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Mario Sits At The Top Of The Japanese Charts

Mario Party 9 continues to be the best-selling piece of software in Japan selling a respectable 37,353 units. This week there were seven Nintendo related games in the top ten, which included Fire Emblem: Awakening, and the immensely popular Mario Kart 7. The Nintendo 3DS remains the best-selling piece of hardware, comfortably fending of Sony’s [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 06:05 pm

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Mario Party 9 and 3DS retain top spots on Japanese charts following Golden Week

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan, and Mario Party 9 was still tops for post Golden Week. 3DS also remained on top despite a significant drop in sales over the week prior; however, the hardware decline was chart-wide with Vita sales falling to 6,340 units – its lowest figure yet. Below [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on May 16th, 2012 at 04:05 pm

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Here’s The Most Wanted Games In Japan

This weeks most wanted games in Japan are in courtesy of Famitsu magazine. There’s an impressive five Nintendo related titles in the top ten, including Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online for Wii and Pokemon Black & White 2 for the Nintendo DS. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma [Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise [...]

Published by sickr on May 11th, 2012 at 10:05 am

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The Next Tales Game Will Be Announced At The Tales Of Festival In June

The latest edition of Japanese publication Jump states that the next game in the Tales series will be announced at the Tales of Festival in June. The manga magazine lists the new game as “Next Tales Of….” Platform, price and release date are listed as TBA. The Tales of Festival will be held on June 2nd and [...]

Published by sickr on May 9th, 2012 at 08:05 pm

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Mario Party 9 and 3DS top Japanese charts during Golden Week

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan, and Golden Week was indeed golden for Nintendo with Mario Party 9 topping software with 144,585 units moved. It didn’t end there, though: 15 out of 20 titles on the software chart were for Nintendo systems, with 3DS still tops in hardware and Wii outselling [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on May 9th, 2012 at 04:05 pm

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Mario Party 9 Storms Japanese Charts & The Nintendo 3DS Is On Fire

Mario Party 9 has successfully managed to climb to the top of the Japanese software charts this week selling a more-than respectable 144,585 units. If you look at the entire top ten you’ll immediately notice that eight of the ten game are on Nintendo platforms. With regards to hardware the Nintendo 3DS is once again [...]

Published by sickr on May 9th, 2012 at 03:05 pm

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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn’s Elincia Hits Fire Emblem Awakening

Nintendo has announced that it’s bringing Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn’s Elincia to Fire Emblem: Awakening for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on May 10th. Elincia, hails from Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn and Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. Fire Emblem: Awakening is heading to Europe later this year. Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: dlc, fire emblem, japan, [...]

Published by sickr on May 7th, 2012 at 02:05 pm

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Mario Party 9 And Nintendo 3DS Perform Well In Japan

This weeks Japanese media create sales figures are in and they continue to show that the Nintendo 3DS is the consumers hardware of choice. Mario Party 9 for Wii sold well but didn’t sell enough copy’s to overtake Capcom’s Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City which resides at the number one spot. Here’s the Japanese software [...]

Published by sickr on May 2nd, 2012 at 03:05 pm

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Japanese charts – Operation Raccoon City tops software, Vita sales see upturn

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan and Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City topped software and 3DS maintained its throne. Get the full thing below. Software chart covering April 23 through April 29 with life-to-date in parentheses: [PS3] 01. Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, 04.26.2012): 252,525 (NEW) [WII] 02. Mario Party [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on May 2nd, 2012 at 03:05 pm

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Dragon Quest X goes online in Japan August 2

Dragon Quest X, the Wii continuation of Square Enix’s real flagship series – and the one that is an MMO this time – will launch in Japan on August 2, Square Enix announced today. The base retail price for the actual disc and stuff is ¥6,980 ($86); this includes 20 days of free play. A [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on April 26th, 2012 at 04:04 pm

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Dragon Quest X For Wii Releasing In August

Dragon Quest X publisher Square Enix has announced today that the game will be released in Japan on August 2nd. Japanese gamers will be able to purchase the standard version which will retail for 6,980 yen while the bundle containing a USB memory card will cost 8,980 yen. Both versions of Dragon Quest X will [...]

Published by sickr on April 26th, 2012 at 02:04 pm

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Japanese charts – Fire Emblem Awakening shows strong debut, 3DS sales up by 20,992 units

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart and Fire Emblem Awakening on 3DS debuted with 242,600 units sold. 3DS maintained its hardware lead with 84,760 units moved, which is units more than last week. Full chart is below. Software charts with LtD in parenthesis are below, last week’s chart is through here: [3DS] Fire [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on April 25th, 2012 at 04:04 pm

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New Capcom Project To Be Unveiled In Famitsu

Capcom will be unveiling a new project in the next issue of Japanese publication Famitsu. The secret project is teased in the current issue but there’s barely any hints regarding what it might be. Lets hope it’s something for the Nintendo 3DS. Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Tagged: capcom, famitsu, japan, news Read More…

Published by sickr on April 25th, 2012 at 03:04 pm

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Nine Nintendo Games In Japanese Top Ten

Fire Emblem: Awakening leads the charge during this weeks Famitsu sales and easily claims the number one spot. You’ll notice that there’s nine Nintendo related games in the entire Japanese top ten. Clearly it’s going to have been a another good week for Nintendo 3DS hardware sales. Here’s the top ten games in Japan: [3DS] [...]

Published by sickr on April 25th, 2012 at 01:04 pm

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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Nintendo 3DS Conversion Announced

This weeks edition of Famitsu has revealed that the critically acclaimed Sega Saturn and PlayStation classic Devil Summoner Soul Hackers is coming to the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a sequel to Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner and will see full voice acting and other new features for the Nintendo 3DS. Devil Summoner Soul Hackers will be released in [...]

Published by sickr on April 25th, 2012 at 11:04 am

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Full Nintendo Direct Japan Presentation In HD

In case you missed it Nintendo Domination has uploaded the entire Japanese Nintendo Direct conference in HD on Youtube. There were a number of key announcements including New Super Mario Bros 2 for Nintendo 3DS which is coming in August and Animal Crossing 3D which will be released this Fall. You can watch all the [...]

Published by sickr on April 21st, 2012 at 11:04 am

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Nintendo 3DS: New Super Mario Bros 2 In August, Animal Crossing In Fall

Nintendo has announced that it’s releasing a new Super Mario title for the Nintendo 3DS titled New Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan sometime during August. Nintendo of Japan also revealed that Animal Crossing 3D will be released in Japan during the Fall. Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: animal crossing, japan, new super mario bros [...]

Published by sickr on April 21st, 2012 at 11:04 am

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Nintendo celebrates Kirby’s 20th Anniversary on Wii

Opening up the Nintendo Direct conference livestream, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed the company has big plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kirby. A new Wii game will collect past titles and package them on a retail disc – which classic Kirby titles would be included is a mystery.Outside of the existence of Kirby’s [...]

Published by David Hinkle on April 21st, 2012 at 04:04 am

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New Kirby Game To Be Announced At Nintendo Direct? Plus New Kid Icarus Info

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has posted a photo of himself posing with a giant Kirby plushy to advertise the Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation. Of course this has prompted mass speculation from all corners of the internet that Nintendo is going to use the presentation to reveal a new Kirby related title for either Nintendo 3DS [...]

Published by sickr on April 20th, 2012 at 07:04 pm

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Level 5 Officially Confirms Time Travelers Demo For Nintendo 3DS

Level 5 has officially confirmed that there will be a playable demo for the development studios forthcoming Time Travelers. The demo will be included with Level-5′s own Guild 01. You’ll need to clear certain conditions in Guild 01 to unlock the demo. The news was first revealed in the latest edition of Japanese gaming publication Famitsu. [...]

Published by sickr on April 20th, 2012 at 01:04 pm

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