Level-5 wrapped up a live stream to promote its upcoming Vision event a short while ago. Aside from confirming new Layton and Inazuma games, CEO Akihiro Hino also talked about a few other titles.

First, Hino touched on The Snack World, which is still on the way. New concept art was shown – see the gallery below.

Hino also briefly discussed Level-5’s new cross-media project while showing concept art as well. He said, “you won’t go to space, this will be a very familiar story. An academy drama… perhaps?” The project is said to be shaping up very nicely and Level-5 has great expectations for it.

Here are a couple of pieces of concept art:

Finally, another live-stream will be held on Niconico on July 20 to provide more early information on the projects planned for Level-5 Vision 2016. It’ll take place at the following times:

– 4 AM PT
– 7 AM ET
– 12 PM in the UK
– 1 PM in Europe

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Yo-kai Watch 3 trailers, commercials

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Level-5 just published a bunch of new Yo-kai Watch 3. You can view a couple of trailers and commercials below, along with a making-of video.

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Media Create software sales (6/13/16 – 6/19/16) – Top 50

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

01./00. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don Don! Mystery Adventure (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.06.16} (¥4.800) – 32.369 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice # (Capcom) {2016.06.09} (¥5.800) – 25.288 / 222.119 (-87%)
03./02. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy’s End (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) – 13.175 / 193.339 (-36%)
04./00. [PSV] Hakuoki: Shinkai – Hana no Shou # (Idea Factory) {2016.06.16} (¥6.300) – 10.526 / NEW
05./05. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) – 9.766 / 321.860 (-16%)
06./03. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy’s End (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) – 8.673 / 253.845 (-48%)
07./04. [PS4] Overwatch (Square Enix) {2016.05.24} (¥7.800) – 8.484 / 97.136 (-32%)
08./06. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy’s End (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) – 6.167 / 109.311 (-38%)
09./08. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 6.006 / 798.870 (+2%)
10./10. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 5.486 / 1.388.585 (+5%)
11./00. [PSV] Root Letter # (Kadokawa Games) {2016.06.16} (¥4.800) – 4.855 / NEW
12./11. [3DS] Yo-Kai Sangokushi (Level 5) {2016.04.02} (¥4.600) – 4.370 / 541.752 (-11%)
13./12. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) – 4.281 / 896.116 (+4%)
14./00. [PS4] Root Letter # (Kadokawa Games) {2016.06.16} (¥4.800) – 4.052 / NEW
15./16. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2016.02.18} (¥4.700) – 3.845 / 174.403 (+18%)
16./13. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥6.980) – 3.567 / 144.445 (-9%)
17./19. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 3.076 / 120.799 (+5%)
18./17. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥6.980) – 2.818 / 95.539 (-10%)
19./15. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥7.980) – 2.685 / 157.562 (-23%)
20./23. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix) {2016.03.24} (¥5.250) – 2.594 / 607.574

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Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure off to a slower start than its predecessors

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Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure managed to sell just over 32,000 copies in its first week in Japan. Media Create now reports that the game sold through just 29.31 percent of its initial shipment.

Dokodon! Mystery Adventure is off to a slower start compared to the previous Taiko Drum Master games on 3DS. Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb, which came out in July 2012, sold 65,000 units in its first week. 2014’s Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure then sold 53,000 copies. Both titles saw sell-through rates of about 45 percent.

Even though Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure isn’t selling as well as its predecessors, it still should be something that moves copies in the long-term. However, there’s no denying that it’s seeing a difficult start.

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Latest Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure trailer

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Bandai Namco has readied the latest trailer for its new Japanese 3DS game Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure. We have it below.

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Super Battle for Money: The Ultimate Ninja and Battle Player’s Top Decisive Battle! boxart, screenshots

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Bandai Namco has shown the boxart for Super Battle for Money: The Ultimate Ninja and Battle Player’s Top Decisive Battle!, pictured above. We also have some screenshots below.

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Dragon Ball: Fusions – Arale, StreetPass support, battle system

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This week’s issue of Jump provides another update on Dragon Ball: Fusions. We have news about another character, StreetPass support, and more.

First, Arale from Dr. Slump (manga from creator Akira Toriyama) makes an appearance in this game. As an example of her EX Fusion, she can fuse with Towa to become Towale.

Dragon Ball: Fusions seems to have a StreetPass function. If you obtain data from other players, it will automatically make fusions if the characters set have good compatibility.

There’s also some information about the battle system, though it’s still very bare-bones. Details include:

– There’s a triangle of type effectiveness
– Energy bullets have different types (perhaps pertaining to the above point)
– If you attack with an effective type, you can deal 1.5% more damage
– There is a Full-Throttle Attack where the combo is different (from normal attack)

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More Puzzle & Dragons X footage

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Another round of footage is in for the Japanese 3DS games Puzzle & Dragons X. Check out the gameplay below.

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Dragon Ball: Fusions screenshots

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Bandai Namco has shared a bunch of new Dragon Ball: Fusions screenshots. They don’t show anything particularly new, but they do give us another look at the game. Find the images below.