Youkai Watch 2 sales surpass five million copies in Japan
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Level-5 continues to announce positive sales news Youkai Watch 2. Between the first two versions that came out in July and the just-launched Shinuchi edition, sales have now surpassed five million units in Japan.
Naturally, Level-5 is far from done with Youkai Watch. The company said in its announcement today that various developments for the series are currently being prepared.
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Collectible Badge Center introduction video
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Another round of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate footage
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New Final Fantasy Explorers quest unlocked with Famitsu code
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This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals a new DLC quest for Final Fantasy Explorers. By purchasing the magazine, players will receive a code to unlock the quest. The Lance of Kain – a special weapon resembling the one used by Kain in Final Fantasy IV – will be awarded to those who gather all materials.
It was previously revealed that another quest can be unlocked through a code included in the latest issue of the Final Fantasy Magazine. This nets players the Chocobo Hammer upon completion.
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Future Card Buddyfight in development for 3DS
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FuRyu is working on Future Card Buddyfight for the 3DS. No details have been shared at present, but you can find a teaser site here.
For those unaware, Future Card Buddyfight started out as a card game. An anime based on the franchise aired in Japan this year.
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Another One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X scan reveals new amiibo costumes
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Another scan for Another One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X has popped up online, confirming new Nintendo costumes for the game through amiibo. They are as follows:
Nami – Wii Fit Trainer
Franky – Donkey Kong
Brook – Marth
Chopper – Kirby
Usopp – Yoshi
Nico Robin – Samus
Bandai Namco will kick off amiibo support for One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X sometime this winter.
Grezzo officially confirmed to be making Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
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Grezzo was the main developer behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. So it only makes sense that the studio would be put in charge of Majora’s Mask 3D as well.
Most people expected that this was the case, though now we have an official confirmation. A rating from Australia lists Grezzo as the developer of Majora’s Mask 3D.
SEGA 3D Reprint Archives introduction video
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Video: Miyamoto talks about Nintendo’s 2015 releases, plays Mario Kart 8, eats some chocolate
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Frozen: Olaf’s Quest a big sales success in the UK
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There’s a little 3DS and DS game out there that has been selling on a regular basis in the UK. That would be Frozen: Olaf’s Quest, which hit both platforms last year. It has remained in the UK charts since last December and currently sits at the 31st position in the UK All Formats chart.
Avanquests’ European games director Simon Reynolds told MCV of the game’s success:
“The success of Frozen was a bit of a surprise. We thought it’d do well. We’d done some decent movie licences before, such as Sony’s Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. We thought this one was going to be maybe a little bit bigger as it was Disney, but nowhere near the stratospheric sales that we’ve experienced. Frozen is just the No.1 franchise out there. It’s massive. You can’t get away from it. When we first presented it to people, they were a bit sceptical. They saw that Planes and Wreck-It Ralph didn’t do brilliantly. But Frozen took on a life of its own quite frankly.”
You may also be somewhat surprised to hear that Frozen: Olaf’s Quest is selling more copies on the DS compared to Nintendo’s current-generation portable.
“We thought Frozen would be our last title on DS to be honest. Nintendo hasn’t been manufacturing the console for a few years, but we thought that there is a big user base our there, and there is a second hand, hand-me-down market for the old DS consoles. We launched Olaf’s Quest on DS and it’s still outselling 3DS. And we’ve got Disney’s next big film out in January, Big Hero 6, and we’re bringing that out on 3DS and DS. If you’d said to me 18 months ago you’d be bringing out a DS product in January 2015 I’d have laughed.”
