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Nintendo touched on its upcoming slate of releases during its financial results call today.

New Pokemon Snap just came out on April 30. On the horizon are Miitopia, Game Builder Garage, and Mario Golf: Super Rush. There’s also the upcoming launch of the blue Switch Lite.

Nintendo said the following today:


While Nintendo couldn’t be doing much better when it comes to Switch hardware and software, that success extends to digital sales. The Big N’s digital sales are up 68.5 percent over the past year.

The Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield Expansion Pass as well as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate played a big role in sales for add-on content. Nintendo mentioned that there was growth for indie titles, download-only software, and Nintendo Switch Online.

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Nintendo has pointed to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury as one of its top performing Switch games of late. In its first six week, the sell-through amount was four million units.

Nintendo also shared the graph above as part of its latest financial results to stress overall strong software sales for Switch.

The company said:

Nintendo delved into the performance of Switch hardware and software sales as part of its latest financial results.

Over the past year, sales of the console were up 37.1 percent. Between all Switch hardware, the system sold nearly 30 million units.

As for software, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was Nintendo’s top performance over the past fiscal year at 20.85 million. Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury also performed strongly at 9.01 million and 5.59 million copies respectively.

Here’s the full rundown from Nintendo:

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Umbrella has been revealed as the latest new character for Skullgirls 2nd Encore. She’ll be offered as part of the game’s new Season 1 Pass.

Here’s a proper introduction to Umbrella:

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove has been updated to version 1.7.2 on Switch. This is the big “Still in the Groove” update, featuring larger maps and more.

Below are the full patch notes:

NIS America and Grasshopper Manufacture are back with another trailer for The Silver Case 2425. This time around, we have a video focusing specifically on The Silver Case.

Here’s the trailer:

World's End Club

A demo for World’s End Club went live on the Japanese Switch eShop yesterday, but thankfully, it’s not just limited to that region. The same trial can now be downloaded in other parts of the world.

NIS America celebrated the news with a new trailer. We’ve included the video below.

The blue Switch Lite is starting to pop up around the world. A new video has now emerged unboxing the system and comparing the color to other Nintendo systems.

Here’s the full video:

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GameStop is planning an exclusive pre-order bonus for Mario Golf: Super Rush. By reserving the game, you’ll receive the pin set pictured above.

Mario Golf: Super Rush launches for Switch on June 25. Pre-orders are open at GameStop here.


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