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The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentations with director Masahiro Sakurai tend to be a bit on the lengthy side. Unsurprisingly, the trend will continue with this week’s broadcast. It’s been confirmed that Mr. Sakurai Presents “Sephiroth” will last about 35 minutes long.

Naturally, the presentation will be aimed at new DLC fighter Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. Sakurai should be sharing other news as well such as the latest Mii Fighter costumes.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is gearing up for its latest Spirit Board event. This time around, spirits that come in trios will be featured. You can earn triple the amount of experience points and SP as well as additional snacks by defeating them.

The new Spirit Board event goes live on December 18. It’ll last for a total of three days.

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Panzer Paladin

Panzer Paladin initially launched on Switch as a digital download, but it’s now getting a physical release. Limited Run Games will be offering standard copies as well as a collector’s edition.

The latter version includes:

Grindstone

The puzzler-battler Grindstone is among the new titles released on Switch today. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.

Grindstone is out now on the Switch eShop.

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Just like in the United States, November proved to be a successful month for Switch in Canada. Data from the NPD Group reveals that the system’s sales came in at 148,000 units during the month. Switch has been the best-selling console in Canada for 25 consecutive months.

This year, Switch has sold 790,000 units in Canada so far. The system surpassed in eleven months the total number of systems sold in all of 2019 by over 162,000 units.

Nintendo of Canada general manager Dominic Gross said in a statement:

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When Sephiroth was announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last week, a December release was already confirmed. Now, however, we have an actual date. The character will drop on December 22, director Masahiro Sakurai revealed during a presentation today.

Sephiroth will be more than just a roster addition. The character comes with a new Northern Cave stage, music, and spirits to fight.

Here are a bunch of details about the upcoming DLC:

Overwatch is ending 2020 with a Winter Wonderland 2020 event. Players can expect a new mode, cosmetics, and weekly challenges.

Here’s what Winter Wonderland 2020 features:

Grindstone physical

Grindstone is dropping on the Switch eShop today, but a physical version has now been confirmed as well. iam8bit and Capybara are teaming up on the boxed version, which comes with an exclusive set of custom creep-gut-colored crayons. Sam Webster’s original music for Grindstone is also being released as a double LP, featuring original artwork by Nuri Durr.

Both will begin to ship in 2021. Pre-orders are already open here.

PowerA is commemorating the news of Super Meat Boy Forever on Switch with a limited run of an officially licensed enhanced wireless controller. Pre-orders will be opening tomorrow for $49.99 / £39.99 / €49.99.

Super Meat Boy comes to Switch on December 23.

Indie World Showcase

Nintendo has put out a lengthy announcement recapping all of today’s news from the Indie World Showcase. It goes over every announcement as well as updates on other titles.

Here’s the full press release:


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