Amazon Japan has posted the official Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure boxart. You can see the packaging image above.
Arc System Works has gone live with the second River City Ransom SP trailer. Take a look at the video below.
Capcom has produced yet another Japanese commercial for Monster Hunter Generations. Check it out below.
-CHASE- Unsolved Cases Division has been announced for Japan, with plans to bring out the game on the 3DS eShop this summer. It’s a “hard-boiled” adventure game directed by Taisuke Kanasaki (Another Code/Hotel Dusk), and other former Cing staff are working on it as well. Arc System Works will be publishing.
View some screenshots from -CHASE- Unsolved Cases Division below. You can also access a teaser site here.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
2. Minecraft: Wii U Editon
3. Super Mario Maker
4. Rayman Legends
5. Super Mario World
6. Child of Light
7. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. Super Mario 64
9. Super Mario Bros. 3
10. Super Mario Bros.
11. Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1
12. Paper Mario
13. Zelda: A Link to the Past
14. The Legend of Zelda
15. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
18. EarthBound
19. Super Mario 3D World
20. Donkey Kong 64
Videos
1. Pokemon Direct 2/26/16
2. Nintendo Direct 3/3/16
3. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
4. Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Game Features
5. Star Fox Zero – Let’s Rock & Roll Trailer
6. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
7. Mighty No. 9 Trailer
8. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
9. Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Adventuring with amiibo
10. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
11. Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – What’s New
12. Zelda: Twilight Princess Retrospective – Episode 1
13. Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer
14. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario Maker SUP-tember Fav levels 1
15. New Super Luigi U Trailer 6/11/13
16. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Smash the Competition Trailer
17. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
18. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 3
19. Super Smash Bros. – Bayonetta Gets Wicked
20. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 2
Source: Wii U eShop
Miitomo will launch in Japan on March 17, Nintendo has announced. Pre-registration will close at 12:00 Japan time.
A specific start time (in actual hours) has not been determined just yet. Once it’s live, there will be notifications on the Nintendo Twitter account and also to pre-registered email addresses.
Previously, Nintendo confirmed plans to bring out Miitomo in March, but had not provided a specific date until today. It’s unclear when other regions will be receiving the app, though it should be sometime this month.
We have a few more bits of information regarding Fire Emblem Fates’ debut sales in the United States, along with data for a crossover 3DS title.
Nintendo confirmed earlier today that Fates sold close to 400,000 copies between Birthright and Conquest in February, with digital sales included. NPD leaker creamsugar puts the games at a combined 315,000 units sold – less than Nintendo’s amount since eShop sales aren’t accounted for here. Birthright sold the most with 44 percent (roughly 138,600), followed by Conquest at 41 percent (roughly 129,150) and the special edition at 15 percent (roughly 47,250).
Moving on, debut sales are in for Project X Zone 2. The game sold 18,000 copies in the United States last month – not counting any eShop sales.
Note that Fire Emblem Fates and Project X Zone 2 did not have a full month of sales since they launched during the middle of February. NPD’s February reporting period ended on February 27.
Thanks to Brian for the tip.
Nintendo has issued a response to the latest NPD sales report. There’s even more good news regarding Fire Emblem Fates’ performance in the U.S. last month as well as the classic Pokemon re-releases on the eShop.
First, Nintendo says that Fire Emblem Fates sold nearly 400,000 copies when combining physical and digital versions. “This far outpaces 2013’s Fire Emblem Awakening game, the series’ previous record-holder in the United States,” according to the company.
In other news, Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow on the 3DS eShop broke the first-week sales record. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS previously held this achievement.
Head past the break to read Nintendo’s February 2016 NPD response in full.
Update 2 (3/10): Bumped to the top again. Monster Hunter Generations is now up on Amazon Canada
Update: Bumped to the top. Amazon has been updated with the proper 20% pre-order discount.
Original (3/7): Amazon has started taking pre-orders for Monster Hunter Generations. To reserve the game, head on over here. We’ll update this post as Generations becomes available at other retailers.
Note that the 20% Prime discount is not live yet. If you’re interested in Monster Hunter Generations though, you may want to reserve it now. There’s been a glitch with a bunch of Amazon games lately, where games that didn’t receive the discount ended up being 40% off instead. This won’t be reflected right away, but it should show up before Generations launches.
Disney Infinity 3.0 has a few new Play Sets planned for 2016. One of these, as leaked by the back of a Kraft Mac & Cheese box of all things, is one for Finding Dory. We don’t have any details just yet, but this certainly makes sense given how it’ll tie in nicely with the upcoming movie.
