Japan’s best-selling games of May 2025 – Fantasy Life i leads the way
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New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of May 2025.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has done very well for Level-5 thus far, and the game was the top seller last month. On Nintendo Switch alone, it sold 83,000 copies at retail. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny Remastered also makes it into the top five.
Below is the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of May 2025:
Famitsu’s most wanted games – June 22, 2025 – Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake stays winning as Nintendo Switch 2 version appears
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake is still dominating, and now the Nintendo Switch 2 version appears for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between June 4 and June 10.
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Nintendo pre-order updates – June 22, 2025 – Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Disgaea 7 Complete, more
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds reveals SpongeBob DLC, confirms TMNT and Avatar
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Following a previous leak, SEGA just announced that SpongeBob SquarePants is coming to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Avatar. News about the game just dropped at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
A first look at SpongeBob, along with his buddy Patrick, was shown in a trailer today. The DLC will also feature a Bikini Bottom stage to race on.
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Empire of Sin gets Hunt for Aurora DLC out of nowhere, five years after release
Posted on 2 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
In a surprising move, new DLC has just been made available for Empire of Sin with the Hunt for Aurora Expansion. Nintendo Switch players can grab it now.
This comes as a surprise as there hasn’t been a peep about the game until this week. Empire of Sin first launched at the tail end of 2021, and there hasn’t been any new content since the following year.
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Mario Kart World dev comments on why non-Mario characters aren’t included
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Mario Kart World has a ton of playable characters, but they’re all strictly from the Mario universe and not from any other Nintendo franchises. If you were hoping to see the likes of Link from The Legend of Zelda or Isabelle from Animal Crossing returning from Mario Kart 8, you might be left disappointed. But according to producer Kosuke Yabuki, that was never in the cards to begin with.
Ouest-France recently spoke Yabuki and this was one of the topics that came up. He indicated that other Nintendo characters wouldn’t be the right fit and there was already plenty of possibilities with Mario alone.
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Gex Trilogy review for Nintendo Switch
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System: Switch
Release date: June 15, 2025
Developer: Limited Run Games / Crystal Dynamics
Publisher: Limited Run Games
The Gex series is one that has been out of the limelight for a long time. While seen as unique and unconventional in his pomp, Gex has faded into obscurity. The gecko is best known these days as a bit of an internet meme, seen more in the ilk of Bubsy than of Sonic or Crash Bandicoot. Even still, the character had several big-time game releases and was the poster boy for Crystal Dynamics for quite a while, and that team has gone on to make some truly brilliant titles. Over time, the franchise has become increasingly less accessible, and so people who may want to try out Gex’s titles to see if maybe time has treated him too harshly. Thankfully, Limited Run Games has seen that cult desire for the wise-cracking TV addict to make a comeback, and have obliged with a trilogy collection of three adventures with the very first entry plus Gex: Enter the Gecko and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko. In the past, I had only played Gex 2, and I was very young at the time, so when this collection was announced, I was very excited to play it again, as well as what came before and after. How do they hold up nearly three decades later?
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SEGA leaks sales data for Sonic Superstars and Frontiers, Team Sonic Racing, Persona 5 Royal, Shin Megami Tensei 5
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Sales figures for a variety of SEGA games have been revealed, including Sonic Superstars and Frontiers, Team Sonic Racing, Persona 5 Royal, and Shin Megami Tensei 5.
All of the data comes from the new SEGA Sammy Management Meeting 2025 presentation. While the figures were intended to be hidden behind a grey block, when highlighted, they can be seen when copied and pasted elsewhere.
Here’s the full lineup:
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet celebrate Japan Championships with special Flutter Mane distribution
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been pretty active with distributions lately, and now fans can claim a special Flutter Mane as part of the Japan Championships. However, it will only be active for a limited time.
This Flutter Mane, which was used by Hyuma Hara to win the 2024 Japan Championships, is of the Fairy Tera Type with Booster Energy as its held item. The creature can use Moonblast, Icy Wind, Trick Room, and Taunt for its moves.
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Shuten Order trailer introduces protagonist Rei Shimobe
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One more Shuten Order character has been uploaded, and today, we’ve got a look at protagonist Rei Shimobe. Mitsuki Saiga is handling the voice.
A bit of information about the character can be found in the following rundown:
