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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

A few new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on August 24. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:

Wii U Virtual Console

Usas (MSX, 823 yen)

Wii Download for Wii U

Mario Sports Mix – 2,700 yen
Wario Land: Shake It! – 2,700 yen

3DS Download

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 – 1,960 yen

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Nintendo released official videos for Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis and Chinmoku No Iseki – Estpolis Gaiden on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle is in development for 3DS, according to the latest issue of Famitsu. The new game is being made in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle is a puzzle RPG. The RPG mode features Arle as the protagonist, who gets sucked into an alternate world with her partner Carbuncle. In order to return home, they’ll need to work with a mysterious girl named Arie. Characters and fields are all represented in 3D, and fields can be explored freely.

The voice cast includes:

Arle (CV: Mioe Sonozaki)
Carbuncle (CV: Tamaki Nakanishi)
Arie (CV: Honoka Inoue)
Amitie (CV: Shiho Kikuchi)
Ringo (CV: Asami Imai)

Dragon Ball: Fusions recently made its way to Japan. The new 3DS game comes from Bandai Namco and Ganbarion, the latter company of which created Pandora’s Tower.

Dragon Ball: Fusions appears to be seeing a good reception in Japan thus far. With Famitsu for instance, it reviewed highly. It earned a score of 33 points out of 40 from four editors – individual scores of “8”, “8”, “8”, and “9”.

We’ve now prepared a translation of Famitsu’s review. Continue on below to read it in full.

Level-5 has prepared yet another new commercial for its big 3DS RPG Yo-kai Watch 3. We’ve posted it below.

GameXplain has shared a new video containing 20 minutes of gameplay from the English version of Dragon Quest VII. It also features commentary from Nintendo’s Rob Watters. Take a look at the video below.

Etrian Odyssey V was the best-selling title during the week of August 1 in Japan. During its first four days on the market, the game sold 92,500 units.

Media Create now notes that Etrian Odyssey V sold through 75.84 percent of its initial shipment. The series’ previous entry, Etrian Odyssey IV, sold 96,000 copies with a sell-through rate of 75.68 percent in its first week. Given these numbers, Media Create says the new title is off to a good start.

Dragon Ball: Fusions is another 3DS game that debuted in Japan last week. It did pretty well, having moved around 75,000 units. When compared with other Dragon Ball releases on 3DS – Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (73,000 first week; lifetime 277,000) and Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (72,000 first week; 174,000 lifetime), Fusions managed to outperform both despite being different genres.

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

01./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth # (Atlus) {2016.08.04} (¥6.480) – 92.518 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions #
(Bandai Namco Games) {2016.08.04} (¥5.700) – 77.509 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura
(Level 5) {2016.07.16} (¥4.800) – 64.179 / 965.202 (-36%)
04./02. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter
(GungHo Online Entertainment) {2016.07.28} (¥4.800) – 20.870 / 108.380 (-76%)
05./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Koisuru Diary (Happinet) {2016.08.04} (¥5.815) – 14.803 / NEW
06./04. [PSV] Toukiden 2 # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.07.28} (¥6.800) – 13.407 / 72.439 (-77%)
07./00. [PSV] Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates # (Compile Heart) {2016.08.04} (¥6.800) – 12.264 / NEW
08./07. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) – 11.856 / 379.471 (+6%)
09./05. [PS4] Toukiden 2 #
(Koei Tecmo) {2016.07.28} (¥7.800) – 11.548 / 57.882 (-75%)
10./08. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.571) – 10.432 / 2.851.648 (+2%)
11./09. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 6.631 / 73.304 (-10%)
12./06. [PSV] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana # (Nihon Falcom) {2016.07.21} (¥6.800) – 6.577 / 64.190 (-53%)
13./13. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2016.06.23} (¥5.700) – 6.302 / 65.397 (+11%)
14./03. [PS4] The Idolm@ster: Platinum Stars # (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.07.28} (¥8.200) – 6.207 / 82.372 (-92%)
15./00. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors: Ei Ketsu Den # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.08.03} (¥6.800) – 6.084 / NEW
16./17. [WIU] Splatoon #
(Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 6.025 / 1.440.010 (+76%)
17./15. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2016.02.18} (¥4.700) – 5.562 / 206.148 (+26%)
18./00. [PS4] Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut (Spike Chunsoft) {2016.08.04} (¥7.500) – 5.471 / NEW
19./10. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800) – 5.164 / 32.941 (-28%)
20./12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 5.072 / 840.834 (-12%)

Puzzle & Dragons X made its debut in Japan a few weeks ago. Below, you can get an extensive look at the game with a half hour of footage.


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