Submit a news tip



News

Laura Kate Dale, who has leaked quite a bit of info on the Switch in the past few months, did an AmA (Ask me Anything) on the Switch subreddit last night. Obviously, most of the questions were about the Switch and what she knows about it. She did clarify a few points and also revealed some new info she believes to be correct. We’ve collected any new, updated and interesting info below; like always, take any of this with a grain of salt and a healthy amount of skepticism. This especially applies to the following points since most of them don’t come from a proper report that Laura wrote, but instead from an informal series of posts of Reddit. Either way, the big Switch event is only 2 1/2 weeks away, so most of this info should be proven either correct or false by then.

According to Laura Kate Dale:

More:

Koei Tecmo is including two 3DS themes for pre-orders of the Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death Treasure Box Edition. We now have a look at one of them below.


Source

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

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U –  Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World –  Nintendo
5. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
6. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
7. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
8. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Minecraft: Story Mode – Complete Adventure – Telltale Games

3DS

1. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
2. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

Source 1 Source 2

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Dragon Quest XI, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional, The Alliance Alive, and a Switch ad. Find all of the scans below.

More: ,

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4/PSV) – 10/9/9/9
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) – 8/9/8/9
Steep (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/8
Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus (PS4) – 7/7/7/9
Otakara Defender: Pharaoh no Hihou (3DS) – 7/9/8/7
Wild Guns Reloaded (PS4) – 7/7/7/8
Rollercoaster Dreams (PS4) – 7/6/8/7

Drone Fight is being released on the Japanese 3DS eShop tomorrow, and developer Silver Star has just released a trailer for the game. Give it a watch:

There’s currently no word on a Western release.

The latest update to Pokemon Shuffle brings chances for some more rare Pokemon. A new stage has started for Tornadus (Therian Forme), as well as repeat runs for White Kyurem and many Winking Pokemon. The Tornadus and Kyurem stages will run until December 10, while the Winking stage will run until the 3rd, featuring a different Winking Pokemon daily. Today features Charmander, followed by Squirtle (Wednesday), Bulbasaur (Thursday), Jigglypuff (Friday), and Clefairy (Monday).

Also, a competition for Mega Mewtwo X and a stage featuring Salamence will be in next week’s update, so get ready for that!

Source

Senran Kagura

The Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is less than a month away. One person who we can likely expect to be in attendance is Kenichiro Takaki, the creator of Senran Kagura. Takaki shared a photo on Twitter of an invite he received for the event.

Here’s a look:


Takaki’s invitation raises the question as to whether we can expect to hear any news about Senran Kagura on Switch – or maybe he’ll simply be there for the sake of it. We’ll find out when the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is hosted on January 12 (January 13 for folks in Europe and Australia).

Source

The Nintendo Accounts website has been updated with a new page containing a QR code for registered members. By using it, you can “check in at select Nintendo events and locations.”

Now, what’s the purpose of this? “Checking in gives you access to exclusive My Nintendo member benefits that may be available,” Nintendo says. It’s worth noting that benefits will vary, and details will be shared in the future.

You can access your unique QR code here.


Manage Cookie Settings