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Pikmin 3’s first week Japanese sales are in. How do they stack up to the previous games in the series? Let’s take a look:

(2001) Pikmin – First week: 90,000 (54.9%) | Total sales: 549,000
(2004) Pikmin 2 – First week: 160,000 (48.4%) | Total sales: 484,000
(2013) Pikmin 3 – First week: 92,720 (48.45%)

One important point to note here is that Pikmin 3’s sales were accounted for over a two day period, whereas Pikmin 2 saw four days of sales. We also have to take into account that there aren’t a whole lot of Wii U units out in consumers’ hands just yet.

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Warner Bros. debuted a new trailer for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes during a Comic-Con panel today. Along with Stan Lee, the following characters will likely be playable due to their appearance in the video:

Kingpin
Rhino
Blob
Colossus
Storm
Jean Grey
Cyclops
Lizard
Juggernaut
Dr. Doom
Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor
Sabretooth

The following characters were also mentioned in a panel live-blog:

Elektra
Silver Samurai
The Punisher
Beast
Gambit
Green Goblin
Iron Patriot (a pre-order exclusive)
Squirrel Girl
Vulture
Howard The Duck

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This month’s Official Nintendo Magazine review scores are as follows:

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – 92%
Zelda: Oracle of Ages – 92%
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – 88%
The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves – 81%
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – 84%
Project X Zone – 80%
Sniper Elite V2 – 50%
The Starship Damrey – 56%

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Footage of the new casino-themed stage can be found at 11:30.

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Namco Bandai announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures’ release date at Comic-Con today. The console version is due out on October 29, followed by the 3DS release on November 26.

You can find several new Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures here.

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SEGA brought along a new Sonic Lost World world to the San Diego Comic-Con: the Frozen Factory. Despite the name, the area highlighted in the new demo is actually casino-themed. Read on below for details.

– Called Frozen Factory
– Players will get a better idea of how the names fit with the worlds when the full game is out
– Casino zone is a place in the Frozen Factory
– Has huge poker chips and coins and deadly spinning dice
– Lasers shoot out from the walls and weave their way into your running path
– Sonic will get electrocuted and his rings go flying when hit by the laser
– Most enemies are defeated with a single bounce
– One ball-shaped enemy with a shield requires you to run around his back to kick him to knock him off guard
– Silver coins are scattered around the stage
– Pick them up for points
– Use them to access other parts of the stage at certain points
– Silver coins float in the air above and behind Sonic, growing in number in a sort of coin cloud
– Ex: use coins to access a pinball segment of the stage
– This area pays tribute to past Sonic games; will see Miles’ name in the stage decoration
– In one section, you have to flip Sonic into a certain catch to get out of the pinball machine area and back into the stage
– There are also hidden optional pinball stage sections to find on your own
– Rest of the stage has Sonic running from huge runaway slot machine wheels
– Use Sonic’s parkour moves to run along walls to dodge these and other obstacles
– Some zones had numbered rings to run through, with progress permitted only after running through them in order
– This is situated on a cylinder that can be explored fully as you progress down it
– Running alongside another edge or its bottom will reveal alternate paths
– Lasers play a big role in the last stretch of the stage, doing a sort of Tron thing, beaming out from everywhere in front Sonic to hinder your progress
– A bell bounced around between multiple laser paths, beckoning you to follow it and ring it along the way
– This required some tight platforming jumps to bounce into path clearings to follow it
– Ends with one final dodge through a fleet of huge rolling slot reels

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