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

01./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.10.12} (¥7.800) – 20.144 / NEW
02./02. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 19.622 / 1.232.523 (-12%)
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 13.321 / 747.454 (-1%)
04./01. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions (Nintendo) {2017.10.05} (¥4.980) – 12.215 / 38.003 (-53%)
05./06. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Pokemon Co.) {2017.09.22} (¥5.980) – 8.367 / 97.135 (-29%)
06./00. [PS4] Lost Sphear (Square Enix) {2017.10.12} (¥5.800) – 7.363 / NEW
07./04. [PS4] FIFA 18 # (Electronic Arts) {2017.09.29} (¥7.800) – 6.703 / 75.791 (-49%)
08./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 6.088 / 610.953 (-2%)
09./00. [NSW] Lost Sphear (Square Enix) {2017.10.12} (¥5.800) – 5.770 / NEW
10./00. [PS4] No Heroes Allowed! VR |PlayStation VR| (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.10.14} (¥4.900) – 5.462 / NEW
11./05. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III # (Nihon Falcom) {2017.09.28} (¥7.800) – 5.457 / 105.298 (-57%)
12./10. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) – 4.307 / 102.018 (-31%)
13./08. [PS4] Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (Ubisoft) {2017.10.05} (¥7.980) – 4.093 / 14.919 (-62%)
14./09. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors #
(Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.28} (¥7.800) – 4.016 / 53.531 (-50%)
15./14. [NSW] Monster Hunter Double Cross: Nintendo Switch Ver. #
(Capcom) {2017.08.25} (¥5.800) – 3.966 / 155.634 (-17%)
16./18. [3DS] The Snack World: TreJarers (Level 5) {2017.08.10} (¥4.800) – 3.939 / 180.898 (-5%)
17./17. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.09.07} (¥6.800) – 3.815 / 44.239 (-12%)
18./16. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) – 3.659 / 1.741.582 (-16%)
19./21. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 3.497 / 253.665
20./00. [PSV] Yoshiwara Higanbana Kuon no Chigiri (Prototype) {2017.10.12} (¥6.400) – 3.396 / NEW

FuRyu issued a new trailer and commercial for Beyblade Burst God. We have both videos below.

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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for next week with some downtime for all of its platforms. Switch / Wii U / 3DS will all be impacted for several hours.

Here’s the schedule:

– 9 PM PT (October 22) – 2 AM PT (October 23)
– 12 AM ET (October 23) – 5 AM ET (October 23)
– 5 AM in the UK (October 23) – 10 AM in the UK (October 23)
– 6 AM in Europe (October 23) – 11 AM in Europe (October 23)

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There’s a quite a few new images for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon today, you can see all of them down below.

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Nintendo uploaded a new commercial to promote Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions on 3DS. Watch the “Best Friends” advert below.

The Verge is among the sites to have shared some comments from Game Freak about Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon. Director Kazumasa Iwao was interviewed, who spoke about how the team really focused on the user interface. He also discussed how Game Freak wanted to improve what was possible from last year’s titles while also surprising players.

Iwao said:

3DS owners in Europe can now download a demo for Kirby Battle Royale. See some footage of the trial below.

As previously mentioned, a demo for Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 3 – Styling Star is out now on the European 3DS eShop. Watch some footage below.

Two new Pokemon games are coming out next month, but they’ll be on 3DS as opposed to Switch. Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon are hitting the dedicated handheld on November 17.

In an interview with GameSpot, Game Freak’s Shigeru Ohmori was asked why the titles aren’t on Switch. He echoed what was mentioned to IGN about how on 3DS, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are intended to be the “culmination of all our efforts to get the absolute most out of the system that we can.”

As Ohmori explained:

Game Freak is moving on from the 3DS when it comes to Pokemon. In an interview with IGN, Game Freak director Shigeru Ohmori said that Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are the “culmination of our work with the 3DS system.”

Ohmori explained to the site:


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