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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.

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The latest issue of Famitsu has a new column from Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai. There aren’t any questions answered about the Wii U and 3DS games, but Sakurai does reflect on the huge amount of effort required to complete development.

He starts out with the following:

“Making things like this takes its toll. Developing Smash Bros. destroys a lot of one’s private life.”

“I constantly consider leaving part of the work to someone else, but there’s just too much to see and handle. As a result, I work from mornings to late nights, even on weekends and holidays. I hardly have any free time, let alone time to play other games.”

Next, Sakurai mentions how that with Super Smash Bros. Melee, he worked for 13 months straight with not a single day off. The schedule wasn’t quite as grueling for the new games, but the Wii U and 3DS entries still required a massive amount of work.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interview with Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara. Ishihara discussed Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and a few other topics, but the most interesting comments came about when he talked about the future of Game Freak’s titles.

Famitsu first inquires about Pokemon as a whole. When asked about the current situation and views of the future from his perspective, Ishihara teased:
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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

The LEGO Movie Videogame (PS4/PS3/Wii U) – 8/8/9/8
Cooking Mama: My Sweets Shop (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
Project Spark (XBO) – 7/8/8/8
The LEGO Movie Videogame (3DS) – 7/7/7/7

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Persona 5, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Tales of Zestiria, and Final Fantasy Explorers are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 9 and October 15.

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The latest Famitsu leaks have brought along new details about Stella Glow, which was announced for 3DS earlier today. You’ll find a set of information below thanks to a translation from Gematsu.

– Simulation RPG
– Being made to celebrate Imageepoch’s 10th anniversary
– Takes place in a world of swords and magic
– Quarter-view battle camera
– Follows a story surrounding the use of “song magic” and “witches”
– Prevent the world from crystallization by the cursed song of Hilda
– Hilda is voiced by Yukari Tamura
– Hilda: the witch of destruction
– Fight together with four witches and the knights
– Alto (voiced by Atsushi Abe) is the hero. He is a 17-year-old knight who’s lost his memory
– Lisette (voiced by Yoshino Nanjo) is the witch of water and Alto’s childhood friend
– Popo (voiced by Maaya Uchida) is the feared witch of the wind. She lives in a cabin on the outskirts of town
– Each witch has her own song
– By “tuning” the heart of a witch, you can obtain song magic that only witches can use
– Tuning scenes are depicted as anime
– Battles are set on maps with high and low variations
– 3D characters can move about the field
– Ideolo and Shakodo Shinjin handling character design
– Hideyuki Mizutani producing
– Dai Oba directing
– Procyon Studio, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Shunsuke Tsuchiya composing music

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Persona 5, Tales of Zestiria, and Final Fantasy Explorers are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 2 and October 8.

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We’ve translated a few, final tidbits about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS from director Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Famitsu column. These excerpts cover the Smash Run time, music, tips, and how Sakurai goes about handling the “pic of the day”.

As usual, you can find all of the responses below!

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