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

1. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 288,199 (2,744,658)
2. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 78,903 (446,649)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 56,861 (443,118)
4. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 50,405 (154,262)
5. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 41,907 (1,105,034)
6. [NSW] Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 38,527 (303,372)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 37,835 (2,618,126)
8. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 34,368 (774,102)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 34,085 (3,417,667)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 32,041 (1,229,061)

Nintendo sent out another round of Japanese Switch Winter 2019 – 2020 commercials today that promote Dragon Quest XI S, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, Pokemon Sword/Shield, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. We have the full set below.

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Nintendo has published a couple of new Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore web commercials to promote the game’s launch on Switch in January. We have them both.

GrimTalin issued a launch trailer for the release of The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition on Switch. View it below.

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This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

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Yet another eShop sale has just started on the Switch eShop. For the latest set of discounts, Nintendo is highlighting some of the best-selling indie titles of 2019. Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, and Castle Crashers Remastered are among the discounts.

Here’s the full lineup:

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

As is a yearly tradition for the Japanese magazine, Famitsu published a feature in this week’s issue containing various game developer tidbits and teases for 2020. Atlus, Koei Tecmo, and Nippon Ichi Software were among the companies that had a few words to say. 

Here’s a roundup from the magazine, courtesy of Gematsu: 


The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

Fire Emblem Heroes has a few different events running featuring Celica and more.

First up, the Legendary Hero summoning event with Celica: Queen of Valentia is live with other 5-star Legendary Heroes and Mythic Heroes. And to celebrate the character’s appearance, she can be found in Special Maps along with Legendary Hero Battles for Robin, Hrid, and Roy as well as Mythic Hero Battles for Naga and Thrasir.

In other news, Mjolnir’s Strike is live in which all players cooperate to protect the Kingdom of Askr from the advancing army of the god of war, Thorr. Lastly, Sothis has sent everyone a special gift for the holidays.


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