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The Pokémon Company announced today that they have shipped over 7.7 million units of the latest Pokémon games, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, since their release on November 21st. A week ago we reported that the games’ sales had topped 3 million, so it looks like last week’s European release gave the games quite a decent boost. The previous Pokémon games, X and Y, are still the highest selling 3DS games with 13.29 million copies sold, so it’ll be interesting to see if these new remakes manage to catch up to them. Given that the Pokémon company are listing Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s sales as a 135% increase over X and Y, it could be a possibility. For a comparison, the original Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire versions on the Game Boy Advance collectively sold 16.22 million units worldwide, making them the best-selling titles on the console.

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Best Buy will be holding a “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” at over 100 stores this weekend. Consumers will be able to go hands on with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Pokemon Art Academy. There will also be giveaways and deals. If you show up at the Culver City store in Los Angeles, there will be a photo-op with Mario.

Best Buy’s “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” will take place between 11 AM and 4 PM. Check out this link for a lineup of participating locations.

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Following today’s Play-Asia leak, Atlus has now officially confirmed Etrian Mystery Dungeon for North America. The title is due out in spring 2015 for $39.99. It’ll be released in stores and via the eShop.

A teaser site for Etrian Mystery Dungeon is located here. View some screenshots above.

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Games featured in the gallery: Bravely Second, Kenka Bancho 6, PoPoLoCrois Farm Story, Samurai Warriors Chronicle 3, and Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi.

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Atlus hasn’t confirmed Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon for the west yet, but Play-Asia appears to leaked an upcoming announcement.

A listing for “Etrian Mystery Dungeon” popped up on the retailer’s website recently. That would seem to be the localized name of Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon. We should also mention that Play-Asia’s listing contains English screenshots as well as a logo – view them above.

If Play-Asia’s listing is correct, Etrian Mystery Dungeon will be available in March.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 298,613 / 1,626,284
2. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova – 107,313 / NEW
3. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Knight of the Fafnir – 59,531 / NEW
4. [PSV] Fate/hollow ataraxia – 53,979 / NEW
5. [PS3] Resident Evil HD – 50,258 / NEW
6. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 29,274 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 27,264 / 2,200,698
8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 21,755 / 1,758,790
9. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 20,577 / 2,902,388
10 [PSV] Nisekoi Marriage!? – 15,508 / NEW
11. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit! – 14,275 / NEW
12. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 12,886 / 104,801
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 12,742 / 734,626
14. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 12,211 / 54,053
15. [PSV] Great Edo Blacksmith – 11,562 / NEW
16. [PS3] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 11,294 / NEW
17. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 10,291 / 105,302
18. [3DS] Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan – 9,936 / NEW
19. [3DS] Hero Bank 2 – 8,014 / NEW
20. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires – 7,784 / 45,907

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

New 3DS LL – 48,738
Vita – 27,935
New 3DS – 22,875
3DS – 19,722
3DS LL – 15,182
PS4 – 13,489
Wii U – 12,496
PS3 – 5,360
Vita TV – 1,285
Xbox One – 1,237
Xbox 360 – 108
PSP – 18

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

New 3DS LL – 42,184
New 3DS – 26,791
PS4 – 12,430
3DS LL – 11,534
Vita – 10,236
Wii U – 9,615
3DS – 8,144
PS3 – 4,324
Xbox One – 776
Vita TV – 621
Xbox 360 – 100
PSP – 11


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