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Spike Chunsoft’s Yuichiro Saito was among the developers 4Gamer spoke to for its New Year’s feature. One of Saito’s more recent works was Conception II.

Speaking on the topic of 2014, Saito stated that Spike Chunsoft will continue to work hard to get games out there, because it is in them. If you pay attention in 2014, there will be some exciting announcements, he added.

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In Senran Kagura Burst, the 3DS’ 3D effect was disabled for battles. This has been addressed for Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson’s story, Marvelous AQL has confirmed.

The news was shared during a live-stream demonstration held overnight. During the same event, it was also revealed that Senran Kagura 2’s story takes place in Kyoto.

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Nintendo announced its lineup for World Hobby Fair 2014 earlier today. In total, three games will be playable at the show. Mario Kart 8, Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear, and Kirby Triple Deluxe will be on hand for the expo.

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Update: Added in Media Create data.

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

01./02. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) – 157.883 / 1.163.541 (-23%)
02./04. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 109.350 / 3.835.946 (-29%)
03./01. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds # (Nintendo) {2013.12.26} (¥4.800) – 73.072 / 297.216 (-67%)
04./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 49.814 / 3.160.054 (+16%)
05./06. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) – 47.354 / 439.442 (-27%)
06./03. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) – 39.529 / 225.448 (-79%)
07./05. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack # (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) – 33.038 / 182.170 (-78%)
08./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 32.393 / 3.630.392 (-4%)
09./15. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 31.041 / 211.204 (+42%)
10./08. [PS3] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.12.19} (¥7.980) – 28.619 / 192.263 (-24%)
11./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 26.336 / 1.638.374 (-6%)
12./17. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 24.138 / 2.251.043 (+14%)
13./10. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova (Level 5) {2013.12.05} (¥5.500) – 23.724 / 209.594 (-22%)
14./19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 22.039 / 2.225.386 (+5%)
15./13. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.980) – 20.092 / 213.273 (-16%)
16./21. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 19.562 / 418.735 (-5%)
17./18. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) – 19.417 / 187.326 (-8%)
18./22. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) – 19.387 / 112.880
19./26. [3DS] Youkai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 18.449 / 294.751
20./24. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 18.177 / 1.973.715

Note: Media Create is late once again with its data following the new year. We’ll use Famitsu sales for the time being, but will update this post if/when Media Create’s numbers come in.

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Update: Added in Media Create data.

Original: This week’s Japanese hardware sales are as follows:

3DS LL – 114,156
Vita – 70,087
3DS – 62,399
Wii U – 51,271
PS3 – 40,085
PSP – 13,283
Vita TV – 5,313
Xbox 360 – 447

Note: Media Create is late once again with its data following the new year. We’ll use Famitsu sales for the time being, but will update this post if/when Media Create’s numbers come in.

Wii U eShop

Two new Virtual Console games are on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun and Mario Open Golf will be out on January 15. Pricing is set at 500 yen each.

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