Daily Update with Denpa Men join LINE, COMG! top ten games of the year, Super Mario Run event and more!

● A lot of LINE news today with a new Denpa Ningen no RPG LINE account (pictured above). Go to Add Friends, QR Code and then use this. Kadokawa have released a set of RPG Maker Stickers here (go here to see them all) and The Pokémon Company have released a set of limited edition Pokémon New Year’s Gift Stickers here (Japan only). Finally a huge hidden Momotaro Dentetsu 2017 update to the official Nintendo LINE account with Kinopio-kun responding to every Japanese prefecture. For example typing in 熊本 gives the image below!

● COMG! have listed their top 20 selling games of the year across all 14 stores. The top 10 are here (#11-#20 are in-store) with Pokémon Sun Moon (#1), Yokai Watch 3: Sushi, Tempura, Sukiyaki (#2), Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 (#3), Monster Hunter X (#4), Final Fantasy XV (#5), Yokai Sangokushi (#6), Kirby Planet Robobot (#7), Super Mario Maker 3DS/Wii U (#8), Dark Souls III (#9) and Dragon Quest Heroes II (#10).

● Super Mario Run has begun a Friendly Run event with chances to win Toad Rally Tickets.

● Monster Hunter Frontier Z will feature a collaboration with NieR: Automata in early 2017 detailed in the video here.

● A promo video for the upcoming Famicom cartridge 8bit Music Power Final here.

● A Retro Freak Cassette Case will release in a few days holding 12 Famicom or Mega Drive cartridges. See pictures here.

● The Fire Emblem Ø Cipher) ‘Raw and Death’ Booster Pack for the TCG will release on 16 March.

● And this week’s Weekly Famitsu double issue will see The Alliance Alive feature and interview, the top three game recommendations from RPG Maker Fes, the weekly look at Monster Hunter Frontier Z plus New Years art and 2017 plans from game makers. Scans here tomorrow from 15:00 GMT.

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