Best-selling Nintendo Switch eShop games in Japan for December 2024
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Nintendo shared new data today revealing the top 20 best-selling games on the Japanese Switch eShop for December 2024.
Super Mario Party Jamboree was overtaken by Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake last month, but is now back at the top spot. Okami HD, which has made a run in multiple regions due to a big sale and announcement of a sequel, makes it into the top ten. Fitness Boxing 3 is the lone new title of the month.
The full lineup of Japan’s best-selling games on the Switch eShop for December 2024 is as follows:
Yoshi icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
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As of today, Nintendo Switch Online members have the chance to earn new icons from Yoshi.
Each month, a new classic game gets their own designs on the service. Yoshi is that title for January 2025.
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Bayonetta Origins director Abebe Tinari leaves PlatinumGames
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Abebe Tinari, the director of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, has left PlatinumGames.
Tinari updated his LinkedIn profile recently, confirming the news. He spent nearly a decade at PlatinumGames before exiting in November, but is now with the PlayStation studio Housemarque.
Some Nintendo Switch game buyers say they’re getting googly eyes instead of cartridges
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An unfortunate trend has been happening at retail in which consumers hoping to get a new Nintendo Switch game are instead receiving googly eyes inside the case, rather than the actual cartridge.
Reports appear to have picked up during the holiday season even though it’s been an ongoing issue. Posts on places such as Reddit and X note that this is happening despite getting the games new and still sealed.
Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos launches January 2025 in the west
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September 24: Today, Idea Factory shared the release window for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos in the west. Switch players in North America and Europe can get their hands on the game starting in January 2025. An exact date will be provided later.
Also confirmed today is that Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos will be offering a Deluxe Edition. The latter includes the digital game, digital art book (35 pages), soundtrack (ten tracks), and Costume Set offering a costume per set for Uzume Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert (swimsuit, apocalyptic, and race queen). Note that the Costume Set will also be available as a standalone DLC on launch.
UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025
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The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025 is now available.
There are a few shifts this week with Hogwarts Legacy taking the top spot. In terms of Nintendo Switch exclusives, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still the game that’s charting the highest.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025:
Rumor: Metroid Prime dev Retro Studios was once working on a music RPG
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At one point in time, Retro Studios apparently had a project in development as a music RPG.
The company shipped Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Wii U in 2014. After that, there was essentially a decade-long gap without a new game from Retro Studios. Tropical Freeze was ported to Nintendo Switch a few years ago and Metroid Prime Remastered dropped in 2023, but outside of that, nothing made it to market.
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Freedom Wars Remastered announced for Switch
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September 17: Freedom Wars Remastered is in development for Switch, Bandai Namco just revealed. A release is planned for January 10, 2025.
Freedom Wars originally came to the PlayStation Vita in 2014. Sony published the original version, but the publisher has shifted to Bandai Namco this time around.
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Carmen Sandiego release date set for March, new trailer
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The previously-announced reboot of Carmen Sandiego just secured a release date. Gameloft will be bringing it out on March 4, 2025.
The upcoming title was previously revealed last September. Gameloft initially shared a Q1 2025 launch window.
Here’s an overview of the project:
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club producer surprised how smoothly Nintendo approved the project
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According to Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club producer Yoshio Sakamoto, getting the project approved wasn’t too big of an issue.
Famicom Detective Club had been a dormant franchise for Nintendo until the Switch remakes of the original titles back in 2021. Then last August, Emio – The Smiling Man launched on the console. That was the first new Famicom Detective Club story in 35 years.
