The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 28,414
Vita – 17,143
PS4 – 8,480
PS3 – 7,684
Wii U – 7,613
3DS – 7,529
PSP – 2,022
Vita TV – 1,351
Xbox 360 – 233
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 31,979
Vita – 23,030
PS4 – 11,486
PS3 – 9,252
Wii U – 8,079
3DS – 7,644
PSP – 2,321
Vita TV – 1,687
Xbox 360 – 278
Inazuma Eleven GO: Light and Inazuma Eleven GO: Shadow pit new hero Arion Sherwind against a shadowy organisation intent on controlling football!
14th May 2014 – In the Inazuma Eleven series to date, the likes of Mark Evans, Axel Blaze and Jude Sharp have been the legends who have written the school of Raimon Junior High into the football history books. Fast-forward to the present, however, and it is up to a new class of aspiring superstars to take to the pitch and go for glory in Inazuma Eleven GO: Light and Inazuma Eleven GO: Shadow, both launching for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS systems on 13th June.
Set ten years after the events of Inazuma Eleven 3, both Inazuma Eleven GO: Light and Inazuma Eleven GO: Shadow storylines kick off the tale of the young but talented Arion Sherwind as he begins his football career during hard times for Raimon Junior High. While Sherwind’s initial goal is simply to break into a formidable first team captained by the virtuoso player, Riccardo Di Rigo, bigger problems soon come to pass when the whole team is threatened with closure on the orders of Fifth Sector, a shadowy football governing body intent on controlling the ‘beautiful game’. With Raimon in disa rray, and a mysterious new player named Victor Blade causing unrest in the team, don’t be surprised to see a certain legendary goalie turning up to become the new coach in the team’s time of need…
Nintendo of Japan launched a campaign last month allowing users that bought a Nintendo 3DS LL from April 26th onwards to redeem a free title from a small selection. Previously only Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Yokai Watch were on that list, but starting June 1 those who are yet to redeem their vouchers will have a few more options:
- Pokemon X or Y
- Puzzles and Dragons Z
- Pokemon Art Academy (from June 19)
We’ve been seeing a few of these promotions pop up in recent months, the most notable one in the West being the free download available with Mario Kart 8 with its launch later this month.
Trophy talk today! Sakurai shows a little bit of Pikmin love:
Here’s one of my personal favorites, the trophy of Brittany from Pikmin 3. She won’t be joining the battle, but her model and expression is well-designed.
Hey everybody, we hope your day is going well/went well/etc! Manfred Linzer from Shin’en has given us another exclusive screenshot from their upcoing Wii U puzzle game Art of Balance, and within it we’re getting a look at the game’s “Challenge Mode” as well as the setting, which– for some reason– is an abandoned house. The real question is who used to live in it before people started playing block games in the attic…?
I guess that’s not for us to say! Here’s Manfred’s description of the screenshot:
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Kirby Triple Deluxe
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Mario Golf: World Tour
4. Mega Man Xtreme
5. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
6. Pokemon Dream Radar
7. Pokemon Battle Trozei
8. Mario Kart 7
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
10. Super Mario Bros.
11. Picross e4
12. Mega Man II
13. Mega Man III
14. Kirby’s Pinball Land
15. Art Academy: First Semester
16. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
17. Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
18. Grinsia
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Videos
1. Mario Kart 8 Direct 4/30/14
2. Mario Kart 8: Bye-Bye Blue Trailer
3. Play Nintendo – Announcing Nintendo @ E3 2014
4. Kirby Triple Deluxe Launch Trailer
5. Kirby Triple Deluxe: Oh Dedede, You’re So Dashing Trailer
6. Kirby Triple Deluxe “Unleashed” TV Commercial
7. Mega Man Xtreme Trailer
8. Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball: Haggling 101 Trailer
9. Kirby Triple Deluxe: Gee Kirby, you’re so cute Trailer
10. Kirby Triple Deluxe: Wow Kirby, you’re sure exciting Trailer
11. Kirby Triple Deluxe Trailer
12. Tomodachi Life Direct 4/10/14
13. Introducing Tomodachi Life!
14. Kirby Triple Deluxe: Oh Kirby, you’re so silly Trailer
15. Grinsia Trailer
16. Super Mario Bros. 3 Trailer
17. Mario Golf: World Tour – DLC Trailer
18. Mario Golf: World Tour – Launch Trailer
19. Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball Launch Trailer
20. Kirby 3DS Teaser Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Child of Light
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario Bros. 3
4. NES Remix 2
5. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
6. Super Metroid
7. Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
8. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
9. NES Remix
10. Zelda: A Link to the Past
11. Metroid Fusion
12. Golden Sun
13. Wario Land 4
14. EarthBound
15. Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
16. Super Mario Bros.
17. Abyss
18. The Legend of Zelda
19. Stick it to the Man
20. Super Mario Bros. 2
Videos
N/A
Source: Wii U eShop
Tomorrow, Nintendo plans to release a new smartphone/tablet app in Japan for 3DS tethering. It will essentially allow the portable system to use a phone’s mobile networking.
Nintendo’s app is known as “Easy Tethering for Nintendo 3DS”. This acts as a partnership between DoCoMo and the Big N.
Initially, the app will be compatible with the following devices (with more to come in the future):
Smartphone:
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Easy Tethering for Nintendo 3DS is completely free and will allow customers who have never used tethering before to set up the process smoothly.
Those who download and use the software can then take a survey. Doing so will net them a code for an unspecified 3DS Virtual Console title. The survey will be available from early July to September 30th, 2014.
