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The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending October 28, 2023 is now available.

After coming in at #2 previously, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now at #1 having overthrown Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Both games actually swapped positions. Super Mario Bros. Wonder saw a 55 percent dip week-over-week compared to Spider-Man, which dropped 69 percent. Elsewhere, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 debuts at #4.

Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending October 28, 2023:

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Super Mario RPG

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Super Mario RPG is still the top Switch title, but falls a spot to #2 overall.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 11 and October 17.

Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay

Original (9/5): Bandai Namco is bringing Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay to Switch, the company revealed today. Details on launch timing were not provided.

Retro Game Challenge originally came to the DS in 2007, and XSEED later brought it to North America in 2009. The series also saw Retro Game Challenge 2 launch in 2009, but only in Japan. Retro Game Challenge 3 later released in 2014 for 3DS as another Japan-exclusive.

Veyle: Gentle Dragon has been revealed as the next Mythic Hero for Fire Emblem Heroes.

The character is voiced by Megan Taylor Harvey and has art from Done Kanda. Learnable skills at five stars include Obscurite, Iceberg, Atk/Res Finish 4, and Atk/Res Tempo 4.

G-Mode is bringing yet another classic Atlus game to Switch in the form of Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker as part of its G-Mode Archives+ series, the company announced today. The company did not provide a release window.

Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker originally released for phones in July 2007. It never received a release in the west.

Splatoon 3 Splatfest results Halloween Zombie Skeleton Ghost

We have the full results from the tenth official Splatfest in Splatoon 3 held for Halloween (or Splatoween), which had the zombie, skeleton, and ghost teams going up against each other.

At halftime, it seemed like things were extremely close. Team Skeleton had the slim lead with 34.08 percent, followed by Team Ghost with 33.08 percent and Team Zombie right behind that with 32.84 percent.

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A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include the lowest prices ever for Fate/Extella Link, Moonlighter, SteamWorld Quest, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, and more.

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Pokemon Scarlet Violet Hisuian Typhlosion Tera Raid

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet have announced the latest Tera Raid Battle event, which will feature Hisuian Typhlosion.

Hisuian Typhlosion will come with the Fire-type Tera Type and the Mightiest Mark in 7-star Tera Raids. As usual, players can only catch it once per save file. 

Sony will soon be launching the PlayStation Portable, a device that lets users portably play PS5 games. That alone may have some comparing it to Switch. However, Sony boss Eric Lempel says it’s not a rival to Nintendo’s console or the Steam Deck for that matter.

Speaking with BBC, Lempel said “It’s a different proposition and really just something unique for the PlayStation audience.”


Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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