Japan: Hardware totals for 2015, top 10 best-selling games
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Thanks to Famitsu, we now have information about overall sales in Japan for 2015. This accounts for data collected between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.
First, here’s a look at the numbers per platform:
3DS – 2,189,900 (3,153,045 last year) (20,036,956 lifetime)
PS4 – 1,205,163 (925,570 last year) (2,130,733 lifetime)
PS Vita – 959,342 (1,147,936 last year) (4,382,417 lifetime)
Wii U – 820,304 (604,856 last year) (2,943,587 lifetime)
PS3 – 188,207 (450,034 last year) (10,206,741 lifetime)
Xbox One – 18,093 (45,958 last year) (64,051 lifetime)
In terms of totals, hardware sold 5,381,009 across all platforms. That’s down from 6,428,837 the previous year.
Lastly, here’s a look at the top best-selling games in Japan during 2015:
01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 2.441.977 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 1.965.202 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 1.282.880 / NEW
04./00. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 1.064.897 / NEW
05./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2015.08.27} (¥6.458) – 864.865 / NEW
06./00. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 674.194 / NEW
07./00. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.860) – 636.709 / NEW
08./05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 625.223 / 2.632.550 (-69%)
09./00. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 607.343 / NEW
10./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest # (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 538.669 / NEW
Dual audio confirmed for PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
A few months ago, XSEED teased dual audio for Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale. This has since been confirmed via today’s European announcement for the title. When Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale launches in the west, you’ll be able to select the original Japanese voices or English dub.
PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is due out before the winter ends in North America. Europe will be getting the game sometime in Q1 as well.
Source: Marvelous PR
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 details and screenshots – Monster Synthesis
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Square Enix has sent out a new information update for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3. This time around, we learn about Monster Synthesis. Find some details and screenshots rounded up below.
– Can strengthen creatures through “Monster Fusion”
– Join 2 parent monsters together to make a more powerful ‘child’ monster
– By joining together monsters born out of fusion, they can reborn as even stronger monsters
– By repeatedly fusing monsters, you can continue to increase the power of your monsters
– Perform a Monster Synthesis by selecting two monsters as the ‘parents’ of the synthesis
– Monsters are gender-less, so you can choose your favorite monsters
– Ex: combine Nasubinara and Smile Lizard to get the completely new monster Fondue
– Freely choose which monster is born out of synthesis from five possible children
– There will be monsters with types that are the same as the parents, as well as monsters with types different from the parents
– Monsters born out of synthesis will level up and exceed the abilities of their parents
– There are a number of potential monster combinations
– Some special monsters can only be born through specific combinations
– Monsters born out of synthesis can also inherit skills from their parents
– This is in addition to the skills it is born with
– From a single skill, it can learn various special techniques and magic
First Medabots Girls Mission screenshots
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 2 Comments
Famitsu has published the first official screenshots from Medabots Girls Mission. View them in the gallery below.
Scans roundup – Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, Medabots Girls Mission, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images | 0 comments
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, Haikyuu!!: Cross Team Match, Medabots Girl Mission, and Pompom Purin. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.
Konami releasing new Yu-Gi-Oh! 3DS game worldwide this summer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 8 Comments
During Jump Festa last month, Konami announced a few new Yu-Gi-Oh! games. One of these was revealed as a 3DS title.
Konami has now followed up with an official announcement for the west today, confirming that the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! 3DS entry will be available worldwide. A release is planned for sometime this summer.
Actual details about the project have still not been made known. Of course, that should be changing over the next few months.
Source: Konami PR
Media Create sales (12/28/15 – 1/3/16)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 17 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 73,778
PS4 – 65,427
Vita – 63,811
Wii U – 53,547
3DS – 21,621
New 3DS – 21,501
PS3 – 4,221
3DS LL – 3,205
Xbox One – 765
Vita TV – 670
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 107,374
Wii U – 92,801
Vita – 73,163
PS4 – 53,023
New 3DS – 29,252
3DS – 13,109
3DS LL – 5,083
PS3 – 3,994
Vita TV – 1,167
Xbox One – 490
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 130,063 / 2,521,859
2. [3DS] Monster Strike – 91,572 / 699,436
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 60,447 / 1,153,989
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 52,753 / 726,885
5. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 49,533 / 2,124,427
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 48,222 / 584,717
7. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 26,513 / 620,782
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 24,539 / 1,301,227
9. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 22,378 / 178,420
10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 22,343 / 198,315
11. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Force – 20,508 / 107,763
12. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 16,139 / 252,344
13. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 13,216 / 192,475
14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 11,150 / 266,459
15. [3DS] Downtown no Kagi no Tsukai ya Arahen de!! Zettai ni Tsukamatte ha Ikenai Gasu Kuropikari Land – 9,962 / 22,420
16. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 9,875 / 1,187,570
17. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 9,828 / 2,421,040
18. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 8,835 / 32,901
19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 8,499 / 4,110,542
20. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 8,122 / 2,589,230
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Return to PopoloCrois European and Australian announcement trailer released
Posted on 9 years ago by Matthew(@matthewburr) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Update: Confirmed for a Q1 release in Europe.
Marvelous has officially announced that Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale will be coming to Europe and Australia this year. It was speculated that this was coming towards the end of 2015 but this is the first official confirmation. No word yet on a release date but hopefully that comes soon. Check out the trailer below:
Japanese 3DS themes (1/5/16)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:
Animal Crossing Snow Play – 200 yen
Nemuneko Friends: Happy New Year!! – 200 yen
Osomatsu-san: The 6 Children of Matsuno Family – 250 yen
And a video for the new Animal Crossing theme:
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North American Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam launch trailer/commercial
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 5 Comments
Nintendo has gone live with the launch trailer for Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam… although it actually looks to be more like a commercial. In any case, you can watch it below.
