Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide, Nintendo has announced. That feat was accomplished in less than a week.
Earlier today, we saw that Pokemon Legends: Arceus had sold over 1.4 million units in Japan alone. Only Animal Crossing: New Horizons had a bigger debut in the region. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl earned the third biggest release at 1.396 million copies sold.
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Famitsu software sales (1/24/22 – 1/30/22) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 1,424,657 / NEW
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 19,169 / 833,192
3. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 14,951 / 2,483,102
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,064 / 4,400,203
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 12,986 / 4,739,797
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 10,663 / 2,496,078
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 8,695 / 7,166,966
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,733 / 3,059,839
9. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 7,127 / 237,549
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,749 / 2,584,176
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments Switch launch trailer
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A new trailer has come in for the Switch version of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. The detective thriller made it to Switch this week, and Frogwares is looking to promote the news.
Below is some information about Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments:
Nintendo on Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby 30th anniversary plans
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land is one of Nintendo’s major Switch games coming out within the first quarter of the year, so the company took a moment to highlight the title in its latest financial results explanatory material.
Other than that, the company also brought up the franchise in general. Kirby is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Nintendo said it is “planning a variety of projects in collaboration with the Kirby developer HAL Laboratory, aimed at sharing the charm of the Kirby series with many people.”
Nintendo’s full comments on Kirby are as follows:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons surpasses Super Mario Bros. as Japan’s single best-selling game ever
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Nintendo has commented on the sell-through of its first-party Switch games between October and December 2021.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl was the highlight having moved over 11.7 million copies in its first seven weeks. Additionally, titles from previous fiscal years are performing well. 13 different games have each seen sell-through of 10 million units or more, Nintendo has confirmed.
Also worth mentioning is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the best-selling game ever in Japan at over 10 million units, beating Super Mario Bros. from 1985 which saw 6.81 million sales.
Nintendo’s full words:
Nintendo discusses Switch hardware sell-through, annual playing users
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In its financial results explanatory material published today, Nintendo delved into Switch hardware sell-through as well as the system’s annual playing users.
As mentioned today, the system has crossed the 100 million mark and has now outsold the Wii. Nintendo stressed that it’s still combating semiconductor shortages and distribution delays, which has an impact on Switch production.
As for annual playing users, the company said: “Many people continued to play Nintendo Switch in the most recent year, and for the period of January through December of 2021, the number of annual playing users exceeded 98 million users.”
Below are Nintendo’s full comments:
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Nintendo on Switch hardware sales, strong performance of first-party games
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As part of its latest financial results, Nintendo has further discussed the performance of Switch. Despite a year-on-year decline in hardware, software sales went up a tick.
Nintendo also pointed out the “strong” performance of Switch OLED “in each region” since launching last October. Additionally, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl and Mario Party Superstars “got off to a good start”.
The full comments regarding Switch are as follows:
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl reveals Shredder
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GameMill, Ludosity, and Fair Play Labs have announced Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the newest playable character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Additionally, the classic game show Double Dare is being added as a new stage.
Last month, Garfield was announced and released as a new character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Shredder is now continuing the trend of free content.
Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars receives April release date, Switch changes detailed
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Idea Factory has announced a western release date for Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars on Switch. It is officially releasing on April 19 in North America and April 22 in Europe.
They’ve also detailed what changes have been made in this version compared to the initial PS4 release. Here are the details below:
Sol Cresta getting a physical release on Switch
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Limited Run Games has announced a physical release for Sol Cresta coming to Switch February 22.
There will be two different versions on offer; a standard edition and a limited collector’s edition. The latter will include a special box, a two-disc soundtrack, a metal replica ship, an enamel pin, a pair of medals, three acrylic standees, a set of art cards, and a 5.5-inch tall mini arcade cabinet replica with a video screen.
