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Definitely reminds me of Yumi's Odd Oddysey (or Sayonara Umihara Kawase), but with it's own twist. I played a bit of Yumi and enjoyed the short time I had (too many other games to play, so I place it in backlog), I personally think I might have fun with this too. For some reason, I just have a soft spot for swinging mechanic in game.

Will get Legend of Legacy eventually, physical version of course.

Are you sure it's legal to promote scanlation work? I know this is a respectable effort, but don't think it should make into news.

Ad is fine, but why using regular Adsense? I'm sure Nintendo could find a better, relevant bid to the ad space. For example, give it to indie dev or even major publisher that want some exposure of their game on Nintendo platform. I'm disappointed, that's clearly some cheap way to gain small chunk of money instead of keep their dignity more and promote the game on their own platform.

PS4 week! Wii U still perform respectable though, next week will give us better perspective of how PS4 will perform. Wii U does need a price cut soon. I don't understand why they haven't, I'm sure they have reason (i.e clearing old stock that was produced with higher cost?), but Nintendo reacted aggresively with 3DS and seems reluctant to do the same to Wii U.

Anyway, maybe rather than a price cut, they could launch a new SKU that take the current price point and drop the current one, for example a 64GB Wii U Super Deluxe?

On the software front, a lot of new Sony releases! But I guess most of them were front-loaded, so Yokai Watch and SMM will probably took the top spot next week again. SMM is still strong this week and Splatoon is respectable.

Well, $60k budget is too small to be fair, but they shouldn't go with this number if they know it isn't enough or at least scale back of the project scope and be honest. Looks like they are desperate after two unsuccessful campaign.

Yeah, we definitely need a new direct soon... especially with the new president!

Well, morally, I think TPC should just stop at ceast and desist. Legally though, they are free to sue. Regardless of this guy intention, he's still using Pokemon IP to benefit his own business. I know people liked to blame TPC, but both side is equally at fault here.

Regarding fan art that people have mentioned, no, fan art isn't legal unless it's fall into parody. Generally though, most companies were usually fine as long as the artist didn't profit from them. And yes, recently there this news that cover unlicensed material in NY Con:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/29/is-a-crackdown-coming-on-unlicensed-marvel-and-star-wars-prints-at-nycc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/01/tolerance-for-american-comic-convention-fan-art-sales-reportedly-growing-thin

So yeah, this isn't strictly Nintendo or TPC thing, every company that value their IP will do the same, one way or the other.

AC:HHD really defy all expectation, huh? I think it's a game that core fans don't care about, but apparently is able to find a reasonable success. Anyway, at least we can find Nintendo present in UK chart and that's a good thing.

I really hate investor sometime if every upward trends is caused by mobile games. Good for Nintendo, but slightly worrying for fans. But who knows? Nintendo also announced 1 million sales for SMM at Sep 30th, so that could be a contributing factor too.

Really nice! SMT IV is my first SMT game and I quite enjoyed it, I'm thinking to get the other SMT remake but hasn't got the chance yet. This is exciting news, more things to look forward in 2016, from FE Fates, Bravely Second and now this, all strong RPG entries for 3DS.

Donkey Kong flying barrel or the kart section would work wonder on mobile.

I know Nintendo (or in this case The Pokemon Company) screwing fan is a hot topic on the web, but still... This is still a case of a fan using other's IP to benefit his own business. The Pokemon Company might find this guy present the IP in objectionable way (i.e not family-friendly), so they sued.

That said, IMO, they shouldn't went as far as pursuing payment. A ceast and desist should be all it's needed.

Kacho is the best. What I love most from watching Arino-san play is how he had so much fun with the game.

@Artwark well, I don't think FE Fates will sell 1 million in Japan alone, but worldwide, it's almost certain. I was hoping it could do better, but last time it charts at around 2k weekly and keep declining. I think it already has a decent run in Japan, being RPG that is usually front-loaded instead of having legs. I'll start to worry though if the game failed in the west, which would be unlikely given the popularity of FE Awakening.

FE Fates is also sort of special too, with second storyline as DLC, the DLC numbers might be higher than any FE games. Unfortunately, we have no way to find out, unless Nintendo included it in their report.

What I can say is, calm down. FE Fates didn't become a phenomenon like YW or Pokemon, but it still selling as well as other FE titles.

SMM and Splatoon still strong. Splatoon dip a bit last week, but it's now back to 20k+. The Wii U situation might be different if SMM and Splatoon were launch titles. Wii U increase is nice to see, unexpected even. I hope it could stay 15k+.

PS4 will surely take number 1 spot next week, and hopefully will strenghten home console market in Japan in a long run. Vita seems to do well too.

Nintendo also gave them free advertising, Kit from Nintendo Minute in particular shown multiple times how he is a fan of the game.

If it comes to NA, I'll get Mario Tennis and Yoshi.

Hoping for a good singleplayer... Not sure, but I guess I'll still get it as I'm big fan of ALBW.

Wii U didn't drop that much, a good indication that it could sell in 5 digits for a while with both SMM and Splatoon. Now Wii U need another game that could keep it selling, but sadly major releases is pushed to next year. Will be interesting to see how it'll perform this holiday.

3DS and PSV seems to be doing good. Not sure why PSV dropped last week, but glad that it shoot back up. PS4 drop is expected but will probably have a higher baseline after the price cut. Also XBO increased more than 200% compared to last week!

Gosh... what insane skill and precision that leave no room of error. A troll level is annoying, but this level is awesome.

How NX perform will be interesting. Anyway, a world without Nintendo will be boring, I hope they could find success in their next console. Of course, a next Wii or DS might not be possible, but if they could have moderate success like N64 or GBA or 3DS, that'll ensure Nintendo existence in market.

Sounds like a positive result. Surely, game like SMM will have long legs, even more than regular Mario game I suppose, as the available content will keep growing and growing.

I planned to buy N3DS down the line, so I'm fine with it. Besides, for action game like this, it could be difficult to keep the 3d effect in old 3DS, so I usually play games like this with 3d off unless I'm on cutscene.

Looks like this will give further interaction to Amiibo. It seems using barcode, this could detect where the Amiibo is facing. See, a board game where you actually use the Amiibo to control your character... or a game where you actually battle using the Amiibo, like what you did as a kid with your toy?

Well, not interested though...

Looks good, but somehow not fond of it. Something just feels... odd. Great effort though.

Oh well, good bye Konami I guess. It's not like there is anything exciting from them in recent years, especially for Nintendo fans.

Well, they might push Super Mario Maker more than ever I guess.

Senran Kagura 2 first day! And the legend of legacy demo. Good week for me.

Ace Attorney anime! I hope Crunchyroll or Funimation pick it when it airs. Monster Hunter Stories also looks amazing.

Why 3.5mm jack though? The audio jack couldn't actually transmit data, could it? :S

Oh, I expected SMM to be higher... but I guess with Mario, the legs is more important than first week sales as it'll sell for a long time. Nice Wii U boost there, hope it can help pushing the baseline number a bit now that we have both SMM and Splatoon.

In the other hand, Vita number seems to be in worrying state now. PS4 number is still as good as ever though.

Hmm... So basically he's to lead for a short period of time while preparing for future leadership at Nintendo. Well, I think it's good if we could get a younger president after him, but being a president also requires a good business sense, that might be what younger personnel lack. That said, I wish him good luck and let's give him chances to lead the company.

Good luck for the new president!

I hope he'll continue Satoru Iwata legacy, please keep Nintendo as the creative and fun company.

Should have included 3D Land and 3D World, or actually, every main releases. Though that might become a bit too long. Nice infographic btw.

Wow, it seems Nintendo is really serious in pushing this out. There's even a concert planned. They must took a serious effort in making the music and song, indeed the music is pretty cool in the trailer.

LOL, love this guy!

I'll get Miku, physical version though. Want Super Mario Maker though... if only I have Wii U...

The limit of tvOS is that it was a mobile OS and can only play mobile games. Sure, recent mobile games can be compared very well to console games nowadays, however there won't be AAA games to compete with full fledged consoles. 64GB maximum is also too limited and no expandable storage. It will be a good indie game machine however, just like Android TV boxes and we know how that ends up. Apple TV will be more successful for sure, but it still won't compete with home console.

Great to see MGSV on top, while I never played any title of it, but I would be happy to see a game like this succeed and slap Konami face. Poor Xbox version however... didn't chart and no boost whatsoever.

Nothing really stand out for 3DS and Wii U this week, it just had continuing good numbers. SMM next week will be interesting, it might be another surprise like Splatoon, with decent legs and drive Wii U's 5-digits number until the next game. Good job Splatoon for carrying Wii U basically alone for this long.

IOS game, yeah, it's certain with DeNA partnership. Apple TV? I doubt it. I know Apple TV can already stream game from iOS devices, but for Apple TV to work standalone like game console means Apple need to offer various storage option for their Apple TV, which could increase the price significantly, not to mention that it won't support external storage if it used iOS.

Please don't suggest it as a mobile phone entry...

Anyway, it would be awesome as a launch line up for NX. Or it could be a fine direct sequel to Pikmin 3 to serve Wii U in the end of it's lifespan.

Sounds like an unexpected gems. I enjoyed some top down racer back in the day (can't recall the game name though), I guess I'll put it on my wishlist.

I enjoyed the demo, so a sure buy for me. I'm not very good with the button mode, but tap mode is easier to me. Nonetheless, I was never a good player in rhythm game, so at most I could only beat it normal difficulty.

Still wish The Great Ace Attorney to come, but it's great to see Phoenix Wright back in action. Would love to see Maya and Athena again, hopefully they'll return.

Looks great! I hope it comes to west.

Dat clickbait title... anyway, yeah, unexpected indeed.

I loved the reality show style they give to these videos. First the Facebook hackathon and now this. It's entertaining and honestly, a perfect way to promote Super Mario Maker.

Looks fun! I think this is the first time we took a look at how the single player experience work. Might not be a day one for me, but a sure buy eventually.

I think I'll get Persona Q. Not sure if I'll face any difficulty not knowing anything from Persona though...