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The New 2DS XL was only just revealed today, and it already has its first special edition. The Bubble Metal Slime New 2DS XL will be available in Japan on July 29th for 22,480 Yen. It will be released in a bundle with a physical version of Dragon Quest XI. In addition to that, the bundle also contains a download code for a Bubble Metal Slime home menu theme.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia # (Nintendo) {2017.04.20} (¥4.980) – 131.668 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.04.20} (¥5.700) – 48.142 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (From Software) {2017.04.20} (¥5.900) – 33.088 / NEW
04./00. [PSV] Dungeon Travelers 2-2: The Maiden Who Fell into Darkness and the Book of Beginnings #
(Aqua Plus) {2017.04.20} (¥5.800) – 27.381 / NEW
05./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross (Capcom) {2017.03.18} (¥5.800) – 27.283 / 1.393.376 (-38%)
06./02. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 20.364 / 395.655 (-3%)
07./04. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) – 9.790 / 186.158 (-3%)
08./00. [PS4] PaRappa the Rapper Remastered (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.04.20} (¥1.800) – 7.649 / NEW
09./00. [NSW] Minna de Wai Wai! Spelunker
(Square Enix) {2017.04.20} (¥4.980) – 7.447 / NEW
10./03. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo) {2017.03.30} (¥4.980) – 7.007 / 68.886 (-35%)
11./05. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) – 6.125 / 307.084 (-2%)
12./06. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft) {2017.03.09} (¥8.400) – 5.281 / 164.711 (-12%)
13./10. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 4.143 / 104.689 (-13%)
14./09. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 4.012 / 3.245.611 (-16%)
15./11. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 3.809 / 1.023.243 (-12%)
16./13. [NSW] Super Bomberman R
(Konami) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) – 3.552 / 73.677 (+1%)
17./19. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 3.163 / 707.846 (+13%)
18./08. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn #
(Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} (¥6.900) – 2.874 / 204.517 (-42%)
19./12. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 2.851 / 105.132 (-20%)
20./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 2.830 / 165.015 (-7%)

Atlus published another new Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology character trailer today. The latest video shows off characters from Historia along with the new Sub-History scenario. View the trailer below for a look at Lippti, Teo, and Nemesia.

It looks like TumbleSeed will see a release in Japan on May 2, the same date it releases in Europe and North America. It will be in English only, with no Japanese text, and be priced at ¥1,600.

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Level-5 prepared a new commercial today for The Snack World, its upcoming Japanese 3DS game. Watch the advert below.

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi was announced for Switch this week. Today, Koei Tecmo launched the game’s official website (in Japanese). There’s not that much to find there at the moment, but you can look at some screenshots and artwork.

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The arcade game Taiko no Tatsujin: Yellow Version has been updated with new Nintendo collaboration content – specifically from Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Kirby. A video for the Zelda costume and music is posted below. 

In celebration of Kirby’s 25th anniversary, My Nintendo has added in a new 3DS theme – but only in Japan. It’s being distributed here for 20 Gold Points through the end of May. Eventually, the theme should end up in North America and Europe.

Here’s a look at it in action:

A new article from Famitsu offers the first screenshots from Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi, which was announced for Switch this week. View them below.

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

Switch – 48,694
New 3DS LL – 17,570
PS4 – 15,222
Vita – 5,164
PS4 Pro – 4,112
2DS – 3,945
New 3DS – 1,114
PS3 – 367
Wii U – 262
Xbox One – 68

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

Switch – 45,673
New 3DS LL – 18,115
PS4 – 17,067
Vita – 5,592
PS4 Pro – 4,855
2DS – 4,475
New 3DS – 1,234
PS3 – 432
Wii U – 271
Xbox One – 142

And here are the software charts:


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