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MCV has published a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in the UK for the year 2014. Check out the full lineup below.

1. FIFA 15
2. CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
3. GRAND THEFT AUTO V
4. DESTINY
5. WATCH DOGS
6. MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION
7. FIFA 14
8. FAR CRY 4
9. CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS
10. ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY
11. MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION
12. TITANFALL
13. ASSASSIN’S CREED 4: BLACK FLAG
14. THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEO GAME
15. BATTLEFIELD 4
16. LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES
17. MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
18. LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM
19. DRIVECLUB
20. PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE

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

New 3DS LL – 30,455
Vita – 21,536
PS4 – 19,118
New 3DS – 14,226
Wii U – 10,803
PS3 – 8,216
3DS – 6,685
3DS LL – 6,308
Vita TV – 791
Xbox One – 563

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

New 3DS LL – 76,439
Vita – 56,700
PS4 – 42,216
New 3DS – 40,338
Wii U – 30,031
3DS LL – 19,096
PS3 – 17,867
3DS – 17,293
Vita TV – 1,305
Xbox One – 637

And here are the software charts:

01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 74.998 / 2.322.127 (-64%)
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 38.420 / 2.432.659 (-65%)
03./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 23.667 / 2.096.515 (-67%)
04./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 21.453 / 2.412.467 (-53%)
05./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 18.884 / 548.128 (-67%)
06./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 10.281 / 3.074.502 (-57%)
07./09. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥7.171) – 9.460 / 111.229 (-48%)
08./10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) – 9.211 / 144.876 (-47%)
09./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 8.884 / 889.064 (-69%)
10./11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 7.991 / 3.893.111 (-52%)
11./12. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 6.640 / 111.050 (-57%)
12./08. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 5.007 / 238.804 (-78%)
13./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.691 / 2.454.992 (-64%)
14./13. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.11.27} (¥5.626) – 4.687 / 65.671 (-66%)
15./00. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V [Bargain Edition] (Rockstar Games) {2014.06.26} (¥5.389) – 4.641 / 107.614
16./17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.04} (¥5.627) – 4.067 / 100.468 (-63%)
17./15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 4.052 / 90.569 (-66%)
18./00. [PS3] Shining Resonance # (Sega) {2014.12.11} (¥8.880) – 4.021 / 106.389
19./16. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.12.04} (¥5.378) – 3.860 / 73.879 (-65%)
20./00. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 3.764 / 347.793

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During Christmas week, 1,517,000 games were sold in Japan. Media Create says that number is 79.45 percent compared to sales during Christmas week in 2013. Sales are also down compared to 2012 (1,701,000 units) and 2011 (1,621,000 units).

Gaming sales during the year-end season weren’t entirely underwhelming. All three versions of Youkai Watch 2 were top performers having sold a combined total of 5.079 million units. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has sold 2.34 million copies and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold 2 million.

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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
9. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Disney Interactive
10. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
8. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition – Capcom
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
10. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

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All formats

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

01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 262.310 / 2.039.205 (-51%)
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
(Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 165.329 / 2.283.344 (-1%)
03./05. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 91.857 / 2.001.935 (+24%)
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
(Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 85.776 / 471.236 (+9%)
05./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 51.306 / 2.345.260 (+33%)
06./03. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 49.671 / 210.869 (-69%)
07./08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
(Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 42.765 / 3.040.100 (+9%)
08./10. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 38.637 / 851.776 (+13%)
09./07. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥7.171) – 26.477 / 83.665 (-54%)
10./06. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
(Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 22.414 / 88.946 (-66%)
11./00. [PSV] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out of Order # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.25} (¥6.664) – 21.978 / NEW
12./18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 20.882 / 3.868.448 (+21%)
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2014.11.13} (¥3.996) – 19.074 / 119.961 (-6%)
14./15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 18.741 / 74.642 (-6%)
15./17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.04} (¥5.627) – 17.301 / 85.538 (-9%)
16./14. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) – 16.425 / 118.214 (-18%)
17./20. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
(Spike Chunsoft) {2014.12.04} (¥5.378) – 14.866 / 58.966 (+20%)
18./22. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.11.27} (¥5.626) – 14.549 / 47.130
19./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2014.12.25} (¥8.208) – 14.113 / NEW
20./21. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 13.629 / 2.437.387

Azure Striker Gunvolt has managed to sell over 90,000 copies worldwide, according to creator Inti Creates.

Inti Creates announced strong sales for the downloadable 3DS game on Twitter today. It was accompanied by a new piece of art from one of Azure Striker Gunvolt’s character designers.

Here’s the full message:


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

New 3DS LL – 76,439
Vita – 56,700
PS4 – 42,216
New 3DS – 40,338
Wii U – 30,031
3DS LL – 19,096
PS3 – 17,867
3DS – 17,293
Vita TV – 1,305
Xbox One – 637

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

New 3DS LL – 105,947
New 3DS – 49,503
Wii U – 43,950
Vita – 42,405
PS4 – 33,150
3DS LL – 25,653
3DS – 15,171
PS3 – 12,578
Xbox One – 1,162
Vita TV – 1,090
Xbox 360 – 121
PSP – 7

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 207,923 / 2,247,129
2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 110,895 / 2,394,239
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 70,913 / 2,072,848
4. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 58,008 / 529,244
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 45,754 / 2,391,014
6. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 28,403 / 880,180
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 24,121 / 3,064,221
8. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 22,928 / 233,796
9. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 18,104 / 101,768
10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 17,451 / 135,665
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 20,271 / 3,885,120
12. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 – 15,464 / 104,410
13. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi – 13,854 / 60,984
14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 12,913 / 2,450,300
15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Koko Ga Ochitsukundesu – 11,875 / 86,516
16. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind Chain – 11,052 / 70,018
17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days – 10,863 / 96,401
18. [3DS] Tomodachi Life – 10,648 / 1,773,200
19. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 10,421 / 130,381
20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 9,160 / 686,479

Natsume president and CEO Hiro Maekawa posted a New Year’s message to the company’s Facebook page earlier today.

In it, there’s a mention that “Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley is performing beyond our expectations in North America”. A European launch is taking place this year.

Here’s the full message from Maekawa:

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We now have a lineup of the top 100 best-selling games in Germany for 2014. Fourteen 3DS games are on the list as well as five Wii U titles and five older Wii releases. Tomodachi Life was the best-performing game having come in at the sixth spot.

Here’s the full listing:

01 PS4 FIFA 2015 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 PS3 FIFA 2015 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE)
04 PS4 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
05 PC DIABLO 3: REAPER OF SOULS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
06 3DS TOMODACHI LIFE (NINTENDO)
07 PS4 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY (UBISOFT)
08 PS3 MINECRAFT (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT)
09 PS4 WATCH DOGS (UBISOFT)
10 PC THE SIMS 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

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