Japan’s best-selling games of November 2016
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of November 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Guardians concept art
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Nintendo is back with another piece of concept art from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Today’s image focuses on the game’s Guardians, a type of enemy in the game. See the concept art above.
Media Create software sales (12/19/16 – 12/25/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
02./03. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
03./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki
04./00. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!
05./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition #
06./07. [3DS] Miitopia
07./06. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV #
08./11. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
09./05. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life #
10./12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
11./13. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
12./08. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes
13./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
14./00. [3DS] Osomatsu-San: Matsu Matsuri! #
15./19. [WIU] Splatoon #
16./18. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
17./25. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories #
18./15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
19./04. [PSV] SaGa: Scarlet Grace
20./22. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
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Media Create sales (12/19/16 – 12/25/16)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Update (12/29): Replaced Famitsu data with Media Create.
Original (12/28): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 111,513
PS4 – 90,140
Vita – 57,170
2DS – 51,077
New 3DS – 13,694
PS4 Pro – 10,098
Wii U – 8,348
PS3 – 1,234
Xbox One – 830
3DS – 169
3DS LL – 109
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 84,823
PS4 – 70,031
2DS – 39,218
Vita – 36,214
PS4 Pro – 9,317
New 3DS – 9,149
Wii U – 5,095
Xbox One – 1,872
PS3 – 925
3DS – 226
3DS LL – 62
And here are the software charts:
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Devil’s Third servers officially taken offline
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 17 Comments
We found out this past summer that the servers for Devil’s Third would be taken offline. That day has finally come. If you try playing the game online, you’ll be greeted with the message above. It was fun while it lasted I suppose!
Paper Mario: Color Splash dev on paint inspiration, approach to combat, says team put in its full effort
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 22 Comments
Game Informer has now published its full interview with Paper Mario: Color Splash producer Kensuke Tanabe. Tanabe was asked about a variety of topics, including the inspiration behind repainting the world, whether the team ever considered ditching combat entirely, and the team’s sense is for what fans of the Paper Mario series would like to see in the future.
Continue on below for a roundup of Tanabe’s notable responses. Read the full interview on Game Informer here.
New Zelda: Breath of the Wild screenshot (12/28/16)
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Nintendo has once again released a new screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Take a look at the latest image above.
UK software sales (Week ending 12/24/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
6. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
7. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
8. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Minecraft: Story Mode – Complete Adventure – Telltale Games
3DS
1. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
2. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 12/24/2016)
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Hideki Kamiya shares his personal top 10 tracks from The Wonderful 101
Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in Wii U | 5 Comments
The Wonderful 101’s soundtrack will be leaving distribution by the end of the year, and the game’s director, Hideki Kamiya, has shared his personal picks for favorite tracks from the game. You can read his full thoughts and listen to sections of each song here.
While the full post is worth a read, a few of the highlights:
His final remarks on the End Credits are especially enlightening:
This song was made at the very end of our development cycle (as I’m sure most ending credits songs are), so I remember passing certification and listening to this song while stumbling home, looking at the stars, feeling almost like an empty shell of a person, reflecting on how everything had finally ended.
