Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
Link’s downward strike was designed to change to a Meteor Smash when the tip of the sword is aligned just right at the start. However, it will be removed if it’s deemed too powerful overall after some multiplayer play tests.
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
02./02. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013
03./00. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Wars
04./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
05./06. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013
06./00. [WIU] Wii Party U
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker #
08./05. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
09./00. [PSV] Chou Tsugitsugimono Game Neptune Re:Birth1 #
10./00. [PS3] Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei #
11./03. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chronophantasma #
12./08. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
13./07. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013
14./10. [PSP] Diabolik Lovers: More, Blood #
15./15. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
16./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
17./00. [PSP] Shinsouhan Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World #
18./11. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload
19./00. [PSP] Seishun Hajime Mashita! #
20./19. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
Nintendo has disabled all SpotPass features within Swapnote. Why? Based on a report from a pair of Japanese newspapers, Nintendo made the move following some disturbing incidents.
Child pornography charges have been filed against a 44 year-old man who apparently sent nude photos through Swapnote to two girls aged 11 and 12. The acts have already been confessed to.
Two other men, aged 49 and 36, have also been arrested for allegedly performing “improper acts” in hotel rooms with a young girl several times earlier in the year. The 12 year-old child met both adults through her 3DS, though apparently not through Swapnote. Yomiuri Online reports that the 3DS’s online function was used to access an online dating site. Interestingly, Mainichi News does specifically mention Swapnote.
In both instances, the parents had originally turned off the 3DS’s internet function, but the children turned it back on.
Call of Duty: Ghosts is Gamestop’s Most-Preordered Next Gen Title
Call of Duty: Ghosts Takes over the #1 Spot on Xbox Live
Call of Duty: Ghosts Sets New High Watermark for Average Player Session Length
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that the company sold more than $1 billion of Call of Duty®: Ghosts into retail stores worldwide as of day one.
“Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “More people have played Call of Duty this year than ever before, logging four billion hours of gameplay. And in the last 12 months, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, including its digital content, generated more revenues than any other console game ever has in a single year. Although it is too early to assess sell-through for Call of Duty: Ghosts, it’s launching at a time when the franchise has never been more popular.”
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 58,627
Wii U – 38,802
3DS – 29,749
Vita – 27,618
PS3 – 11,148
PSP – 3,680
Wii – 477
Xbox 360 – 328
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 69,001
3DS – 40,507
Vita – 24,513
PS3 – 11,460
PSP – 3,807
Wii U – 2,598
Wii – 742
Xbox 360 – 351
