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On Twitter, Nintendo has responded to the online/network issues that have been affecting its various platforms for the past day or so.

Nintendo Europe/UK started out by apologizing for the different problems users have encountered and thanked fans for their patience.

Nintendo of America offered similar comments. Additionally, the company offered some support for issues pertaining to the creation of new Nintendo Network IDs.


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Update 2: Nintendo’s response here.

Update: Wii and DS are having issues as well.

Wii U and 3DS have both been hit with a large amount of issues with regard to online/network services. Users may experience problems accessing the eShop, Miiverse, updates, and online functionality within games.

Nintendo estimates that the Wii U eShop began facing issues at around 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET today, though many couldn’t connect starting last night. Wii U’s network services as a whole went down at 5:15 AM PT / 8:15 AM ET.

The 3DS, meanwhile, began seeing network outages at about 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET as well.

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Square Enix is bringing another round of bosses to Bravely Default in Japan. Through December 31, players can face the heaven devil Shirohato. The heaven devil Choo will be available between January 2 and January 6.

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 256,373 / 800,003
2. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 212,666 / 3,572,829
3. [PS3] Shin Gundam Musou – 126,019 / NEW
4. [PS3] Drakengard 3 – 114,024 / NEW
5. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World – 86,408 / 327,514
6. [PSV] Shin Gundam Musou – 52,667 / NEW
7. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 41,137 / 3,564,124
8. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection – 38,405 / 1,584,122
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 37,034 / 3,067,313
10. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy – 33,328 / 155,488
11. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – 30,363 / 166,145
12. [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess – 29,233 / 146,898
13. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life – 28,562 / 378,584
14. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 28,108 / 169,388
15. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 – 26,931 / 985,442
16. [PSV] Gekijouban Madoka Magicka: The Battle Pentagram – 26,363 / NEW
17. [3DS] Mario Karty 7 – 25,082 / 2,205,807
18. [3DS] Sentouchuu Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle – 24,842 / 158,239
19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 24,154 / 2,182,408
20. [WIU] Wii Party U – 23,972 / 119,100

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

3DS LL – 164,078
Wii U – 109,113
3DS – 68,522
Vita – 50,087
PS3 – 24,573
PSP – 9,905
Vita TV – 5,504
Wii – 1,711
Xbox 360 – 763

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

3DS LL – 130,710
Wii U – 74,903
3DS – 50,846
Vita – 30,440
PS3 – 23,959
PSP – 6,475
Vita TV – 5,506
Wii – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 536

Update: Added in one more score.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Kirby Triple Deluxe (3DS) – 9/9/8/9
Houkago Colorful Step Undoubu! (PSP) – 7/7/6/5

Only one score as of now. If any additional reviews leak, we’ll update this post.


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