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

New 3DS LL – 19,300
Vita – 8,923
PS4 – 5,812
Wii U – 4,519
New 3DS – 4,460
PS3 – 1,067
3DS – 520
3DS LL – 179
Xbox One – 50

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

New 3DS LL – 22,437
PS4 – 17,596
Vita – 10,027
New 3DS – 5,400
Wii U – 4,702
PS3 – 1,192
3DS – 835
3DS LL – 135
Xbox One – 52

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3 – 32,460 / 1,152,838
2. [PS4] Tales of Berseria – 24,057 / 197,593
3. [PS4] No Man’s Sky – 22,200 / NEW
4. [PS4] The King of Fighters XIV – 20,655 / NEW
5. [PSV] Sengoku Otome: Legend Battle – 16,054 / NEW
6. [PS4] Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-Den – 15,592 / NEW
7. [PS3] Tales of Berseria – 15,262 / 91,447
8. [PS4] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X HD – 12,915 / NEW
9. [PS3] Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-Den – 11,796 / NEW
10. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions – 10,827 / 138,479
11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X – 10,372 / 154,477
12. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot – 8,147 / 415,444
13. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 8,003 / 99,412
14. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 6,914 / 2,878,174
15. [3DS] Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack – 6,426 / NEW
16. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 5,301 / 228,811
17. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 5,144 / 859,174
18. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 4,810 / 86,256
19. [PSV] Moujuu-Tachi to Ohimesama – 4,765 / NEW
20. [WIU] Splatoon – 4,441 / 1,456,508

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A part of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U’s Tournament mode is ending very soon. On September 30, the Regular Tourneys feature will no longer be accessible. You’ll simply see a blank area in this section once the date arrives.

Keep in mind that you’ll still be able to make your own tourneys. Nintendo apologizes to those disappointed by today’s news.

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Let’s Play Video Games has followed up with a third report about the NX within the past week.

Based on what the site has heard from one of its sources (“working on an NX title set to launch Holiday 2017, corroborated and lined up with information from sources we have worked with during the past week”), it claims to have information about the layout of the current development kit. A mockup image can be seen above.

As we’ve previously heard, the NX is supposedly a hybrid console with detachable controllers. The split d-pad, A, B, X, Y, and a camera / share button are all there. As for the size, the source writes the following:

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Since the launch of My Nintendo, users have been able to collect two types of coins. Members have been able to collect Platinum Points as well as Gold Points. With both, they were valid for six months after you collected them, and would expire after that.

Good news: Nintendo has now made a change to My Nintendo, and Gold Coins will last longer than before. Going forward, they’ll be valid for 12 months.

Here’s the official notice from Nintendo:

Update 3 (8/30): You can now pre-order the New Galaxy Style New 3DS XL at GameStop.


Update 2: Bumped to the top again. Now available for pre-order on Amazon Canada.


Update: Bumped to the top. Pre-orders are now live on Amazon here.

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Original (8/29): Nintendo has announced a new design for the New 3DS XL, and it’s launching extremely soon. The New Galaxy Style system is launching this week across North America for $200.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime personally delivered the news. You can view his message below.


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Dragon Ball: Fusions is likely receiving localization. As spotted by Gematsu, the Brazil Advisory Rating Board has rated Bandai Namco and Ganbarion’s 3DS title.

Dragon Ball: Fusions debuted in Japan earlier this month. If Bandai Namco has anything to say about bringing the title west officially, we’ll let you know.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has an interview with Hisashi Nogami, the producer of Splatoon. One portion of the discussion touched on the game’s future.

Famitsu asks if it really is the end for Splatfests. According to Nogami, it was originally decided to run Splatfests for a year. Nintendo was able to continue those events, but they feel now is the right time to have them come to a close.

As for the future specifically, Nogami feels that the game is done. Nintendo has stopped with Splatfests and updates, but they’d still like to build excitement through events such as Splatoon Koshien tournaments. When asked about something like a sequel, Nogami said that Splatoon has been raised together with the fans who have been playing it, and they’d like to continue heading in that direction in the future with the utmost care.

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A new Nintendo Direct focusing on the 3DS will be hosted on Thursday, Nintendo has announced.

The presentation will be shown at the following times:

– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe

We’ll have a live stream and post going with the Nintendo 3DS Direct before it happens. The official page is located here.

Note: Nintendo says there will be no NX talk during the Direct.

A few days ago, Let’s Play Video Games put up a report claiming that NX will make use of advanced vibration technology and motion sensing in new controllers intended to replace the Wii Remote. The site has now followed with additional unconfirmed information regarding the current version of development hardware.

Let’s Play Video Games writes that developers have access to a split d-pad as well as some sort of share button, similar to that of the PlayStation 4. The button features a small icon of a camera and will let users upload still images and video on Miiverse, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Images or video can also be saved to external memory devices, which then can be ultimately moved to PC.

Let’s Play Video Games offers up the following mockup:

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Just like last week’s report, these latest rumors are unconfirmed. It’ll stay that way until Nintendo has something official to say about its new system.

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Artdink published A-Train 3D back in 2014 in Japan. Last year, Natsume localized the game for North America and Europe. Now Artink is developing a new version.

A-Train 3D Neo (or perhaps we should call it A-Train 3D: City Simulator Neo) is coming to Japan on December 1. Other than the regular package at 4,860 yen, there will be also a “Beginner’s Pack” that comes with an official guidebook priced at 5,378 yen.

A-Train 3D Neo improves upon features from the vanilla version. Additionally, the eight extra scenarios that were offered as paid DLC will be included here. Compatibility with data from the vanilla version is planned as well.

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