Monster Hunter Stories featured in this week’s Famitsu
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
We’ll finally be getting the first details about Monster Hunter Stories this week. The game is confirmed to be appearing in Famitsu in a six-page feature, so scans should be popping up tomorrow. We’ll hopefully have translated details for you as well!
More: Capcom, Japan, Monster Hunter Stories
Tokyo Game Show 2015 full lineup
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming | 0 comments
The Tokyo Game Show has just announced its games lineup for this year. Note, however, that this only includes already announced games – games that will be unveiled at TGS itself naturally aren’t on this list. Check out the list here (game titles are in English).
TGS will take place from September 17th till September 20th.
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Ace Attorney 6 announced
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments
The latest Ace Attorney spin-off game, The Great Ace Attorney (Dai Gyakuten Saiban) was just recently released in Japan. Seems like Capcom aren’t resting on their laurels though – the next mainline Ace Attorney game has just been announced. Famitsu revealed that the title will be playable at Tokyo Game Show this year.
Naturally it’s a 3DS game. The game is spearheaded by producer Motohide Eshiro and Takeshi Yamazaki, both of them series veterans.
We will keep you updated.
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Hyrule Warriors Legends to be playable at TGS
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
Traditionally Nintendo skips the Tokyo Game Show entirely and they will do the same this year – however, one of their major upcoming titles will still be playable at the event. The 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors developed by Koei Tecmo, Hyrule Warriors Legends, will be playable at TGS. There will also be a new trailer shown and some kind of “event”.
Hyrule Warriors Legends is set to be released next year in all regions.
Shigeru Miyamoto, Koji Kondo attending Japan’s Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Festival
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Nintendo will be holding a Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Festival in Japan on September 13. It’s now confirmed that series creator Shigeru Miyamoto and longtime composer Koji Kondo will be appearing at the concert.
On that day, it seems that Miyamoto and Kondo will play Super Mario Maker. They’ll also discuss things about Mario during its design phases, as well as thoughts on the work itself.
Other guests set to appear at the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Festival include CLACHIP, YMCK, and even Mario himself.
More: Japan, Koji Kondo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario Bros.
Super Robot Wars BX sold through 85% of its initial shipment
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
In an official report, Media Create shares more information about sales on the Japanese market for the week of August 17.
Super Robot Wars BX was the big seller having moved 98,000 units. According to Media Create, that amounted to a 85.42 percent sell-through rate. It couldn’t beat out the first week sales of the previous entry in the series, Super Robot Wars UX, which sold 115,000 units in March 2013 (and a 70.85 sell-through rate). The difference with BX’s sales could have been caused due to a shortage in stock.
Overall, 447,000 pieces of software were sold between August 17 and August 23. That is 75.64 percent when compared to the previous week. Now that the holiday period of Obon is over, total sales decreased by more than 250,000 units and new titles couldn’t fill the gap. Media Create mentions that the decline was especially remarkable for games on Nintendo systems, like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (sold 66,000 units, which is 47 percent when compared to the last week sales). Total software sales were also below 500,000 units for the first time in seven weeks.
More: Bandai Namco, Japan, Media Create, sales, Super Robot Wars BX
Dragon Quest VIII 3DS vs. PS2 loading time comparison
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 7 Comments
More Dragon Quest VIII videos are emerging from Japan now that the game has launched in the region. We have one below that compares the loading times up against the PlayStation 2 version. It seems as though the 3DS takes a bit more time to load things, but it doesn’t seem to be a massive bump up in time.
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Media Create software sales (8/17 – 8/23) – Top 50
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] Super Robot Wars BX
02./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
03./02. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
04./03. [WIU] Splatoon
05./04. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
06./00. [PSV] Reine des Fleurs #
07./05. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
08./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
09./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
10./07. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest
11./13. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
12./10. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
13./12. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
14./14. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi
15./09. [PSV] Luminous Arc: Infinity
16./26. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate [1/1][Best Price!]
17./16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
18./11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
19./15. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken #
20./21. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
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Daily Super Mario Maker video (August 28th): Game Styles
Posted on 8 years ago by Brady(@emitremmus22) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
Nintendo have uploaded a new entry in their series of videos focusing on specific aspects of Super Mario Maker. The video focuses on how gameplay changes across all four game styles, including items and moves only available in a specific style. Check it out below:
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Collectible Badge Center adds Splatoon badges and more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment
This week’s Collectible Badge Center update has gone live in Japan. Nintendo has added in badges based on Splatoon (five panels), Famicom era Kirby (four panels), and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (three panels). Users also have access to two free goes, a free Baito badge (returning badges) for every 90 yen spent, and an exclusive Happy Home Designer theme for spending 180 yen.
