Media Create provided extra sales information for the week ending June 11. The latest analysis indicates that the system has an attach rate of 1.60 after being on the market for fifteen weeks. In other words, Switch owners have purchased about 1.60 games, which is higher than Wii U’s 1.45 in the same time frame.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently the best-selling game in Japan with 505,270 copies sold. Zelda: Breath of the Wild is next at 494,526 units.

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ACA NeoGeo Sengoku footage

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This week’s NeoGeo addition on Switch was Sengoku. For a look at the game, take a look at the video below.

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Nintendo highlights 2017 Switch and 3DS releases in new infograhic

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Wondering what’s coming to Switch and 3DS for the rest of 2017? As a way of highlighting some of the upcoming releases, Nintendo created the new infographic above and distributed it on Twitter. It’s the same for both North America and Europe, but PAL regions are finally getting the Brain Training 3DS game this summer.

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Nintendo heard about AM2R after Metroid: Samus Returns development started, creator not bitter

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After working on the project for several years, DoctorM64 published his fan project Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) online last year. But soon after it was released, he was given a DMCA from Nintendo.

What’s makes the whole story interesting is that Nintendo unveiled Metroid: Samus Returns for 3DS at E3 this week. It just so happens that the company was working on its own remake of the Game Boy title.

One of the more prominent developers involved with Metroid was actually aware of AM2R. Although he hasn’t seen it personally, game producer Yoshio Sakamoto told Kotaku:

“We heard about it first after we had already started development. We know it exists, the fact that a fan is out there and really likes the series this much.”

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North American ARMS accolades trailer

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Nintendo of Europe uploaded an accolades trailer for ARMS earlier today. Nintendo of America now has one of its own, and we’ve posted it below.

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Rogue Trooper Redux footage, dev interview

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Shacknews has a new Rogue Trooper Redux video up with gameplay and a developer interview. Check it out below.

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Save $10 – $20 on select Switch games

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Best Buy has discounted four different Switch games as part of its “Deal of the Day”. LEGO City Undercover, Skylanders Imaginators, and Just Dance 2017 are all $20 off. Super Bomberman R has been discounted by $10.

You can visit Best Buy’s sale page here. Amazon has also price-matched everything here.

Thanks to Jason L for the tip.

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Monolith Soft on Xenoblade X western changes, Nintendo Europe handling Xenoblade 2, Nintendo’s localization process

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 144 Comments

Kotaku has a very interesting article up covering the localization of Xenoblade Chronicles X, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and Nintendo’s localizations in general. The site spoke with Monolith Soft CEO Tetsuya Takahashi, Nintendo’s Genki Yokota, and Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

Takahashi himself commented on the changes that were made for Xenoblade Chronicles X in the west, like removing a bikini for one of the characters (Lin). We also have confirmation that Nintendo of Europe is handling Xenoblade Chronicles 2 like the original Wii game instead of Nintendo of America. There’s talk here about Nintendo’s localization process as well.

Find comments from Kotaku’s article below. You can read the full thing here.

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Last wave of new badge sets in Nintendo Badge Arcade to be added in North America next week

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 4 Comments

Just like in Europe and Japan, Nintendo Badge Arcade is coming to a close in North America. The app itself isn’t shutting down, but Nintendo has confirmed that the final wave of new badges are being added next week. After June 22, there will be no more new badges.

Arcade Bunny here! It looks like we've hit our capacity for badges here in the Arcade, so 6/22 marks the release of our last new badge sets! pic.twitter.com/7NKYbfDVnw
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 16, 2017

We received confirmation earlier today that the same situation is taking place in Europe. Nintendo Badge Arcade is also no longer adding new badges in Japan.