Tag: Japan

Tri Force Heroes has been out in Japan for a little over a week now and Media Create reported that it had sold a total of 54,400 copies in its first week in Japan. However it looks like Dengeki tracks that number at closer to 60,000 which would put them at having sold through fifty-five percent of their initial shipment of the game in its first week. These sound like pretty soft numbers for game sales at launch but that…

The sales for Tri Force Heroes in Japan have been revealed for the week of its launch, and they are not looking too good. Sitting at 58, 600 it has shown to be a low amount in comparison to the other Zelda titles sales. This may have been expected because this is not a traditional Zelda title but may come as a surprise to some. This is still only the first week of sales and there may be a large…

Good news for those of you who own Japanese 3DS systems and can take advantage of the Collectible Badge Center homescreen customization options: you will now be able to adorn that homebase with seven panels worth of cute-as-can-be Tri Force Heroes badges. The recent update also brings four panels of Kirby’s Dreamland Game Boy badges and two free plays and a free Baito badge for every ¥90 spent until October 30th. Most of the Tri Force Heroes badges just depict…

Nintendo of Japan has just released several new 3DS themes, including two different Tri Force Heroes themes! Each themes is stylized after the upcoming Zelda title complete with our three heroes showing off a little totem-action as well as some of their battling skills and some familiar artwork from the game. Thanks to NintenDaan we have a little bit of footage of both of the new 3DS themes to show off!   Head on past the break to check it…

Nintendo has begun distribution of special codes via email to select people with a Japanese Nintendo Network ID. The codes will give the players access to select levels in a special Tri Force Heroes demo. It seems as if the will work very similarly to the Global Testfire for Splatoon, each recipient received three codes that they can use to play select levels of the upcoming title during specific days and times. With three codes being sent out to each…

Nintendo has just released a new video featuring Eiji Aonuma and some Tri Force Heroes gameplay! If you recall back when Majora’s Mask 3D was released earlier this year, Nintendo released a couple of videos in similar fashion. In this video you can also catch a glimpse of some Four Swords and A Link Between Worlds action! Aonuma discusses some of the similarities and ideas for the game as well as talks about a few gameplay mechanics that are specific to…

The Japanese Nintendo YouTube channel has just seen the edition of two new commercials for Tri Force Heroes. With the game’s launch just two weeks away its no surprise that we are not the only ones pumped to experience the latest addition to the Zelda franchise. The commercials feature our hero’s battling through various obstacles, baddies, and team working! We even get a little totem action going on as well. See what else you can spy from the game in…

The Collectible Badge Center for the 3DS is still a Japan exclusive; for those of you that might have never heard about it before, its an awesome little crane-like mini game that you can play for “badges” that you then use to decorate your 3DS Home Screen. Recently they have added another set of Zelda badges in the form of characters from The Wind Waker HD, you can get your hands on Zelda, Tingle, and Ganondorf in a total of eight…

The official Japanese Tri Force Heroes site has now opened and there are tons of new goodies to learn about! They have set it up with sections on gameplay, ways to play, characters and story, costumes, and there is even a coming soon section! This is where it gets interesting, when checking out the costumes for our trio of heroes you will notice that there are seven new costumes being shown greyed out, for a total of 36 costumes! You can…

In the latest issue of the weekly Famitsu magazine, a list of the Top 100 games sold in Japan for the first half of 2015 has been published. The list includes the 100 best-selling games sold between the timeframe of December 29, 2014 thru June 28, 2015, not including digital sales but bundles and download cards bought at retail are included. According to the results compiled The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D landed in the #3 spot among all…