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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. Pandora’s Tower is available for $20 this week, and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate maintains a $10 discount.

You can find all of this week’s offers in the circular below:

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # (Bandai Namco Games) {????.??.??} (¥5.480) – 45.793 / 164.947 (-62%)
02./03. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team # (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 28.598 / 204.829 (-12%)
03./00. [3DS] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake (Bandai Namco Games) {????.??.??} (¥5.980) – 24.787 / NEW
04./10. [PS3] Dragon’s Crown (Atlus) {????.??.??} (¥8.190) – 20.845 / 138.919 (+52%)
05./04. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 20.036 / 1.350.817 (-6%)
06./02. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (Capcom) {????.??.??} (¥5.990) – 18.897 / 309.316 (-53%)
07./09. [PSV] Dragon’s Crown (Atlus) {????.??.??} (¥8.190) – 11.153 / 96.008 (-19%)
08./08. [3DS] Youkai Watch (Level 5) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 10.460 / 125.578 (-24%)
09./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 9.933 / 3.364.716 (+3%)
10./12. [WIU] Pikmin 3 (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥5.985) – 8.969 / 154.704 (-13%)
11./00. [3DS] Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun SP: Rantou Kyousoukyoku (Arc System Works) {????.??.??} (¥4.649) – 8.666 / NEW
12./16. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 8.110 / 858.243 (+7%)
13./14. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo) {????.??.??} (¥4.800) – 7.956 / 243.132 (-6%)
14./11. [3DS] Fantasy Life: Link! (Level 5) {????.??.??} (¥4.980) – 7.533 / 36.254 (-28%)
15./00. [PS3] Resident Evil 6: Special Package (Capcom) {????.??.??} (¥3.990) – 7.454 / NEW
16./06. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights # (Nippon Ichi Software) {????.??.??} (¥7.140) – 7.350 / 72.691 (-54%)
17./00. [3DS] Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Game de Kaburincho!! (Bandai Namco Games) {????.??.??} (¥4.980) – 6.939 / NEW
18./20. [3DS] Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!! (Nippon Columbia) {????.??.??} (¥5.040) – 6.426 / 21.279 (+7%)
19./18. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (Level 5) {????.??.??} (¥4.400) – 5.890 / 51.215 (-19%)
20./17. [PS3] Earth Defense Force 2025 (D3 Publisher) {????.??.??} (¥6.980) – 5.409 / 235.701 (-27%)

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

3DS LL – 38,822
3DS – 18,949
Vita – 17,639
PS3 – 12,228
Wii U – 9,950
PSP – 6,303
Wii – 1,373
Xbox 360 – 275

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

3DS LL – 57,940
3DS – 17,747
Vita – 17,702
PS3 – 11,743
Wii U – 10,038
PSP – 6,314
Wii – 1,327
Xbox 360 – 288


The Wii U version of Batman: Arkham Origins is currently available on Amazon for $49.99. That’s $10 less than other retailers, such as Best Buy and GameStop. You’ll also be getting a $10 credit on top of your purchase, essentially making the game $40 instead of $60.

Walmart also has an Origins Wii U pre-order for $49.99. You won’t be getting the additional $10 credit, though.



Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with a fourteenth post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers the various power-ups in the game.


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“It’s not a niche game and so it has the potential to transcend to a wider audience, which I think is an opportunity for both console and the game brand.”

– Nintendo UK product manager Danielle Robinson


Whether The Wonderful 101 is a niche game or not is hard to say. It has the depth of all of Platinum’s brawlers, but (played on easy mode) it’s also pretty accessible and easy to button-mash through. Honestly, I think if a kid and his parent saw it on store shelves, it’d look like the kind of thing they’d want to buy. Maybe that’s the appeal Nintendo is aiming for.

Via MCVUK



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