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SoniPro has received a new, final Japanese release date. Today, Imageepoch confirmed that its 3DS game will launch on July 31.

Those who pre-order SoniPro will be provided with a special CD.

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

01./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 62.777 / 860.824 (+46%)
02./00. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo) {2014.05.01} (¥4.937) – 49.889 / NEW
03./01. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.24} (¥6.664) – 32.512 / 177.541 (-78%)
04./02. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call # (Square Enix) {2014.04.24} (¥6.264) – 24.908 / 105.431 (-69%)
05./04. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 22.581 / 343.071 (+44%)
06./11. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 10.046 / 569.949 (+59%)
07./12. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 8.512 / 4.049.142 (+42%)
08./06. [WIU] Famicom Remix 1+2 (Nintendo) {2014.04.24} (¥3.086) – 8.216 / 19.295 (-26%)
09./00. [3DS] Touch Detective: Ozawa Rina Rising 3 – Nameko wa Banana no Yume o Miru ka? (Success) {2014.05.01} (¥5.184) – 8.190 / NEW
10./00. [PS4] Child of Light (Ubisoft) {2014.05.01} (¥2.138) – 7.807 / NEW
11./13. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up! (Nintendo) {2014.04.17} (¥4.936) – 7.708 / 25.949 (+30%)
12./05. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.10} (¥8.715) – 7.000 / 193.396 (-43%)
13./10. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980) – 6.964 / 211.462 (+8%)
14./08. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.10} (¥7.689) – 6.173 / 160.842 (-29%)
15./27. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (¥4.800) – 5.905 / 149.703 (+63%)
16./20. [WIU] Just Dance Wii U (Nintendo) {2014.04.03} (¥6.156) – 5.246 / 39.180 (+31%)
17./14. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 #
(Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (¥7.560) – 4.963 / 222.974 (-8%)
18./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 4.925 / 3.726.695
19./40. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) – 4.851 / 537.274
20./22. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
(Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 4.596 / 3.268.963 (+16%)

Siliconera has translated several details about Arc Style: Soccer!! 2014, Arc System Works’ latest 3DS eShop title coming to Japan next week. You can find the information rounded up below.

– Newer version of Arc Style Soccer 3D
– 32 different countries
– Need to make it on top of the world
– Fouls and offside rules aren’t in the game
– 3 modes
– First mode: World Tournament
– World Tournament is like the World Cup format
– Players pick a team, quality through a group stage and win your way up the knockout stage
– Exhibition: compete against friends or CPU for free match-ups
– The CPU has easy, normal, and hard difficulties
– Can play locally against friends, even through Download Play
– Customization included
– Change stuff like their names, eyes, eyebrows, mouth, body type, hairstyle, and nose

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Capcom issued a sales forecast for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in its latest financial report. By March 31st of next year, the company is looking to ship 3.9 million copies of the game in Japan (and other Asian countries), North America and Europe. Keep in mind this figure includes download sales as well.

As for the original version of Monster Hunter 4, Capcom shipped 4.1 million copies in Japan. The title has seen a high number of downloads, the publisher says.

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Several new details are in for Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson. You can find them rounded up below.

– Pair Battle: put together a tag-team to fight enemies
– Partner character fights on her own
– Can give the partner character orders
– It’s possible to put together tag teams with rivals
– When switching places with the partners, you’ll be able to do actions such as combos and counters
– Tag-team move can be done between two characters
– The better the pair fights together, the higher damage output the attack will have
– Depending on the duo you create, there will be different attack scenes
– Switch weapons just for looks
– Can attach special gems to a weapon to give it powers and elemental attributes
– These include “attack up,” “auto-health recovery,” and “fire invulnerability”
– Special intros for certain character match-ups
– Can destroy the clothing of small-fry enemies
– Once you defeat an enemy, you’ll be able to “examine” them in the reference library
– Clothing will also be destroyed in seamless fashion

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Island Days has been pushed back in Japan again, though this delay is much smaller this time around. Players can expect the game out on July 3 as opposed to June 26. Launching the game a week later will allow Klon to carry out a little extra debugging.

The latest Famitsu most-wanted games chart is as follows:

01/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 678 votes
02/05. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 614 votes
03/02. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 607 votes
04/04. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 578 votes
05/03. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 576 votes
06/08. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Bandai Namco, TBA) – 379 votes
07/06. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 366 votes
08/11. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, 06/26/14) – 339 votes
09/09. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 263 votes
10/17. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 260 votes
11/07. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 249 votes
12/14. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 246 votes
13/13. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) – 235 votes
14/10. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Tecmo Koei, Summer 2014) – 233 votes
15/16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 228 votes
16/15. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 227 votes
17/18. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories (Bandai Namco, 05/29/14) – 212 votes
18/21. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo, Fall 2014) – 193 votes
19/22. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 182 votes
20/24. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 169 votes
21/12. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, IWillNeverLeave) – 164 votes
22/26. [PS3] Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Gust, 06/26/14) – 163 votes
23/19. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (SCEJ, 07/17/14) – 157 votes
24/28. [PSV] Kantai Collection (Kadokawa Games, 2014) – 138 votes
25/23. [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Tecmo Koei, 2014) – 127 votes
26/—. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2 Honke / Ganso (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 126 votes
27/27. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One For All (Bandai Namco, 05/15/14) – 125 votes
28/25. [Wii U] Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 117 votes
29/—. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 110 votes
30/—. [3DS] Gundam Try Age SP (Bandai Namco, 07/17/14) – 109 votes
Total Votes: 8,170

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