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Square Enix released Final Fantasy 1 alongside Final Fantasy Explorers as a first-print bonus, complete with 3D support. Now the game is being released on the Japanese 3DS eShop next week.

Final Fantasy 1 is due out on January 21 for 1,080 yen. View some screenshots above.

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Three new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:

Break In (PC Engine, 617 yen)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA, 702 yen)
Dragon Buster (Famicom, 514 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on January 21.

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During Christmas week, 1,517,000 games were sold in Japan. Media Create says that number is 79.45 percent compared to sales during Christmas week in 2013. Sales are also down compared to 2012 (1,701,000 units) and 2011 (1,621,000 units).

Gaming sales during the year-end season weren’t entirely underwhelming. All three versions of Youkai Watch 2 were top performers having sold a combined total of 5.079 million units. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has sold 2.34 million copies and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold 2 million.

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Funabashi, Chiba mascot character Funassyi the pear is getting two 3DS games this year, according to this week’s issue of Famitsu.

Funassyi will be appearing in Nashi-jiru Busha! Fannassyi vs. Dragons, which is a Puzzle and Dragons type RPG where Funassyi must battle to save the fruit population from extinction. The game is being developed by Rocket Company and will release on March 26

The second game Nashi-jiru Action! Funnassyi no Yukai-na Ohanassyi is a side-scrolling action game set in a familiar fairy-tale style world. The game is being developed by Success and will release on April 30.

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