Japan
The top 5 Japanese sales for 3DS during launch week
1. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (Nintendo) 2. Samurai Warriors Chronicles (Koei) 3. Nintendogs + Cats: Shiba & New Friends (Nintendo) 4. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom) 5. Ridge Racer 3D (Bandai Namco) It’ll be interesting to see how our launch titles fare since Professor Layton isn’t even announced for North America yet. Anyone surprised by these results?
Shocking news: Nintendo 3DS sells out in Japan
Think it’ll happen everywhere else, too? [source]
First 3DS review scores from Japan are better than expected
A little inflated, I’m sure, like most launch games. But better than expected. Winning Eleven 3D Soccer: 80 Dynasty Warriors Chronicle: 85 Shanghai 3D Cube: 65 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition: 85 Super Monkey Ball 3D: 80 Puzzle Bobble 3D: 60 Ridge Racer 3D: 80 Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles: 80 Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs: 60 Nintendogs + Cats: 95 Via 1UP
Uh oh. Last Story sales are slumping abroad
So if you haven’t heard, Mistwalker’s newest game The Last Story is out in Japan. The sales numbers show that the game had a great first week, where it sold 118,953 units and was #1 on the Japanese sales charts. Week two for The Last Story wasn’t so great with sale dropping 99K and coming in at #7. What does this mean to us English speaking folks who really, really really want to...
Game Boy Virtual Console coming to 3DS when it launches next Feb
Infendo reader WII-LUIGI$ writes: Looks like our dreams for a Virtual Console on DS is FINALLY coming true! Virtual Console now comes to the Nintendo 3DS when the 3DS is released 2/26/2011 in Japan. It only tells that Game Boy & GBA games will be available for download, but as we all know, time may or will tell soon if a decision change is added to the service. Currently from the Nintendo Conf...
This Japanese Wii game boasts massive graphics
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYBui5ghJ0[/youtube]If the above gameplay video is any indication, Xenoblade looks even bigger than Monster Hunter Tri. Or Shadow of the Colossus for that matter. Not that American gamers will necessarily get to play it; Xenoblade is made by Monolith Soft, the same studio that developed the International-only Disaster Day of Crisis for Wii. (via GAF)
Japanese Mario All-Stars packaging looks scrumptious
Infendo reader Wii-Luigi writes: “Here are pics from the upcoming Super Mario All-Stars Wii game that’s coming in November to Japan. I will say, the red collector’s box looks sweet. Hopefully the U.S. gets something as nice as that.”
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Better than the original?
It’s nearly official: Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be the Terminator 2: Judgement Day of Super Mario Galaxy titles. What does that mean? Easy. I mean the sequel is looking to go down in history as better than the original. That’s the case in Japan, anyway, where the plucky plumber and his newly discovered and easily spooked dinosaur friend Yoshi have stormed the charts, to the tune of 340...
U.S. Wii owners can go to the dark side for the holidays
Japan’s already been reveling in all that is black and plastic ever since Nintendo introduced a black Wii and black peripherals in that market this past August (yes, it really is September already). Now it’s our turn! Well, it will be, just as soon as Nintendo delivers stock in time for the holiday season. We Yanks will be on the receiving end of a black Wiimote, black cover, black Wii...
Black Wii box art is slick, menacing
This releasing a new color thing might actually work… Japan-only love for now, but we knew this.
Game & Watch coming to DSiWare (in Japan)
Be still my nostalgic heart, for there’s Game & Watch games coming to DSiWare in the wonderful Land of the Rising sun. Sure, it’s Japan only, for now, but if clap really hard, and dust off all of our Mario’s Cement Factory games in unison, perhaps Nintendo will notice and throw a few our way? Maybe. For now, revel in the list of genuinely old school Nintendo games:
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