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

New 3DS LL – 164,756
New 3DS – 70,050
3DS LL – 19,727
PS4 – 11,697
Vita – 8,561
3DS – 7,340
Wii U – 6,309
PS3 – 4,954
Xbox One – 809
Vita TV – 737
Xbox 360 – 97
PSP – 67

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

3DS LL – 16,130
Vita – 13,510
Wii U – 7,805
PS4 – 7,350
3DS – 6,360
PS3 – 5,365
Xbox One – 1,062
Vita TV – 922
PSP – 84
Xbox 360 – 80

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The Generation VI multiplayer hub Pokemon Global Link will be down for maintenance next month from November 13th to November 21st. This is following the announcement of some of the new Global Link features such as the XY and ORAS Leagues and is presumably to accommodate for these changes. Other changes coming with the release next month are the ability to share your Secret Base and photos from Pokémon Contests.

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Yet another Final Fantasy Explorers live-stream is happening next week as part of Square-Enix’s ongoing guide for beginner players. Supposedly there’ll be a wider variety of information this time around although no further clarification was given as to what that actually means… Regardless, here are the times:

Europe: 2PM
UK: 1PM
USA (East Coast): 8AM
USA (West Coast): 5AM
Japan: 9PM JST

We’ll have an embed of the video on the site as it gets closer to the date, so stay tuned!

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Disappointed by the lack of Wii U teases as of late? I think today Sakurai might have you covered:

Famitsu has reported the first bunch of stats for the New Nintendo 3DS and the New Nintendo 3DS XL which was released in Japan last weekend. Both models have sold a collective total of 233,483 units, with 61,151 of those being the New 3DS and 172,332 being the New 3DS XL. Also reported was that Monster Hunter 4G has also sold 1,617,949 units to date. Here are some other interesting stats / tidbits for comparison:

• The smaller model was shipped with face plates while the larger one came in a Monster Hunter 4G bundle
• The best Christmas week in 2011 saw 510,629 units sold
• The best Christmas week in 2012 saw 433,788 units sold
• Launch week in Japan saw 235 974 units sold
• After the 3DS price drop 214 821 units were sold that following week

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