Nintendo president says those who played Smash before came back for Ultimate, leading to high sales
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In just three days, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold five million copies worldwide. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the early success while speaking with The Sankei News.
Furukawa said, “The people who’ve played Smash before are coming back for this one; that accumulation of players contributed to the initial push [in sales]”. He also said that Nintendo needs to continue selling “and not get caught up in that initial momentum.”
Valve gives a look at the top games played on Steam with the Switch Pro Controller
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Back in May, Switch Pro Controller support was added on Steam. Valve has now offered a look at the top games played on its platform with the device across three different categories.
Below are the full results:
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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – “Coffee and Doughnuts” trailer
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Grasshopper Manufacture has come out with a brand new “Coffee and Doughnuts” trailer for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes. Have a look at it below.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – limited-time New Year’s Goals live
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is gearing up for New Year’s with limited time goals. Players can help animals eat fortune cookies in order to clear as many goals as they can. By placing the event in-game reward New Year neon 19 sign at your campsite, you can light up the new year when it arrives.
The limited-time New Year’s Goals will be live until January 1.
Persona Q2 devs on fans’ reactions, improvements, and more
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Recently, Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Persona Q2 director Yuta Aihara and producer Daisuke Kanada. Two discussions were published in back-to-back issues. Aihara and Kanada spoke about the reactions from fans, improvements made compared to the first entry, and more.
We’ve readied a full translation of both interviews. You can read the talks in full below.
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BQM: BlockQuest Maker launches January 10 in the west
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BQM: BlockQuest Maker was originally scheduled to hit Switch sometime this past fall. That didn’t happen in the end, but it did just come out in Japan. We also finally have a concrete release date for the west. The eShop shows it’ll be out on January 10.
BQM is a dungeon RPG that, as the name implies, allows players to make their own creations. We have more details below.
EDGE #328 review scores, 2018 awards
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Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 2 gameplay shows Compound Area
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Milestone issued a new gameplay video for Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 2. Get a look at the new, extended, enhanced Compound Area below.
Switch eShop charts (12/29/18)
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Game Freak reflects on the past year, hopes to surprise players in 2019
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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains New Year’s greetings for a variety of developers. Two representatives from Game Freak were included as part of the feature: Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori. Both reflected on the past year and vaguely teased what’s to come in the future:
Here’s what Masuda and Ohmori said:
