Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS & PSVita

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- The Media Create hardware sales are now in and show that it was yet again another fantastic week for the Nintendo 3DS which successfully decimated the competition to claim the number one spot.

More After the Break...

Sony’s recently released PlayStation Vita didn’t have a good week as it ended up fifth and failed to fend off even its predecessor the PlayStation Portable. Nintendo will once again be breaking open the champagne.

1. 3DS 482,200
2. PSP 101,121
3. Wii 91,176
4. PS3 75,943
5. Vita 72,479
6. DSi LL 8,470
7. DSi 5,894
8. Xbox 360 4,245
9. PS2 1,582
10. DS Lite 32

A mighty impressive sixteen out of the top twenty games in the Japanese all-formats chart were on either Wii, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo DS. The fantastic Mario Kart 7 took the number one spot but was following fairly closely by Super Mario 3D Land and Monster Hunter Tri G. Interestingly enough there wasn’t one PlayStation Vita game in the Japanese top twenty.

01./03. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011-12-01} – 260,836 / 1,050,706 (+43%)
02./00. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei Tecmo) {2011-12-22} – 200,526 / NEW
03./05. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011-11-03} – 174,566 / 1,011,709 (+55%)
04./02. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom) {2011-12-10} – 155,069 / 885,456 (-26%)
05./01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix) {2011-12-15} – 118,816 / 643,033 (-77%)
06./06. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (Nintendo) {2011-10-27} – 114,545 / 513,061 (+61%)
07./09. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo) {2011-10-13} – 96,771 / 420,064 (+120%)
08./00. [3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D (Bandai Namco) {2011-12-22} – 90,873 / NEW
09./04. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (Level 5) {2011-12-15} – 86,026 / 221,285 (-36%)
10./00. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme (Level 5) {2011-12-22} – 85,117 / NEW
11./11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010-07-08} – 71,461 / 2,200,697 (+68%)
12./00. [PSP] Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable: The Gears of Destiny (Bandai Namco) {2011-12-22} – 57,320 / NEW
13./10. [WII] PokePark 2: Beyond the World (Pokemon Co.) {2011-11-12} – 55,344 / 219,362 (+26%)
14./17. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Ketteiban (Bandai Namco) {2011-11-23} – 55,256 / 155,539 (+84%)
15./13. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2011-12-08} – 52,611 / 117,185 (+53%)
16./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition (Square Enix) {2011-12-22} – 51,156 / NEW
17./12. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: Osharena Mahoutsukai (Konami) {2011-12-10} – 50,074 / 131,184 (+43%)
18./20. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World (Bandai Namco) {2011-11-17} – 49,921 / 257,379 (+76%)
19./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010-11-11} – 48,929 / 782,975 (+59%)
20./21. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008-04-10} – 43,752 / 3,428,903


The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX is the best-selling Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console game for 2011 in both Europe and North America. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX is the second biggest seller in the Nintendo 3DS eShop, just behind the free 3D Classics: Excitebike.

2.- Industry analyst Jesse Divnich has boldly proclaimed to Industry Gamers that he believesGrand Theft Auto V will be the biggest selling game of 2012, beating the next instalment in the popular Call of Duty franchise. Lets just hope Rockstar decide to release it on Wii U.

“It goes without saying that GTA V will be one of the year’s biggest releases, but I will take it one step farther and say GTA V will be 2012′s biggest release.”
“Don’t get me wrong, Call of Duty will undoubtedly be huge, as it is every year and it may even grow, but if I had to call what will be a photo finish race, I will go with GTA V.”

GameSpot will be premièring the first trailer for the eagerly anticipated Sonic 4: Episode 2sometime tomorrow, December 29th. The news was revealed by Sega’s Digital Brand Manager Ken Balough who also stated on the Sega forums that PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to download the trailer on their consoles the following day.

Kojima Productions has announced via Twitter that it’s teamed up with Nintendo to bring out a Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater Nintendo 3DS bundle. The Tweet promised further details once they’ve been finalized. Hori announced yesterday that it’s bringing out Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater themed accessories for the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo has announced that the classic Super Mario Bros will be coming to the Japanese eShop for 500 yen starting January 5 in Japan. Super Mario Bros is the second paid NES download for the eShop with The Legend of Zelda appearing last week. Nintendo has yet to announce the games for the West.

3.- Square Enix has released the official box art for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and you can check out the full-sized version after the break.

There are new screenshots from Kingdom Hearts 3D.

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Mister Gaga