June 2018 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S. – Mario Tennis Aces is #1
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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June 2018. The results can be found below.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country introduces Jin and Lora
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country is starting to approach its release date. As such, Nintendo and Monolith Soft are beginning to share more information about the RPG expansion.
First up is an introduction to Jin and Lora along with screenshots. We have the full rundown below.
Salt and Sanctuary – Drowned Tome Edition pre-orders open
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Pre-orders have opened for the Salt and Sanctuary – Drowned Tome Edition. You can currently reserve it at Amazon or GameStop.
Salt and Sanctuary – Drowned Tome Edition arrives on October 30. It includes the game, download code for the original soundtrack on Bandcamp, 2-sided poster, and 20-page manual.
Robotics;Notes DaSH details, screenshots
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Amazon Japan has gone live with the first screenshots from Robotics;Notes DaSH. The retailer provides an official overview as well, which Gematsu translated.
Here’s the full rundown:
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Disgaea 1 Complete – “The Denizens of the Netherworld” trailer
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NIS America issued the latest trailer for Disgaea 1 Complete today that introduces Laharl, Etna, Vyers Mid-Boss, and Prinny. Watch it below.
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Sakurai on the topic of presentations, including Smash Bros. Ultimate’s E3 reveal
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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has posted a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. Sakurai goes in-depth on the topic of presentations, and discusses how he went about the (roughly) 20-minute reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3.
He shares some tidbits as well, including the fact that Digital Frontier worked on CG. The design document for Smash Bros. Ultimate is also 200 pages long.
Fire Emblem Heroes surpasses $400 million in worldwide revenue
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Fire Emblem Heroes was sitting at around $300 million worldwide by its first anniversary. After about 18 months since its original release, the mobile game has now surpassed $400 million. That figure is for sales worldwide across the App Store and Google Play.
Fire Emblem Heroes has been Nintendo’s most-successful mobile title in terms of revenue by far. Super Mario Run has only generated $64 million while Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sits at $42 million.
Crush Your Enemies footage
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Ahead of its release tomorrow, footage has emerged for Crush Your Enemies. Take a look at the first 13 minutes below.
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Flipping Death launches on Switch next week
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Flipping Death, Zoink’s Stick it to the Man spiritual successor, has been dated for the Switch eShop. The adventure and platformer mashup arrives in less than a week – August 7.
Here’s the full notice from Zoink:
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Nintendo Switch Online subscription may not be needed to play free-to-play titles online
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Nintendo Switch Online is about a month away from its full launch. When that happens, most games on the system will require the paid membership to play via the internet. However, there seems to be a few exceptions: free-to-play titles.
The eShop provides some interesting information here. For a listing like Minecraft, which has online play, the page store has the following notice in the fine print:
