Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time game length revealed, multiple difficulty modes included
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In an interview with Nintendo Everything, director Hiroaki Matsui spoke about how long it’ll take players to finish the game and also shared details regarding difficulty modes.
Matsui estimates that it’ll take roughly ten hours to complete on the normal difficulty level, which is known as “Samurai”. But he also teased that players “won’t be able to unlock sufficient amount of collectable items and skills with that difficulty, so I want them to play the game more and more and challenge higher difficulty levels as well.” Higher difficulty modes are included under the names “Master Samurai” and “Master of Masters”, which “require guts to play with”.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night creator says sales on Switch were well above expectations, gives breakdown of regional sales
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been a success having sold over one million copies as a brand new IP. Although we don’t have a breakdown of sales by platform, there’s no question that the Switch version largely contributed to that number.
In a recent interview with Famitsu, creator Koji Igarashi revealed that Bloodstained had the biggest response on Switch. It also sold “well above our expectations” even though it came out on the console a week after other systems.
Here’s our translation of the excerpt between Famitsu and Igarashi:
Annie of the Stars revealed as new playable character for Skullgirls 2nd Encore
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Lab Zero Games is adding Annie of the Stars to Skullgirls 2nd Encore, the studio announced today. The character will be playable on Switch sometime in 2021.
Annie has appeared in Skullgirls previously, but was never actually playable. When she’s added to Skullgirls 2nd Encore, she’ll come with her own stage and music.
Here’s a trailer for the character:
Retro Studios seeking lead producer to work on Metroid Prime 4
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Retro Studios is continuing to expand the team as it develops Metroid Prime 4. Today, the company posted a notice on Twitter regarding an open position for a lead producer. This person would be responsible for maintaining project timelines and forecasting products in development, studio-wide communication of project status, and more.
Outside of the lead producer role, Retro Studios has a number of other open positions related to graphics, design, art, and more. You can see the various listings here.
Metroid Prime 4 was first announced at E3 2017. In January 2019, Nintendo announced that it would be restarting the entire game’s development, with Retro Studios taking over all work.
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Shakedown: Hawaii launches for Wii U on August 20
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Shakedown: Hawaii will arrive for Wii U on August 20, Vblank Entertainment has announced. It will be sold both physically and digitally.
For the boxed release, two versions will be sold. A standard edition is planned for $24.99, along with a special edition for $29.99. The special edition has a digital soundtrack and protective case with alternate cover art as extra goodies. Each physical version is limited to 3,000 copies.
Here’s some additional information about the Wii U release:
Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded will be sold separately on the Switch eShop
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NIS America will be releasing Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded on Switch in a couple of months. As the name implies, it comes with a couple of games: Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? and Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! While NIS America is planning a physical version, things will be a bit different on the eShop.
Those who plan on picking up the Prinny games digitally will be interested to know that the two titles will be sold individually, which is helpful if you’re only interested in one of them specifically. They’re priced at $19.99 each, so you won’t necessarily be forced to spend $40.
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? takes up 826MB of space. Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! comes in at 1.2GB.
Source: Switch eShop
New discovery reveals that Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Guardian Battle theme is an inversion of Zelda’s Lullaby
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The Zelda series is known for many different aspects, but its emphasis on music is right up there. We’ve seen a number of interesting details emerge from the series’ various entries such as how the main theme for Skyward Sword is Zelda’s Lullaby when played backwards.
On the topic of Zelda’s Lullaby, that comes into play once again for Breath of the Wild. It turns out that the game’s Guardian Battle them is an inversion of that classic song.
As Reddit user aVeryLittleStoat explains:
Paper Mario: The Origami King sets new launch month sales record for the series in the U.S.
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As revealed by the latest NPD report published today, Paper Mario: The Origami King came in at #3 on the July chart. That’s not bad at all, especially considering it released during the middle of the month.
We now have some additional insight into Paper Mario’s performance in the United States. According to the NPD, Paper Mario: The Origami King managed to set a new launch month sales record for a Paper Mario title. Physical launch month dollar sales more than doubled those of Super Paper Mario. Given that digital sales aren’t factored in here, that makes this statistic even more notable.
July 2020 NPD: Switch continues its run as best-selling console in the U.S.
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NPD Group has provided the latest update pertaining to gaming hardware sales in the United States. As we’ve seen for quite some time now, Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of July and 2020 overall. That goes for both unit and dollar sales.
Overall hardware spending across the industry decreased 2 percent last month when compared to a year ago to $166 million. However, year-to-date spending has gone up 22 percent compared to a year ago to $1.8 billion.
July 2020 NPD: Best-selling games on Switch, year-to-date, last 12 months
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Another round of data is in from this month’s NPD report. Along with the best-sellers on Switch specifically for the month of July 2020, we also have a list of the games year-to-date and have sold the best over the last 12 months. Continue on below for the full results.
