Famitsu sales (3/15/21 – 3/21/21)
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Masahiro Sakurai says Kid Icarus: Uprising sequel / remake would be “difficult”
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Masahiro Sakurai tends to recognize a lot of gaming anniversaries, and often acknowledges these events on his Twitter account. Today, it’s actually one of his own titles that celebrated a birthday. Kid Icarus: Uprising first launched in Japan on March 22, 2012. It’d come west a day later.
On Twitter, Sakurai celebrated Kid Icarus: Uprising with a simple Smash Bros. screenshot. He also mentioned how he receives many fan requests for a sequel or a remake, though added that this would be “difficult.”
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Famitsu sales (3/8/21 – 3/14/21)
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Famitsu sales (3/1/21 – 3/7/21)
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3DS and 3DS XL repairs end early in Japan after Nintendo runs out of spare parts
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Last month, Nintendo announced that it would be ending repairs for the original 3DS and 3DS XL in Japan. While the company hoped to keep things going through the end of March, additional units will no longer be accepted. March 8 is the new cutoff date.
It was previously announced that repairs would be ending due to a lack of spare parts. Nintendo ultimately ran out of these parts sooner than expected.
As a reminder, repairs will continue for the New 3DS, New 3DS XL, 2DS, and 2DS XL.
Level-5 CEO on how the company ended up developing Dragon Quest VIII
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Level-5 has had a storied history with many iconic series on Nintendo systems, from the Professor Layton series to Inazuma Eleven among many others. One of the company’s earliest claims to fame however was Dragon Quest VIII.
In a recent interview with Yahoo Japan, Level-5 CEO Akihiko Hino detailed the events that led the company to developing a mainline entry in the iconic franchise. After expressing his disappointment with how certain aspects of Dragon Quest VII were handled, he was challenged by a producer to take on the project himself, leading to the development of one of the series’ most iconic entries.
We’ve translated Hino’s full comments after the jump.
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Famitsu sales (2/22/21 – 2/28/21)
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Top 30 best-selling 3DS games of all time in Japan
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In celebration of the 3DS’ tenth anniversary, Famitsu has revealed the top 30 best-selling games of all time on the system in Japan. That news was published in this week’s issue.
Below are the full results:
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Happy 10th anniversary, 3DS
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Believe it or not, the 3DS is officially ten years old. The system initially debuted on February 26, 2011 in Japan (where it is now February 26). The western launch would take place about a month later.
Given Nintendo’s focus on Switch, the 3DS is pretty much behind us. All units were officially discontinued as of last September. We also just heard that repair services are ending for the original 3DS model and 3DS Lite in Japan.
3DS will be remembered for plenty of reasons, including its support for stereoscopic 3D. It was also home to plenty of top-notch titles from both Nintendo and third-parties, including Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D Land, Fire Emblem Awakening, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Monster Hunter 4, Bravely Default, and Shin Megami Tensei IV.
Famitsu sales (2/15/21 – 2/21/21)
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