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The latest entries in the wildly popular Yo-Kai Watch series, Sushi/Tempura, were the best-selling titles in Japan this week, according to market data from Famitsu. The games sold 40,026 units between them, a dip of 46 per cent week-on-week. It outsold last week’s top-selling game, Bandai Namco Tales of Beseria. …
Read More »Bandai Namco’s Tales of Berseria tops Japanese charts
A new entry in Bandai Namco’s popular Tales of RPG series was the best-selling game in Japan last week, according to market data from Famitsu. Tales of Berseria sold 160,040 units on PlayStation 4, the highest-performing SKU, with the PS3 edition charting in third place with 74,052 copies sold. In …
Read More »Yo-Kai Watch 3 is No.1 in Japan, Pokémon games return to the Top Ten
A new entry in the blockbuster Yo-Kai Watch series was the best-selling game in Japan last week, according to market data provided by Famitsu. The third numbered entry in the series, Sushi/Tempura, sold 147,364 units this week for the 3DS. Meanwhile, past entries in the Pokmon franchise returned to the …
Read More »Pokemon Go arrives in Japan, ushers in global server meltdown
At long last Japanese players are finally able to download Pokemon Go. Whether they can play it is another question entirely, however. The app itself is available to download on the Japanese versions of both iOS and Google Play. If reports are to be believed it’s a couple of days …
Read More »McDonalds leak delays Pokemon Go’s Japanese launch, report claims
Yesterday it was reported that Pokemon Go would arrive in Japan today. Today the reports suggest that is no longer the case. The Guardian reckons that yesterday’s leak of the news that the game would launch alongside a partnership with McDonalds created so much interest that developer Niantic has got …
Read More »Pokemon Go hits Japan tomorrow, along with McDonalds partnership – report
The wait for the Japanese launch of Pokemon Go is going to be a lot shorter than feared, if new reports are correct. TechCrunch reckons that the world-conquering app will actually hit Japan tomorrow (July 20th). The news may make current users nervous about server stability, especially since the game …
Read More »Pokemon Go sets Tokyo stock record, gobbles up mobile revenue share
The unexpected scale of the success of Pokemon Go has claimed another record. Bloomberg reports that last Friday (July 15th), Nintendo became the most traded stock by value (476bn) in a single day in Tokyo stock exchange history. In doing so it beat the likes of Tokyo Electric, SoftBank and …
Read More »Server issues hold off Pokemon Go’s Japanese launch
The birthplace of Pokemon is still waiting for the biggest release in the series to arrive at its homeland. Having launched in the US earlier this month and in the UK and much of Europe last week, there’s still no firm indication when Pokemon Go will celebrate its Japanese launch. …
Read More »New Bandai Namco title Taiko Drum Master takes No.1 in Japan
A brand new entry in the Taiko Drum Master series was the best-selling game in Japan last week, according to data from Famitsu. The 3DS title sold 40,946 units in its first week on shelves, outselling second place, rival 3DS title Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice from …
Read More »Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi set to open new development studio
‘Dawnwalker’ proposed as name for Japanese outlet, following founding of Mistwalker in 2004
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