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While we do receive Japanese sales reports each week, the data only pertains to games sold in stores. Famitsu thankfully comes through with some notable information regarding digital sales in its latest issue.
According to the magazine, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS sold 1,432,246 physical copies between September 1 and September 28. Another 90,538 units were sold as digital downloads. As such, that means 5.9 percent of Super Smash Bros. copies were purchased digitally during the month of September.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS was the best-selling title in Japan for the month of September. That’s not only for retail, but download sales as well.
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
Wii U
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
NES Remix Pack – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Penguins of Madagascar – Amazon, GameStop
Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue – Amazon, GameStop
GameCube Controller – Super Smash Bros. Edition – Amazon
GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric – Amazon, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. bundle – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Watch Dogs – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Dual Pack (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Tetris Ultimate – Amazon, Best Buy
Ultimate NES Remix – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, GameStop
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom – Amazon, GameStop
Penguins of Madagascar – Amazon, GameStop
Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue – Amazon, GameStop
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal – Amazon, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Omega Ruby – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Amiibo
Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Link – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Samus – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Donkey Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Yoshi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pikachu – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fox – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Peach – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Marth – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Villager – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Wii Fit Trainer – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Castle Conqueror Defender is coming to the North American 3DS eShop on November 13, Circle Entertainment has confirmed. A price point was not announced.
Circle wrote on Twitter earlier today:
Castle Conqueror Defender has confirmed on 13rd Nov(NA eShop), more information will be released in next week!
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) November 2, 2014
We’ve already seen what Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze looks like on consoles. Now you can view a few 3DS-specific screenshots!
If you head on over to your local Best Buy, you may spot a demo for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. It comes with three levels – two standard courses, and a third one featuring the dragon boss previously shown in trailers. Note that we can’t say for sure how many Best Buy locations currently have the Captain Toad demo.
Thus far, Nintendo has only shown figurines in relation to amiibo. But the company apparently has other plans for the brand with additional products.
During the Q&A for Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, there was talk about the different amiibo projects the company is working on for 2015 and the advantage of allowing them to be used in multiple games as well as the speediness of their read/write speeds.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
02./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
03./00. [PS3] The Evil Within
04./00. [PS4] The Evil Within
05./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
06./00. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
07./02. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
08./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
09./00. [PSV] Super Hero Generation #
10./00. [PS3] Super Hero Generation #
11./04. [PSV] Chaos Ring III: Prequel Trilogy
12./05. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX #
13./00. [XB1] The Evil Within
14./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8
15./10. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online
16./06. [PS3] FIFA 15 #
17./00. [360] The Evil Within
18./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./14. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
20./11. [PSV] DanganRonpa: Another Episode