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Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have become the fastest-selling games that Nintendo has ever launched in the Americas, the company announced today. The two titles have collectively sold 3.7 million units in under two weeks.

Pokemon Sun/Moon experienced an 85 percent increase over Poekmon X/Y. Previously, X/Y held the records as Nintendo’s fastest-selling games during the same period.

It’s also worth mentioning that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the most pre-ordered games in Nintendo history.

Today’s full announcement can be read below.

Early reviews for Super Mario Maker on 3DS are in, with Nintendo lifting the embargo earlier today. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Sideway”
IGN – 7.2 / 10
GameXplain – “Meh”
USGamer – 4 / 5
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 7 / 10
Videogamer – 8 / 10
GameReactor – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 7.75 / 10
GamesRadar – 4 / 5
DigitalSpy – 3.5 / 5


This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Megami Meguri, Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Super Mario Maker for 3DS, and All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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Nintendo published a new Dragon Quest VIII trailer today that specifically focuses on the RPG’s story. We’ve attached it below.

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

New 3DS LL – 45,622
PS4 – 33,859
2DS – 18,158
Vita – 12,240
PS4 Pro – 8,243
New 3DS – 6,955
Wii U – 3,493
Xbox One – 778
PS3 – 623
3DS – 482
3DS LL – 95

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

New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96

And here are the software charts:

Koei Tecmo has come out with the first full trailer for Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death. Have a look at it below.

Update: The soundtrack is now live in the US and UK as well.


Original: iTunes is starting to be updated with the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon soundtrack in various regions. It’s available in places like Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Italy. All regions should be getting it soon.

169 pieces of music are included in the soundtrack. If you’d like to view the full list, continue on below.

Major retailers have started to take pre-orders for Mario Sports Superstars, starting with Amazon and GameStop. If you have an Amazon Prime membership, you can take 20 percent off per usual.

Mario Sports Superstars launches in Spring 2017. Five sports are included: baseball, tennis, golf, horse racing and 11-on-11 soccer games. The game will feature both online and local multiplayer.

Konami released a new Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes trailer today that mainly goes over the game’s mechanics. See it below.

The Pokemon Company prepared another Japanese Pokemon Sun/Moon commercial to get ready for Christmas. Take a look at it below.


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