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A bit of new footage has come in showing off the Wild Area of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, where you can freely encounter Pokemon and meet up with others players. View the gameplay below.

Luigi’s Mansion 3 sold through 55 percent of its initial shipment in Japan, Dengeki reports. That’s with the game having sold around 150,000 copies in its first week.

The previous entry in the series, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, sold 285,000 units in its first week and 1.05 million life-to-date in Japan. Also, the original Luigi’s Mansion shifted 134,000 copies before going on to sell 412,000 copies in total.

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Yesterday, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled updated with yet another major event. View some footage from the Neon Circus Grand Prix below.

Undertale creator Toby Fox first became involved with Game Freak after he composed some music for Little Town Hero. It turns out his contributions didn’t stop there, as he also made a track for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. You can listen to the tune here in case you missed it.

Fox has now written a piece on his involvement with the new Pokemon Switch games and how he ended up writing a bit of music there as well. Read his full message below.

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield

As the name implies, past Pokemon games included the Exp. Share item so that members in the party not currently used in battle can earn experience. However, in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, Game Freak has done away with it entirely. All party members are now automatically given experience equally. Some fans were surprised by this since there’s no way of turning it off.

In an interview with Dutch site InsideGamer, director Shigeru Ohmori explained the move. He noted that most players had Exp. Share turned on, and those who want to train one Pokemon at a time can remove everyone else from the party.

Ohmori’s full words:

Bigben has posted a video showing first gameplay from the Switch version of WRC 8. Have a look at the footage below.

The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta return to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and challenge each other with some “impossible” jumps, with the loser spinning the “Wheel of Fate”. Check out the full episode below.

Youtubers Life: OMG Edition has added new DLC on Switch, Raiser Games and U-Play Online have announced. The Fashion Channel DLC lets players make fashion videos, attend special events, and more.

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You may recall that with Switch version 9.0.0, Nintendo added functionality to invite friends for play sessions. Divinity: Original Sin 2 has now been given this feature, allowing us to see how the whole process works. View a video showing off the invite feature from GameXplain below.


Nintendo is gearing up for the launch of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield with a new North American commercial. View the advert below.


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