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At a recent event in Tokyo, Inti Creates shared some info on the sales and development process on Blaster Master Zero. The Switch version of the game was in development for six months (alongside the 3DS version) and the development team consisted of 35 people. To date, the Switch version has been downloaded 80,000 times.

While this may not sound all that impressive, given that Inti Creates were willing to publicly share this number, they must be satisfied with the game’s sales so far.

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This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
2. NBA Playgrounds
3. Kamiko
4. Puyo Puyo Tetris
5. Snipperclips
6. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
7. TumbleSeed
8. Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
10. Has-Been Heroes
11. Blaster Master Zero
12. The Jackbox Party 3
13. FAST RMX
14. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
15. 1-2-Switch

Source: Switch eShop

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Update 2: More on HD Rumble implementation:



Update: And just like that, a retail version is confirmed:



Original: After originally launching on Wii U, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is now coming to Switch. WayForward announced the news today and stated that this new version is slated for the summer. HD Rumble will be supported.

WayForward tweeted:


It’s not yet known if Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will be receiving a physical release. The news comes directly from WayForward rather than XSEED though, so it could be digital-only.

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ACA NeoGeo Garou: Mark of the Wolves is now available to download on the Switch’s eShop. Check out this video of the first 14 minutes of this game on the Switch.

Flat Heroes

Flat Heroes is on the way to Switch, developer Parallel Circles has announced. A release date was not mentioned.

Parallel Circles shared the news on Twitter today, writing:


Flat Heroes is described as “a minimalist super intense local multiplayer game with cooperative and competitive modes for 1-4 players that features squares”. Four separate versus modes are included.

Here’s a look at the game:

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Garou: Mark of the Wolves – €6.99 / £6.29
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical – €8.00 / £6.99
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – €29.99 / £19.99
NBA Playgrounds – €19.99 / £17.99

Switch DLC

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Builder’s Pack – €16.99 / £12.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Biome Settlers Skin Pack 1 – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Campfire Tales Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Candy Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Cartoon Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Chinese Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Festive Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Halloween Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Pattern Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Plastic Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Redstone Specialists Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Steampunk Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Garou: Mark of the Wolves – $7.99
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical – $7.99
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – $29.99

3DS Download

Elliot Quest – $14.99

tinyBuild has been hard at work on a patch for Mr. Shifty. Once released, it should improve the game’s performance – specifically frame rate. The team was hoping to have it ready this week, but it’s taking a bit longer than expected.

tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik said today that the “patch is simply too big. This is because the Unity plugin we’re using for export is brand new, and tends to package in a bit too many unnecessary information, bloating the size.” tinyBuild is now working with Unity to address this as well as reduce the overall size of Mr. Shifty on Switch.

When we have more news to report about the patch, we’ll let you know.

Shakedown: Hawaii

Vblank Entertainment has kicked the first in a series of soundtrack previews for Shakedown: Hawaii. The first one from composer Matt Creamer can be heard below.


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