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Bandai Namco has a second commercial up for Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax on its YouTube page. The brief advert promoting the Japanese 3DS game is below.

FuRyu prepared a new video for The Alliance Alive, its upcoming RPG for 3DS. View it below for a look at the game’s battle system.

Next in the long, long line of Monster Hunter collaborations is Hunter x Hunter. Specifically, V-Jump magazine has revealed that Monster Hunter XX will get a collaboration with the popular manga/anime Hunter x Hunter. This consists of four special pieces of equipment: Gon’s head, Gon’s shirt, Gon’s arms and Gon’s legs.

What the equipment looks like is actually a major spoiler for Hunter x Hunter, so we’ve put the image past the break.

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

Switch – 329,152
PS4 – 31,065
New 3DS LL – 18,433
Vita – 9,889
PS4 Pro – 6,742
2DS – 4,147
New 3DS – 1,268
PS3 – 615
Wii U – 565
Xbox One – 147

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

PS4 – 37,008
New 3DS LL – 15,984
Vita – 10,704
PS4 Pro – 6,481
2DS – 4,303
New 3DS – 1,254
PS3 – 505
Xbox One – 469
Wii U – 464

And here are the software charts:

A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

– Osomatsu × Hello Kitty – 200 yen
– Karamatsu × Tuxedosam – 200 yen
– Choromatsu × Kero Kero Keroppi – 200 yen
– Orangestar 「DAYBREAK FRONTLINE – 200 yen
– Wonderful☆opportunity! 「Bouken No Sho Ga Kiemashita – 200 yen
– Balloon 「 Charles」 – 200 yen
– Wonderful☆opportunity! 「Oni KYOKAN」 – 200 yen
– Shoose 「 Koshitantan」 – 200 yen

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One new title is coming to the Japanese eShop on March 15. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:

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Himouto! Umaru-chan Daratto Puzzle – 540 yen (previously scheduled for March 1)

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Update (3/7): Famitsu now has an article up on its actual website. Between March 3 and March 5, Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 193,060 units at retail with a 58 percent attach rate. Also, Famitsu’s website reports a figure of 330,637, so we’ll be using that one instead of the previously-reported 313,700.


Original (3/6): Data from Famitsu reveals that first week sales of Switch came in at 313,700 units in Japan. To compare, other notable console launches include the Wii at 371,900 units, Wii U at 308,600 units, and PlayStation 4 at 322,100 units.

By first week, that should mean Switch’s first three days on the market. Famitsu’s next reporting period is between February 27 and March 5, and Switch came out on March 3 – so that would account for sales from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Earlier today, it was reported that Switch doubled up on Wii U in the UK by selling 80,000 units in its opening weekend. No numbers are out for North America, but the system had a record-breaking launch for Nintendo.

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Monster Hunter XX’s collaborations continue to roll in. Capcom has pulled back the curtain on a couple of partnerships with manga today.

The collaborations both consist of costumes for felynes. First up is Tesshou Kawachi, as taken from Worst. The other is Retsu Kaioh from Baki the Grappler.

There are two really interesting new additions to Nintendo’s Japanese website: a Legend of Zelda portal and a Mario portal.

You can learn more about each series’ characters and games there. The Legend of Zelda portal is especially interesting since it also features behind-the-scenes info like artwork and production notes (though that section is a bit bare at the moment). There’s also a section that’s not available yet called “Keywords”, marked as “coming soon”. You will likely be able to find infos about recurring themes and names from the Legend of Zelda series there, like the Triforce or the Master Sword.

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

01./00. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) – 198.542 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V # (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.02.23} (¥8.600) – 100.154 / NEW
03./00. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V #
(Bandai Namco Games) {2017.02.23} (¥7.600) – 83.733 / NEW
04./02. [PS4] Nioh (Koei Tecmo) {2017.02.09} (¥7.800) – 17.360 / 118.613 (-33%)
05./00. [PSV] Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 Ultimate # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) – 13.682 / NEW
06./03. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 13.441 / 3.176.979 (-8%)
07./00. [PS4] The Witch and the Hundred Knights 2 #
(Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.02.23} (¥7.200) – 13.421 / NEW
08./01. [PS4] For Honor (Ubisoft) {2017.02.16} (¥8.400) – 13.203 / 53.265 (-67%)
09./04. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 – Professional (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} (¥5.250) – 13.093 / 149.633 (-10%)
10./05. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard # (Capcom) {2017.01.26} (¥7.990) – 10.409 / 284.490 (-12%)
11./07. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 7.050 / 976.825 (-8%)
12./00. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
(Ubisoft) {2017.02.23} (¥5.800) – 6.734 / NEW
13./10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition]
(Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 6.199 / 283.970 (+1%)
14./09. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 6.106 / 675.260 (-10%)
15./08. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World # (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700) – 5.394 / 92.286 (-22%)
16./15. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) – 4.410 / 944.806 (+8%)
17./17. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 4.046 / 1.114.149 (+1%)
18./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 4.024 / 134.618 (+0%)
19./20. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 2.775 / 294.460 (-1%)
20./19. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! (Nintendo) {2016.12.22} (¥4.980) – 2.575 / 289.306 (-11%)


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