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

Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (GBA, 702 yen)
Namco Museum (GBA, 702 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on December 10.

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Square Enix recently teased that a demo for Bravely Second is coming soon. Now we have a specific date.

Over on Bravely Second’s official website, Square Enix confirms that the game’s demo is slated for December 10. We should receive specifics of the trial next week.

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A few days ago, Media Create reported impressive sales for Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire as the two games debuted in Japan. We now have some extra details about their performance.

The launch of Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire led to strong Japanese sales overall, which came in at 1,854,058 units. Thanks to the new Pokemon games, total Japanese software sales had their second best-selling week of 2014 – only behind Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’s launch week of 1,854,220 units.

Breaking things down a bit more, Alpha Sapphire sold 714,000 copies and Omega Ruby sold 614,000 copies during their first week of availability. The grand total comes in at 1,509,000 copies when counting the Double Pack.

Here’s how Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire compare to X/Y and HeartGold/SoulSilver:

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

01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 1.327.671 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: Dual Pack
(Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥9.874) – 90.497 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires # (Koei Tecmo) {2014.11.20} (¥6.264) – 38.123 / NEW
04./00. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed: Unity #
(Ubisoft) {2014.11.20} (¥9.072) – 36.400 / NEW
05./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
(Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 28.728 / 2.173.073 (-27%)
06./02. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami) {2014.11.13} (¥8.208) – 20.612 / 91.915 (-71%)
07./10. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 17.834 / 2.881.810 (-15%)
08./11. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 16.846 / 1.737.035 (-10%)
09./01. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2014.11.13} (¥8.424) – 15.425 / 95.011 (-81%)
10./07. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2014.11.13} (¥3.996) – 13.817 / 41.843 (-51%)
11./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Tokumori! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.11.20} (¥5.627) – 11.769 / NEW
12./00. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires #
(Koei Tecmo) {2014.11.20} (¥7.344) – 11.725 / NEW
13./00. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 11.656 / NEW
14./03. [PS4] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2014.11.13} (¥8.424) – 9.400 / 73.459 (-85%)
15./12. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 8.752 / 721.884 (-35%)
16./05. [3DS] One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.11.13} (¥6.145) – 8.045 / 43.143 (-77%)
17./08. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami) {2014.11.13} (¥8.208) – 6.859 / 33.543 (-74%)
18./06. [PS3] Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax (Sega) {2014.11.13} (¥7.538) – 5.798 / 40.469 (-83%)
19./00. [PSV] Senjou no Waltz # (Idea Factory) {2014.11.20} (¥6.264) – 5.738 / NEW
20./09. [PSV] Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax (Sega) {2014.11.13} (¥6.663) – 5.692 / 31.299 (-78%)


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