Nintendo pre-order updates – December 29, 2024
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Nintendo and Acquire brainstormed over 100 possible names for Mario & Luigi: Brothership
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December 5: The Mario & Luigi: Brothership name has been well-received by fans, but it seems that it wasn’t an easy process to get there.
Associate producer Tomoki Fukushima and producer Akira Otani spoke about this in a new interview published today. It turns out that Nintendo and Acquire brainstormed over 100 possible names for Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Also shared is that both the west and Japan are using the same title for the first time.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership devs explain change in composers, finding ‘Mario-ness’ following Miyamoto feedback
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The developers of Mario & Luigi: Brothership have opened up about what it was like creating music for the game, including shifting composers from Yoko Shimomura to Hideki Sakamoto and some initial feedback from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. This information comes from a Famitsu interview with director Haruyuki Ohashi and producer Akira Otani.
Shimomura previously handled music for the series previously. However, with the franchise seeing various changes including Acquire taking on development, Otani said they “decided to get a fresh start”.
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Rating Nintendo’s 2024, Switch games and announcements
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It’s another year in the books for Nintendo Switch, and for what is most likely the console’s final stretch, it wasn’t quite as empty as people were expecting. We had many prolific releases, from Zelda to Mario to Mario to Mario. Okay, it was mostly Mario, but between a new Mario Party title and the first entry in the Mario & Luigi series in over ten years, there was a lot to love in 2024. We’re going over all of Nintendo’s news, announcements, and games from this year and asking you the question: how would you rate Nintendo’s 2024 on a scale of 1-10?
Freedom Wars Remastered getting physical release in Asia with English support, pre-orders open
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It seems that Freedom Wars Remastered won’t be available physically in the west, but in Asia, Bandai Namco has other plans. The game will be sold at retail in the region – and English support will be included.
Remember that Nintendo Switch is a region free console. That means the system is compatible with all games regardless of region. If you import the physical version in Asia, it can be played just like any other title.
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Top 20 favorite games of 2024 from Japanese developers
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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains a huge feature in which the magazine caught up with a ton of developers to find out about their favorite games they played in 2024. The overall results have been combined to give us a look at the top 20.
A Nintendo Switch game tops the chart – that being Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake. From Nintendo, the one title that appears is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at #13. Other notable games on the list include Unicorn Overlord, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, Balatro, and Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island.
The full lineup is as follows:
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Famitsu software sales (12/16/24 – 12/22/24) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 133,542 / 835,085
2. [NSW] Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake – 38,088 / 894,671
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 24,019 / 6,146,178
4. [NSW] Minecraft – 23,131 / 3,744,671
5. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership – 22,237 / 148,380
6. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 18,178
7. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 18,145 / 356,613
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 15,536 / 8,008,343
9. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet / Violet – 15,244 / 5,477,820
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 13,309 / 1,503,403
Night Slashers: Remake getting physical release in Japan with English support, pre-orders open
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Rainy Frog will be producing a physical release for Night Slashers: Remake on Nintendo Switch in Japan, the company has announced. It’s due out on February 20, 2025.
Night Slashers: Remake previously made it to Nintendo Switch in the west. However, thus far, it’s only been available as a digital download. Now fans will have the option to add a physical version to their library. Additionally, it’s worth noting that the physical release will support English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean. Nintendo Switch is region free, so importing a copy won’t be an issue.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now Japan’s best-selling physical game of all time
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons set another record within the past few days, and it has now become the best-selling physical game of all time in Japan.
Famitsu reported today that for the week of December 16, another 15,536 copies were sold at retail. That brings the game’s total physical sales to 8,008,343. No other game in Japan has ever managed to reach that mark – Pokemon Red and Greed previously held the record having sold 7.93 million copies. If digital sales were included, the number for Animal Crossing: New Horizons would definitely be much higher.
Famitsu sales (12/16/24 – 12/22/24)
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