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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 101.349 / 2.047.199 (-41%)
02./08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 29.524 / 2.815.708 (-3%)
03./07. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 29.428 / 1.676.957 (-20%)
04./02. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 19.986 / 101.967 (-76%)
05./03. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥6.264) – 15.982 / 75.370 (-73%)
06./05. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 12.576 / 63.412 (-75%)
07./00. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.10.30} (¥6.804) – 12.386 / NEW
08./00. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (D3 Publisher) {2014.10.30} (¥7.344) – 10.474 / NEW
09./06. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥5.627) – 9.802 / 56.840 (-79%)
10./00. [PSP] Gakuen K: Wonderful School Days # (Idea Factory) {2014.10.30} (¥6.264) – 7.370 / NEW
11./00. [PS4] Metro: Redux (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.10.30} (¥6.264) – 6.158 / NEW
12./04. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥7.884) – 5.393 / 64.597 (-91%)
13./00. [PSV] Grisaia no Meikyuu: Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia (Prototype) {2014.10.30} (¥5.616) – 4.652 / NEW
14./09. [PSV] Super Hero Generation # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥7.171) – 4.026 / 20.828 (-76%)
15./12. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX # (Square Enix) {2014.10.02} (¥7.179) – 3.855 / 127.402 (-38%)
16./00. [XB1] Sunset Overdrive # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2014.10.30} (¥7.452) – 3.534 / NEW
17./14. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 3.170 / 696.378 (+12%)
18./00. [PSV] Dramatical Murder Re:code (Nitro+) {2014.10.30} (¥7.020) – 3.133 / NEW
19./10. [PS3] Super Hero Generation # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥8.208) – 3.034 / 15.600 (-76%)
20./11. [PSV] Chaos Ring III: Prequel Trilogy (Square Enix) {2014.10.16} (¥5.184) – 2.790 / 22.193 (-60%)

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Early Smash Bros. Wii U players – such as the press – have been unlocking content in the game, including stages. You’ll find footage of a returning stage after the break. This one is in Smash Bros. 3DS as well!

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With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, retailers are starting to launch some notable deals for video games. Best Buy and Target both have sales this week that are worth paying attention to.

First, over on Best Buy, there’s a buy 1, get 1 50% off deal on 3DS games published by Nintendo. This currently includes Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Fantasy Life, and more. You can check out the full lineup of titles here.

Target’s buy 2, get 1 free sale on all video games is now live as well. All systems are included – Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS. Check out this page for all eligible games.

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Nintendo recently opened a trio of teaser sites for upcoming games. You can now access pages for The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Each one will eventually be updated will lots of content over time!

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Following the most recent Nintendo Direct, an official website opened for the Pikmin Short Movies. You can feel free to access the page right here.

The site contains an overview of the Pikmin Short Movies, a trailer, and even a message from Miyamoto. Miyamoto’s message doesn’t contain anything mind-blowing, but it’s a neat little thing to see. View the message in full below.

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Square Enix shared new Bravely Second details during a recent live stream event. Siliconera translated some of the information, which we’ve rounded up below.

– New battle feature: press the L button to select the same command multiple times
– Before you had to choose the attack command or a certain magic by flipping through the menus 4 times
– Now you simply press L four times on the command
– Bravely Second has a powerful monster called Gargantua
– New Wizard job has a special attribute called “Postscript”
– This lets you add “modifiers” to magic
– Modifiers system lets you give magic different effects
– Square Enix will share more info about modifiers in the near future
– New “Halfies” ability
– Halfies lets you extend item effects to the entire party
– There is a catch: when using healing items, it’ll reduce its capabilities by 50%
– Devs are working on a demo for Bravely Second
– The demo will have the encounter adjustment system that was in Bravely Default and difficulty adjuster

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If you’re interested in amiibo and are considering picking up a figure or two, you may want to put in a pre-order – or make a purchase at launch. Nintendo is counting on the first amiibo shipments to sell out pretty fast.

“We’re expecting this first wave to disappear really quickly,” Nintendo’s Gil Ruta told The Detroit News. “We’re encouraging people to pre-order theirs or be the first in line.”

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