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Koei Tecmo reported its latest financial results today, revealing new shipment data for a few different titles.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is now confirmed to have shipped 3.5 million copies worldwide. That’s the highest amount for any single Warriors title ever, Koei Tecmo has stated.

The same report also provides an update on a couple of other releases. Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy has shipped 220,000 copies across all platforms in Japan and Asia. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV: Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Bundle is at 100,000 copies in both regions.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

A few new LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tidbits have surfaced from this month’s issue of OPM. The magazine details the amount of playable characters, areas, and more.

Previously, we heard that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga would include close to 500 unique characters. It seems that this amount has increased over the past year.

Here’s the full roundup of tidbits:

Elasto Mania Remastered

After launching on Steam last year, Elasto Mania Team has announced that it’s bringing the retro motorbike simulation game Elasto Mania Remastered to consoles. It’ll launch on Switch later in 2021.

Elasto Mania first debuted in 2000. The Switch version will contain “all the enhancements of the current Steam version, with additional never-before-seen higher fidelity assets straight from the original creators of Elasto Mania that couldn’t be added to the game 20 years ago, and some more goodies.”

For those that haven’t heard of Elasto Mania, check out the following overview and trailer:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Update (1/25): Post updated with the top 40.


Original (1/24): This week’s UK software sales are in, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons just missed out on taking the top spot once again.

Animal Crossing was only surpassed by Hitman 3, which was a new release. Only 800 units separated the two titles. Animal Crossing’s sales dipped slightly by 8 percent week-on-week.

Ring Fit Adventure was one Nintendo game that’s on the rise. The game placed at #7 with a 47 percent increase in sales.

The best-selling games in the UK over the past week are as follows:

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Turrican Flashback, a collection of four classic run ‘n gun games, has received a new batch of footage. Check out the gameplay below.


Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Spike Chunsoft has rolled out a new update for Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. Check out the patch notes below:

Check out the latest events in Fire Emblem Heroes:

  • The next Resplendent Hero, Ike: Brave Mercenary, is scheduled to become available Feb. 9, 11 PM PT.
  • Resplendent Hero Tiki: Dragon Scion is now available to Feh Pass subscribers. In addition, Feh Pass Quests have been updated. These quests are available until Feb. 9, 10:59 PM PT.
  • Hall of Forms is here! Clear a map once a day to earn rewards such as Orbs or Dragonflowers. You can earn Divine Codes (Ephemera 1) too! This event’s Forma:

    • Laegjarn: Sheathed Steel
    • Fjorm: Bride of Rime
    • Ylgr: Fresh Snowfall
    • Veronica: Spring Princess
  • Protect the Kingdom of Askr from Thórr’s advancing army in Mjölnir’s Strike! This time, the enemy army will be led by Navarre. It’s time for the Brace phase! Build structures and place allies on the map!

Update: Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World will launch in the west sometime during Q2 2021. We have a new trailer below as well.


Original: Publisher ININ Games and developer Studio Artdink have announced that Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World will be releasing this Spring in Japan. The April 22nd release date will see this remake of Monster World IV in the hands of waiting gamers as either a standard or “Special Pack” —  which includes a collector’s box, two art books (one 80 pages, one 40 pages), and a copy of the game. Digital editions will be available on the eShop the same day.

Here in the west, an “Early 2021” release window is still confirmed. We will update should an actual release date arrive soon.

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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection appears for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 7 and January 13.

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

One of Capcom’s announcements at The Game Awards 2020 was Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection. The classic series, which started 35 years ago, will be receiving a new entry exclusively on Switch.

Here’s a fact sheet that offers up a bit of extra information:


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