Update: Also Europe – Pokken Tournament launches on March 18 in North America
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Update 2: Added in the official announcement after the break.
Update: How’s this for a quick update? It’s confirmed for March 18 as well. It’ll be a worldwide release!
European Trainers! #PokkenTournament will arrive on Wii U on March 18, 2016! https://t.co/fBxua8xaG1
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) January 15, 2016
Pokken Tournament is launching in North America very soon. On Twitter, the official Pokemon account passed along a final date: March 18. The game was previously only said to be coming in spring.
#PokkenTournament is coming to Wii U on March 18, 2016! https://t.co/1nHSo9xgu7 pic.twitter.com/2u6G2679qI
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) January 15, 2016
Japan is actually getting Pokken Tournament on the same day. As for Europe, it’s coming sometime in spring.
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Media Create software sales (1/4/16 – 1/10/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./02. [3DS] Monster Strike
03./03. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./04. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
06./05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
07./11. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs-Force
08./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
09./09. [PS4] Fallout 4 #
10./10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
11./07. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
12./14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
13./13. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront #
14./24. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
15./23. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [1/1][New Price Edition]
16./12. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
17./18. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./17. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
20./15. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai Yaarahen de!! Zettai ni Tsukamatte Haikenai Gasu Kurobikari Land
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Pokken Tournament – LAN supported, new support characters, more
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The Japanese Pokken Tournament website has updated with a few more details about the game. Here’s the latest:
– Single Battle: 3 difficulty modes
– This is a new mode on Wii U
– Local battle mode officially announced
– 30 FPS instead of 60 with local multiplayer
– Online mode
– this has rankings and competitions
– Can use a LAN Cable to link two Wii Us, where the game will run at 60fps
We also have two more sets of support Pokemon: Pachirisu and Magikarp, plus includes Sylveon and Croagunk.
Hit up the gallery below for the latest screenshots of Pokken Tournament on Wii U.
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Chandelure revealed for Pokken Tournament
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In a leak from this month’s issue of CoroCoro, we found out about three new characters in Pokken Tournament. We now know that Braixen, Garchomp, and standard Mewtwo are joining the roster. That’s not all though. The game’s website just updated, revealing Chandelure as another addition.
It’ll be a little while before we get a proper look at Chandelure. A trailer for the character will debut at Tokaigi 2016 on January 31.
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Splatoon adding the Custom Hydra Splatling tomorrow (last weapon)
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Splatoon’s latest weapon, the Custom Hydra Splatling, is being added to the game tomorrow evening (very early Saturday for those of you in Europe). It should be going live at the following times based on past precedent:
– 6 PM PT
– 9 PM ET
– 2 AM in the UK
– 3 AM in Europe
Nintendo says that this will be the final weapon addition in Splatoon.
We should probably mention that the Custom Hydra Splatling will be the last weapon added to #Splatoon.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 15, 2016
This makes 74 weapons in total in #Splatoon. We're sure you’ve got a few you’ve never tried, right? pic.twitter.com/ODAW2olLTQ
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 15, 2016
Please note that 3 weapons can only be obtained by completing amiibo Challenges & share stats with the Splat series. pic.twitter.com/E6zeH334DF
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 15, 2016
View some images of the Custom Hydra Splatling below.
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Super Mario Maker – Adventure in Sarasaland Event Course, Daisy costume now live
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Super Mario Maker’s latest Event Course and costume have gone live. You can now tackle the Adventure in Sarasaland level. Once finished, you’ll receive the Daisy outfit.
Here’s an overview of Adventure in Sarasaland:
“Start in the land of Super Mario Bros. and cross the water into the land of… Super Mario Land! That’s the idea behind this course. Transform into Princess Daisy and explore Sarasaland!”
And here’s a complete look at the course:
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December 2015 NPD: Wii U has second-best month in terms of new physical software sales
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From a Nintendo perspective, there’s not too much to report on from the latest NPD sales. Wii U and 3DS games were completely absent from the December chart as well as overall top 10 sales in 2015. However, GamesBeat did manage to obtain an interesting piece of information from analyst Liam Callahan.
Callahan said that Wii U experienced its second-best month “in terms of new physical software unit sales.” The holiday season likely played a big role in that, as well as games such as Super Mario Maker.
Top 100 best-selling games in Japan for 2015, top 5 publishers
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NeoGAF’s hiska-kun has put together a huge list of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during 2015. The results are based on data collected by Famitsu between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.
Here’s the full lineup:
01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
04. [WIU] Splatoon
05. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
06. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
07. [3DS] Monster Strike
08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
09. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom #
December 2015 NPD: Super Mario Maker has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S.
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Update: No separate post for the top 10 in December. No Wii U/3DS game (including third-parties) made the list unfortunately. Same goes for the full 2015 year top 10.
Super Mario Maker has sold over one million copies in the United States alone, Nintendo has announced. That news comes as part of the December 2015 NPD report, which we should be hearing more about shortly.
Five other Wii U games have also reached Super Mario Maker’s milestone. Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Splatoon have all sold more than one million copies in the United States.
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Amazon: Save $50 on Guitar Hero Live, $10 on Senran Kagura 2
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A pair of notable deals are currently running on Amazon. For today only, you can pick up Guitar Hero Live
for $50 (and save $50). Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
has also been discounted from $40 to $30.
