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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Chichana Game – Vol. 1 Knight to Dragon no Hima Tsubushi – 300 yen
Dokopon Choice Keroro Guns? Vol. 1 1 – 5-kan Pack – 2,950 yen
2048 – 300 yen Minna de Mamotte Kishi Hime no Tokimeki Rhapsody – 864 yen
T?s?ch? Shij? Saiky? no Hunter-tachi kara Nigekire! (retail title, digital re-release) – 5,184 yen
Dai Rant? Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, retail title) – 5,200 yen (from 9/13)
Dai Rant? Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS – DEMO (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Demo) – FREE
K?eki Zaidanh?jin Nihon Kanji N?ryoku Kentei Ky?kai Kanken Training Demo (Kanji Proficiency Training application) – FREE

Virtual Console
NA (no titles since 5/7)

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Mighty Switch Force – Hyper Drive Edition – 1,080 yen

Virtual Console
Hiryu no Ken: ?gi no Sho (Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll, Famicom) – 514 yen
Breath of Fire: Ry? no Senshi (Breath of Fire, Super Famicom) – 823 yen
Mario Golf: GBA Tour (Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Game Boy Advance) – 702 yen

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Even more details about The Great Ace Attorney have come out of this week’s Famitsu. You can find the full set of information below.

– Ryuunosuke begins the game in Japan
– He’s a college student involved with a certain case that puts him on the path to becoming a formal attorney
– To better study law, he transfers to England along with Mikotoba, where he meets Holmes
– Much of the story is set in London
– Japan is the setting for Ryuunosuke’s first case
– Court and investigation proceed in mostly the same way
– During investigations, Ryuunosuke and Holmes will use joint reasoning
– With joint reasoning, you must point out any inconsistencies in Holmes’ rapid-fire reasoning
– Ex: Holmes accusing a witness of being a certain revolutionary
– Settled on 3D to allow for a very dynamic camera to match Holmes’ high-speed thinking
– Takumi jokes that Holmes really set the stage for the game
– Takumi has a deep love of the Sherlock Holmes stories, so he’s trying to respect the character
– Holmes is described as falling somewhere between the “storybook Holmes” and a “real Holmes”
– He’s a man who focuses maybe too much on his investigations, but isn’t a bad person at heart
– Ryuunosuke and Holmes’ meeting is a key point of the game

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Update: Bumped to the top of the page. Two more scans have come in. You can find all of the images in the gallery above.

Additionally, we have a bit of extra information:

– Holmes is, “The most famous detective in the world. His unparalleled observation and deductive skills see not only the ‘truth’ but sometimes go beyond the truth and become a ‘rampage of logic.'”
– Holmes resides in London
– Iris Watson is a young girl who lives with Holmes
– Iris holds a medical Ph.D.
– 8 years-old
– She wrote the novel adventure series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
– More info at TGS
– Out in the spring

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 63,401 / 2,422,146
2. [3DS] Dragon Quest X – 52,375 / NEW
3. [PSV] Toukiden Extreme – 26,599 / 105,983
4. [PSV] Love Live! School Idol Paradise – 12,856 / 72,566
5. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 12,004 / 101,472
6. [PS4] Sengoku Musou 4 – 11,757 / NEW
7. [XBO] Titanfall – 8,961 / NEW
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 8,221 / 659,079
9. [3DS] Medabots 8 – 8,214 / 41,450
10. [XBO] Dead Rising 3 – 7,786 / NEW
11. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island – 6,919 / 173,980
12. [XBO] Forza Motorsport 5 – 5,948 / NEW
13. [PSP] Toukiden Extreme – 5,802 / 16,828
14. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 5,700 / 1,264,844
15. [PS3] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – 5,222 / NEW
16. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 – 5,009 / 133,059
17. [WIU] Hyrule Warriors – 4,933 / 96,812
18. [PS4] The Last of Us: Remastered – 4,898 / 44,266
19. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken – 4,749 / 157,369
20. [PS3] Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Masou Kishin F Coffin of the End – 4,437 / 33,245

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Xbox One – 25,674
3DS LL – 23,624
Vita – 14,441
Wii U – 7,349
PS4 – 7,299
PS3 – 6,139
3DS – 5,931
Vita TV – 910
PSP – 288
Xbox 360 – 126

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 30,111
Vita – 19,578
Wii U – 8,584
PS3 – 7,895
3DS – 7,404
PS4 – 6,502
Vita TV – 1,156
PSP – 187
Xbox 360 – 86


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