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Nintendo has shared its latest maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023. Things aren’t quite as busy as they were last week, but there will still be some downtime for Switch, Wii U, and 3DS.

Here’s the full maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023:

Brotato release date

The Switch version of Brotato is almost ready to go, and the eShop provides a final release date. Seaven Studio will be publishing it on August 3, 2023.

You may recall that Brotato was announced for Switch during an Indie World Showcase earlier this year. We initially had a general 2023 launch window.

Patrick's Parabox gameplay

Following the Switch release of Patrick’s Parabox, new gameplay has emerged. 25 minutes of footage is now available for the puzzle experience.

For additional details, read the following overview:

Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara gameplay

Chibig put Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara on Switch this week, and new gameplay is here. 36 minutes of footage shows off the puzzle platformer.

We have more information about it in the following overview:

Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Fate/Samurai Remnant, Blasphemous II, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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First week sales for Pikmin 4 in Japan were reported this week, with the game selling just over 400,000 copies. You might be interested to hear that this is the best performance for the series so far, and it’s not even close.

When the first Pikmin hit GameCube back in 2001, it sold 101,299 copies in its first week. Pikmin 2 did better, but still only moved 161,930 units back in 2004. Pikmin 3 then took a step back with its Wii U launch at 102,188 copies (not counting digital). Pikmin 3 Deluxe later saw its Switch launch in 2020 with 171,349 units sold (again without digital).

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Cook, Serve, Delicious 1

The original Cook, Serve, Delicious is heading to Switch, Vertigo Gaming just announced. The port is due out this fall.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! came to Switch in April 2019. It was followed by Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! in October 2020.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe King Dedede

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe updates many elements from the original Wii game, including the design for King Dedede. The developers behind the game touched on this in a recent interview with Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream.

Here’s our full translation:

Mortal Kombat 1 Geras

At DreamCon 2023 today, Geras was revealed as the latest character for Mortal Kombat 1. A new trailer debuted at the event sharing the news.

Geras, who was created by the former Keeper of Time, first appeared in Kombat 11. He was that game’s antagonist in the Story Mode.


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