Producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto has confirmed that Rune Factory 4 is the best-selling game in the franchise. The fourth entry made its debut in July, selling 85,955 units in its first week.

The full listing of first week sales for the Rune Factory games is as follows:

(2006) Rune Factory – 42,210
(2008) Rune Factory 2 – 52,049
(2009) Rune Factory 3 – 41,279
(2012) Rune Factory 4 – 85,955

Rune Factory 4 sold 135,376 units through August 19. It has already surpassed life-to-date sales of the next closest title, Rune Factory 2, which has sold roughly 117,600 copies.

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Another round of European NSMB2 promo ads

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These aren’t real ads – they’re made by Nintendo of Europe to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2. That doesn’t make them any less neat, however!

You can find another batch here.

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New Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage? screenshots

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Finally, a look at the touchscreen layout!

Toki Tori launches on the North American eShop this Thursday

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Update: Make that this Thursday! Two Tribes said “next” in one tweet and “this” in another. Surely it’s the latter…

The Toki Tori ESRB listing was indeed a confirmation that the game would soon be hitting the North American eShop. Developer Two Tribes has gone ahead and said that it will be available on the store next Thursday. Pricing has not yet been officially set.

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Off-screen SpeedX 3D footage

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Nintendo Power’s most wanted games – August 2012

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3DS

1. New Super Mario Bros. 2
2. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
3. Paper Mario: Sticker Star
4. Fire Emblem
5. Animal Crossing

Wii

1. Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition
2. The Last Story
3. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
4. LEGO Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
5. Skylanders Giants

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Bros. U
2. Pikmin 3
3. Nintendo Land
4. Rayman Legends
5. Game & Wario

These rankings should be changing with next month’s issue, which I imagine will be coming out soon. New Super Mario Bros. 2 and The Last Story are out now, of course!

Senran Kagura Burst screenshots

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