Nintendo has revealed precisely what you can get this month with your hard-earned coins on Club Nintendo. Firstly, you can claim DSiware Art Academy: First Semester which is available for 150 Club Nintendo coins. The second reward that’s available is the Nintendo Card Case which was revealed a few months ago. The Card Case can hold up to 18 games and comes with replacement double-sided covers, and can be yours for 250 coins. Oh, and if you’re looking for Mario Party 2 then that can be yours for 150 coins.

This weeks Media Create Japanese software charts show that Capcom’s Resident Evil Revelations managed to secure second place on its week of release. The software charts show that there were a grand total of twelve Nintendo related games in the top twenty overall. The Nintendo 3DS once against topped the Japanese hardware charts, easily outselling the competition selling 84,789.

• 01./00. [PS3] Armored Core V
• 02./00. [3DS] Resident Evil: Revelations
• 03./00. [PSV] Tales of Innocence R
• 04./01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
• 05./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G
• 06./00. [360] Armored Core V
• 07./04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
• 08./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster
• 09./02. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure
• 10./07. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
• 11./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Mokuba no Kiseki
• 12./12. [WII] Just Dance Wii
• 13./10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3
• 14./13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3)
• 15./11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2
• 16./14. [WII] Wii Party
• 17./15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus
• 18./19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends
• 19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
• 20./16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land

1. Nintendo 3DS: 84,789
2. PlayStation 3: 22,924
3. PlayStation Vita: 18,942
4. PlayStation Portable: 16,008
5. Wii: 10,369
6. Nintendo DS: 1,918
7. Xbox 360: 1,235
8. PlayStation 2: 713

Pokemon X Nobunaga’s Ambition which is due out on the Nintendo DSi will be region locked as it features DSi enhanced features. Nintendo hasn’t specified what these additional features are, but it will come as a blow to those looking to import the promising title. Nintendo has yet to announce whether the game will be receiving a Western release.

Square Enix has revealed exactly what you can expect to find in the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Box-Set. According to Andriasang the set includes three Kingdom Hearts games: Kingdom Hearts 3D, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. The special edition box-set also includes a protective cover and a set of twelve post cards, which feature cover art from previous Kingdom Hearts games. Pricing for the box is set at ¥15,000.

This weeks Media Create Sales are in and once again the Nintendo 3DS is clearly out-performing all the competition selling an impressive 80,960 units. The Nintendo 3DS’ closest competitor is the PlayStation 3 which only managed to sell 21,155 units. Mario Kart continues to be the best-selling Nintendo 3DS game in Japan taking the number one position. Thirteen of the overall top twenty games in Japan are on Nintendo platforms.

1. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
2. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure
3. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G
4. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
5. [360] Onechanbara Z: Kagura
6. [PSP] Heroes Phantasia
7. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
8. [3DS] Beyond the Labyrinth
9. [PSP] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II – Revelation of Evil God
10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3
11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2
12. [WII] Just Dance Wii
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3
14. [WII] Wii Party
15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus
16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition
19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends
20. [WII] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) 

1. Nintendo 3DS: 80,960
2. PlayStation 3: 21,155
3. PlayStation Portable: 17,181
4. PlayStation Vita: 15,219
5. Wii: 10,173
6. Nintendo DS: 2,022
7. Xbox 360: 1,588
8. PlayStation 2: 903

Tip: Nintendaan

Nintendo has released a brand new trailer for the forthcoming Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo has already announced that the game will be released March 7th in Japan but has yet to announce whether we will get the game here in the West.

Nintendo France has announced that the Nintendo 3DS was the best-selling console of 2011 selling an impressive 761,000 units. The Wii and the Nintendo DS also performed well in France although Nintendo would only give a combined figure for both platforms.

• Nintendo 3DS: 761K
• PlayStation 3: 656K
• Xbox 360: 409K
• Wii + DS: >1250K

Nintendo has announced via CoroCoro magazine that Pokemon + Nobunaga’s Ambition for the Nintendo DS will be released on March 17th in Japan. Sadly Nintendo has yet to announce whether or not the game will make it to the West, but given how popular the Pokemon franchise is over here and the lack of original DS games in development, I’d say we have a chance.

The Nintendo 3DS continues to set the Japanese hardware charts on fire as the console saw a 20% increase in sales in the first full week of the new year. The Nintendo 3DS sold 240,819 units which clearly propelled it above the competition. In the same week Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri 3G managed to cross the million mark in sales, becoming the third 3DS game to do so, and the first third-party 3DS game to do so.

Japanese hardware charts

• 1. 3DS: 240,819 (197,952)
• 2. PS3: 74,459 (67,199)
• 3. PSP: 71,033 (62,746)
• 4. Wii: 49,525 (33,208)
• 5. PSV: 42,915 (42,648)
• 6. DSi LL: 3,971 (3,356)
• 7. X360: 2,738 (2,453)
• 8. DSi: 3,565 (2,418)
• 9. PS2: 1,323 (1,659)

Japanese software charts

• [3DS] 01. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 157,188 (1,317,357)
• [3DS] 02. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 119,093 (1,199,285)
• [3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 98,355 (1,083,853)
• [3DS] 04. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 56,134 (325,358)
• [PS3] 05. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 42,464 (316,516)
• [WII] 06. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 37,266 (490,677)
• [PS3] 07. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 35,325 (739,561)
• [WII] 08. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 33,174 (2,256,803)
• [WII] 09. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 33,040 (570,168)
• [WII] 10. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 30,783 (833,757)

During a one year anniversary fan appreciation event for Solatorobo CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama hinted to the audience that the development team behind the fantastic Solatorobo on Nintendo DS are working on a sequel. Matsuyama wouldn’t be drawn into revealing what platform the game would be for, or when it’s planned to be released.

“In the not so distant future, I would like to greet everyone in the Little Tail Bronx world. Although, I don’t know what media it will be. As long as it has everyone’s support, the Little Tails Bronx world will live forever.”