UK software sales for the week ending December 9, 2023
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The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending December 9, 2023 is now available.
EA Sports FC 24 continues its reign at the top. But after Hogwarts Legacy has been holding on steady at #2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder manages to take its position. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Nintendo Switch Sports are also in the top ten.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending December 9, 2023:
Famitsu’s most wanted games – December 10, 2023
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island has taken over as the new top Switch title.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between November 22 and November 28.
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Switch eShop deals – Hogwarts Legacy, Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection, more
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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 Hogwarts Legacy, Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Arcade Archives Pole Position II gameplay
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Hamster brought Arcade Archives Pole Position II to Switch this week, and new gameplay is here. The company showed off footage during its latest live stream.
Here’s some information about the classic racer from Namco:
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Pre-order updates – December 10, 2023
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Epic has tried getting Nintendo characters into Fortnite, hopes to make it happen one day
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Fortnite has seen a ton of different collaborations over the years, but Nintendo isn’t represented at all with any of its characters or franchises. However, Epic Games is very much interested in making something happen on that front at some point in the future.
Epic’s head of Fortnite’s ecosystem, Saxs Persson, recently said the following when asked by Axios how hard the company has tried working with Nintendo: “I don’t know what the word for, like, making diamonds is.”
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Two Point Campus update out now (version 10.0), patch notes
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Support for Two Point Campus continues on, and the game just received a pretty significant update this week with version 10.0.
The update contains a new Challenge Mode, winter theme, wall and floor modding, and more. Get the full rundown below.
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A Highland Song gameplay
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A Highland Song, which landed on Switch this week, has been given a new round of gameplay. Just over a half hour of footage is here for the narrative adventure title.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
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Switch file sizes – Palia and more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Palia and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Former Nintendo staff share insight into the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Cranky Kong reveal for VGX 2013
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Some of you may recall that in 2013, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime appeared at VGX to show off Cranky Kong in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. VGX was the new take on the Spike Video Game Awards that ran for a decade prior. It only took place that single year – Geoff Keighley then went on to form The Game Awards.
Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, who worked for Nintendo for over a decade, reflected on the whole thing in an episode of Kit & Krysta Podcast. Ellis started out by sharing the following, which goes into why the Cranky Kong news was chosen in the first place:
