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Xenoblade Chronicles X producer producer Shingo Kawabata handled today’s Twitter update, in which he briefly talked about the game’s voice cast.

Here’s what was shared:

“I wasn’t really informed of this, but it seems we’re planning on updating the official site every week. I wonder if we’ll be all right? Then again, Nomura and the web design staff are extremely motivated, so I’m sure they’ll work hard for your sake.”

“As we present our characters, we’re also revealing the people that have lent us their voices. We’ve managed to acquire an outstanding cast, so you can look forward to hearing their work. As there was such a large amount of text, recording [the voices] took a lot of work, but the entire cast was exceptionally professional. The end result, of course, is perfection.”

Just in case you’re wondering, here’s the voice cast for Xenoblade Chronicles X:

Elma – Houko Kuwashima
Lynlee – Mariya Ise
Tatsu – Daisuke Sakaguchi
Irina – Nao Takamori
Van Damme – Tessho Genda

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It’s been a little while since we saw a Wii U game with pre-load functionality. Super Smash Bros. kicked off the feature last year, though two more titles will soon be offering something similar as well.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse as well as Mario Party 10 can be pre-ordered on Nintendo’s website. Consumers are advised to get their codes now, then pre-load to be ready for their respective launches.

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Le Figaro has reported a few more Nintendo sales figures from France.

First, in terms of software, we know of the following:

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 476,000 units
Tomodachi Life: 439,000 units
Mario Kart 8: 346,000 units
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS: 279,000 units

For 2014, Wii U hardware sales came in at 240,000 units, bringing its overall total up to 515,000 units. Nintendo also sold a total of 4.5 million games in France last year. Of the top twenty best-selling titles in France last year, eight were published by Nintendo.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of last year. You can find the full set of data below.

01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 3.050.178
02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 2.464.850
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 2.381.177
04. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 2.066.022
05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 2.007.327
06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 994.346 / 1.280.799
07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 842.053
08. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) – 748.139
09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 687.957
10. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 478.366

11. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 477.496 / 4.454.325
12. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 467.935
13. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) – 442.780 / 1.448.477
14. [PS4] Knack # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.02.22} (¥5.145) – 400.115
15. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) – 372.827
16. [PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software) {2014.03.13} (¥7.800) – 339.592
17. [PSV] Freedom Wars (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.06.26} (¥6.264) – 287.012
18. [WIU] Wii Party U # (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) – 281.107 / 799.873
19. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980) – 260.852
20. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 # (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (¥7.560) – 255.938

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A few years ago, THQ’s promising-looking Avengers game was leaked. It was later presumed that the first-person co-op beat ‘em up title would have made its way to Wii U.

Unseen 64 filed a new report on the canned Avengers game today with tons of information and assets pertaining to the project. Regarding Nintendo-specific plans, the site says that “plans for an eventual Wii U version of the game were drawn”, but “development on it had yet to begin”. It would have been a port of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release “with extensive” implementation of the GamePad.

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Monolith Soft updated Xenoblade Chronicles X’s website today with another two character profiles. We’re introduced to Irina as well as Van Damme.

Irina belongs to the private military organization known as “BLADE”. She worked for Elma when she was a part of the United Government Special Operations Unit, which is otherwise known as “Doll Corps”. Irina eventually became a member of BLADE, but even now idolizes Elma as she holds her to the highest esteem. Though she has a strong-minded and frank personality, Irina has a strong sense of duty to protect the people of Planet Mira. Monolith says of the character: “The BLADE member with an overflowing sense of duty”.

Van Damme is a commanding officer of BLADE, with the slight flaw of being sarcastic. He used to work as chief engineer aboard the immigration ship “White Whale”. He is broadminded and overbearing regardless of who he talks to, with his sarcasm as the flaw in the crystal.

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Mario Party 10 is yet another Wii U game that won’t cost full price (given that most releases these days cost $60). Based on listings from Amazon and GameStop, Nintendo is only asking for $49.99. Newegg has the Mario Party 10 bundle priced at $60.

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Update 3: All games are back to their normal prices.

Update 2: Back in stock on Amazon!

Update: Monster Hunter is gone on Amazon, but Walmart has it for the same price.

Several new deals have gone live on Amazon, including Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for $27, Super Smash Bros. Wii U for $41, and more. Find our roundup below.

Pokemon Omega Ruby – $26.85
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – $27.36
Fire Emblem: Awakening – $27.41
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – $41.05

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