This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} (¥6.090) – 184.993 / 1.012.916 (-78%)
02./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 78.178 / 2.591.602 (-4%)
03./04. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 11.784 / 1.922.492 (+1%)
04./06. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 10.076 / 396.225 (+14%)
05./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) – 9.138 / 227.235 (-13%)
06./03. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level 5) {2012.12.27} (¥5.800) – 8.751 / 230.471 (-34%)
07./09. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) – 7.331 / 423.364 (-2%)
08./12. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo) {2012.12.06} (¥4.800) – 6.847 / 524.944 (+6%)
09./10. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) – 6.614 / 427.429 (-10%)
10./16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 5.817 / 1.978.257 (+3%)
11./14. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) – 5.671 / 466.457 (-3%)
12./00. [PSV] Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo # (Kadokawa Games) {2013.02.14} (¥6.804) – 5.472 / NEW
13./13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei (Level 5) {2012.12.13} (¥5.500) – 5.348 / 419.554 (-13%)
14./00. [PSP] Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo # (Kadokawa Games) {2013.02.14} (¥6.279) – 5.115 / NEW
15./18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition (Square Enix) {2012.12.20} (¥7.980) – 4.828 / 128.939 (-3%)
16./19. [WIU] Nintendo Land (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥4.935) – 4.199 / 290.677 (-6%)
17./07. [PSV] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa Games) {2013.01.24} (¥6.090) – 4.083 / 47.993 (-50%)
18./23. [NDS] Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokèmon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 3.966 / 2.966.056
19./08. [PS3] DmC: Devil May Cry (Capcom) {2013.01.17} (¥6.990) – 3.938 / 168.627 (-47%)
20./20. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 # (Koei Tecmo) {2012.12.20} (¥8.190) – 3.527 / 235.577 (-18%)

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Good news, European gamers: the next Wii U Virtual Console release from Nintendo, F-Zero, will run at 60Hz.

Balloon Fight was the first VC release for the platform but ran at 50Hz, resulting in outcry from fans. Such games run slower and simply aren’t the way they were intended to be presented.

Thankfully, this is something players won’t have to worry about with F-Zero.

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

Nintendo has updated Miiverse once again today with a bunch of new changes. Here’s a rundown:

– Users can now take advantage of a new “Player Posts” button at the top of each community
– This allows you to view posts from only those who have purchased a particular title
– Spoiler-filled messages feature a special mark now as well
– Can more quickly unfollow people
– In the list of people you follow, there is now marker next to their name with which this is possible
– No longer see posts of people you block

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Nintendo decided to leave Gamescom behind in 2012. This year, however, the company will be returning to the expo.

Tim Endres, Gamescom project manager at organiser Koelnmesse, commented on the news:

“Nintendo’s return is an absolute highlight for our community, exhibitors and trade visitors from around the world.”

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 66,139
3DS – 31,832
PS3 – 16,934
Wii U – 10,744
PSP – 10,501
Vita – 8,044
Wii – 1,655
Xbox 360 – 506

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 89,050
3DS – 38,645
PS3 – 17,004
Wii U – 12,185
PSP – 11,056
Vita – 8,762
Wii – 1,945
Xbox 360 – 593

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Trine 2: Director’s Cut demo

Wii U eShop sale

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition -50% until 28/02/2013 (€4.99, was €9.99) (£4.49, was £8.99)

Wii U VC

F-Zero – €0.30 / £0.30

3DS demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate

3DS download

NightSky – €9.99 / £8.99

Source: Nintendo PR

Before the system’s launch, Nintendo was unable to register WiiU.com as it was already picked up by somebody else back in 2004. The company is now looking to acquire the domain.

One report has surfaced indicating that Nintendo has filed a cybersquatting complaint with World Intellectual Property Forum. It sounds like it’ll be a somewhat arduous task to track down the current owner, but there will likely be a resolution in the near future.

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