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Petit Depotto’s tower defense and apartment sim “Unholy Heights” is heading to the Japanese 3DS eShop. A release is planned for this year.

Here’s an overview of the game’s PC version:

It’s inevitable that rumors of an apartment building full of monsters would eventually reach the ears of the no-good humans. Would-be heroes, bloodthirsty pirates, cunning thieves and conniving mages all have their sights on The Devil’s gold! Knock on doors and call your residents to your side! They want a war? We’ll give ‘em a war!

As a side note, Playism has localized the PC release of Unholy Heights. That bodes well for the 3DS version coming over eventually.

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Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land is off to a great start for Marvelous AQL. Media Create data reveals that the game sold 130,782 units in its first week in Japan, making it the biggest opening for a Harvest Moon title in recent years.

Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land did better than its predecessor, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, which sold 81,131 copies in its first week. Siliconera points out that Harvest Moon as well as Rune Factory have been growing since moving to 3DS.

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

01/03. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 663 votes
02/04. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 649 votes
03/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 634 votes
04/13. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 429 votes
05/02. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 405 votes
06/05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 395 votes
07/06. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 382 votes
08/07. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 347 votes
09/15. [PS3] Dark Souls II (03/13/14) – 284 votes
10/11. [3DS] New Love Plus+ (Konami, 03/27/14) – 270 votes
11/12. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 263 votes
12/08. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 257 votes
13/09. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 253 votes
14/10. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 252 votes
15/18. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 239 votes
16/14. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Tecmo Koei, 2014) – 225 votes
17/30. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix 04/24/14) – 189 votes
18/20.[3DS] Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (Namco Bandai, 03/20/14) – 184 votes
19/21. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 2014) – 183 votes
20/16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 2014) – 178 votes
21/24. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 2014) – 177 votes
22/19. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, movedtomobile) – 170 votes
23/22. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 146 votes
24/—. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (Sega, 03/27/14) – 135 votes
25/17. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 125 votes
26/— [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 124 votes
27/29. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami, TBA) – 117 votes
28/—. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 103 votes
29/28. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 99 votes
30/—. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One For All (Namco Bandai, 05/15/14) – 98 votes

Total: 7,341 votes

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Dokopon Choice Meitan Conan Vol. 4 31 – 40-kan Pack – 4,200 yen
Bird Mania Winter 3D (Bird Mania Christmas 3D) – 100 yen
Doraemon Shin Nobita no Daimaky? – Peko to Go-nin no Tankentai (retail title) – 4,980 (from 3/6)

Virtual Console
Red Arremer II (Gargoyle’s Quest II, Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
NA

Virtual Console
Super Contra (Super C, Famicom) – 500 yen
Dracula II Noroi no F?in (Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, Famicom Disk System) – 500 yen

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It turns out that Shuuhou Imai’s new 3DS game is one that we’ve heard about before, though we had yet to see any sort of images or details until now.

The game in question is Hamatora: Look at Smoking World. You’ll find a commercial from the game above, and a few screenshots/details below.

– Imai working on the game with FuRyu
– Hamatora won’t take place in a parallel world from Hamatora: The Animation or the manga version
– Takes place in the same world, but has a different story
– The game will be enjoyable to those who’ve yet to see the anime or read the manga
– Imai was inspired by the shared universe concept often seen in American comics, where works of different titles (ex: DC and Marvel Universe can take place in the same world)
– Tokyo Majin Gakuen characters could still appear
– For now, the only thing we know that’s shared is the world between Hamatora’s anime and manga
– Game takes place in a port town of Kobe, Japan
– The transfer student protagonist suddenly has his special powers awakened
– He participates in fights with other high school students
– The characters will all be original to the game
– Imai spoke with people from the Kobe film office and visited other parts of Kobe, which will be included in the game
– Will see certain shopping districts modeled after real-life areas
– Can view them in stereoscopic 3D
– Battle system won’t be anything like Tokyo Twilight Ghosthunters
– Will be closer to the Tokyo Majin Gakuen series, which uses a strategy RPG battle system
– Out on July 17 in Japan

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land – 130,782 / NEW
2. [PS4] Knack – 66,772 / 376,076
3. [3DS] Fossil Fighter: Infinite Gear – 58,329 / NEW
4. [PS3] Yakuza Restoration – 51,148 / 192,305
5. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2 – 53,276 / 687,709
6. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 37,493 / 496,455
7. [PS3] Deception IV: Blood Ties – 23,254 / NEW
8. [PS4] Yakuza Restoration – 22,466 / 105,006
9. [PSV] Deception IV: Blood Ties – 19,322 / NEW
10. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 17,706 / 475,502
11. [PSV] Infinite Stratos 2 – 15,213 / NEW
12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 14,479 / 1,388,812
13. [PS4] Battlefield 4 – 13,117 / 37,916
15. [PSV] Valhalla Knights 3 Gold – 11,186 / NEW
16. [3DS] Kuroko’s Basketball – 10,378 / 56,059
17. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – 10,056 / 60,103
18. [PS4] Killzone: Shadow Fall – 8,501 / 40,837
19. [PS4] Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition – 8,430 / 20,524
20. [PS3] Infinite Stratos 2 – 8,246 / NEW

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

PS4 – 65,685
3DS LL – 26,027
Vita – 21,581
PS3 – 13,155
3DS – 11,986
Wii U – 8,204
PSP – 3,652
Vita TV – 1,543
Xbox 360 – 257

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

PS4 – 309,154
3DS LL – 22,253
Vita – 16,857
PS3 – 9,983
3DS – 9,898
Wii U – 8,407
PSP – 3,171
Vita TV – 1,383
Xbox 360 – 241


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