Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood came out in Japan on January 15. In its first week, the game sold just 24,000 copies. Media Create says that it sold through only 45.07 percent of its initial shipment.
Kenka Bancho has mainly been a PlayStation franchise. The last numbered release, Kenka Bancho 5, sold 59,000 copies (60.75 percent sell-through) during its first week in January 2011. Not only were initial sales halved with Kenka Bancho 6, but the sell-through rate was lower as well.
The decline of Kenka Bancho sales has been in effect for quite some time. Kenka Bancho 4 sold 72,000 units in its first week. Since then, the franchise has continued to see lower and lower sales.
Media Create offers some insight into Kenka Bancho’s decline. The main reason seems to be that as the series is extended by new installments, the age demographic of buyers increase as well, causing the scale to narrow. The sales scale therefore has a tendency to get reduced. It’s also possible that many fans of the series refrained from changing their hardware.
While the Mario Party 10 amiibo bundle quickly ran out of stock on Amazon, it’s now available once again on the site. You can place an order here.
At least at launch, this will be the only way for consumers in North America to obtain the new Mario amiibo.
ZaciSa’s Last Stand came out on the North American Wii U eShop in July of last year. The title hasn’t launched in Europe yet, but there are plans for a release in the near future.
ZaciSa’s Last Stand will be coming to Europe as “ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension!”. It’s an expanded and improved version of the original game, with the following additions being implemented:
- There’ll be 12 maps, six more than in the NA original – some will feature multiple bases to defend
- Special cross-over maps – one for PING 1.5+ and another for BLOK DROP U
- Three different modes, Hard, Easy and Endurance – the latter sees you take on endless waves
Local and online leaderboards - Local co-op, in which players with remotes can control drones to conquer the map
- BLOK DROP U map has special co-op in which Wii Remotes are used to remove blocks from the screen
- 60 frames per second gameplay
ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! should launch in Europe in late March. There are also plans to bring the above improvements to the North American version as an update in February.
Do you remember Antipole? It was a small – but well-received – DSiWare title from Saturnine Games. Saturnine is now bringing Antipole back, though as a Wii U and 3DS project called “Antipole DX”.
Antipole DX, according to Saturine’s Edward Di Geronimo Jr., “is a remake of Antipole featuring completely new graphics and a new soundtrack.” He told 4 color rebellion that all levels have been remade from scratch, and some stages will be new. There will also be reworked bosses, Miiverse support, and online leaderboards. At the moment, there are no plans for any Wii U or 3DS-exclusive features.
Antipole DX is targeted to launch this summer on the eShop.
