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Last week following Xenoblade Chronicle X’s website launch, Executive Director Tetsuya Takahashi encouraged fans to follow the official Xenoblade Twitter account for potential updates on the upcoming open-world RPG. For the first time since then, he has opened up on the title and the folks over at Siliconera have translated his first bunch of tweets on the game, which he said he’ll be sharing 2-3 times a week:

“Apologies for the wait,

I’m thinking of rambling here 2 or 3 times a week from now on. This time, I’ll start by talking briefly about how the Xenoblade X project began.”

“After the completion of the previous Xenoblade, when I told [Hitoshi] Yamagami-san’s team at Nintendo that I wanted to create something a little more sci-fi usingXenoblade as a base, they said it could be worth the challenge.”

“So then, we began thinking about what updates would be possible with the Wii U (such as making the maps seamless, having the game connect online etc.) and started to research. When everything seemed feasible, that’s when actual development began.”

The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
6. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors – Omega Force
8. Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games
9. Skylanders Trap Team – Beenox
10. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft (France)

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. – Sora Ltd.
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo / Retro Studios
5. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
6. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
7. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tale
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
9. Animal Crossing New Leaf – Nintendo
10. Fantasy Life – Level 5

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

All Formats

Individual Formats

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This week’s Nintendo downloads are as follows:

Wii U

Watch Dogs – €59.99 / £49.99 / CHF74.99
Watch Dogs – Conspiracy (DLC) – €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF5.90
Watch Dogs – Access Granted Pack (DLC) – €6.99 / £5.49 / CHF8.60
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric – €49.99 / £39.99 / CHF 64.90
Rock Zombie – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80

Wii U VC

Wild Guns (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20
Natsume Championship Wrestling () – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20

3DS

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF51.90
Asterix The Mansions of the Gods / Demo – €34.99 / £29.99 / CHF44.90 / Free
Tetris Ultimate – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF24.90
101 Pony Pets 3D – €4.00 / £3.59 / CHF5.60
Shin Megami Tensei IV – Snake Scale Equipment (DLC) – €0.99 / £0.75 / CHF1.20
Shin Megami Tensei IV – Clipped Wings 2 (DLC) – €1.79 / £1.49 / CHF2.20
Around the World in 80 Days (DSiWare) – €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF11.20

3DS VC

Lufia: The Legend Returns (GBC) – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF7.00

3DS Themes

Pokémon: ONEMURI Pikachu – 1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Pokémon: Primal Groudon/Primal Kyogre – 1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Sonic Boom Theme – Free
Super Mario (Pastel Pink) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Super Mario (Neon Green) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Super Mario (Blue) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80

The final week is upon us (well… those of you in the North America), we’ll all be creating these moments in-game soon and it’ll be us picking up the slack for Sakurai on Miiverse!

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