This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
02./01. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
03./05. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
04./06. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
05./00. [PS3] Killer Is Dead #
06./04. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights #
07./00. [PSV] Mind/Zero
08./07. [3DS] Youkai Watch
09./03. [PSV] Dragon’s Crown
10./02. [PS3] Dragon’s Crown
11./08. [3DS] Fantasy Life: Link!
12./10. [WIU] Pikmin 3
13./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
14./14. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
15./09. [WIU] LEGO City Undercover
16./18. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
17./11. [PS3] Earth Defense Force 2025
18./12. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom
19./00. [PSP] Shiratsuyu no Kai #
20./16. [3DS] Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!!
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
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
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 36,350
Vita – 19,866
3DS – 18,625
PS3 – 11,900
Wii U – 11,373
PSP – 6,024
Wii – 1,442
Xbox 360 – 318
Rumor has it that Wii U and 3DS will soon be receiving a shared eShop balance. It’ll work like this: if you add funds on the Wii U eShop, the total will be carried over to the 3DS store – and vise versa.
Don’t expect to hear anything about this today, though. The rumor, which comes from Emily Rogers, isn’t expected to be covered during the Nintendo Direct presentation in just a couple of hours.
Nicalis has been a pretty big 3DS supporter. The publisher brought Cave Story, NightSky, VVVVVV, and Ikachan to the 3DS eShop. More games such as 1001 Spikes and Yatagarasu are in the pipeline, too.
Nicalis may also have another unannounced project on the way. The company wrote on Twitter earlier tonight:
JRPG+SNES style music+3DS
— Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) August 7, 2013
Image & Form will be continuing on with the “SteamWorld” name after this week’s release of SteamWorld Dig.
According to CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson, the team is “following up in the SteamWorld series with a radically different sort of gameplay.” Sigurgeirsson hopes that the new title will be ready in the somewhat near future.
He said:
