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Part of the paid Nintendo Switch Online service is a selection of NES games with added online functionality. 20 of those will be available at launch, with more to be added later. Being able to play classic games (albeit not online) has previously been done on Nintendo systems with the Virtual Console service, with the difference that games had to be purchased individually. For a while now, it has seemed increasingly likely that a Virtual Console like on Wii, Wii U and Nintendo 3DS would not be coming to the Nintendo Switch – and this has now been confirmed.

Kotaku inquired about a possible Virtual Console on Switch, and received the following answer from a Nintendo spokesperson via e-mail:

The latest Jake Hunter game has been announced, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. The game’s full title is Jake Hunter Detective Story: Prism of Eyes. This is pretty much all we can glean from the preview images of this week’s Famitsu magazine, but we should have more info once we have access to the full issue later this week.

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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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

Switch

1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
4. Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
6. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
7. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
8. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
10. Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit – Nintendo

Wii U

1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
6. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
7. Splatoon – Nintendo
8. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
9. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Nintendo

3DS

1. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Detective Pikachu – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
9. Miitopia – Nintendo
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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Nintendo has shared another look at a level in Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion. This one requires you to defeat a certain number of enemies while standing on a platform made out of boxes which get destroyed when hit by ink – yours and your enemies’:

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Warriors Orochi 4

Preview images for the latest issue of Famitsu have revealed that Koei Tecmo’s Warriors Orochi 4 is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The latest version of the crossover game between Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors will feature over 170 characters, the largest amount the series has ever seen. The game will be released sometime this year.

We should have more concrete details once we can get our hands on scans of the latest issue of Famitsu later this week.

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Last night, Nintendo finally revealed more details about the Nintendo Switch Online service, including pricing in Japan and North America. Now, Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Australia have followed up with pricing information for their regions. Below are the prices for the service in €, £, and $ in Australia and New Zealand:

Europe: 1 month – €3.99 ; 3 months – €7.99 ; 12 months – €19.99 ; Family Membership for 12 months – € 34.99

UK: 1 month – £3.49 ; 3 months – £6.99 ; 12 months – £17.99 ; Family Membership for 12 months – £31.49

Australia: 1 month – $5.95 ; 3 months – $11.95 ; 12 months – $29.95 ; Family Membership for 12 months – $54.95

New Zealand: 1 month – $6.55 ; 3 months – $13.15 ; 12 months – $32.95 ; Family Membership for 12 months – $60.45

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Here is a short opening cinematic for the upcoming BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, check it out down below.

This week in Pokemon Shuffle the Ultra Challenge Stage will be Tapu Koko and the Great Challenge Stage will be Shiny Charizard, Omastar, Breloom, Piplup (Winking) and Zekrom. The daily Pokemon are the Rotoms with Fan Rotom, Frost Rotom, Heat Rotom, Wash Rotom and Mow Rotom and the Pokemon Safari includes Burmy Trash Cloak, Deerling, Morelull, Venonat, Sawsbuck, Shiinotic, Pikachu (Angry), Venomoth, Wormadam Trash Cloak and Wimpod. Finally the Competitive Stage is Mega Pinser and the Once Per Day stage is Jellicent (Female).

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South Park: The Fractured But Whole Nintendo Switch

Ubisoft has identified a couple of issues with the Switch version of South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

Probably the more damaging of the two, some users have encountered a bug in which their profile has been reset, affecting the autosave file. Also an issue is an infinite loading screen that can appear during the “You Can Call on Me” mission.

The good news is that Ubisoft is currently working on a patch that should address both problems. The company is also offering some temporary advice for the autosave file issue. You can read that below along with Ubisoft’s full statement.


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