April 2020 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.
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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of April 2020. The results can be found below.
New Maneater footage
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New footage has emerged for Maneater, Tripwire Interactive’s open-world action-RPG. We’ve included a few gameplay videos below.
More: Maneater, Tripwire Interactive
Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu releasing as digital-only title, will have monthly updates
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Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu won’t initially be distributed at retail. Instead, Level-5 has said that it will release the game as a regularly updated, large-scale digital title.
Players can look forward to one free update per month. One major feature Level-5 is working on is a multiplayer mode, though specifics have yet to be shared.
Ministry of Broadcast update out now
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Ministry of Broadcast has been updated on Switch, bringing along new features and improvements. An easy mode and improved checkpoints are a couple of the highlights.
Here are the full patch notes:
Catherine: Full Body trailer showcases Persona 5’s Joker to promote Switch port
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A new trailer has been released promoting Catherine: Full Body for the Nintendo Switch by showing a gameplay segment with Joker from Persona 5. In this video, Joker traverses a second area in the Babel challenge stage know as “Menhir.”
Originally, the Persona 5 content in Catherine: Full Body was DLC, but it will be included by default in the Switch version.
It is interesting to note that while this video is meant specifically to promote the Switch version of the game, it uses PS4 gameplay footage. The full trailer is available to view below.
Catherine: Full Body launches on Switch on July 7, 2020 in the West.
More: Atlus, Catherine: Full Body, Persona 5
Pokemon Sword/Shield – more mystery gift Pokemon and item sets, including Galarian Ponyta, Corsola, and Meowth
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The Pokemon Company recently announced that they would make Galarian Mr. Mime and a ball set available to Pokemon Sword and Shield players via a mystery gift . Now, they have added three more Pokemon, along with more item sets to accompany them (usually different types of pokeballs but also other items).
These Pokemon include Galarian Ponyta, Corsola, and Meowth and their run times have also been given. Check out the specifics of their item sets and the exact running times of each below:
Monolith Soft discusses the elements it focused on with Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
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In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Xenoblade Chronicles director delved into the improvements made for Definitive Edition on Switch. Monolith Soft focused on improving player understanding through the UI, playability, and visuals.
Takahashi gave a few examples of improving playability. If the player loses consistently against a specific boss, a related tutorial will appear after a set amount of time. Also, you can now be assisted with receiving a full party gauge upon returning to the game.
Famitsu software sales (5/11/20 – 5/17/20) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 129,659 (4,480,117)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 21,963 (905,295)
3. [PS4] Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, 04/10/20) – 11,229 (908,337)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,286 (2,946,455)
5. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 8,079 (3,417,239)
6. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,216 (3,697,918)
7. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 6,588 (229,057)
8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,063 (1,387,002)
9. [NSW] Dragon Quest X All In One Package Version 1-5 (Square Enix, 05/14/20) – 5,657 (New)
10. [PS4] Trials of Mana (Square Enix, 04/24/20) – 5,467 (122,753)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons update out now (version 1.2.1)
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Nintendo has updated Animal Crossing: New Horizons with a small patch. Version 1.2.1 is live, though it’s not terribly exciting. According to the single line in Nintendo’s patch notes, bug fixes have been implemented.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons received several updates in April. The biggest one dropped on April 22, which added Leif and Redd plus the latest batch of seasonal events.
The developers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have previously said that the team wants updates to give surprises for years to come.
PlatinumGames studio head feels Switch was “ground-breaking”, says it “opened up all these new possibilities”
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PlatinumGames studio head Atsushi Inaba has a lot of love for Switch. While Inaba is embracing the next generation of gaming consoles in the form of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, they don’t carry an “extreme surprise or the unexpected quality”.
In contrast, Inaba feels “Switch was very ground-breaking in how it was able to just to take a home console and make it portable.” Also, much like the Game Boy and DS, he believes the system “opened up all these new possibilities.”
Inaba told VGC:
