This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
02./00. [PSP] Fate/Extra CCC #
03./06. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
04./02. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 #
05./00. [PSV] Muramasa: The Demon Blade
06./00. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online #
07./00. [PSP] Dungeon Travelers 2: Ouritsu Tokoshan to Mamono no Fuuin #
08./03. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
09./04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
10./00. [WIU] Game & Wario
11./00. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
12./00. [PSV] Sei Madou Monogatari #
13./09. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
14./00. [WII] PreCure All-Stars: Zenin Shuugou Let’s Dance!
15./14. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment #
16./15. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice #
17./20. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
18./13. [3DS] Super Robot Wars UX #
19./23. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission
20./00. [PSP] Katen no Hana #
Yoshinori Ono, the leading man behind the Street Fighter series, has a new position at Capcom. Ono is now a corporate officer at the company alongside his previous “Deputy Head of Consumer Games R&D Division” role. It looks like Ono will still be involved with game development – he just has a fancy new title.
Aliens: Colonial Marines has officially been delayed on Wii U. April has arrived, and as some of you may remember, the game had been scheduled for March.
Meanwhile, SEGA continues to keep quiet regarding the status of Colonial Marines on Wii U. When pressed for an update, a representative said:
“Still no comment on ACM, sorry!”
I really wonder at this point: does anyone even care if the Wii U version of Aliens gets canned?
Disney has decided to close the LucasArts games publishing division. Roughly 150 staffers will now need to look for new jobs, and upcoming projects such as the highly-anticipated Star Wars 1313 as well as Star Wars: First Assault have been canned.
A LucasArts company statement reads:
“After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result of this change, we’ve had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles.”
LucasArts seems to be an incredibly disappointing casualty from Disney’s new acquisition of Lucasfilm. Disney made the purchase on October 30 of last year.
This is interesting. Nintendo will be holding an all-day 3DS event for the media in just two weeks, according to IGN editor Rich George.
George tweeted a few minutes ago:
A couple weeks from now, Nintendo is hosting an all-day 3DS event of some sort. Curious..
— Rich (@RichIGN) April 3, 2013
Nintendo actually doesn’t have much 3DS software in the pipeline for North America for the second half of 2013. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins is coming out this month, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is coming in May, and Animal Crossing is due in June. Beyond this, it’s unclear what else is in store. Maybe there will be an announcement or two? Or perhaps this is a chance to highlight more 3DS eShop games?
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 38,442
Vita – 31,795
3DS – 28,538
Wii U – 22,829
PS3 – 19,069
PSP – 12,594
Wii – 1,858
Xbox 360 – 598
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Vita – 41,073
3DS LL – 40,924
3DS – 35,629
PS3 – 22,942
PSP – 12,690
Wii U – 11,398
Wii – 1,720
Xbox 360 – 610
