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Yet another title has been delayed in Japan. Artdink has announced that A-Train 3D is now scheduled to arrive in February 2014. It was originally planned for release on December 12.

In the latest issue of EDGE magazine there lays a feature about the inclusion of permanent death in a game– that is, when a character dies, they’re gone for good and you can’t do anything about it. Two notable examples of games that utilize permanent death (perma-death) have come within the last year or deux: ZombiU from Ubisoft on the Wii U and Fire Emblem: Awakening on 3DS from Nintendo. A designer from both games sat down with EDGE to discuss their experience with perma-death:

I think that all of the Fire Emblem games are fun, but a lot of beginner players stay clear of them because they think they are difficult. I think this is a real shame. A big reason for wanting to include this mode was so that those kinds of people could play Fire Emblem too…Since your characters come back when they die, one advantage is that you can play more aggressively or take more risks.

– Fire Emblem: Awakening director Kohei Maeda

[Writing ZombiU] was the toughest challenge I’ve faced in over ten years of writing for games. It took… the whole production team to find solutions for all the ‘But what happens if you die here?’ issues, which were sometimes mind-bendingly complicated.

I created the Prepper character and the survivors’ notes to establish a link and reinforce between the survivors who all fall under this mysterious character’s influence. Without a main player character, you need to embrace your main NPCs. Our character assemblage system produced avatars that were less gorgeous than a single player character would’ve been.

– ZombiU design director Gabrielle Shrager

Via NintendoLife

This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find the retailer’s full circular for the week of November 20 below.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PSV] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 266.326 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 190.631 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 151.800 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] God Eater 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 112.024 / NEW
05./02. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 82.705 / 2.929.806 (-28%)
06./00. [3DS] Daigasso! Band Brothers P (Nintendo) {2013.11.14} (¥4.800) – 40.196 / NEW
07./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 26.358 / 2.938.669 (-34%)
08./00. [3DS] Medarot Dual: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company) {2013.11.14} (¥6.090) – 21.454 / NEW
09./06. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 20.144 / 579.822 (-29%)
10./01. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) – 19.291 / 140.990 (-84%)
11./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥3.980) – 16.976 / NEW
12./05. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) – 13.590 / 181.174 (-56%)
13./00. [360] Call of Duty: Ghosts – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 12.950 / NEW
14./00. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥4.980) – 11.444 / NEW
15./07. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥2.980) – 8.943 / 107.799 (-64%)
16./14. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 7.981 / 95.304 (-35%)
17./11. [WIU] Wii Party U (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) – 7.352 / 60.693 (-54%)
18./00. [PSP] Arcana Famiglia 2 # (C-Territory) {2013.11.14} (¥6.090) – 6.198 / NEW
19./04. [PSV] Akiba’s Trip 2 (Acquire) {2013.11.07} (¥6.594) – 6.074 / 39.550 (-82%)
20./00. [3DS] Model Oshare Audition: Dream Girl (Alchemist) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 5.999 / NEW

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

3DS LL – 47,852
Vita – 46,350
Vita TV – 42,172
3DS – 22,250
Wii U – 15,906
PS3 – 12,019
PSP – 4,353
Wii – 518
Xbox 360 – 404

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

3DS LL – 53,190
3DS – 28,627
Vita – 21,764
Wii U – 17,737
PS3 – 11,867
PSP – 4,010
Wii – 579
Xbox 360 – 346

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (PS3/360/Wii U) – 10/9/9/9
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 (3DS) – 10/9/9/9
Shin Sangoku Musou 7 with Moushouden (PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Criminal Girls Invitation (PSV) – 8/7/7/8
Super Robot Taisen OG Infinite Battle (PS3) – 7/8/8/7
Kamen Rider: Travelers Senki (3DS) – 8/7/7/7


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