Dragon Quest Monsters 2 sold 443,656 copies in its first week on the Japanese market. Media Create says this resulted in a 78.65% sell-through rate.
Despite Dragon Quest Monsters 2’s initial success, it hasn’t quite reached the same heights as the first Dragon Quest Monsters 3DS remake. When Square Enix released the previous DQM title for Nintendo’s portable, it sold 513,183 copies in its first week for a 93.96% sell-through.
Of course, we should maintain some perspective here. At the end of the day, there’s no denying that Dragon Quest Monsters 2 has gotten off to a fast start and Square Enix is likely pleased with its performance.
The Luigi’s Mansion 2 diorama is back in stock once again on Club Nintendo Europe. You can place an order here. I can’t imagine it staying available for too long, so use those points while you can!
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
PhobosLab has confirmed plans to bring XType Plus to the Wii U eShop. The arcade shooter, first made available for browsers, will head to Nintendo’s console later this year.
PhobosLab’s Dominic Szablewski has confirmed to Nintendo Life that XType Plus will sport a few extra bells and whistles on Wii U – a Plus Mode, online leaderboards, a replay system, general gameplay enhancements, a new menu system, more music, more sound effects, and reworked visuals.
Although it’s Tuesday – and not the traditional Thursday for digital downloads – one new game has hit the eShop. As of now, AeternoBlade can be downloaded on 3DS in North America. You’ll need about 2,544 blocks in order to secure the game for your SD card.
Japanese golf accessory company Enjoy Caddie Bag will release a Mario-themed golf bag this summer. Pricing is set at a hefty 50,925 yen – roughly $497.
Persona director Katsura Hashino left a new message on the series’ official blog today in light of the events surrounding SEGA and Atlus (not to mention that a bunch of Persona games have been announced over the past couple of months). You can find it below.
The Year of Luigi is finally coming to an end next month. Shigeru Miyamoto posted a message on Miiverse earlier today and confirmed that the festivities will conclude on March 18.
With the year-long event’s end, Nintendo is closing off the Year of Luigi Miiverse Community and its Developers’ Room to new post and comments. Miyamoto is asking fans to leave a few words for Luigi on his post as a means of bringing closure.
You can find Miyamoto’s message in full below.
There’s been a lot of talk about Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark on consoles since the game was revealed at this year’s Toy Fair over the weekend. But what about the 3DS version?
Although we don’t have a ton of information, GamerFitNation reports that the handheld title will be strategy RPG, as opposed to Edge of Reality’s action-oriented title on consoles. WayForward has also been officially confirmed as the 3DS version’s developer.
