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As of today, we’re only two weeks away from the big Switch presentation in January. Following the console’s full reveal, it is expected that Nintendo will start heavily advertising the system, and many stores will likely start accepting preorders for the Switch. It seems like Australia already got a head start – official Switch adverts have started to appear in JB Hi-Fi stores across the country, though they only appear to be using images from the Switch teaser trailer. Nintendo will likely send out new and updated adverts, banners etc. to be displayed after the January event.

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The second Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns localization blog is now up on XSEED’s Tumblr. You can read it in full here. It contains talk about gameplay features as well as actually translating the title into English.

Some new screenshots from the localized build are also now available. Find those in the gallery below.

Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find new stages, along with some brand new items.

“Happy New Year! Ringing in 2017” are the new stages. They include the following:

Stage #1

– Celebrate 2017 Glasses
– Celebrate 2017 Sweatshirt
– Celebrate 2017 Skirt
– Celebrate 2017 Tights

Stage #2

– Kimono wig
– Butterfly kimono
– Extra-fancy stole
– Simple kimono

Stage #3

– Festive rice-cake hood
– Festive pine-decoration hat
– Festive pine-decoration pin
– Daruma costume

And as far as the new items go, you can nab the following:

– Happy hearts sunglasses
– Heavy-knit sweater
– Down jacket with faux fur hood
– Leather miniskirt
– Colorful fringed ankle boots
– Patent leather ribbon pumps
– Checkered snood

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Back in 2010, Instavision announced plans for a live-action TV series based on Atlus’ Wii game Trauma Team. Even though it sounded fairly ambitious in what all sides were hoping to achieve, it never got off the ground.

A video has now been uploaded to YouTube which seems to show the pilot. It was an early cut, meaning music and video edits were likely temporary. As for the show itself, the YouTube description states: “Four young medical prodigies are forced underground and become vigilante doctors by forming a renegade clinic to help desperate patients who have nowhere else to turn.”

Here’s the actual pilot:

And the lineup of actors:

Brandon Quinn as Ike Pratt
Eden Riegel as Taylor Rutske
Julie Mond as Vanessa Herrera
Erin Foster as Kate Finley
Jackson Davis as Pierce Miller
Armando Cosio as Mr. Mendoza

So that’s that. An interesting piece of history for Atlus and gaming as a whole – nothing more, as the TV series never went anywhere. 

Thanks to Jack for the tip.

There’s now some footage of Mario Kart 64 for the Wii U Virtual Console to watch on YouTube, thanks to the guys at GameXplain. You can watch the video below.

Castlevania Dracula X is out now on the New 3DS Virtual Console. Have a look at the official release trailer below.

Pokemon Sun/Moon

Amazon has issued an official announcement about sales on its website during the holiday period. According to the press release, Pokemon Sun, Pokemon Moon, and Final Fantasy XV were named as best sellers under video games.

Amazon also shared a neat tidbit about Nintendo and Game Freak’s new 3DS titles. “If each Amazon.com customer who purchased Pokemon Sun and Moon this holiday spent at least an hour a day playing the game since its release, our customers would have spent the equivalent of more than 24 thousand lunar cycles capturing Pokemon,” the retailer said.

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

01./02. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 279.436 / 2.858.396 (+40%)
02./03. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 269.368 / 717.528 (+60%)
03./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 174.180 / 512.159 (-48%)
04./00. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! (Nintendo) {2016.12.22} (¥4.980) – 132.875 / NEW
05./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 51.723 / 1.018.699 (+152%)
06./07. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700) – 47.688 / 102.711 (+71%)
07./06. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) – 39.438 / 854.041 (-11%)
08./11. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 32.213 / 247.941 (+97%)
09./05. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life #
(Sega) {2016.12.08} (¥8.190) – 29.917 / 292.677 (-33%)
10./12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800) – 25.442 / 131.167 (+63%)
11./13. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
(Nintendo) {2016.10.20} (¥4.700) – 23.708 / 127.887 (+52%)
12./08. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes (Konami) {2016.12.15} (¥4.500) – 22.412 / 49.085 (-16%)
13./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 22.289 / 74.984 (+53%)
14./00. [3DS] Osomatsu-San: Matsu Matsuri! #
(Bandai Namco Games) {2016.12.22} (¥4.800) – 16.911 / NEW
15./19. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 15.860 / 1.532.079 (+83%)
16./18. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
(Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) – 15.359 / 511.880 (+44%)
17./25. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories # (Capcom) {2016.10.08} (¥5.800) – 15.021
18./15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.571) – 14.754 / 2.502.935 (+2%)
19./04. [PSV] SaGa: Scarlet Grace (Square Enix) {2016.12.15} (¥6.800) – 14.499 / 79.464 (-78%)
20./22. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) – 14.364

Update (12/29): Replaced Famitsu data with Media Create.


Original (12/28): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 111,513
PS4 – 90,140
Vita – 57,170
2DS – 51,077
New 3DS – 13,694
PS4 Pro – 10,098
Wii U – 8,348
PS3 – 1,234
Xbox One – 830
3DS – 169
3DS LL – 109

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

New 3DS LL – 84,823
PS4 – 70,031
2DS – 39,218
Vita – 36,214
PS4 Pro – 9,317
New 3DS – 9,149
Wii U – 5,095
Xbox One – 1,872
PS3 – 925
3DS – 226
3DS LL – 62

And here are the software charts:

Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! was shown on the latest episode of Denjin Getcha. Take a look at the full recording below.


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