This week’s issue of Famitsu has a report on the best-selling games in Japan for July. Among the information shared was debut digital sales for two key titles: Splatoon 2 and Dragon Quest XI.
For Splatoon 2, Famitsu reports that the game sold 60,205 copies digitally. Dragon Quest XI sold 62,939 units on 3DS.
We’ll have a full report on the best-selling games in Japan during the month of July later this week.
The review embargo for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has lifted, and plenty of outlets are beginning to share their thoughts about the game. We’ve compiled some of the early verdicts below.
Nintendo Everything – Thumbs Up
IGN – 7.7 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 8.5 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 9 / 10
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Eurogamer – Recommended
Destructoid – 7.5 / 10
GameXplain – Liked-A-Lot
GamesBeat – 85 / 100
Polygon – 8 / 10
TIME – 5 / 5
Nintendo’s maintenance had a brief period of quietness, but that’s starting to change this week. Nintendo added even more maintenance to its schedule today which will impact Wii U and 3DS for several hours.
The schedule is as follows:
– 6 PM PT (August 28) – 2 AM PT (August 29)
– 9 PM ET (August 28) – 5 AM ET (August 29)
– 2 AM in the UK (August 29) – 10 AM in the UK (August 29)
– 3 AM in Europe (August 29) – 11 AM in Europe (August 29)
During the maintenance period, all network services such as online play and rankings will be impacted.
A new trailer for Tiny Metal has gone live ahead of PAX West 2017 later this week. Take a look at the video below.
Nintendo has a new update being prepared for Miitomo. It’s not massive, but Nintendo says that “Mii creation will be updated to Nintendo Switch standards, with new skin and hair colors, glasses options and more”. Performance improvements are also planned.
We should be seeing the new Miitomo update “soon”. That likely means this week, or within the next few days.
The last couple of Fire Emblem games all received a separate soundtrack release, and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia will soon follow in their footsteps. The soundtrack album will be available for purchase in Japan on October 25th for 5,300 Yen. It comes on five discs, four music discs and one data disc (which contains a selection of songs in mp3 format as well as the game’s opening movie in HD) with over five hours of music.
Not only does this album contain the completes Shadows of Valentia soundtrack, it also comes with all the songs from the original NES game Fire Emblem Gaiden as well as the Fire Emblem Cipher main theme and instrumental and English versions of “The Heritors of Arcadia”.
The soundtrack also comes with some physical goodies, such as a five postcards, a stickerbook and an exclusive Fire Emblem Cipher Alm & Celica card. Finally, the included booklet has song lyrics as well as a look at the history of Fire Emblem Echoes’ sound team.
Check out the video below to listen to a preview of the album:
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed a new entry in the Sumikko Gurashi series. Titled Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park e Youkoso, this party game will be released on the Switch on December 7th. As with past entries in the series, a localization seems extremely unlikely, but with the Switch being region-free, you’ll at least be able to easily grab the Japanese version.
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed a new 3DS game: Medabots Classics, a collection of the first five Medabots games, which were initially released on the Game Boy (Medabots 1) and the Game Boy Color (Medabots 2 – 5). The games will receive some upgrades and new features, though we don’t know the extent of those yet.
Like some recent games in the series, Medabots Classics will be released as two separate versions, Kabuto and Kuwagata. There is also going to be a special limited edition with a CD and an illustration book.
We don’t know for sure yet, but a Western release of this collection seems fairly unlikely. Still, we’ll keep you updated should any news come out.
In preparation of the upcoming voting gauntlet there will be two summoning focuses where you will be able to obtain the heroes in the bracket. One focus has all the men: Roy, Ike, Hector and Chrom. The other focus contains the women: Lyn, Camilla, Lucina and Tharja. Remember you won’t have to use an orb on your first summon for either of these focuses. Each focus will last until September 6th.
A number of new items have been added to Miitomo. Among the selection you’ll find in the app, the following are now available:
– Tie-dye dress
– Simple cuffed high-tops
– Ocarina necklace
These items can be obtained by using Miitomo coins in Miitomo Shop.
