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Yesterday, Nintendo held a live stream at Milan Games Week and showed off Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Despite being the same area from Gamescom, it was an updated build, and new details were shared.

Here’s a roundup of information from the event:

Gust issued a bunch of new details and screenshots for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. Characters, the Ambitions Notebook, and more are covered. We’ve rounded everything up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

Yesterday we heard about a new Splatfest for Splatoon 2 in Japan. But strangely, this apparently wasn’t intended to be the new topic.

Nintendo said on the Japanese Splatoon Twitter page that the information only went out to certain users. Those who already signed up for the Splatfest – which was incorrect – will have their t-shirts returned. We’ll also be hearing about the next proper Splatfest for Japan towards the end of this week.

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The Switch version of Stardew Valley has been hotly anticipated and every bit of news on it gets quite a lot of attention. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been getting ever close to the game’s release, with news that the game had been approved by Nintendo last week. This morning, Finn Brice, CEO of publisher Chucklefish, posted on Twitter that “the Stardew Valley news you’ve all been waiting for” would be coming later today. He didn’t explicitly say it, but it’s fairly obvious that he’s talking about the release date of the Switch version. We will of course keep you updated.

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FIFA 18

As you might have seen in our post on last week’s UK software sales, FIFA 18 finally launched and naturally dominated the charts. The Switch version placed at #7 in the individual charts, which is fairly decent. However, the Switch version was outsold by not only the other current gen-versions of the game, but even the Xbox 360 version, which took the fifth place in the sales charts. MCV reports that the Switch version only accounted for about 1% of the total sales of FIFA 18 in its launch week in the UK.

That certainly isn’t a great number, but it’s important to put it into perspective. As mentioned, this only accounts for physical sales – the Switch version might have had a stronger showing on the eShop. There have also been accounts of the Switch version being hard to find in stores – it’s currently sold out on Amazon.co.uk, with new stock only arriving on October 9th. It’s impossible to know for sure, but perhaps the Switch version of FIFA 18 fulfilled EA’s sales expectations – even if those were fairly low expectations.

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We are only a couple of days away from the launch of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. Today, Nintendo released a new trailer for the game which shows off the all-new Minion Quest mode. Check it out:

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. FIFA 18 – Electronic Arts
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
5. Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition – Ubisoft
6. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
7. Lego Worlds – Warner Bros. Interactive
8. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
9. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
10. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Bandai Namco Entertainment

Wii U

1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. New Super Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
5. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
8. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
9. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
10. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Silver Version – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Gold Version – Nintendo
3. Miitopia – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
7. Metroid: Samus Returns – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
10. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

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It looks as though Target is listing Monopoly for the Nintendo Switch as releasing on October 31st. Seeing as it releases in Japan on November 9th this honestly doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch. However, it won’t be a for sure thing until we get an actual confirmation from Ubisoft themselves.

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Super Mario Run is giving out two additional Toad rally tickets to celebrate remix 10. All you need to do is login into Super Mario Run to receive your bonus, this will be available until October 9th.


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