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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

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Limited Time Offer: Try 1 Month FREE – Enjoy the new Hulu Plus Family Section exclusively on the Wii console. Watch favorites like Bratz, Caillou, Dragon Ball Z and more. The limited time offer is valid Friday, Aug. 10, through Sunday, Sept 23. (For Wii)

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3D Sports Highlights – Don’t miss the pageantry and passion of this summer’s biggest sporting events in stop-motion 3D. Nintendo Video is delivering highlight after highlight, so tune in to catch your favorite events. (For Nintendo 3DS)


Famitsu has published a listing of the best-selling games in Japan for the month of July. The sales comes from Enterbrain data taken between June 25 through July 29.

Here’s the list in full:

01. [NDS] Pokemon Black/White 2 – 855,502 / 2,474,123
02. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 430,185 / NEW
03. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection – 131,720 / NEW
04. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV – 121,401 / NEW
05. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena – 117,318 / NEW
06. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb – 116,867 / NEW
07. [3DS] Rune Factory 4 – 107,513 / NEW
08. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D – 104,850 / 848,817
09. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize – 103,345 / NEW
10. [3DS] Danball Senki Baku Boost – 96,196 / NEW







You may have seen the video above split into two Japanese clips awhile back. It’s now available in one long trailer, and more importantly, it’s in English.

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:



01./00. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # (Square Enix) {2012.08.02} (¥6.980) – 367.148 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 213.547 / 621.050 (-48%)
03./04. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 66.758 / 2.521.764 (-9%)
04./07. [3DS] Tohoku Daigaku Karei Igaku Kenkyuusho – Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu – Mono Sugoku Nou o Kitaeru 5-Funkan no Oni Training (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) – 31.792 / 72.064 (-21%)
05./06. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800) – 29.602 / 89.723 (-51%)
06./09. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800) – 21.001 / 150.655 (-28%)
07./02. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) – 20.477 / 148.961 (-84%)
08./00. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.230) – 20.459 / NEW
09./08. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.19} (¥5.230) – 17.508 / 134.362 (-44%)
10./22. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 15.706 / 1.012.372
11./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) – 14.653 / 35.278 (-29%)
12./14. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) – 14.321 / 131.794 (-29%)
13./05. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen # (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.07.26} (¥6.279) – 13.646 / 82.646 (-80%)
14./00. [PSP] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥6.280) – 12.928 / NEW
15./11. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229) – 11.467 / 118.439 (-45%)
16./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥6.980) – 11.292 / 94.980 (-46%)
17./16. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) – 11.056 / 848.725 (-11%)
18./03. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom) {2012.07.26} (¥6.090) – 10.998 / 85.858 (-85%)
19./00. [3DS] Smile PreCure! Let’s Go! Marchen World (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.040) – 8.786 / NEW
20./20. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) – 8.718 / 510.638 (-9%)

Dragon Quest X does top the charts, but this is one of the lowest debuts for a Dragon Quest game in quite some time. The last entry, DQIX, sold well over two million units in its first week. The same goes for Dragon Quest VIII.

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

3DSLL – 82,251
3DS – 42,164
Wii – 41,415
PS3 – 13,944
PSP – 11,824
Vita – 9,038
PS2 – 1,154
Xbox 360 – 981
DSi – 637
DSi LL – 405

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

3DSLL – 187,480
3DS – 42,155
PS3 – 15,916
PSP- 12,989
Vita – 10,846
Wii – 10,170
PS2 – 994
Xbox 360 – 948
DSi – 635
DSi LL – 543


Nintendo of Europe has dated two games for the DSiWare service.

The Lost Town – The Jungle and Escape the Virus: Shoot’Ep Up! are expected to release next Thursday, August 16. The Lost Town will be available for £4.50 / 500 points while Escape the Virus: Shoot’Ep Up will cost £1.80 / 200 points.

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The life-to-date and year-to-date information below is based on data collected from the NPD Group through June 2012. Additional hardware sales will be provided on Thursday via the July report.

LTD

DS – 51,786,649
360 – 34,384,373
PS3 – 21,357,121
Wii – 39,497,294
3DS – 5,137,741
Vita – 638,400

YTD

DS – 648,641
360 – 1,720,000
PS3 – 1,379,200
Wii – 812,800
3DS – 1,051,741
Vita – 638,400

Thanks to Eru for the tip.

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Dragon Quest IX is on sale at Best Buy as the retailer’s “Deal of the Day” offer. Through the rest of the day, you can purchase the title for $9.99.

Best Buy normally sells Dragon Quest IX for $35, so you’d be saving $25 in total.

If interested, you can purchase Dragon Quest IX here. The offer is valid in-store and online.



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