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Well… I suppose Nintendo had a good reason for shipping just 30,000 copies of The Wonderful 101 in Japan. The game is off to a rough start, having sold just 5,258 units in its first week.

Here’s the full chart:

01./00. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III – Pride of Justice (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.22} (¥7.480) – 39.255 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 20.881 / 227.508 (-50%)
03./02. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team # (Nintendo) {2013.07.18} (¥4.800) – 20.339 / 264.977 (-49%)
04./00. [PSV] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III – Pride of Justice (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.22} (¥6.480) – 18.929 / NEW
05./00. [PSV] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.08.22} (¥6.279) – 18.878 / NEW
06./03. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 15.585 / 1.394.763 (-45%)
07./00. [PS3] Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (Capcom) {2013.08.22} (¥3.990) – 14.480 / NEW
08./06. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 8.448 / 3.386.386 (-36%)
09./07. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 7.639 / 878.384 (-39%)
10./08. [3DS] Youkai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 7.084 / 143.796 (-36%)
11./04. [3DS] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.08} (¥5.980) – 6.712 / 47.210 (-57%)
12./09. [WIU] Pikmin 3 (Nintendo) {2013.07.13} (¥5.985) – 5.741 / 171.401 (-48%)
13./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 5.262 / 2.106.522 (-32%)
14./00. [WIU] The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo) {2013.08.24} (¥6.830) – 5.258 / NEW
15./05. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (Capcom) {2013.07.25} (¥5.990) – 5.232 / 327.996 (-61%)
16./00. [3DS] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.08.22} (¥6.279) – 5.072 / NEW
17./10. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo) {2013.06.13} (¥4.800) – 5.003 / 258.457 (-52%)
18./13. [3DS] Fantasy Life: Link! (Level 5) {2013.07.25} (¥4.980) – 4.481 / 48.874 (-45%)
19./12. [3DS] Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!! (Nippon Columbia) {2013.07.25} (¥5.040) – 4.280 / 33.857 (-48%)
20./15. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 4.280 / 549.364 (-45%)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 35,044
3DS – 16,053
PS3 – 12,689
Vita – 11,507
Wii U – 7,030
PSP – 5,735
Wii – 1,103
Xbox 360 – 196

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 47,005
3DS – 23,992
Vita – 19,363
PS3 – 14,331
Wii U – 12,047
PSP – 7,616
Wii – 1,772
Xbox 360 – 322


This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Puppeteer (PS3) – 9/9/9/9
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3/360/Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (PS3/360) – 9/9/8/8
Killzone: Mercenary (PSV) – 9/8/9/8
Shirahana no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4: Shiki no Shi (PSP) – 8/8/8/7
Uta no * Prince Sama: Music 2 (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Elminage Gothic 3D Remix (3DS) – 8/8/6/7
Kisaragi Gold * Star: Nonstop Go Go!! (PSP) – 8/8/6/7


We have larger and better shots of the new Japanese Club Nintendo t-shirts (and the full backs). And one note: the Zelda: Wind Waker HD one will actually be available on September 26 – the day the game launches in Japan.


VooFoo Studios, developer of Pure Chess, has high praise for the Wii U hardware.

Speaking with ONM, technology director Mark Williams said Nintendo’s console is “quite a beast of a machine”. He added that it’s “very capable of throwing around some pretty impressive visuals.”

Regarding the decision to bring Pure Chess to Wii U, Williams stated:

“Wii U really seemed to be an ideal platform to bring Pure Chess to – it’s quite a beast of a machine so is very capable of throwing around some pretty impressive visuals. Also, there was no chess game available on Wii U already, let alone one that looked quite as stunning as this. This, combined with Nintendo’s desire to get a chess game onto the platform, meant that it was really a no brainer.”

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This week’s GameStop has gone live. There’s once again a lack of actual deals, as this week’s “offer” is relegated to the pre-order section.

Nonetheless, here’s what GameStop has going this week:

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