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The Switch Lite launched with a pretty substantial game. Alongside the new hardware was The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, a remake of the Game Boy classic.

During the Q&A session of Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing, president Shuntaro Furukawa said “many” buyers picked up Link’s Awakening alongside the Switch Lite. Although sales have been high from core gamers, it’s expected that this could change as the consumer base expands.

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Nintendo has more maintenance planned for the coming days, with the bulk of downtime happening early in the week. Switch will largely be impacted again as expected.

Here’s the current maintenance schedule:

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Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Dragon Ball FighterZ - Broly (DBS)

Bandai Namco and Arc System Works have put out a new trailer for upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC character Broly (DBS). Watch the video below.

Broly (DBS) will be added to Dragon Ball FighterZ “soon”.

Hello, my Norman Reeduses and Freaky Fetuses! This week on NEP, we celebrate Terry Bogard’s debut in Smash with lots of creativity flowing; we muse on ideas for licensed anime games like Food Wars Shokugeki no Soma, Trigun, Sailor Moon… We also kick the show off with some chat about general media—I promise there’s structure to this show. Galen talks his captivation with Luigi’s Mansion 3, Oni Dino is charmed by Destiny Connect, and general banter continues. “C’mon!”

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This week, the podcast is sponsored by Koei Tecmo. Check out Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, out now on Nintendo Switch.

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Tencent has teamed up with Nintendo to distribute the Switch in China. There’s no specific release date yet, but it will finally be happening sooner rather than later.

Tencent seems to have some big goals aside from being Switch’s Chinese partner. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, one official claimed that the company is interested in making console games featuring Nintendo characters.

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Recently, Chucklefish announced free Double Trouble DLC for Wargroove containing a new story campaign with three new Outlaw Commanders and more. View some of the first footage from a live stream recording below.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered has been given a new patch on Switch. This week’s update include some fixes as well as improvements.

Below are the full patch notes:

The latest character highlights for the fighting game Shovel Knight Showdown feature Shield Knight and King Knight. Take a look at the new videos below.

Due to a number of leaks from the past week, all of the Pokemon in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have been revealed. In addition to returning creatures, we now know which ones will be returning as well.

A handy chart has been compiled showing all of the Pokemon cans can expect from the Galar Pokedex when playing through the adventure. You can find it below, but beware of spoilers of course.


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