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14th August 2014 – Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most recognisable figures in video game history will be speeding his way back to fans – both old and new – this November. Today SEGA announces that in Europe both Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U developed by LA-based Big Red Button, and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for Nintendo 3DS developed by Sanzaru Games of San Francisco, will be released on 21st November.

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal star the electrifying team – Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and newcomer Sticks – who will band together to defeat both familiar and new powerful enemies. The games are part of the brand-new Sonic Boom initiative, an all-new Sonic experience that will usher in new gameplay based on action-adventure combat, new characters and environments as well as new storylines that will carry through the franchise’s first CG-animated series.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Meet the newest Mega Evolution Pokemon!

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The latest issue of GamesMarkt contains a listing of the top 20 best-selling games in Europe between January and June of this year. Here’s the chart with all SKUs, as well as normal and special editions:

GamesMarkt also reveals the top ten publishers based on software market share (value):

01 (01) Electronic Arts – 18,58% (17,25%)
02 (05) Ubisoft – 15,07% (8,54%)
03 (02) Nintendo – 12,32% (11,82%)
04 (03) Activision Blizzard – 9,76% (11,51%)
05 (04) Sony Computer Entertainment – 7,54% (8,78%)
06 (06) Take-Two Interactive – 5,77% (5,07%)
07 (10) Warner Bros. Interactive – 5,26% (2,77%)
08 (07) Square Enix – 4,32% (5,02%)
09 (09) Microsoft – 3,59% (4,11%)
10 (08) Bandai Namco Games – 3,18% (4,22%)

Note: data provided by media control GfK International.

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The Heracross and Pinsir distribution for Pokemon X/Y is now up and running. Pokemon X players can get their hands on Heracross while Pinsir is available for those who own Y.

Also, as previously mentioned, GameStop will be distributing Mega Stones needed to Mega Evolve the two Pokemon starting on August 18.

Overviews of Heracross and Pinsir are posted below:

The Lv. 50 Pinsir has an Adamant Nature and knows X-Scissor, Earthquake, Stone Edge, and Return. It will have one of two Abilities: the defensive Hyper Cutter Ability or Mold Breaker.

The Lv. 50 Heracross has an Adamant Nature and knows Bullet Seed, Pin Missile, Close Combat, and Megahorn. Its Ability, Swarm or Guts, will change to Skill Link during Mega Evolution.

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Update: Now confirmed both in-store and online, and for both versions. You can pre-order the Wii U version here and 3DS version here.

This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find it in full below:

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One Piece: Unlimited World Red players can get their hands on the latest downloadable content. The Nami School Pack is out now, as is the Bathrobe Pack.

Overviews of each can be found below. Screenshots are posted above.

NAMI SCHOOL PACK

• Nami School Uniform
• Plus one extra quest called “Love for Money”: defeat CP9’s strongest member, Rob Lucci, in the fastest way possible. Maybe a side trip during this quest will grant you tons of money?!

THE BATHROBE PACK

• A new costume for Chopper; ONE PIECE: Strong World Bathrobe
• Bubble Gathering Quest – Work as a chopper in the Fishman Island and gather as much bubbles and Soupy Fluid as possible.
• Mountain Warfare Quest – The Snow Mountain will be the theatre for an epic and continuous fight against Wapol and Aokiji. Taking down the snowman might get you a special reward…

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 120,682 / 2,093,992
2. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 – 81,584 / NEW
3. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – 46,494 / NEW
4. [PS3] Ultra Street Fighter IV – 42,327 / NEW
5. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island – 22,752 / 114,229
6. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 20,860 / 599,414
7. [PSV] Shin Hayarigami – 12,585 / NEW
8. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken – 8,435 / 127,842
9. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 7,355 / 1,234,622
10. [PS3] Shin Hayarigami – 5,746 / NEW
11. [PS3] GTA V New Price Version – 5,323 / 38,997
12. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 4,935 / 4,121,836
13. [3DS] Bravely Default: For the Sequel Ultimate Hits – 4,720 / NEW
14. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines – 4,548 / 123,884
15. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy – 4,326 / 84,588
16. [3DS] Gundam Tri Age SP – 4,112 / 37,043
17. [WIU] Dragon Quest X All-in-One Package – 3,945 / NEW
18. [PSV] Freedom Wars – 3,869 / NEW
19. [PSV] Lost Dimension – 3,868 / NEW
20. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,566 / 2,362,577

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 33,172
Vita – 17,084
Wii U – 13,598
3DS – 7,873
PS3 – 6,486
PS4 – 5,470
Vita TV – 1,344
PSP – 301
Xbox 360 – 151

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

3DS LL – 31,740
Vita – 17,179
Wii U – 9,646
3DS – 7,019
PS3 – 6,605
PS4 – 5,695
Vita TV – 1,506
PSP – 464
Xbox 360 – 157

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