Etrian Odyssey V was the best-selling title during the week of August 1 in Japan. During its first four days on the market, the game sold 92,500 units.
Media Create now notes that Etrian Odyssey V sold through 75.84 percent of its initial shipment. The series’ previous entry, Etrian Odyssey IV, sold 96,000 copies with a sell-through rate of 75.68 percent in its first week. Given these numbers, Media Create says the new title is off to a good start.
Dragon Ball: Fusions is another 3DS game that debuted in Japan last week. It did pretty well, having moved around 75,000 units. When compared with other Dragon Ball releases on 3DS – Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (73,000 first week; lifetime 277,000) and Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (72,000 first week; 174,000 lifetime), Fusions managed to outperform both despite being different genres.
Nordic Games is making a significant change to its company today. They’ve been reincorporated, and will be known as “THQ Nordic” going forward.
An official statement reads:
Whilst we take great pride in our Swedish roots and accomplished a great deal under the Nordic Games masthead, we decided it was time to incorporate the THQ name. Those key brands will continue to shape our business in a meaningful way going forward, and THQ Nordic represents a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IP. We cherish them, and align them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve. Side note – another upside to this whole rebrand thing is we don’t get asked about the Nordic Game parties at Gamescom anymore – it was the other guys who threw them. With this rebrand we are entering the next phase in our company’s evolution.
As of now we have 23 game projects in development, 13 thereof have not yet been publicly announced, but are sure to be in the next months. Needless to say, the majority of these projects are based on former THQ owned IPs and franchises.
Today’s news was accompanied by a new logo, pictured above. About the image, THQ Nordic founder/owner Lars Wingefors said:
“As for the new logo design, we literally stumbled across it when browsing some art files, after we bought the THQ trademark and figured: why not? We hope the reception from our partners is less ambivalent but we’re OK either way. We invite you to our Gamescom booth to play our games and see the logo in large-scale format.”
Source: THQ Nordic PR
Although the Rathalos has been featured pretty prominently in Monster Hunter Stories, it hasn’t been given its own showcase video…until now! You can watch it below:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth #
02./00. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions #
03./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura
04./02. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter
05./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Koisuru Diary
06./04. [PSV] Toukiden 2 #
07./00. [PSV] Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates #
08./07. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
09./05. [PS4] Toukiden 2 #
10./08. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
11./09. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12./06. [PSV] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana #
13./13. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
14./03. [PS4] The Idolm@ster: Platinum Stars #
15./00. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors: Ei Ketsu Den #
16./17. [WIU] Splatoon #
17./15. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18./00. [PS4] Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
19./10. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
20./12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
Capcom has started a new wave of videos showcasing the various monsters in Monster Hunter Stories. The newest one, featuring the Barioth, can be viewed below.
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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find a new stage, along with some brand new items.
“A stealthy comeback! Ninja Style Returns #1” is the new stage. It includes the following:
– Demon ninja hood
– Demon ninja armor
– Ninja katanas: “Twin Dragons”
– Ninja bomber jacket
And as far as the new items go, you can nab the following:
– Sleeveless shirtdress
– Scarf sandals
– Pear-shaped pendant
– Sombrero
– Striped sleeveless shirt
– Camo pencil skirt
– Patent leather laced shoes
– Anchor-print shoes
Super Paper Mario recently came out in North America as a Wii download for Wii U. It was also just added to the European eShop today. View some footage below.
Pokemon GO launched with a McDonald’s partnership a couple of weeks ago. Over 3,000 locations became either PokeStops or Gyms. The move made sense for the fast food restaurant, as they likely knew it would boost business.
And that’s exactly what’s happened. McDonald’s sales in Japan rose 27 percent last month, with the company stating that there was demand for children’s meals featuring Pokemon toys and increased traffic thanks to Pokemon GO.
That’s definitely good news for McDonald’s, but the restaurant believes it’s too early to estimate Pokemon GO’s impact on earnings. That being said, more customers are being drawn in due to the partnership.
Beginning with CoroCoro’s September 15 issue, a manga based on Pokemon Sun/Moon will be serialized. It’ll star a new trainer and his partner Rockruff as they go through the Alola Region.
The Japanese Pokemon Sun/Moon website has now updated with a few preview pages of the manga. View them in the gallery below.
Update (8/11): New Nintendo Selects are up on Best Buy.
Update (8/10): These are all now live on Amazon. $16 each for Prime members.
Original (8/9): Retailers are beginning to take pre-orders for the new Nintendo Selects and Wii U amiibo bundles Nintendo announced earlier today.
Five Nintendo Selects are currently up on GameStop here. Amazon Canada is now taking reservations for all except nintendogs + cats here.
If you’re looking for the amiibo bundles, they’re all available on Amazon here. Amazon Canada also has them here.
