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

3DS LL – 47,005
3DS – 23,992
Vita – 19,363
PS3 – 14,331
Wii U – 12,047
PSP – 7,616
Wii – 1,772
Xbox 360 – 322

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

3DS LL – 38,822
3DS – 18,949
Vita – 17,639
PS3 – 12,228
Wii U – 9,950
PSP – 6,303
Wii – 1,373
Xbox 360 – 275


Nintendo will be hosting a panel for The Wonderful 101 at PAX Prime 2013 titled “Inside The Wonderful 101 with Hideki Kamiya”. The event is described as “a special session at which the Platinum Games creative director will share insight into the vision behind this superhero-themed Wii U exclusive action game.”

Those attending PAX Prime can attend the presentation on September 1 at 5 PM. It’ll be hosted at the Pegasus Theater in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.

In other news, Nintendo has announced its lineup for PAX Prime. Here’s the full rundown:

Wii U

Super Mario 3D World
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
The Wonderful 101
Bayonetta 2
Pikmin 3
Rayman Legends from Ubisoft
Sonic Lost World from SEGA
Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut from Toxic Games (Nintendo eShop)
Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games (Nintendo eShop)
Armillo from Fuzzy Wuzzy Games Inc. (Nintendo eShop)
A World of Keflings from NinjaBee (Nintendo eShop)

Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Mii Force for StreetPass Mii Plaza
Flower Town for StreetPass Mii Plaza
Warrior’s Way for StreetPass Mii Plaza
Monster Manor for StreetPass Mii Plaza
Scribblenauts Unmasked from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Sonic Lost World from SEGA
Summer Carnival ’92: RECCA from Naxat Soft (Virtual Console, Nintendo eShop)
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse from WayForward (Nintendo eShop)
Retro City Rampage from Vblank Entertainment Inc. (Nintendo eShop)

Additional Nintendo-related games will be available for play sessions outside of the company’s booth – more on that is below, including full details on their PAX plans.


This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (PS3) – 10/10/10/10
The Wonderful 101 (Wii U) – 10/10/9/10
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (PSV) – 9/9/8/9
Lost Planet 3 (PS3/360) – 9/8/7/9
Seitokai No Ichizon Lv.2 Portable (PSP) – 8/8/7/6
Hotchkiss (PSV) – 7/7/6/5
Saki Achiga-Hen: Episode of side-A Portable (PSP) – 7/7/5/5



Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with yet another post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers Wonder-Black.



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