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With the latest sales numbers reported by Media Create, we’ve learned that Wii U has now sold over three million units in Japan. The sales tracker has the console at around 3,020,662 units lifetime in the territory. Wii U launched in Japan back in December 2012, so it took around three years to reach this latest milestone.

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Amazon: Shovel Knight on Wii U for $20

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

The Wii U version of Shovel Knight (retail) is on sale again over at Amazon You can save $5 on the game, bringing the price down to $20. The same deal doesn’t apply to 3DS sadly!

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Japan’s best-selling 3DS eShop games of 2015

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Data has come in revealing the best-selling Japanese 3DS eShop games of 2015. We have information for card software, download only titles, and Virtual Console releases. The full results are posted below.

Card software

01. Monster Hunter X
02. Yokai Watch Busters: White Dog Squad
03. Fire Emblem if
04. Yokai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team
05. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
06. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
07. Rhythm Tengoku The ? Best +
08. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
09. Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi
10. Picross 3D 2
11. Dragon Quest VIII
12. Etrian Mystery Dungeon
13. Gyakuten Saiban 123: Wright Selection
14. Super Smash Bros.
15. Monster Hunter 4G
16. Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX
17. Dai Gyakuten Saiban
18. Fantasy Life LINK!
19. Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
20. Rune Factory 4
21. Mario Kart 7
22. Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
23. Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
24. Assassination Classroom
25. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D

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Japan: Hardware totals for 2015, top 10 best-selling games

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Thanks to Famitsu, we now have information about overall sales in Japan for 2015. This accounts for data collected between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.

First, here’s a look at the numbers per platform:

3DS – 2,189,900 (3,153,045 last year) (20,036,956 lifetime)
PS4 – 1,205,163 (925,570 last year) (2,130,733 lifetime)
PS Vita – 959,342 (1,147,936 last year) (4,382,417 lifetime)
Wii U – 820,304 (604,856 last year) (2,943,587 lifetime)
PS3 – 188,207 (450,034 last year) (10,206,741 lifetime)
Xbox One – 18,093 (45,958 last year) (64,051 lifetime)

In terms of totals, hardware sold 5,381,009 across all platforms. That’s down from 6,428,837 the previous year.

Lastly, here’s a look at the top best-selling games in Japan during 2015:

01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 2.441.977 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 1.965.202 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 1.282.880 / NEW
04./00. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 1.064.897 / NEW
05./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2015.08.27} (¥6.458) – 864.865 / NEW
06./00. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 674.194 / NEW
07./00. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.860) – 636.709 / NEW
08./05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 625.223 / 2.632.550 (-69%)
09./00. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 607.343 / NEW
10./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest # (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 538.669 / NEW

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Wild Gunman, Hogan’s Alley, The Adventures of Bayou Billy hitting the NA Wii U VC tomorrow

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 15 Comments

Three new Virtual Console games are heading to the North American Wii U Virtual Console this week. Wild Gunman, Hogan’s Alley, and The Adventures of Bayou Billy are arriving tomorrow for $4.99 each.

Here’s an overview of Wild Gunman:

“Go back in time or relive it in today’s future with the classic Wild West shoot-out of Wild Gunman! Keep your hand steady on the Wii Remote, and get the outlaw before he gets you. If you think you can win the battle against one outlaw, try winning against all of his friends.”

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Dual audio confirmed for PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

A few months ago, XSEED teased dual audio for Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale. This has since been confirmed via today’s European announcement for the title. When Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale launches in the west, you’ll be able to select the original Japanese voices or English dub.

PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is due out before the winter ends in North America. Europe will be getting the game sometime in Q1 as well.

Source: Marvelous PR

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 details and screenshots – Monster Synthesis

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Square Enix has sent out a new information update for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3. This time around, we learn about Monster Synthesis. Find some details and screenshots rounded up below.

– Can strengthen creatures through “Monster Fusion”
– Join 2 parent monsters together to make a more powerful ‘child’ monster
– By joining together monsters born out of fusion, they can reborn as even stronger monsters
– By repeatedly fusing monsters, you can continue to increase the power of your monsters
– Perform a Monster Synthesis by selecting two monsters as the ‘parents’ of the synthesis
– Monsters are gender-less, so you can choose your favorite monsters
– Ex: combine Nasubinara and Smile Lizard to get the completely new monster Fondue
– Freely choose which monster is born out of synthesis from five possible children
– There will be monsters with types that are the same as the parents, as well as monsters with types different from the parents
– Monsters born out of synthesis will level up and exceed the abilities of their parents
– There are a number of potential monster combinations
– Some special monsters can only be born through specific combinations
– Monsters born out of synthesis can also inherit skills from their parents
– This is in addition to the skills it is born with
– From a single skill, it can learn various special techniques and magic

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Guitar Hero Live – two new Premium Shows, top 20 songs played during the holidays

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

It’s time for another content update in Guitar Hero Live. Two new Premium Shows have been added in GHTV: Festival Anthems and New Rock Revolution. There’s also an extension of The Dead Weather’s three playable songs from their live performance in Nashville.

Here are this week’s new songs:

Festival Anthems

The Killers – Mr. Brightside
Biffy Clyro – Black Chandelier
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

New Rock Revolution

Don Broco – Priorities
Lower Than Atlantis – English Kids in America
Mallory Knox – When Are We Waking Up?

FreeStyleGames has also announced the top 20 songs that were played most often in GHTV through the holiday break. For the full list, head past the break.