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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Monster Hunter X, and Project X Zone 2. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Halo 5: Guardiains (XBO) – 10/9/9/10
Atelier Sophie (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (3DS) – 8/8/7/9
Dream Girl Premier (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Unmechanical:Extended (PS4/PS3) – 8/7/8/7
Girl Friend Beta Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi (PSV) – 8/7/7/7
Omega Labyrinth (PSV) – 7/7/7/8
Atlantic Quest (3DS) – 7/7/7/8
Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Bad Apple Wars (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Airship Q (PSV) – 7/8/7/6

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter X remains at the top, and Dragon Quest XI has now climbed up to the second spot.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 22 and October 28.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Genei Ibun Roku #FE, Mega Man Legacy Collection (now has a confirmed Japanese release date of February 25), Monster Strike, and Project X Zone 2. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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This is data from 28/09/2015-25/10/2015 (4 weeks)

Famitsu published a new report based on sales gathered from October. We don’t have the top 30 software charts just yet – that will be a few weeks – though we do have a few other pieces of data.

First up, here’s a look at the best-selling software for the month:

[PSV] Tokyo Xanadu: 115.973
[PS3] Winning Eleven 2016: 92.756
[WIU] Super Mario Maker: 92.663
[3DS] 7th Dragon III: Code VFD: 85.298
[3DS] Yokai Watch Busters: White Dog Squad/Red Cat Team: 80.486
[PS4] Winning Eleven 2016: 66.000 (estimate)
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes: 59.000 (estimate)
[3DS] Picross 3D 2: 55.000 (estimate)

And the best-selling hardware:

PlayStation 4: 118.881 (90.425 sold on September)
Nintendo 3DS: 86.998 (110.670 sold on September)

Last but not least, here’s a look at sales for the biggest publishers:

Nintendo: 441.000
Konami: 209.000
Koei Tecmo: 162.000

Note that these numbers are based on data collected between September 28 and October 25.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
Project X Zone 2 (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Disney Infinity 3.0 (Wii U/PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/8
Goat Simulator (PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/7
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Wii U/3DS/PS4/PSV) – 7/7/6/8
Paperbound (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Bloo Kid 2 (3DS) – 6/7/6/7
Mystery Solved: Escape From The Maze (3DS) – 6/6/6/6
99Moves (Wii U) – 6/6/5/6

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter X is still at the top. Shin Megami Tensei IV Final is also rising fast.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 15 and October 21.

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Famitsu readers were recently tasked with ranking their favorite Japan’s top 3 biggest RPGs by franchise. It might not be surprising, but Dragon Quest came out on top with 366 votes. Final Fantasy was next with 361 votes, followed by Pokemon with 135 votes.

Here’s the full top 10:

1) Dragon Quest series – 366 votes
2) Final Fantasy series – 361 votes
3) Pokemon series – 135 votes
4) Tales of series – 84 votes
5) Shin Megami Tensei series – 44 votes
6) Persona series – 41 votes
7) SaGa series – 29 votes
8) Kingdom Hearts series – 23 votes
9) Suikoden series – 22 votes
10) Mother series – 19 votes

What’s your favorite Japanese RPG series?

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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of September 2015. You can check out the full results below.

1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 449,914 (393,838 physical, 56,076 digital)
2. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 344,204 (311,186 physical, 33,018 digital)
3. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 239,131 (232,394 physical, 6,737 digital)
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 223,453 (217,279 physical, 6,174 digital)
5. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 221,828 (215,633 physical, 6,195 digital)
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 173,888 (169,216 physical, 4,672 digital)
7. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu – 103,899 (93,288 physical, 10,611 digital)
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 95,554 (90,253 physical, 5,301 digital)
9. [WIU] Splatoon – 93,270 (82,456 physical, 10,814 digital)
10. [3DS] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Palico Village DX – 92,425 (87,510 physical, 4,915 digital)
11. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 59,841 (57,048 physical, 2,793 digital)
12. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 45,210 (39,549 physical, 5,661 digital)
13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 43,954 (37,898 physical, 6,056 digital)
14. [PS4] Nights of Azure – 40,341 (35,483 physical, 4,858 digital)
15. [PSV] Nights of Azure – 39,370 (36,530 physical, 2,840 digital)
16. [3DS] Cube Creator 3D – 38,392 (N/A physical, 38,392 digital)
17. [PSV] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 35,066 (30,962 physical, 4,104 digital)
18. [PSV] World Trigger: Borderless Mission – 34,407 (31,432 physical, 2,975 digital)
19. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 – 33,339 (30,044 physical, 3,295 digital)
20. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 32,423 (30,906 physical, 1,517 digital)
21. [PSV] Moero Crystal – 28,666 (25,976 physical, 2,690 digital)
22. [PSV] Saki Zenkoku Hen – 23,902 (18,465 physical, 5,437 digital)
23. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 23,772 (22,622 physical, 1,150 digital)
24. [PS4] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 23,496 (20,623 physical, 2,873 digital)
25. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 23,411 (22,747 physical, 664 digital)
26. [PSV] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 23,233 (21,503 physical, 1,730 digital)
27. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 20,974 (18,673 physical, 2,301 digital)
28. [3DS] Battle Cats – 19,684 (N/A physical, 19,684 digital)
29. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 19,455 (17,441 physical, 2,014 digital)
30. [3DS] Ultimate NES Remix – 17,521 (16,029 physical, 1,492 digital)

Note that these sales are based on data between August 31 and October 4.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, Monster Hunter X, and Monster Strike. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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