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It’s been awhile since we received anything even remotely close to promotional material for Devil’s Third, but creator Tomonobu Itagaki did share a holiday card pertaining to the Wii U title. You can find it attached to this post.

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Last week, The Seattle Times put up a few new quotes from Reggie Fils-Aime. The Nintendo of America addressed the company’s performance and talked a bit about sales, high-demand amiibo, and more.

You’ll find a roundup of Reggie’s comments below. You can find The Seattle Times’ full article here.

On whether Nintendo is now on a rebound…

“(Nintendo is) doing better this year than we did last year. The way I would frame it: Our goal is to drive an ongoing positive trajectory. Certainly with the momentum we’re seeing with our hardware, the momentum we’re seeing with our key software titles, that gives us a lot of confidence.”

Sonic Stadium recently came across a bunch of concept art for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Art ranges from the very early stages of development up through the initial pitch for Transformed. We even get a look at the Gilius Thunderhead on Chicken Leg concept Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett spoke about previously.

View the concept art below:

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows;

Individual Formats

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All Formats

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This week’s UK  Wii U/3DS specific software sales are as follows;

Wii U

1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo

4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

5. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft

6. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

7. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo

8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

9. Nintendoland – Nintendo

10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software

3DS

1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo

6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

7. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable

8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Bravely Second, Persona 5, Dragon Quest Heroes, and Tales of Zestiria are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 11 and December 17.

Yet another translation has come in from 4Gamer’s interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.

In this latest excerpt, Iwata discusses hardware frustration and attempting to fix things Nintendo couldn’t do on previous systems. With the Game Boy Advance SP for example, Iwata pushed for sleep functionality when the system closed. This sadly didn’t make it into the final build. However, Iwata did inform the hardware team that implementing sleep mode into Nintendo’s next system (which would end up being the DS) was a necessity.

What may be even more interesting is what Iwata said about the Wii U. Soon after the console came out, Dwango’s Nobuo Kawakami provided some feedback.

“I had a similar feeling of frustration to the GBA SP situation then,” Iwata said, as he believed that Nintendo will need to implement some of Kawakami’s suggestions in future hardware. Iwata ended by saying, “because of that frustration, not only do we want it to connect with features next time, we are actually working to fix it for next time.” Hmm…

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, Best Buy (new) GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop

Amiibo

Meta Knight – Best Buy
Sonic – Best Buy, GameStop
Toon Link – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sheik – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shulk – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Bowser – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
King Dedede – King Dedede, Best Buy, GameStop
Ike – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

* Note: since some of the latest amiibo figures are releasing on different days at different retailers, we’ll still list pre-order links for the next few weeks.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.


This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 532.724 / 1.776.895 (-57%)
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
(Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 167.534 / 2.118.015 (+10%)
03./00. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
(Square Enix) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 161.197 / NEW
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 78.927 / 385.460 (+0%)
05./06. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
(Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 74.226 / 1.910.078 (+57%)
06./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 66.532 / NEW
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
(Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥7.171) – 57.188 / NEW
08./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 39.223 / 2.997.335 (+22%)
09./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 38.681 / 2.293.954 (+31%)
10./09. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 34.331 / 813.139 (+38%)
11./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century # (Compile Heart) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 26.313 / NEW
12./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Honto no Kimochi (Happinet) {2014.12.18} (¥5.480) – 23.026 / NEW
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
(Nintendo) {2014.11.13} (¥3.996) – 20.376 / 100.886 (+39%)
14./03. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) – 20.130 / 101.789 (-75%)
15./16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 19.848 / 55.901 (+62%)
16./00. [PS3] Godzilla (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 19.777 / NEW
17./12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.04} (¥5.627) – 19.064 / 68.238 (+19%)
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 17.190 / 3.847.566 (+73%)
19./05. [PS3] Shining Resonance # (Sega) {2014.12.11} (¥8.880) – 16.384 / 83.667 (-76%)
20./15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.12.04} (¥5.378) – 12.377 / 44.100 (-2%)


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