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Last week, Nintendo held its latest financial results briefing. The presentation transcript has been up for several days in English, but we’ve been waiting for the Q&A to receive the same treatment. That’s now gone live right here. There’s nothing overly major beyond what we’ve already covered – in summary form and translations of various answers – but some of you may find it to be an interesting read nonetheless.

October Japanese software sales: Mario Maker and 3DS, most games sold by Nintendo

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This is data from 28/09/2015-25/10/2015 (4 weeks)

Famitsu published a new report based on sales gathered from October. We don’t have the top 30 software charts just yet – that will be a few weeks – though we do have a few other pieces of data.

First up, here’s a look at the best-selling software for the month:

[PSV] Tokyo Xanadu: 115.973
[PS3] Winning Eleven 2016: 92.756
[WIU] Super Mario Maker: 92.663
[3DS] 7th Dragon III: Code VFD: 85.298
[3DS] Yokai Watch Busters: White Dog Squad/Red Cat Team: 80.486
[PS4] Winning Eleven 2016: 66.000 (estimate)
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes: 59.000 (estimate)
[3DS] Picross 3D 2: 55.000 (estimate)

And the best-selling hardware:

PlayStation 4: 118.881 (90.425 sold on September)
Nintendo 3DS: 86.998 (110.670 sold on September)

Last but not least, here’s a look at sales for the biggest publishers:

Nintendo: 441.000
Konami: 209.000
Koei Tecmo: 162.000

Note that these numbers are based on data collected between September 28 and October 25.

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Animal Crossing amiibo cards series 2 unboxing

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Animal Crossing amiibo cards series 2 launched in Japan last week. To get a closer look at the new packs, watch the video below.

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Famitsu review scores (11/4/15)

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
Project X Zone 2 (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Disney Infinity 3.0 (Wii U/PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/8
Goat Simulator (PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/7
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Wii U/3DS/PS4/PSV) – 7/7/6/8
Paperbound (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Bloo Kid 2 (3DS) – 6/7/6/7
Mystery Solved: Escape From The Maze (3DS) – 6/6/6/6
99Moves (Wii U) – 6/6/5/6

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The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure multiplayer trailer

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Along with the launch trailer we posted earlier today, Activision has also shared a multiplayer trailer for The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure. View it below.

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The Legend of Dark Witch Episode 2 footage

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The Legend of Dark Witch Episode 2 came out on the Japanese 3DS eShop a short while ago. Take a look at some footage from the game below.

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Fatal Frame devs on GamePad usage and cut ideas, Ayane inclusion, free chapters in the west

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Siliconera recently caught up with a pair of developers behind Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. The site spoke with Nintendo co-producer Toru Osawa as well as Makoto Shibata. A few interesting topics came up during the discussion. The two creators commented on the idea behind using the GamePad as the Camera Obscura and cut ideas, where Ayane’s inclusion came from, and the decision to make the first two chapters free in the west.

You can find these excerpts from the interview below. Read the full discussion over on Siliconera.