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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Media Create has posted new analysis about the latest gaming sales from Japan.

Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi was the big seller last week with 1.244 million copies sold. The title’s sales saw an expected drop to 533,000 units. As a result, overall sales for the market were at 1.909 million, which was 84.36 percent of the previous week.

Because of Christmas demand, consoles sold 108.48 percent compared to last week. Total hardware sales for the week before Christmas went down to 71.48 percent of that of last year.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Dengeki will be hosting a new stream for Bravely Second on January 9. It will take place at 8 PM Japan time, which is 7 AM ET / 4 AM PT / 12 PM in the UK / 1 PM in Europe.

The following guests will be in attendance:

Mai Aizawa (VA for Edea in Bravely Default) as an MC
Tomoya Asano
Shinji Takahashi (assistant producer)
Goemon (from Dengeki)

We’ve included the stream embed above. Just come back on the designated day and time to watch!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

Sonic Stadium recently came across a bunch of concept art for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Art ranges from the very early stages of development up through the initial pitch for Transformed. We even get a look at the Gilius Thunderhead on Chicken Leg concept Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett spoke about previously.

View the concept art below:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows;

Individual Formats

All Formats

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

This week’s UK  Wii U/3DS specific software sales are as follows;

Wii U

1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo

4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

5. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft

6. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

7. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo

8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

9. Nintendoland – Nintendo

10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software

3DS

1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo

6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

7. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable

8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Bravely Second, Persona 5, Dragon Quest Heroes, and Tales of Zestiria are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 11 and December 17.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, Best Buy (new) GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop

Amiibo

Meta Knight – Best Buy
Sonic – Best Buy, GameStop
Toon Link – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sheik – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shulk – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Bowser – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
King Dedede – King Dedede, Best Buy, GameStop
Ike – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

* Note: since some of the latest amiibo figures are releasing on different days at different retailers, we’ll still list pre-order links for the next few weeks.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 532.724 / 1.776.895 (-57%)
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 167.534 / 2.118.015 (+10%)
03./00. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 161.197 / NEW
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 78.927 / 385.460 (+0%)
05./06. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 74.226 / 1.910.078 (+57%)
06./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 66.532 / NEW
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥7.171) – 57.188 / NEW
08./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 39.223 / 2.997.335 (+22%)
09./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 38.681 / 2.293.954 (+31%)
10./09. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 34.331 / 813.139 (+38%)
11./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century # (Compile Heart) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 26.313 / NEW
12./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Honto no Kimochi (Happinet) {2014.12.18} (¥5.480) – 23.026 / NEW
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2014.11.13} (¥3.996) – 20.376 / 100.886 (+39%)
14./03. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) – 20.130 / 101.789 (-75%)
15./16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 19.848 / 55.901 (+62%)
16./00. [PS3] Godzilla (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 19.777 / NEW
17./12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.04} (¥5.627) – 19.064 / 68.238 (+19%)
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 17.190 / 3.847.566 (+73%)
19./05. [PS3] Shining Resonance # (Sega) {2014.12.11} (¥8.880) – 16.384 / 83.667 (-76%)
20./15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.12.04} (¥5.378) – 12.377 / 44.100 (-2%)

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Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, Features, Podcast, Reader Poll, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

It’s that time of year again! Last year’s game music podcast seemed to go over much better than I expected a two-hour show to, so let’s do the same thing for the soundtracks from this year. And once again I’m looking for reader (listener?) input to help put the thing together and narrow down a top 10 list.

The rules are pretty much the same as last year. Vote here to rate each of the twenty shortlisted games and add in any comments if you have them (you can also use that section to tell me if neglected to include certain soundtracks). Since some of them were included in last year’s show, the voting excludes games that were released in other regions last year like Bravely Default, but not ones like Fantasy Life that I previously forgot about. I’ve also excluded any games with an English release confirmed for next year like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – save it for the 2015 list! There are a handful of games like Guacamelee on the list that were released on other platforms last year, but as 2014 was their first showing on a Nintendo platform they’re up for voting.

So please get your votes in and look forward to the final podcast whenever it posts. Maybe there’ll be guests or co-hosts this time? Who can say. Since I’ll be out of the country for a while – I’ll probably have left by the time this posts – don’t expect any results until mid-January at the earliest. That’s kind of late for a retrospective, but I’m sure you’re all sick of top-10 lists at the moment. I know I sure am after putting together all that Nintendo DS stuff.

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