This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 214,208 / NEW
2. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 52,880 / 1,216,421
3. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 34,179 / 3,870,125
4. [3DS] Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 26,286 / 323,502
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 19,497 / 3,179,551
6. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – 16,286 / 241,733
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 14,195 / 308,946
8. [3DS] Sentouchuu Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle – 13,665 / 224,869
9. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World – 13,079 / 452,521
10. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – 12,237 / 194,407
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 10,929 / 3,641,321
12. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – 9,310 / 202,029
13. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V – 9,299 / 674,835
14. [PS3] Shin Gundam Musou – 9,266 / 201,529
15. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy – 7,369 / 216,964
16. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection – 7,323 / 1,645,697
17. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 7,276 / 2,258,319
18. [3DS] Shin Gundam Musou – 6,948 / 97,882
19. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 – 6,948 / 291,010
20. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 – 6,099 / 297,352
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 40,038
Vita – 29,494
3DS – 20,116
PS3 – 14,845
Wii U – 14,020
PSP – 4,758
Vita TV – 2,522
Xbox 360 – 281
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 114,156
Vita – 70,087
3DS – 62,399
Wii U – 51,271
PS3 – 40,085
PSP – 13,283
Vita TV – 5,313
Xbox 360 – 447
Along with the above image, Sakurai shared the following message via Miiverse:
Super Smash Bros. top Masahiro Sakurai Miiverse
Disney Magical World has been a hit for Namco Bandai in Japan. 500,000 copies of the game have been shipped including download sales, the publisher revealed today.
Nintendo announced Disney Magical World for release in North America last week. The title is set to arrive on April 11.
New screenshots and details are in for Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land, not to mention the game’s boxart. The latest batch of content has been rounded up below.
– Develop your own animal “Safari”
– Go to the Safari as the story progresses
– Safari is inhabited by wild animals
– Animals you obtained through trade and other means can be set free and cared for
– Develop the Safari and create environments such as an iceberg or rocky mountain
– Invite residents of the town on a “Safari Tour” during the annual festival
– Can also obtain certain items only available in the Safari, such as ores discovered through mining at specific locations
– Build an animal pen to keep cows, chickens, sheep, etc.
– Doing so allows you to produce eggs, milk, fur, and other byproducts
– Take care of your animals to produce higher quality byproducts
– Can keep dogs, cats, and horses as pets
– Through playing catch, going for walks, and other means of communication, your relationship will grow
– Dogs can help out with grazing land, and cats can pick up items
BLOCK DROP U creator Michael Aschenbrenner provided an update on the game’s release date, price, and free stages planned for release later in the year while speaking with Nintendo Life.
He told the site:
Plan is to release in Q1 of 2014 for the North American markets at $1.99. The project has been submitted to NoA for review as of this writing. I am also working on a release for Europe and Australia, but that may not hit the Q1 timeframe and instead slip into Q2. No plans to launch in Japan, unless there is a publisher that would like to bring it to that market! I do have plans to add in 20 FREE new stages in Q2/Q3 2014, with a final batch of 30 FREE additional stages in Q4 2014. Bringing the total number of stages in the game to 80 with no increase in price.
Aschenbrenner also spoke about using HTML5 within the Nintendo Web Framework on Wii U:
Basically it (HTML5) is a web-based programming language. The same type of code that generates websites can now be used for interactive entertainment.
…Of course none of this would be possible without tools and documentation from Nintendo. Most of the code is natural HTML5, but there are situations when hardware or services must be called into your project that require specific Nintendo API’s (application programming interface).
Update: Amazon has price-matched the Assassin’s Creed price.
Original: This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There are a couple of notable deals this week – mainly Splinter Cell: Blacklist for $20 and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for $30.
All of the deals for this week can be found in the circular below.
One new game has been confirmed for the Japanese 3DS Virtual Console. Legend of Kage (Famicom) will be out on January 22. Pricing is set at 500 yen.
