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

Switch – 269,684
PS4 – 50,662
New 2DS LL – 45,387
New 3DS LL – 27,947
PS4 Pro – 16,595
Vita – 14,041
2DS – 6,992
Xbox One – 687
New 3DS – 311
Wii U – 98
PS3 – 40
Xbox One X – 32

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

Switch – 221,210
PS4 – 45,161
New 2DS LL – 31,653
New 3DS LL – 19,115
PS4 Pro – 17,804
Vita – 9,049
2DS – 4,324
Xbox One – 2,175
New 3DS – 421
Xbox One X – 132
Wii U – 75
PS3 – 44

And here are the software charts:

A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

EGOIST (x2) – 200 yen each

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

In this week’s Pokemon Shuffle we have a new stage, Granbull (Winking), running until January 9th. There will also be an Arcanine and competitive Kyurem stage running til January 2nd.
Buzzwole, Meloetta Pirouette Forme, Hitmonlee, Silvally and Keldeo Resolute Form will also be beginning their repeat runs.

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Nintendo has published a couple of new Japanese commercials for Mario Party: The Top 100. We have both of the adverts below.

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Update 4: All of the eShops are back up.


Update 3: Hearing reports that the Switch eShop may have gone down again, or is still down for some. Will continue to monitor.


Update 2: Switch is back up. So currently, Wii U and 3DS are the only systems impacted as of 1:40 PM ET.


Update: Bumped to the top. Wii U and 3DS eShops are now down as well.


Original: Since early this morning, the Switch eShop has been offline. Nintendo hasn’t said what the cause is, but one possibility is an influx of traffic. It’s Christmas after all, and there could be a whole lot of people receiving the system as a gift today.

Nintendo has only said the following about the situation:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a year-end feature with tons of developers and industry members. Representatives from Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, PlatinumGames, and other companies were asked to rank their top five games played from January to December. Others participated as well such as several voice actors.

The ranking for all platforms is as follows:

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Nintendo is celebrating Christmas with the release of Style Savvy: Styling Star in North America. Take a look at the launch trailer below.

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Project Octopath Traveler enters the top ten for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 7 and December 13.

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

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