Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold through 35% of initial shipment in Japan
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold 36,000 units (give or take) in its first week on the Japanese market. This we know. Media Create, however, has shared a few extra bits about the game’s sales.
Perhaps most significant, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze only sold through 35.28 percent of its initial shipment. Media Create mentions that the series is seeing a downward trend in sales. As previously mentioned, Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii sold 163,000 units in its first week while the 3DS port sold another 104,000 units.
Aside from the Wii U’s lower installed base, why are gamers seemingly less interested? Media Create speculates that people aren’t being enticed by the new layers within Tropical Freeze. The sales tracker also cautions people to consider the heavy snow last weekend, especially in places like Tohoku and Kanto areas.
And of course, we can’t forget about what kind of title Donkey Kong is. Media Create points out that more sales will come over a longer period of time due to its evergreen nature.
Persona Q 3DS XL planned for Japan, soundtrack CD included as first print bonus
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Atlus has confirmed plans to release a special 3DS XL system for Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. However, we don’t know much about the limited edition – including what it looks like.
We do have one additional tidbit about Persona Q though. First print copies, which are priced at 6,980 (same goes for the standard release), will include a Persona Q: Sound of the Labyrinth soundtrack CD (pictured above).
Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land video
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Shin Chan: The Storm Called The Kasukabe Boys Film Star trailer
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Two more Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth trailers
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Kamen Rider: Battride War II screenshots
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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call details
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Square Enix has shared several new details about Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. Read up on the latest batch below.
– New “Critical Hit Trigger”
– Use this functionality to execute a critical hit for more damage against enemies
– Get a chance of acquiring items as well
– New “Daily Feature” track shows a new track each day
– Clear the daily feature track to earn x1.5 the average Rhythm Points
– Can also acquire more Rhythm Points by clearing stages without missing
– Use the points to add bonuses to selected characters
– EX Burst Gauge will be filled when hitting the notes on beat
– Once full, you can choose from 9 different EX Burst skills that can be used to put your versus opponent in a disadvantageous position
– Stoic Judge skill: make all of your opponents’ notes be ruled as “bad” except for their critical notes
– If you happen to run into a Fat Chocobo, you’ll receive different treasures
– Fat Chocobos appear randomly
– Museum feature shows records, music, videos, and “CollectaCards”
– More cards to collect this time around
– Cards will have their own rarity ranks
– Short, medium, long quests
– Take on different maps and fight bosses in Quest Medley mode
– Earn rewards for defeating bosses
– Completed maps can also be shared with other players through StreetPass
Dragon Quest X version 2.1 details
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Details are in for Dragon Quest X’s 2.1 update. The new batch of information has been rounded up below.
– New class: Item Master
– Update also has an entire finishing mini-game with sharks
– Opening of the cooking guild
– More housing furniture
– Item Master can enhance items used in combat
– Can control some minions as well
– Command machine and material family-type monsters, such as what appears to be a Killing Machine or Restless Armor monster
– Item Master and other classes will benefit from a rise in skill levels to 130 (up from 100)
– This adds new limit breaks such as the Super Falcon Sword skill or casting ever more powerful spells such as Kaboomle
– New furniture additions include jackpot machines
– Unclear if they’re playable
– New monster incarnations
– Update 2.1 out on February 27
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Famitsu’s most-wanted games (2/20/14)
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The latest Famitsu most-wanted games chart is as follows:
01/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 562 votes
02/03. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 549 votes
03/02. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 470 votes
04/04. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 371 votes
05/05. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 272 votes
06/15. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 257 votes
07/06. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 244 votes
08/08. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 242 votes
09/16. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Nintendo, 2014) – 236 votes
10/09. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 228 votes
11/27. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 215 votes
12/07. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 205 votes
13/12. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 2014) – 184 votes
14/24. [3DS] New Love Plus+ (Konami, 03/27/14) – 183 votes
15/28. [3DS] Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (Namco Banai, 03/20/14) – 175 votes
16/10. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 173 votes
17/11. [PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software, 03/13/14) – 172 votes
18/17. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 171 votes
19/19. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 2014) – 167 votes
20/22. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 2014) – 166 votes
21/21. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, lolnever) – 159 votes
22/13. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi (Marvelous AQL, 02/27/14) – 146 votes
23/18. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 141 votes
24/23. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 136 votes
25/26. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 135 votes
26/20. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 127 votes
27/29. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 120 votes
28/25. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Delta (SCEJ, 03/06/14) – 103 votes
29/14. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (Sega, 03/27/14) – 98 votes
30/—. [PSV] Over My Dead Body 2 (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 97 votes
Total Votes: 6,504