This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
03./00. [PS3] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
04./00. [PS3] Drakengard 3
05./03. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
06./00. [PSV] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
07./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
08./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
09./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
10./08. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova
11./05. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind
12./12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess
13./14. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
14./13. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red #
15./17. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
16./00. [PSV] Gekijouban Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram #
17./21. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
18./22. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
19./15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
20./23. [WIU] Wii Party U
Mighty No. 9 fans have chosen the design for Call, Beck’s partner in the upcoming game. “Call F”, made by Inti Creates’ Yuuji Natsume, was ultimately selected. The design ultimately garnered 43.39% of the vote.
ON THIS EPISODE: Laura and Jack discuss the pros and cons of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Austin and Jack briefly muse on Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and Laura talks about her second-holiday in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
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3DS owners who bring their system to a Nintendo Zone location can receive Katsuya Eguchi’s Mii. He’ll be available until January 9. After receiving Eguchi’s Mii, you should be able to find him wearing gold pants in the StreetPass Mii Plaza.
Thanks to Carlos D for the tip.
Nintendo has issued yet another response to the situation surrounding its online services outage.
In the note, the company explained that the initial issues came about due to an influx of new accounts being created and accessing the eShop, as well as existing 3DS account information being moved to new Nintendo Network accounts. Nintendo also said that additional maintenance may be needed in the future.
You can find Nintendo’s full message after the break.
FuRyu has announced Cardfight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory, the series’ second entry on the 3DS. The game’s first screenshots can be found above, and details are posted below.
– Cards that have been used previously will remain
– Addition of the new “Link Joker Guide” Recording Card
– New skills, Break Ride, Curse (Lock), and Curse Removal (Unlock) will support up to Grade 4
– A new, original story to help expand the game, meaning you’ll go through the story while enjoying high school life
– As part of the Miyaji Academy, from the midst of Hitsue and Fukuhara High School, the player will aim to dominate the VF Koshien at each high school affiliated
– The original protagonist will make an appearance
– Players can select their desired character and choose their favorite high school to help expand the story
– The game has evolved tremendously, including the likes of the communication mode
– While playing with someone in communication play, competition will be switched to an AI opponent if the connection is interrupted
– Winning against the AI in an interrupted match will still count as a win
– StreetPass support of some kind
Update: Nintendo says the North American 3DS eShop will be open until 4 PM ET.
eShop update: We’re making progress in restoring our global network. The Nintendo eShop will be available in North America until 4 p.m. ET.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 28, 2013
If you’ve been waiting to redeem download codes or use eShop gift cards, you can do so until 4 p.m. ET. We’ll have more updates soon.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 28, 2013
Thank you so much for your patience as we work to restore the full functionality of the Nintendo Network.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 28, 2013
We're making progress, but to manage global traffic, we temporarily closed the eShop on 3DS. The outage will last until 4 a.m. ET on 12/29.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 28, 2013
Original: Nintendo will be taking the European 3DS eShop offline once again today. Between 10 PM CET (9 PM GMT) and 10 AM CET (9 AM CET), the store will be inaccessible.
Once again today we will temporarily close the European 3DS eShop between 10 pm and 10 am CET. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) December 28, 2013
Once again today we will temporarily close the European 3DS eShop between 9 pm and 9 am GMT. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) December 28, 2013
No word yet on whether there are similar plans for the North American 3DS eShop.
