Lots of new games coming soon, that's good.
Layton vs Ace is still doing bad, but I'll keep on believing.

And if Paper Mario don't show up in the next update... then yikes, another one to worry!

I've completed both of them and 3rd is pretty much the same as Tri but just with a different mission select Hub, some new monsters and 1 new area. Eveything else is the same.

Seriously? Never knew that and we always hear a different story than yours, that it is a different game altogether.

The internet must know!

genuinely impressed with black ops 2 there

I checked and while Cod number is great is not that much more compared to last year's - practically this last day is the difference.

[PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops Ⅱ (Subtitled) - 324pt
[PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Subtitled) - 302pt

And the game did:

01./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2011.11.17} (¥7.980) - 180.372 / NEW

I expect a little more for black ops, but by not much.

A 200K opening for Pokemon? What do you think guys?

I honestly think 3DS owners are crying out for something that's not Mario on the 3DS. Paper Mario numbers seem ridiculous, yet Animal Crossing's reception was veeery big on the other hand

Commercials for Layton x Ace & Paper Mario launched on TV just today

Actually, L x A promo is not on the same level that always been prepared by Level 5 for original Layton games (1-5). Miracle Mask heavily promoted on 3DS during launch, with lots of 15 and 30 sec tvcms; layton x ace got just 2 15 secs one week before launch. sadly(( this game deserves to sell a lot((

but I think it can make good Miracle Mask numbers. Something around 350K lifetime with holidays coming.

(there's also 3 new commercials for Nintendo Land started today):

p.s. NSMB U is beast. Wii U charted #1 on Amazon:

That's what I think too. Every Mario game launched in the last 12 months is different, but they all share an image and characters, that can't help (NSMB2 did not fantastically too). I think Animal Crossing is the way to go, it has been improved a lot since the last game and the public showed it. Hopefully after Paper Mario there's only Luigi's so that they give some breath to the users with the whole Mario & Friends series.

Yeah, I'm surprised that people gets surprised for Call of Duty performance...
It's not far from last year's.