● Nintendo Co. Ltd. shares are now higher than the entire Sony Corporation! They closed the day at 31,740 up another 14.25% from the last day of trading (Friday). Sony are at 30.30. And in related news Bloomberg report: “Investors are flocking to Pokémon-related stocks and McDonald’s Japan is one of those benefiting from the boom. The boom came at a time when McDonald’s business has already started recovering and there’s expectation that the Pokémon toy offering will further increase customer traffic to their shops"after shares jumped as much as 23% due to the Pokémon Happy Meals (pictured above and alongside Aikatsu here) that hit stores on 15 July.
● 5Pb are releasing a 3CD Etrian Odyssey V soundtrack (including FM versions) on 28 September priced at ¥3,780. The game releases 4 August.
● Gotta Protectors is delayed until 28 July in North America. Read my review for Mamotte Knight 2 (the Japanese version) here. It was my 2014 game of the year, hence the mention!
● Junichi Masuda’s latest blog entry (here) has well over 2,000 comments asking when Pokémon GO will release in Japan (it’s still isn’t)!
● Pre-orders for Pokémon Sun Moon are now 243 combined on Comgnet (Sun slightly above the Moon!) up an impressive 39 from yesterday!
● Monster Hunter Stories monster introduction trailers here, here, here and here.
● Another LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Japanese character video (for Cairo Wren) here.
● And a second One Piece: Dai Kaizoku Colosseum commercial here. The game will see a demo on 27 July. As always, I’ll add to the post below later today if there’s anymore news.
● New Pokémon Sun Moon news is coming at 22:00 JST today!
● Puzzle & Dragons X will have collaborations with both Taiko no Tatsujin and Monster Hunter Stories. There will also be a six page feature in this week’s Famitsu magazine (probably no separate preview post this week unless other features games are announced).
● Stickman Super Athletics is coming to the Japanese 3DS eShop shortly courtesy of Rainy Frog.
● TechCrunch are reporting that Pokémon GO is coming to Japan tomorrow and that all McDonald’s will be Poké Stops (source).
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