UK software sales (Week ending 12/8/2018)
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Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/9/18)
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. In what could be its final week, Smash Bros. Ultimate remains #1 for the second week in a row.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between November 21 and November 28.
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[Interview] Gear.Club Unlimited 2 devs on making the game Switch exclusive and from the ground up
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Microids and Eden Games came out with Gear.Club Unlimited in 2017. Essentially one year later, the two sides have returned once again with a sequel. Unlike its predecessor, Gear.Club Unlimited 2 was made from the ground up for Nintendo’s console and as an exclusive – it has no mobile ties unlike last year’s release.
Shortly before Gear.Club Unlimited 2’s launch, we caught up with lead designer Yannick Berthier. Berthier spoke with us about why the team made its new racer exclusively for Switch and the benefits that allowed for. You can read our full interview below.
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Pre-order updates (12/9/18)
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Smash Bros. Ultimate fastest-selling Smash Bros of all time and fastest-selling Switch game in the UK
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Super Smash Bros Ultimate is already off to a great start in the UK. Not only has it become the fastest-selling entry in the series of all time, but it’s also the fastest-selling Switch game.
Smash Bros. Ultimate had 302% higher launch sales than Smash Bros. for Wii U. It was also 233% higher than Smash Bros. for 3DS. Comparing it to Smash Bros. Brawl, launch sales were also better here by 62.5%. This is without including digital sales of the Switch title.
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Best Buy: B1G1 50% off select 3DS games, save $10 on digital Switch titles, more
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Best Buy is running several deals on Nintendo-related games this week. The retailer is hosting a 3DS-specific offer, a sale on digital Switch titles, and more.
First up, Best Buy has started a buy 1, get 1 50% off sale on select 3DS games. The lineup includes:
Atelier Rorona DX, Atelier Totori DX, Atelier Meruru DX footage
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Atelier Rorona DX, Atelier Totori DX, and Atelier Meruru DX all made it to the Switch in the west a few days ago. We have footage from each of these three titles below.
Nintendo maintenance schedule as of December 9, 2018
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Nintendo is gearing up for even more maintenance over the next few days. Switch will be the only platform impacted thus far, with three different sessions planned starting tonight.
The current maintenance schedule is as follows:
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled dev on being authentic to the original, improvements, more
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Activision confirmed this week that it has plans to remaster the PlayStation classic Crash Team Racing. It’ll be coming to Switch next June as Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Following the announcement, creative director Thomas Wilson from Beenox shared a few words about the project. He spoke about the team’s intentions to be authentic to the original game, improvements for this iteration, and more.
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Sakurai talks working with third-parties on Smash Bros. characters
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Super Smash Bros. originally started out as a game with Nintendo-only characters. However, over the past few entries, we’ve seen more and more third-party representatives.
Speaking with EDGE this month, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai gave some insight into the process of working with third-parties and getting their characters into the game. Here’s what he shared on that front:
