The Super Mario Bros. Movie sees record opening at $204.6 million in US over five days, $377.2 million worldwide
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There’s more news about box office sales for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, with reports coming in that the film is generating $204.6 million in the United States in its first five days. It beat out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s $200 million Wednesday-Sunday opening.
For Easter weekend openings, The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($146.36 million) is behind Batman vs. Superman ($181 million) and Furious 7 ($161 million). The film is on track to set a new global opening record for an animated movie at $377.2 million assuming overseas is still at $173 million by tomorrow morning.
Universal domestic distribution chief Jim Orr said of The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s success:
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Lapras announced for Pokemon Unite
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Original (3/4): Yet another Pokemon has been announced for Pokemon Unite, with Lapras now set to join the fray. We know that it will be available in April.
New creatures have been announced for Pokemon Unite pretty regularly. Earlier in the week, Zacian was made available. That’s to be followed by Goodra, who will be appearing on March 16, 2023.
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Europe’s top 15 downloads on the Switch eShop for March 2023
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In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for March 2023.
After coming in second last month, Minecraft climbs back to the top. Metroid Prime Remastered, which was #1 in February, moves down to #5. Have a Nice Death was a new release and managed to crack the top ten.
The full lineup is as follows:
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Theatrhythm Final Bar Line update out now (version 1.0.3), patch notes
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Square Enix has come out with another update for Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, and version 1.0.3 is now available.
Numerous fixes and improvements are included. These include a BGM timing adjustment and more.
The full patch notes for Theatrhythm Final Bar Line’s version 1.0.3 update are as follows:
Batora: Lost Haven gameplay
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The interplanetary action RPG Batora: Lost Haven arrived on Switch this week, and we have new gameplay. Footage shows the prologue, various missions, and more.
Learn more about the title in the following overview:
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Alekon gameplay
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Alekon landed on Switch this week, and we have a new batch of gameplay. 24 minutes of footage provides a look at the non-violent photography game.
Further information about it can be found in the following overview:
Switch file sizes – Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, Wildfrost, more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, Wildfrost, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Devolver Digital Switch eShop sale includes lowest prices ever for Enter the Gungeon, Gris, My Friend Pedro, more
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Devolver Digital is hosting a new Switch eShop sale with numerous games at their lowest prices ever, including Enter the Gungeon, Gris, My Friend Pedro, and more. All told a little over a dozen titles have been discounted.
The full lineup is as follows:
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Miyamoto says Nintendo was hesitant to make a backstory for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Mario games are always about the gameplay, with the story often having a minimal impact. However, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the plot and its characters needed to take center stage. This created an interesting dilemma of sorts for Nintendo.
If you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or any of its trailers, you obviously know that there’s more to Mario compared to the games – including a bit of a backstory. But Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo felt some hesitation there since “we want Mario to be without restrictions” and going into more of his character “might become a disadvantage for future games.”
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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – April 2023
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A new month started up last week. Now that we’re in April, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you been playing through some of the more recent releases on Switch like Atelier Ryza 3? Maybe you’re playing one of the latest classics that have been added to Nintendo Switch Online? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
