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Famitsu readers were asked this week what they would want to get as a holiday gift, and many of the responses (understandably, given Famitsu’s audience) were related to video games:


“For a friend, I’d like to get Borderlands 2. We could play co-op over New Years!” – 18 year-old male high school student

“I think Animal Crossing: New Leaf would be perfect as a gift for a friend who doesn’t play video games very much, since it lets you play casually at your own pace. I want to enjoy the village life together. Plus the characters are so cute!” – 33 year-old female part-time worker

“I want to give the Resident Evil series! Playing together with a romantic partner would be more exciting than watching a horror movie.” – 25 year-old self-employed male

“I think for this season, the Wii U is a no-brainer. It’s just been released and now’s the time when it’ll be the hottest item.” – 25 year-old male company worker

“The Nintendo 3DS is perfect since it has a lot of games with network play. It’d be a lot of fun to play with the person you give it to!” – 16 year-old male high school student

“My husband is a huge fan of the Yakuza series, so I’m sure he’d love it if I gave him Yakuza 5.” – 40 year-old self-employed female.

“I’m giving my girlfriend a PlayStation 3, since she doesn’t have one. Now’s a good time since the price has dropped.” – 36 year-old male company worker

“I’m giving a PlayStation network card to buy downloadable games with. The software lineup has gotten bigger and that way they can choose whatever they want.” – 24 year-old male part-time worker


Sounds like games are the way to go for a lot of folks in Japan! I wonder if the same holds true in the states… probably not!

Via Kotaku


Masahiro Sakurai is keeping quiet on the next Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. In a Famitsu column, he told fans that they’ll have to “wait a while longer.” He’s been thinking about cutting down on his tweets “and start putting in a real effort here.” He thinks it’d be best “if I could be forgotten about by gamers for awhile.”

Sakurai also talked about how his tweets tend to result in speculation about the new Smash Bros., talked about Fox’s inclusion in past games, and more.

Read on below for Sakurai’s comments.


This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS3] Yakuza 5 # (Sega) {2012.12.06} (Â¥8.800) – 356.757 / NEW
02./00. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (Â¥5.985) – 163.528 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo) {2012.12.06} (Â¥4.800) – 129.054 / NEW
04./00. [WIU] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2012.12.08} (Â¥4.800) – 106.388 / NEW
05./04. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (Â¥4.800) – 89.195 / 1.301.507 (-15%)
06./00. [WIU] Nintendo Land (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (Â¥4.935) – 72.121 / NEW
07./03. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (Â¥5.040) – 58.655 / 174.610 (-49%)
08./08. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (Â¥4.800) – 47.929 / 1.501.086 (+45%)
09./05. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magnagate and the Infinite Dungeon (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (Â¥4.800) – 43.005 / 212.524 (-10%)
10./02. [3DS] Professor Layton Vs. Ace Attorney (Level 5) {2012.11.29} (Â¥5.980) – 29.271 / 158.127 (-77%)
11./01. [PS3] 2nd Super Robot Wars OG # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (Â¥8.379) – 24.175 / 241.885 (-89%)
12./06. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.11.22} (Â¥4.980) – 22.645 / 161.381 (-40%)
13./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (Â¥3.800) – 17.742 / 54.067 (+51%)
14./07. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2012.11.22} (Â¥7.980) – 17.237 / 250.821 (-52%)
15./00. [WIU] ZombiU (Ubisoft) {2012.12.08} (Â¥6.980) – 13.000 / NEW
16./17. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (Â¥5.040) – 11.512 / 263.402 (+53%)
17./21. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (Â¥4.800) – 11.498 / 2.858.740
18./16. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters (Nintendo) {2012.09.27} (Â¥4.800) – 11.286 / 199.291 (+50%)
19./22. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (Â¥5.040) – 9.306 / 282.180
20./26. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (Â¥4.800) – 8.611 / 1.851.264

Source




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

Wii U – 308,142
3DS LL – 136,373
3DS – 75,126
PS3 – 36,994
PSP – 19,637
Vita – 11,039
Wii – 6,714
Xbox 360 – 1,216
PS2 – 904
DSi – 245
DSi LL – 179

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

3DSLL – 106,757
3DS – 60,651
PS3 – 29,809
PSP – 15,941
Vita – 11,066
Wii – 5,550
Xbox 360 – 1,217
PS2 – 812
DSi LL – 248
DSi – 209



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