This week’s issue of Jump confirms four new characters for Tales of the World: Reve Unitia.

Senel Coolidge from Tales of Legendia, Annie Barrs from Tales of Rebirth, Amber Hearts from Tales of Hearts, and Ruca Milda from Tales of Innocence will all be in the game.

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia launches in Japan on October 23.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 143,777 / 1,973,310
2. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island – 33,192 / 91,477
3. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 18,067 / 578,554
4. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken – 8,849 / 119,407
5. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 8,569 / 1,227,267
6. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines – 7,871 / 119,336
7. [3DS] Happiness Charge Precure! Kawarun Collection – 6,712 / NEW
8. [3DS] SoniPro – 6,086 / NEW
9. [3DS] Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya – 5,532 / NEW
10. [PS3] Atellier Shallie – 5,258 / 56,434
11. [PS3] GTA New Price Version – 4,988 / 33,673
12. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 4,900 / 4,116,901
13. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy – 4,858 / 80,262
14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 4,662 / 3,320,858
15. [PSV] Tokyo Shinseiroku: Operation Abyss – 4,403 / 19,645
16. [PSV] Corpse Party: Blood Drive – 4,304 / 17,992
17. [3DS] Gundam Tri Age SP – 4,297 / 32,931
18. [PSV] Freedom Wars – 4,027 / 271,798
19. [PSV] Child of Light Special Edition – 3,893 / NEW
20. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,364 / 2,359,011

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

3DS LL – 31,740
Vita – 17,179
Wii U – 9,646
3DS – 7,019
PS3 – 6,605
PS4 – 5,695
Vita TV – 1,506
PSP – 464
Xbox 360 – 157

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

3DS LL – 31,789
Vita – 21,875
Wii U – 9,429
PS3 – 7,175
3DS – 6,656
PS4 – 5,581
Vita TV – 1,767
PSP – 489
Xbox 360 – 122

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XType Plus’ bug has been addressed in Europe. Those who downloaded the game previously should find an update waiting that opens online leaderboards and highscore replays.

A tweet from Nintendo of Europe confirms:

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6th August 2014 – For the first time ever, Nintendo’s Mario Kart series will be powered by some real-world horsepower. A software update on 27th August to Mario Kart 8 for Wii U will deliver a variety of new features for players, most notably the ability to download three free Mercedes-Benz cars that players can race in the game: the modern Mercedes-Benz GLA, the 300 SL Roadster from the 1950s and the legendary Silver Arrow of the 1930s.

The GLA model comes with special wheel options, while players can customise all three new karts with various wheels and gliders in the game. The new content arrives on the 22nd anniversary of the Japanese launch of the original Mario Kart game, Super Mario Kart, which launched on 27th August, 1992, for Super Nintendo.

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Nintendo has just detailed how the Ganondorf costume DLC for Hyrule Warriors will be distributed. Mentioned in yesterday’s Direct, a code for the DLC will be given to players who both purchase Hyrule Warriors and register it on Club Nintendo between 9/26/14 and 10/23/14. Ganondorf will be a playable character in Hyrule Warriors and the codes will grant access to costumes based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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Wondering what’s on the other side of the Poke Balls in the upcoming Smash games? Today Sakurai talks about a couple of the game’s support Pokemon that you might find in game:

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