This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
02./00. [PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake #
03./00. [PSP] AKB1/149: Love Election #
04./03. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
05./00. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 #
06./06. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
07./01. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
08./05. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
09./08. [3DS] Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
10./07. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
11./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
12./00. [3DS] Magician’s Quest: Magical Town
13./10. [WIU] Nintendo Land
14./04. [PS3] Yakuza 5 #
15./00. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013
16./00. [PSV] AKB1/149: Love Election #
17./14. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
18./09. [3DS] Toriko: Gourmet Monsters!
19./16. [NDS] Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2
20./21. [3DS] Kobito Zukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set
Three games will be discounted on the Japanese 3DS eShop right after we ring in the new year. The “Denpa” Men 2 will be discounted from 1,000 yen to 700 yen, HarmoKnight will be dropped from 1,800 yen to 1,300 yen, and 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure will be temporarily slashed from 600 yen to 400 yen.
All three titles are seeing discounts as part of a holiday sale on the eShop. The offers will be available starting on January 1 at 10 AM and lasts through January 6 at 23:59 PM.
Super Mario Bros. 3 will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on January 1 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 251,949
3DS – 159,323
Wii U – 122,843
PSP – 65,859
PS3 – 47,626
Vita – 21,266
Wii – 13,049
Xbox 360 – 1,689
PS2 – 928
DSi – 454
DSi LL – 291
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 206,973
Wii U – 126,916
3DS – 112,052
PS3 – 42,976
PSP – 33,002
Vita – 14,446
Wii – 10,346
Xbox 360 – 1,760
PS2 – 1,102
DSi – 320
DSi LL – 221
Color Commando is the next title from Goodbye Galaxy Games. We heard about the project briefly around a week ago. Since then, first screenshots and new details have surfaced. Look for the updated content below.
– New puzzle platformer
– Hunt for treasure
– Evil color monsters block your path
– Pick up color blobs and try to outsmart the monsters
– Can use a paint blob to paint a big paint-spot on the world
– If an monster of the same color comes into contact with the paint-spot, the monster will dissolve into the spot
– When this happens the monster cannot harm the player
– The monster also cannot follow normal physic laws anymore
– Ex: if you put a paint spot over a wall, the monster will be able to walk through it
– Starts out easy, but players will eventually be surrounded by many different types of color monsters in all different colors
– 5 worlds
– 4 normal levels each
– 1 star level each
– Unlock the star level by getting all the treasure in the other 4 levels
– Cost: likely 200 points
– 1.5 – 2 hours of gameplay
Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, plays a role in Runner 2. That’s great and all, but why did developer Gaijin Games decide to bring him on board?
Founder Alex Neuse explained:
“We wanted to get Charles because obviously he’s recognizable. We like him, he’s funny, and silly, and great, and awesome. We wanted to have a whimsical character voice that’s reminiscent of old cartoons. You remember those old Looney Tunes when they would do ‘the car of the future!’ …I think that Mike [Roush, Gaijin Games co-founder] and I were both really excited about it, because our games have been on Nintendo platforms and it kind of felt like … it’s a home, the Nintendo stuff, and he’s part of that home, even though he was living in another room until now.”
Martinet plays himself in the game, rather than another character. Neuse talked about this decision:
“We wanted him to be ‘Charles Martinet’ and not just some no-name narrator for a few reasons. Primarily, because we loved Seaman. Do you remember when Leonard Nimoy introduced Seaman? I liked Seaman a lot and I thought the whole game was fun, but I thought that was almost the funnest part of the game. It was so out there.”
Martinet’s work pertains to narration of cut-scenes, interstitial videos, and fake product placements that appear during the beginning of Runner 2. Some of the ads were born out of input from Martinet himself. You can watch one of the ads – titled “Burger Mouth – in the video above.
