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In Japan, the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon Alola Art Book was a pre-order incentive. Official illustrations are included inside, along with special pictures of concept art. These images show characters, locations, and more.

Here’s a look at the various concept art:

I believe this art was also included in the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon: Official Strategy Guide Collector’s Vault. The images may have been a part of the standard/collector’s guides as well, but I can’t say for certain as I don’t have access to those.

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A new 3DS theme based on Ice Station Z is now available in Europe (soon to follow in North America). Get a closer look at it below.

Nintendo has opened the North American teaser site for Dragon Quest VIII. To access it, visit the page here. The site currently has a trailer some screenshots, and details. It will be properly updated within the next few weeks.

SEGA 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage has launched in Japan. Like almost every 3DS game, there’s now a relevant Miiverse community for the release.

Siliconera came across something interesting with the new forum. You’ll notice that once you load up the page, it actually shows as SEGA 3D Classics Collection 2.

SEGA 3D Classics Collection made it to North America earlier this year, and Europe last month. This doesn’t confirm localization of the new package, but it does give us some hope.


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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 337.979 / NEW <77,32%>
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
(Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 199.514 / 2.578.960 (+5%)
03./03. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 168.072 / 448.160 (+43%)
04./00. [PSV] SaGa: Scarlet Grace (Square Enix) {2016.12.15} (¥6.800) – 64.965 / NEW
05./01. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life # (Sega) {2016.12.08} (¥8.190) – 44.592 / 262.760 (-80%)
06./05. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) – 44.340 / 814.603 (-44%)
07./06. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700) – 27.933 / 55.023 (+3%)
08./00. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes
(Konami) {2016.12.15} (¥4.500) – 26.673 / NEW
09./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 20.488 / 966.976 (+64%)
10./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura – Busters T-Pack {Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi \ Yo-Kai Watch 3: Tempura} (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥6.400) – 17.709 / NEW
11./12. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 16.315 / 215.728 (+59%)
12./13. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800) – 15.638 / 105.725 (+79%)
13./11. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
(Nintendo) {2016.10.20} (¥4.700) – 15.635 / 104.179 (+49%)
14./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
(Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 14.535 / 52.695 (+28%)
15./42. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.571) – 14.468 / 2.488.181
16./07. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2 (Ubisoft) {2016.12.01} (¥8.400) – 10.995 / 68.796 (-38%)
17./04. [PS4] The Last Guardian
(Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2016.12.06} (¥6.900) – 10.754 / 93.014 (-87%)
18./15. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) – 10.678 / 496.521 (+45%)
19./19. [WIU] Splatoon #
(Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 8.654 / 1.516.219 (+48%)
20./22. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.571) – 8.299 / 2.694.863

Dragon Quest XI may have been shown off at Jump Festa last week, but Square Enix isn’t done sharing news about the game. The latest issue of V Jump offers up even more with additional images and details.

First, here are the new details:

– The protagonist has a strangely shaped birthmark on his left hand; something happens when it glows
– Emma is a close friend of the protagonist who says she’ll undergo the ritual to climb “God’s Rock” with him
– V Jump asks, “What is it that they see there?”
– The Great Tree of Life floats in the center of the world
– It is said the hero can commune with the soul of the Great Tree
– The protagonist’s home village of Ishi is a small and quiet village located in the valley
– In battle, the 3DS version shows both the party and monsters in 3D mode, and just the monsters in 2D mode

And now for the scans:


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Dragon Quest VIII is only about a month away from its release in the West, and Nintendo of Europe has just updated the game’s website. There, you’ll find some new screenshots along with some updated info about the game’s story, changes to the 3DS version compared to the PS2 original, details on the game’s combat system and other gameplay features such as item mixing, and more.

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After Inti Creates brought out the latest patch for Azure Striker Gunvolt (the original, not the sequel), an unfortunate issue came about. Players reported problems with Special Mission 5 after applying the patch.

Thankfully, Inti Creates became aware of the situation and created another update. You should be able to access version 1.4 tomorrow – December 22. Once downloaded, Special Mission 5 should work without any issues.

Speaking of Azure Striker Gunvolt, character artist Yoshitaka Hatakeyama made a special wallpaper for Christmas. That’s located at the source link below.

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With the third SEGA 3D Reprint Archives collecting launching in Japan, three new themes based on the series are out now coming in at 200 yen each. Each one is based on the different boxarts. Videos for all themes can be found below.

Update (12/21): This is now up for pre-order on Amazon US.


Update (12/17): The Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle is now up for pre-order on Amazon Canada.


Original (12/13): Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle. That can be reserved right here. If you’d prefer to pre-order the standalone Poochy plush, you can do so here.


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