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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Starlink, Dragon Quest XI, and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. Scans of all games are below.

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Layton’s Mystery Journey can now be pre-loaded on the Japanese 3DS eShop. To do so, you’ll need 5,768 blocks of free space. That translates to 721 MB.

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

Switch – 25,805
PS4 – 21,873
New 3DS LL – 12,669
PS4 Pro – 7,321
Vita – 4,403
2DS – 2,311
New 3DS – 740
Xbox One – 228
Wii U – 193
PS3 – 153

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

Switch – 22,361
PS4 – 19,095
New 3DS LL – 11,474
PS4 Pro – 6,585
Vita – 4,077
2DS – 2,545
New 3DS – 710
Xbox One – 265
PS3 – 201
Wii U – 150

And here are the software charts:

Super Mario Maker will be undergoing maintenance on both Wii U and 3DS next week. Roughly three hours of downtime is planned across both versions of the game, affecting all network services.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5:15 PM PT (July 11) – 8 PM PT (July 11)
– 8:15 PM ET (July 11) – 11 PM ET (July 11)
– 1:15 AM in the UK (July 12) – 4 AM in the UK (July 12)
– 2:15 AM in Europe (July 12) – 5 AM in Europe (July 12)

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A few new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on July 12. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:

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Elminage III – 2,500 yen
Maldita Castilla EX – 1,200 yen
Pictlogica Final Fantasy – free-to-play

New 3DS Download

Hidden my game by mom – 100 yen

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Last week, Nintendo held its 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The big highlight of the event was the Q&A hosted by president Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Shinya Takahashi.

While we covered it a few days ago, the full, official transcript is now available in English. You can give it a look right here.


A couple of new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

Tewatasanainu – 200 yen
Pro Yakyuu 2016 JACLUB – 150 yen

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Update: Quickly sold out as expected.


Original: Amazon Germany has started taking pre-orders for the Metroid: Samus Returns Legacy Edition. You can try reserving a copy here. Based on what has taken place with other European retailers, it likely won’t be in stock for long.

Nintendo published a new Japanese Hey! Pikmin video, but it’s far from ordinary. Nintendo included a special song that you can listen to below.

A pair of Japanese commercials are online to promote Ever Oasis’ launch in Japan. Check them out below.


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