy supply of stock to North America just after Christmas. We’ve received hundreds of emails bemoaning the difficulty in finding some of your favorite amiibo, racing for a pre-order window, issues with scalpers, having trouble unlocking the new features you want to play; so, we made the decision to launch the amiibo in January so there would be enough units available. Hopefully, this later date will make buying a Shovel Knight amiibo easy and fair for everyone. So just be sure to save up that Christmas money for the new year!
On that note, if you’re interested in picking up the Shovel Knight amiibo, then we’d like to implore you to wait for it to release in your territory. There will be plenty and it will not be a limited run, so please don’t feel pressured into importing or buying from scalpers. Don’t spend more than the retail price! Also, keep in mind the new Shovel Knight amiibo features will not function on your game system in your territory until the listed release date. Thank you everyone for your patience!”
On Wii U and 3DS, the Shovel Knight amiibo provides these features:
– Level up to a max level of 50 by finding treasure!
– Earn relics in an all new way while uncovering all-new relics, abilities, and powers you never thought possible!
– Customize the look of your Shovel Knight with cool and crazy cosmetic options!
– Use your Custom Knight seamlessly between Nintendo 3DS and Wii U!
– Battle your way through amiibo exclusive challenge stages that take advantage of the new Custom Knight relics and abilities!
– 5 new solo challenges and 5 new co-op challenges (exclusive to Wii U) await!
And below are some details about co-op multiplayer on Wii U:
– Join a friend’s Shovel Knight campaign and shovel together!
– Use your cooperative skills to help each other out along the way!
– Compete against each other collecting gold and defeating enemies to prove who is the true hero of Shovelry!
– Play with any combination: two Custom Knights, one Custom Knight/one Classic Knight, or 2 Classic Knights.
View a new video showing off the Shovel Knight amiibo functionality below.
