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Mario Kart 8 is off to a solid start in Japan. Nintendo’s racer sold 326,000 copies in its first week, with a 80.9 percent sell-through rate. While this is a bit less than Mario Kart 7 (420,000 units), sales tracker Media Create mentions that this could be due to the timing of release and the number of hardware units sold prior.

Mario Kart 8 experienced the best opening week of any Wii U game in Japan thus far by a significant margin. It surpassed New Super Mario Bros. U, which sold 164,000 units in its first week.

With Mario Kart 8’s launch, the Wii U sold about 20,000 units. That’s quite a bit more than the 9,000 units it sold the week prior, though it’s not the massive boost that some may have hoped for. Still, Mario Kart 8’s launch week was the first time Wii U was in the top spot since the console released with major titles. Media Create mentions that although Nintendo tends to release good titles throughout the year, new users might not be drawn to the Wii U until after summer vacation.

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

01./00. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 325.892 / NEW <80,90%>
02./00. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.29} (¥8.208) – 82.048 / NEW
03./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 36.868 / 1.020.877 (+9%)
04./00. [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire: Gekishin Black Heart # (Compile Heart) {2014.05.29} (¥7.344) – 28.397 / NEW
05./01. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥8.208) – 27.406 / 63.062 (-23%)
06./01. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥8.208) – 12.265 / 29.028 (-66%)
07./02. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.05.22} (¥7.452) – 8.622 / 43.423 (-75%)
08./06. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.15} (¥8.208) – 6.910 / 102.793 (-45%)
09./00. [PS3] Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! (Arc System Works) {2014.05.29} (¥7.344) – 6.273 / NEW
10./11. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 6.064 / 383.989 (-10%)
11./00. [PSP] Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Twin World # (QuinRose) {2014.05.29} (¥6.480) – 5.920 / NEW
12./00. [PSV] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation (Koei Tecmo) {2014.05.29} (¥8.424) – 5.648 / NEW
13./10. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo) {2014.05.01} (¥4.937) – 5.388 / 98.666 (-24%)
14./07. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle # (Compile Heart) {2014.05.15} (¥7.344) – 5.160 / 47.609 (-46%)
15./12. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 4.960 / 4.073.915 (-10%)
16./09. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥3.067) – 4.552 / 11.798 (-37%)
17./16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.406 / 2.326.944 (+11%)
18./04. [PSV] To Love Ru Trouble: Darkness – Battle Ecstasy # (FuRyu) {2014.05.22} (¥7.538) – 3.963 / 26.289 (-82%)
19./08. [PSV] Amnesia World # (Idea Factory) {2014.05.22} (¥6.264) – 3.898 / 12.548 (-55%)
20./15. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 3.858 / 592.422 (-5%)

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Another wave of details have come in for Medabots 8. You can find them rounded up below.

– Slight content variations between the two versions
– Metabee and Rokusho are the mascot Medabots
– Battles consist of the 3-on-3 relay system
– Goal is to destroy the leader’s head
– The distinction between Strike/Berserk and Shoot/Snipe actions appears to be gone
– This has now been simplified to “close range” or “shooting”
– “Attack response” parameter takes its place instead
– Attack response determines whether you can defend/evade after using it
– Medalias are returning, which allow your Medabot to gain useful abilities
– Medabots 7’s Medal leveling system is back as well
– This sees Medal levels determined by the sum of the individual skill totals
– Medal levels are capped by an overall Medarotter level
– Shinto Kamichi handling character art
– Franchise regular Horuma Rin will design the 200 Medarot in the game
– He will be creating a four chapter manga series distributed online through NicoNico Seiga starting July 1st
– NicoNico Seiga will also play host to the Orimeda robot design contest
– Three fans will have their Medabot design featured in the game as DLC
– Deadline for the contest is August 3rd
– Soundtrack CD, which is a first print bonus, contain all of the new music produced for the game as well as new arrangements for select tracks from classic Medabots titles
– The track list will differ entirely depending on the version of the game you buy
– Each disc will contain 51 songs
– The album and disc art were drawn by Horuma Rin

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