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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 57,645 / 2,104,844
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 27,182 / 2,842,890
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 24,509 / 1,701,465
4. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 9,070 / 111,037
5. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 7,661 / 71,073
6. [PS3] The Evil Within – 7,562 / 82,932
7. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 5,280 / 62,120
8. [3DS] The LEGO Movie Videogame – 4,180 / NEW
9. [WIU] The LEGO Movie Videogame – 3,574 / NEW
10. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 3,210 / 699,588
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,844 / 3,805,306
12. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 2,676 / 15,062
13. [PS4] Metro Redux – 2,624 / 8,782
14. [3DS] Dragon Quest X – 2,501 / 116,252
15. [PS4] The Evil Within – 2,359 / 66,956
16. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 2,258 / 129,660
17. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2: Chaos – 2,245 / 12,719
18. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 – 2,2158 / 154,098
19. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 2,033 / 1,293,939
20. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 2,028 / 22,856

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 50,619
New 3DS – 15,020
PS4 – 10,078
Vita – 9,874
3DS LL – 9,083
Wii U – 4,787
PS3 – 4,666
3DS – 4,495
Vita TV – 678
Xbox One – 513
Xbox 360 – 107
PSP – 2

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 41,633
New 3DS – 14,040
Vita – 10,688
3DS LL – 9,270
PS4 – 8,906
PS3 – 5,066
3DS – 4,730
Wii U – 4,696
Vita TV – 718
Xbox One – 599
Xbox 360 – 79
PSP – 50

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Walmart’s Black Friday 2014 gaming deals are in.

Highlights include Mario Kart 8 for $35 and Wii Party U for $25. A New Super Mario Bros. 2 Gold Edition 3DS XL bundle will also be made available for $150.

You can find Walmart’s entire lineup of Black Friday deals above.

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Sanuk Games announced today that they will be launching Talking Phrasebook 7 for the 3DS eshop in Europe on November 27.

The game will contain 780 expressions broken out into 53 categories, covering the most common situations a traveler might come across when in a foreign land.

Translate from any language to any other among English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch. Get both the spelling and the pronunciation right, as everything is written and spoken!

As with any phrasebook, you can use it ahead of your trip to learn the basics of a language, and then in situation with interlocutors.
The content is offline and can be accessed immediately: there is no loading time, which makes the application convenient to use. You don’t need to have access to a network, nor will you incur any roaming charges: it is a better alternative to using a web-based translation service on a smartphone.

Check out screenshots of the game below:

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Launching today are two new sites for Nintendo, one focused on children, and the other an online magazine targeting kids, teens, and adults alike.

Here is the latest PR statement from Nintendo UK:

12th November 2014 – Extra, extra, read all about Nintendo! Hot off the press, and published via the Nintendo website today comes two new online offerings giving fans of all ages the chance to get the lowdown and interact with their favourite Nintendo characters and series.

Offering younger fans the chance to enjoy playing with famous Nintendo characters including Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Peach, Nintendo Kids Club is a new website that offers a host of content including fun puzzles, Nintendo-themed artworks to cut out, create and decorate, and top trivia on much-loved characters. The Nintendo Kids Club will also play host to present and future episodes of the puppet-based video series ‘The Cat Mario Show’, providing yet more free content for kids to tune into.

Meanwhile, for fans of all ages looking for useful gaming tips, exclusive Wii U and Nintendo 3DS game content, and fancy the odd Nintendo-themed challenge to boot, issue one of a new online magazine, Nintendo Extra, has been unveiled today. From picking up some handy pointers for reigning victorious in Mario Kart 8, to learning from none other than Eiji Aonuma himself about the fundamentals of a The Legend of Zelda game, Nintendo Extra kicks off with a bang, with further issues to be published in the coming months.

For further details:

Nintendo 3DS Guided Tour http://guidedtour.nintendo.co.uk

Nintendo 2DS Website http://www.nintendo.co.uk/nintendo2ds

Wii U (UK) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WiiU.co.uk

Nintendo 3DS (UK) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo3DSUK

Nintendo UK on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo of Europe on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendoeurope

Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk

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They may not even be out yet, but Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are already shaping up to be huge hits. Ahead of their release, the remakes have already been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan, numbers way ahead of what Pokemon X and Y were able to achieve. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out November 21st in Japan and North America and November 28th in Europe.

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Today Sakuai revealed another stage making its debut with the Wii U version, the Mario Circuit as seen in Mario Kart 8. Here’s what he had to say:

On the upside-down course, Shy Guys jump their karts upside-down too!! It’s amazing how the course twists on this stage. Of course, the gravity for the fighters will always go downward.

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