Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 was the top seller in Japan this past week. Between March 24 and March 27, the game sold 368,665 copies. As usual, Media Create has now followed up with some additional information.
Based on Media Create’s data, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 sold through 59.16 percent of its initial shipment. The previous game in the series, Dragon Quest Monsters 2’s 3DS remake, sold 444,000 units with a 78.65 percent sell-through. Media Create points out that Joker 3 lacked in both numbers and sellthrough rate, making it look like a sluggish turnout in comparison.
More footage has surfaced of two new Wii U eShop games in Europe: Tachyon Project and Chompy Chomp Chomp Party. Check out the latest gameplay below.
Super Mario Maker’s newest Event Course and costume are live. Once you complete the “Starfy: Prince of Pufftop” level, you’ll unlock an outfit based on the character.
Here’s the Event Course description:
The legendary Starfy has discovered a mysterious lift in Pufftop Palace, his royal home in the skies, and riding it has landed him in the world of Super Mario Maker. “This is freakin’ me out… I wanna go home!’ Can our hero avoid the aquatic baddies and reach his goal safely? Go, Starfy, go!
And here’s a playthough of the level:
A new trailer has come online for Angry Video Game Nerd II, which is slated for Nintendo platforms. You can take a look at the new video below.
Based on a report from market-tracking firm Sensor Tower (as relayed by GamesBeat), Miitomo is currently the most-downloaded game for iPhone and iPad in the United States. Even though it’s a free download, it’s an impressive feat for a title that only just launched today.
With its initial success, Sensor Tower believes that Miitomo could surpass 200,000 downloads on the iPhone alone after 24 hours given averages for past apps that have topped the charts. Another 20,000 downloads would likely stem from the iPad. Of course, this doesn’t account for how Miitomo has done on Android.
SEGA acquired Atlus back in 2013. That process is still ongoing, but is now starting to wrap up. Going forward, SEGA will be publishing all Atlus USA games as a means to streamline its business operations.
The good news is that this news will have little impact on consumers. SEGA isn’t ditching the Atlus brand, and Atlus will still act independently.
SEGA provided Game Informer with the following comment regarding how the Atlus acquisition has benefited the company:
“Since Atlus U.S.A.—renowned for the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, and Etrian Odyssey franchises—integrated with SEGA of America, the ATLUS expertise has allowed SEGA to localize and publish popular Japanese titles in the west, including the Yakuza series, Project DIVA series, and more.”
In other news, Ivo Gerscovich has been named as the new head of the Sonic brand and its related businesses in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. He’ll serve as the Sonic chief brand officer and senior vice president of SEGA of America.
Amazon has now joined Best Buy and GameStop as yet another retailer offering exclusive pre-order costume DLC for Bravely Second. We don’t have a picture just yet, but you’ll receive the Al-Khampis Costume Set.
Best Buy previously revealed the Gathelatio Costume Set as its pre-order bonus, which will also be available with reservations on the eShop. If you go with GameStop, you’ll be provided with the Caldisla Costume Set.
Nintendo is sending out a new email to customers in North America about Miitomo, My Nintendo, and the new web shop. If you were a former Club Nintendo member in North America, you may find a little bonus inside.
In the section about My Nintendo, you should see a code to redeem My Nintendo Platinum Points as someone who used the old rewards program. This will net you 200 bonus points. Just make sure to redeem the code here by May 31 at 11:59 PM PT / June 1 at 2:59 AM ET.
IGN recently had the opportunity to speak with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about Miitomo, Nintendo’s future on mobile, and My Nintendo.
First, here’s what Trinen had to say about Miitomo and keeping the app updated going forward:
“Our development team is looking at it very much as just the initial release. They do have plans to continue to update. They’ll probably start by looking at how people are playing with Miitomo and how they’re interacting with it. But I think they’re looking at a couple of different ways that Miitomo will grow over time.”
“Certainly some of the updates are the addition of new outfits or new versions of the Miitomo drop mini-game, which you play using game tickets. You can even see, on the simpler side, updates to the questions you’re asked. But I also think they’re going to be looking longer term at the opportunity to do bigger updates that might add in new features and expand the experience.”
Road Redemption was thought to be heading to Wii U since the game’s original Kickstarter days. Unfortunately, it’s now uncertain if we’ll be seeing this one on the eShop.
The game’s developer wrote the following in a Kickstarter update today:
Hey guys, here is some clarification on Wii-U. Anyone who backed for Wii-U can definitely choose to receive a PS4 or Xbox One copy instead when those versions become available (or Steam version now). We have definitely not ruled out a Wii-U release, however due to the current complexity of the game and the weak hardware of the Wii-U, it will take a tremendous amount of optimization to make it happen. This would have to happen after PS4 and Xbox One versions are complete.
If we receive any clarify about the situation, we’ll let you know. It’d be a huge bummer if a Wii U version didn’t happen at this point.
