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2018 is just a little over halfway done. With that in mind, Nintendo today revealed the best-selling games on the Japanese eShop this year so far.

We have two sets of data. The first chart combines retail and digital titles, while the second focuses exclusively on eShop games.

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Entergram has gone live with a five-minute Japanese trailer for the visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou. View it below.

Magic Scroll Tactics is making its way to Switch, Play, Doujin! announced today. The side-scrolling, turn-based tactical RPG is currently in development, but lacks a release date.

Here’s a trailer:

Nintendo issued a new Japanese web commercial for Fire Emblem Heroes today. Have a look at the advert below.

At Comic-Con yesterday, IGN spoke with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The two sides spoke about a number of topics, including the possibility of a demo down the road and DLC.

When asked if we could see a demo similar to the likes of ARMS Global Testpunch or Mario Tennis Aces, Trinen stated:

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux boxart

The folks over at Retronauts recently had the chance to interview Eiji Ishida, the director of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, the 3DS remake of SMT: Strange Journey. You can check out the full interview on their website; below are a couple of interesting excerpts:

NIS has posted the latest trailer for Disgaea 1 Complete; this one focuses on Flonne:

The final Super Smash Blog update for this week is a new Pokeball Pokemon from Pokemon Sun & Moon, Bewear:

Bewear’s more ferocious than it looks, with slow movement speed offset by very powerful attacks.

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Earlier today, Sega opened a countdown website teasing the reveal of a new installment in the Phantasy Star series. It’s part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the franchise, with the official reveal coming at noon Japan time on the 24th of July.

We do know that the game will be for iOS and Android, but no further information has been given yet.

Octopath Traveler

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

01./00. [NSW] Octopath Traveler (Square Enix) {2018.07.13} (¥6.800) – 110.111 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} (¥3.980) – 41.852 / NEW
03./01. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} (¥5.980) – 21.838 / 227.452 (-33%)
04./03. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 20.430 / 2.447.782 (+25%)
05./02. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 15.101 / 121.785 (-21%)
06./00. [3DS] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} (¥3.980) – 14.558 / NEW
07./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 11.417 / 1.627.674 (-6%)
08./00. [PS4] Mary Skelter: Nightmares 2 # (Compile Heart) {2018.07.12} (¥7.200) – 10.370 / NEW
09./12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) – 7.145 / 1.668.513 (+63%)
10./09. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 6.622 / 1.043.717 (+5%)
11./08. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) – 6.160 / 559.764 (-10%)
12./13. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.06.21} (¥7.600) – 5.023 / 82.077 (+22%)
13./10. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 5.016 / 1.766.438 (-6%)
14./06. [PS4] The Crew 2 (Ubisoft) {2018.06.29} (¥8.400) – 4.951 / 32.276 (-49%)
15./04. [PS4] Zanki Zero: Last Beginning (Spike Chunsoft) {2018.07.05} (¥7.200) – 4.164 / 19.705 (-73%)
16./16. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 3.788 / 167.064 (+9%)
17./11. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2018.05.03} (¥5.980) – 3.642 / 190.330 (-24%)
18./00. [NSW] Shining Resonance Refrain (Sega) {2018.07.12} (¥5.990) – 3.465 / NEW
19./15. [PS4] Detroit: Become Human # (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.05.25} (¥6.900) – 3.321 / 90.360 (-7%)
20./14. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) – 2.724 / 172.154 (-32%)


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