Assuming he’s approved in a couple of months from now, Shuntaro Furukawa will be promoted to president of Nintendo. He’ll be taking over for Tatsumi Kimishima, the current president.

At Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukawa was asked about his goals at the company. He pointed to maintaining Switch’s momentum, expanding mobile efforts, looking at projects like Super Nintendo World and movies, and “how we can lay down new pathways that positively enhance our dedicated video game platform business.”

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Nintendo reaffirms its relationship with DeNA, why it formed a partnership with Cygames

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Nintendo surprised everyone with the announcement of its partnership with Cygames last week. In addition to purchasing some stake in the company, Nintendo is teaming up with the mobile developer on the brand new smartphone title Dragalia Lost.

During the Q&A portion of its latest financial results briefing, Nintendo was asked about the partnership and how it may differ from what has been done in the past with DeNA. Aside from reaffirming its commitment to DeNA, current president Tatsumi Kimishima explained that working with Cygames was needed to expand its lineup of mobile apps.

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Disco Dodgeball Remix coming to Switch on May 22

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Disco Dodgeball Remix is coming to Switch, Zen Studios announced today. A release is planned for May 22 via the eShop. On PC, the game has a dedicated fanbase and has received quite a bit of attention from popular YouTubers.

Zen Studios recently announced a publishing initiative to bring some of the best PC titles to other platforms. Disco Dodgeball Remix will be the latest example of that, with more projects to be announced in the months ahead.

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Media Create sales (4/23/18 – 4/29/18)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 38,752
PS4 – 25,005
PS4 Pro – 10,004
Vita – 4,562
New 2DS LL – 4,377
New 3DS LL – 2,840
2DS – 516
Xbox One – 123
Xbox One X – 56

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 34,165
PS4 Pro – 8,967
PS4 – 4,480
New 2DS LL – 4,191
Vita – 2,892
New 3DS LL – 2,842
2DS – 439
Xbox One – 59
Xbox One X – 57

And here are the software charts:

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Touhou Sky Arena coming to Switch this summer

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After it was announced for Switch last year, Touhou Sky Arena now has a release window. It’ll be heading to the console sometime this summer.

The first DLC character is Toyosatomimi no Miko, and she’ll be available around the time of the Switch version release. From fall and beyond, the developer will be releasing even more DLC characters.

Touhou Sky Arena will have a playable Switch demo at Play Doujin’s booth in Reitaisai event on May 6. Those who try the game out will get a special music CD.

Thanks to m_t for the tip.

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Black Bird coming to Switch this summer

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From the creators of Million Onion Hotel (a top-rated mobile game) comes Black Bird, an atmospheric arcade shoot-em-up. It’s been confirmed for release on Switch sometime this summer. There’s a trailer from Onion Games below.

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Fire Emblem Heroes update announced (version 2.5.0), Grand Conquests arrive

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Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have confirmed the next update for Fire Emblem Heroes. According to an in-game notification, it will be out early this month.

Here’s what to expect from version 2.5.0: