It’s official: the Wii RPG trifecta is complete in the states. XSEED has just announced Pandora’s Tower localization for North America.
Pandora’s Tower will arrive in the states this spring. XSEED reached an agreement with Nintendo for publishing rights, just as it did for The Last Story.
Wii (and Wii U) owners will now have access to the console’s last three major RPGs from Nintendo. Xenoblade arrived last year, and The Last Story followed a few months after. Pandora’s Tower was the final title waiting to be localized.
Head past the break for the official announcement.
Crash ‘n the Boys: Street Challenge will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on January 23 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
3DS
Virtual Console
City Connection (Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Wii U Downloadable Software
ZombiU Demo – FREE
Video Content
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 video on the Wii U eShop
City Connection 3DS VC video
Animal Crossing: New Leaf commercial
Dragon Quest VII trailer
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
02./02. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
03./08. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 #
04./03. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
05./15. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) #
06./05. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
07./04. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
08./13. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
09./06. [WIU] Nintendo Land
10./07. [PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake #
11./10. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
12./14. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
13./09. [3DS] Fantasy Life
14./12. [3DS] Magician’s Quest: Magical Town
15./22. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
16./20. [PS3] Yakuza 5 #
17./28. [PSP] AKB1/149: Love Election #
18./16. [3DS] Professor Layton Vs. Ace Attorney
19./21. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational #
20./25. [WIU] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate #
21./26. [NDS] Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2
22./19. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
23./18. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters
24./11. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
25./17. [3DS] Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
26./24. [3DS] Toriko: Gourmet Monsters!
27./30. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven 1-2-3!! Endou Mamoru Densetsu
28./27. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013
29./23. [3DS] Kobito Zukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set
30./29. [WII] Mario Party 9
Thanks to Mo for the tip.
This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 56,377
3DS – 36,284
PS3 – 22,991
Wii U – 20,715
PSP – 17,069
Vita – 11,088
Wii – 1,873
Xbox 360 – 921
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 156,184
3DS – 123,075
Wii U – 67,083
PS3 – 64,352
PSP – 54,873
Vita – 33,309
Wii – 5,632
Xbox 360 – 1,893
Update: Bumped to the front page. Posted more details below along with translations from Nikkei’s article.
Nintendo’s handheld and console development divisions have been maintained as separate entities. Next month, however, the two will be unified in a new headquarters location.
Apparently this move will be the first large-scale development structural change in nine years.
The reasons for unification certainly make sense. Developers from both fields will be able to share know-how, basic skills, and optimize development. Nintendo is additionally looking to increase the link between handhelds and consoles, raise affinity with the Internet, and develop revolutionary hardware.
