During the Q&A section of the most recent Financial Briefing, Mr. Iwata was asked about the sales potential of Animal Crossing: New Leaf overseas. He was quick to point that there are some core fans of the series overseas as well, not only in Japan.
Remember the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Japanese Direct a few months back? I’m sure all of you watched it and Iwata is no stranger to that. He mentioned that many customers worldwide watched the video and he received a lot of requests from overseas customers asking to be able to play it as soon as possible.
It’s good to know that Nintendo isn’t oblivious to the worldwide demand for New Leaf, they are certainly aware it exists. Miyamoto made a comment as well about how Nintendo is currently investigating how to best promote the game overseas. Let’s hope this includes bringing over the special edition 3DS XL bundle? : D
If you wish to read the whole Q&A, view the source link. Be sure to leave any thoughts you have in the comments below.
We’ve reported on the Animal Crossing: New Leaf StreetPass puzzle in the past but now we have much clearer images of the completed puzzle. Read on to see the rest of the pictures:
Today we have a surprise new Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct from Nintendo with the Animal Crossing developers playing New Leaf in the winter! It’s rather long at 38 minutes so enjoy the video. We may have English subtitles in the future but for now it is only in Japanese.
Along with the new Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct released today, a new set of DLC items for Japan were announced. These items appear to be part of a promotion for Kokuyo Camlin which is a company in Japan who manufactures stationery products such as pencils and art materials. Read on to learn all about them:
Iwata has dropped some sales numbers at the recent Corporate Policy Briefing revealing that Animal Crossing: New Leaf has passed 700,000 digital downloads sold in Japan as of December 31st, 2012
In fact, these sales make up one-fourth of the total number of Animal Crossing: New Leaf copies sold in Japan! For those curious, the total number sold as of December 31st, 2012 is just past 2.7 million.
There are several possible reasons why the digital copies sold are so high with this game:
The retail game suffered severe supply shortages in the first month
Animal Crossing is the perfect game for digital download as it is a game you play every single day for a long time
Those who imported Japanese 3DS consoles to play the game early may have chosen to purchase the game digitally rather than importing the retail game as well
Time will only tell if the digital version is as successful overseas as it was in Japan. Which version are you planning on purchasing? Digital or retail? Leave your answer and reasoning in the comments below!
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