This week’s Famitsu has revealed Hot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio: Fighting Concerto for the 3DS. The game will incorporate new modes and features a brand new story. Interestingly, some members from the original team are involved as supervisors.

Hot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio: Fighting Concerto launches in Japan on August 8. Pricing has not been announced.

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Media Create software sales (4/15 – 4/21)

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 404.858 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.04.18} (¥7.480) – 87.661 / NEW
03./00. [PSP] 7th Dragon 2020-II (Sega) {2013.04.18} (¥6.279) – 73.697 / NEW
04./01. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 41.296 / 557.271 (-27%)
05./03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 34.482 / 3.096.559 (-6%)
06./00. [PSP] Amnesia Crowd # (Idea Factory) {2013.04.18} (¥6.090) – 24.780 / NEW
07./02. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Ride to Victory!! (FuRyu) {2013.04.11} (¥5.229) – 9.161 / 53.698 (-79%)
08./04. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥8.190) – 7.887 / 378.645 (-38%)
09./25. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) – 6.294 / 464.573
10./00. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier: G1 Premium Package (Capcom) {2013.04.17} (¥6.090) – 6.042 / NEW
11./09. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 5.866 / 2.002.396 (-9%)
12./05. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) – 5.571 / 155.296 (-31%)
13./16. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) – 5.180 / 290.004 (+9%)
14./08. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥3.980) – 5.097 / 129.423 (-21%)
15./10. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (¥6.280) – 5.001 / 191.444 (-22%)
16./07. [PSV] Muramasa Rebirth (Marvelous AQL) {2013.03.28} (¥4.980) – 4.555 / 67.842 (-30%)
17./15. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.518 / 2.029.645 (-5%)
18./11. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (Square Enix) {2013.03.14} (¥6.980) – 4.270 / 193.439 (-29%)
19./12. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥5.980) – 4.162 / 164.825 (-18%)
20./06. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 3.950 / 453.256 (-43%)

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Media Create hardware sales (4/15 – 4/21)

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

3DS LL – 57,089
3DS – 18,833
Vita – 15,011
PS3 – 13,915
Wii U – 8,798
PSP – 7,816
Wii – 1,379
Xbox 360 – 515

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

3DS LL – 28,139
3DS – 18,584
Vita – 14,112
PS3 – 14,039
Wii U – 9,984
PSP – 7,566
Wii – 1,383
Xbox 360 – 492

Nintendo to assist Japanese devs with overseas 3DS software distribution

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The 3DS has many, many great games. In some cases, some of these titles have stayed in Japan.

Nintendo did recently announce that it will be publishing Bravely Default in the west, a high-quality title that 3DS owners have long been looking forward to.

The Big N’s efforts with Japanese software releases in North America and Europe won’t stop there. In its latest financial report, Nintendo said that it is “planning to more actively support the Japanese software developers in distributing their key titles overseas.”

Nintendo’s goals in full for the 3DS are as follows:

For “Nintendo 3DS,” in order to set in the overseas markets the same trend as in the Japanese market, we will concentrate on proactively releasing key Nintendo titles. “Animal Crossing: New Leaf,” a hit title which contributed to sales growth in Japan, will be released in the U.S. and Europe in June 2013, and the latest titles from the Pokémon series, “Pokémon X Version/Pokémon Y Version,” will be released globally in October 2013. In addition, we are planning to more actively support the Japanese software developers in distributing their key titles overseas. In Japan, we continuously strive to stimulate the market by releasing new titles such as “Tomodachi Collection,” launched on April 18, 2013 as a sequel to the popular “Nintendo DS” version of “Tomodachi Collection.” Furthermore, in overseas markets, we will more actively attempt to boost the sales rate of the downloadable format of packaged software, a sales method that we started last summer, in order to increase the number of new sales opportunities and improve our profitability.

Paradox Interactive has no plans for new Magicka on Wii U or 3DS

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Paradox Interactive is working on Magicka – Wizards of the Square Tablet for Android and iOS devices. Unfortunately, the company has no plans to bring the game to either of Nintendo’s platforms at this time.

When asked if Paradox has any interest in bringing Magicka – Wizards of the Square Tablet to the Wii U or 3DS, the studio responded:

“At this point there are no plans to bring the game to those platforms.”

Well, you can’t have them all!

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Nintendo Announces Fiscal 2013 Financial Results

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Nintendo today reported financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. After reporting a net loss in its previous fiscal year, Nintendo was able to return to profitability in both Net and Ordinary Income for the full year, although Operating Income remained negative.
Based on the strong lineup of upcoming software titles for both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U systems, Nintendo expects to return to Operating Income profitability by the end of the current fiscal year. During the next several months, Nintendo expects to launch new titles in the Mario Kart (Wii U), Super Mario Bros. (Wii U), Wii Fit (Wii U),Pikmin (Wii U), The Legend of Zelda (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Mario & Luigi (Nintendo 3DS) and Pokémon (Nintendo 3DS) franchises. These games, along with titles from Nintendo’s third-party publishing partners, will help drive hardware momentum and introduce new audiences to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS platforms.

Devil Survivor: Overclocked fix passes through testing, submission to Nintendo soon

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Update: And here’s the news we were waiting for:

The Devil Survivor Overclocked patch has now passed through testing.Submission to Nintendo is imminent.
— Ghostlight (@ghostlightgames) April 24, 2013

The European release of Devil Survivor: Overclocked suffers from a few issues. Publisher Ghostlight has been working on a patch, however.

According to the company’s official Twitter account, news about the fix could be coming later this week. Overclocked is in stock once more on Ghostlight’s store as well, by the way.

Devil Survivor Overclocked is now back in stock. ghostlight.uk.com/games/nintendo… Regarding the fix I’ll try to have an update in this week’s blog
— Ghostlight (@ghostlightgames) April 23, 2013

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More photos of the 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro

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Devil Survivor 2: Break Record dated for Japan

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Devil Survivor 2: Break Record’s release date has been revealed in Famitsu, which is leaking out ever-so-slowly tonight.

In Japan, the 3DS game is due out on July 11. Atlus previously confirmed a general Summer 2013 timeframe for launch. Pricing information isn’t immediately available, but this information will likely be included in Atlus’ official announcement in the near future.