Japanese developers and industry members vote on the best games of 2017
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a year-end feature with tons of developers and industry members. Representatives from Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, PlatinumGames, and other companies were asked to rank their top five games played from January to December. Others participated as well such as several voice actors.
The ranking for all platforms is as follows:
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Style Savvy: Styling Star launch trailer
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Nintendo is celebrating Christmas with the release of Style Savvy: Styling Star in North America. Take a look at the launch trailer below.
Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/24/17)
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Project Octopath Traveler enters the top ten for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 7 and December 13.
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Pre-order updates (12/24/17)
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Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 sold through 45% of its initial shipment in Japan
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Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 launched in Japan on December 16. First week sales were reported this week. Through December 17, the game sold just over 200,000 copies.
According to Dengeki, the “Sword” version was slightly more popular at 100,118 units sold. The “Magnum” version sold 95,794 copies.
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Pokemon Sun/Moon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon maintenance set for tomorrow
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Nintendo has another round of game-specific maintenance taking place tomorrow. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo, Pokemon Sun/Moon, and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon will all be impacted.
The maintenance schedule is as follows:
– 5 PM PT (December 25) – 7 PM PT (December 25)
– 8 PM ET (December 25) – 10 PM ET (December 25)
– 1 AM in the UK (December 26) – 3 AM in the UK (December 26)
– 2 AM in Europe (December 26) – 4 AM in Europe (December 26)
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More tidbits about the next Etrian Odyssey game
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Atlus hosted a live talk show event for Etrian Odyssey’s 10th anniversary last week. A few vague details were shared about the project, including that it will not be Etrian Odyssey 3 Untold and surprising content will be included.
Some additional tidbits have now surfaced. We have the following information from the talk show:
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My Nintendo adds Zelda: Breath of the Wild 3DS theme and January calendar, new discounts
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My Nintendo has updated again with a number of new rewards in North America. A couple are specific to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, featuring the latest 3DS theme and a January calendar. You can also use your points on the latest discounts.
Here’s a full roundup of the latest rewards:
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Media Create software sales (12/11/17 – 12/17/17) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Hihou Legend Banbarayaa – Sword / Magnum
02./04. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
03./03. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
04./05. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
05./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
06./02. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5
07./01. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 #
08./09. [3DS] Kirby Battle Royale
09./00. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory #
10./00. [PS4] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory #
11./10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
12./00. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages+
13./00. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard – Gold Edition
14./15. [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star
15./14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Veteran Trainer’s Dual Pack {Pokemon Ultra Sun \ Pokemon Ultra Moon}
16./08. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 #
17./12. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
18./17. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX
19./21. [NSW] Arms
20./22. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Dokonan Desu?
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UK: Nintendo is the third biggest publisher of 2017, sales by platform
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GamesIndustry has provided new information about gaming sales in the UK this year. The site breaks down the top five publishers by UK sales as well as sales by platform.
In terms of publishers, Nintendo ranks third when it comes to boxed sales. That’s behind EA (16.8%) and Activision Blizzard (15.6%), but ahead of Ubisoft (9.7%) and Sony (8.3%).
GamesIndustry also has the following breakdown of sales by platform in 2017:
