Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Now You’re Playing With Spirit Power!” Spirit Board event announced
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Nintendo has announced the next Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The theme this time is “Now You’re Playing With Spirit Power!”, featuring icons from the NES, Famicom, and Famicom Disk System. While active, such spirits will show up more regularly and you’ll earn more rewards.
The upcoming event kicks off on January 4. It’ll last for three days.
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition character trailers
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Bandai Namco has put out a set of character trailers for Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. View videos featuring Yuri Lowell, Repede, Karol Capel, and Rita below.
Amazon reveals its best-selling gaming products of 2018
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Since 2018 is over and done with, we have new data from Amazon revealing the best-selling video games of the year.
A number of Nintendo titles made the list, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at #1. Super Mario Party, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild are the other highlights.
Celeste physical pre-orders open
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Limited Run Games has opened pre-orders for the physical version of Celeste. Keeping in line with past traditions, two options are available: the standard release and a collector’s edition.
The collector’s edition includes:
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Mario Tennis Aces – Luma footage
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For Mario Tennis Aces’ latest tournament, Luma has been added as a new character. Check out some footage in the video below.
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Pokemon president on the difficulty of making a Pokemon game for Switch
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Pokemon made its proper debut on Switch last month with the two Let’s Go games. Traditionally a handheld-focused series, the franchise finally had a mainline entry on a console.
Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara spoke about this in an interview with Dime. He pointed out that Switch has a few different playstyles, causing it “harder to make a new mainline Pokemon game than I had originally thought.”
Super Mario Odyssey – Shiverian concept art
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To celebrate the end of the year and start of 2019, Nintendo has shared yet another piece of Super Mario Odyssey concept art. We have a look at the Shiverians above.
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Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/30/18)
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Animal Crossing holds on as the top Nintendo titles, and we also have our first sighting for Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition on Switch.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 13 and December 19.
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Truberbrook getting a physical release
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Retailer listings have revealed that Truberbrook will be receiving a physical release. Headup is publishing, though Merge Games will be distributing the retail copies.
Fortunately, the physical release won’t be limited to just one region. Amazon and GameStop confirm the news for North America while Amazon UK also has a listing. The retailers list tentative dates of March 19 and March 15.
We have the boxart for Truberbrook above.
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Dead Cells dev says a sequel is unlikely
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Dead Cells has been one of the most successful indie games of 2018. But if you thought that Motion Twin would rest on its laurels, think again.
Speaking with Game Informer, designer Sébastien Bénard indicated that a sequel to Dead Cells is unlikely. Bénard indicated that the team wants to try new things. For Motion Twin’s next project, you probably shouldn’t expect a platformer or a roguelike.
