Sonic games tend not to sell well in Japan. And so it shouldn’t be shocking to see that the franchise’s latest entry, Sonic Lost World, has completely bombed in its first week. That doesn’t make the game’s performance any less disappointing, though.
Media Create’s latest data revealed that the 3DS version of Sonic Lost World sold 4,919 copies in its first few days of availability in Japan. The Wii U version, however, was nowhere to be seen.
Dengeki has come through with sales of its own courtesy of ASCII Media Works. Despite the fact that Sonic Lost World was the best-selling Wii U game in Japan last week, it managed to sell just 2,076 copies.
When you hear the word hacker, most would probably associate it with something negative like piracy. But in the case of “Smealum”, he’s managed to do rather neat things through custom firmware made for the 3DS.
Thanks to the functionality Smealum created, he made it possible to take 3D screenshots on the 3DS. This applies to games as well as the system menu.
It’s a neat feature for sure, and something we’d love to see Nintendo officially offer themselves.
PBteen, a store handling teen decor, is holding play sessions for Super Mario 3D World of all things. Through November 24, participating locations will be involved with a “special preview” in which customers can be among the first to play the upcoming Wii U title. There will be prizes as well, including an opportunity to win a Wii U Deluxe Set.
You can find more information on the official page here (or the graphic above).
Thanks to Tytygh for the tip.
Atlus has discounted Shin Megami Tensei IV and all of the game’s DLC. Starting today, you can purchase the 3DS RPG for $10 off at retailers and on the eShop. DLC is also seeing a 25 percent discount for the first time.
The full lineup of on-sale items is as follows:
SMT IV Full Game – $39.99
SMT IV DLC – Experience of the Afterlife – $1.49
SMT IV DLC – Underworld Money-Maker – $2.24
SMT IV DLC – Death Has Its Applications – $2.24
SMT IV DLC – Overlord Equipment – $1.11
SMT IV DLC – Clipped Wings 1 – $1.86
SMT IV DLC – Snake Scale Equipment – $1.11
SMT IV DLC – Clipped Wings 2 – $1.86
SMT IV DLC – Ancient One of the Sun – $1.86
SMT IV DLC – The Eternal Youth – $1.86
SMT IV DLC – Radiant Equipment – $1.11
SMT IV DLC – For the Past… For the Future – $2.24
The Shin Megami Tensei IV sale ends on November 11.
Source: Atlus PR
Earlier this year, an image with the branding “Assassin’s Creed: Rising Phoenix” was found online (probably via a leak), and people began speculating that perhaps Ubisoft had accidentally let out a secret Vita project– or even a movie. To peoples’ dismay, Ubisoft promptly denied that they had any involvement with that logo, but today someone found a similar image– with the same logo– hidden within their latest game, Assassin’s Creed IV.
Maybe it was some sort of internal joke, but now that the image is directly tied with the company, it’ll be hard for them to deny some involvement! We’ll see what comes of it.
iGoGaming via Destructoid
IGN has published a new Mario Party: Island Tour preview with a few more details about the game. For the latest information, check out the summary below.
– Hot-Air Hijinks: multiplayer quick play mode
– In this mode, you can set matches to end after 3, 5, or 7 wins
– Match Faker: like a memory-based card game
– Mini-game begins with the cards facing up and players have a brief amount of time to jot down notes on the touchscreen
– The cards then flip over and players need to identify the position of specific cards chosen at random
– Bumper Thumper: Bumper Cars in a small area
– Use short bursts from your thrusters to push each other out of the playing field to win
– As players bounce off the walls, they deteriorate until they disappear
– Color Correction: glide over and paint as many tiles as possible on a set surface area
– The player with the most painted tiles at the end wins
– Sinking Feeling: AR game; climb up a green pipe as it slowly sinks into a lava pit
– In the mini-game, more pieces drop from the top of the screen and can block off pathways
– The pace the pieces would fall from the top increased as the game goes on
