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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo released official videos for Final Fantasy IV Advance and Pokemon Ranger on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.

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In Japan, Pokemon Comaster came out on Android today (iOS to follow). You can take a look at some footage from the game below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

Scans of this month’s issue of CoroCoro are starting to leak and one of them concerns the next mainline Yo-kai Watch game. Yo-Kai Watch 3 was already announced a while ago, but thanks to the scans we now know that the game will be released in Japan on July 16th. Furthermore, like many recent Yo-kai Watch games, it will be released as two versions: Yo-kai Watch 3 Sushi and Yo-kai Watch 3 Tempura.

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Bandai Namco has come out with two more My Hero Academia: Battle for All character trailers. Check out videos for Tenya Iida and Ochako Uraraka below.

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AbdallahSmash026 from YouTube has another round of gameplay up from Yo-kai Sangokushi. Get a look at the latest footage below.

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This month, Yo-kai Sangokushi launched in Japan. Famitsu caught up with two of the most important people that made the collaboration title possible: Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino and Koei Tecmo CEO Kou Shibusawa. The interview contains talk of how Yo-kai Sangokushi came to be, trying to make the game appealing to kids, the partnership between the two companies, and more.

We now have a lengthy abridged translation of Famitsu’s interview. Continue on below to read it in full.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

Amazon has posted the packaging images for the two upcoming amiibo dioramas in Japan. You can see how the Smash Bros. and Kirby dioramas will be sold above.

We also have the packaging for the Kirby amiibo bundle. Here’s a look at that:

By the way, both of these are now up for pre-order on Play-Asia. You can nab the Smash Bros. one here and Kirby one here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

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

01./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Sangokushi (Level 5) {2016.04.02} (¥4.600) – 269.516 / NEW <63,87%>
02./00. [PS4] Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Square Enix) {2016.03.31} (¥7.980) – 113.022 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix) {2016.03.24} (¥5.250) – 98.634 / 467.299 (-73%)
04./02. [PS4] Dark Souls III (From Software) {2016.03.24} (¥7.430) – 33.406 / 243.547 (-84%)
05./05. [WIU] Pokken Tournament # (Pokemon Co.) {2016.03.18} (¥7.200) – 14.295 / 112.302 (-50%)
06./12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 10.657 / 723.479 (+0%)
07./11. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2016.02.18} (¥4.700) – 10.294 / 129.482 (-11%)
08./08. [3DS] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Assassin Ikusei Keikaku!! (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.03.24} (¥5.700) – 10.149 / 29.647 (-48%)
09./03. [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (Sega) {2016.03.24} (¥6.990) – 10.073 / 79.511 (-85%)
10./00. [PS4] Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo) {2016.03.31} (¥7.800) – 8.367 / NEW
11./15. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 8.120 / 1.318.600 (-10%)
12./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [Nintendo Selects] (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700) – 7.627 / 22.364 (-2%)
13./00. [PSV] Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo) {2016.03.31} (¥6.800) – 6.166 / NEW
14./13. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft) {2016.03.10} (¥8.400) – 5.446 / 119.860 (-49%)
15./19. [3DS] Tomodachi Life [Nintendo Selects] (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700) – 4.971 / 13.223 (-3%)
16./17. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) – 4.873 / 834.231 (-31%)
17./04. [PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.03.24} (¥8.800) – 4.765 / 49.488 (-89%)
18./07. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – Sengoku Risshiden # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.03.24} (¥8.800) – 4.684 / 25.007 (-77%)
19./00. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain # (Konami) {2015.09.02} (¥8.400) – 4.492 / 454.420
20./00. [PS3] Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo) {2016.03.31} (¥7.200) – 4.472 / NEW

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Yo-kai Sangokushi recently debuted in Japan, and some extensive gameplay has now come in. Get a look at 49 minutes of footage below.

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Four new 3DS themes based on Disney properties are available worldwide. For a look at all of them, check out the video below.

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