GameStop interim CEO Dan DeMatteo said in a statement that Nintendo’s console helped drive the retailer’s sales. Switch, along with the Xbox One, led to a rise in hardware sales by 38.3%. New game sales were also up 7.3% year-over-year, thanks to Switch games and Call of Duty: WWII. Switch was also a major factor in a 33.7% increase in accessory sales.

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ARMS Party Crash #4 announced

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments

Another Party Crash event will soon be taking place in ARMS. Lola Pop and Misango will be going head to head between January 19 and January 22. This time around, the theme is “New Face-Off”.

If you haven’t heard about Party Crash previously, they temporarily take over the regular Party Match mode. ARMS players can then join in on some fast-paced fights and earn points to raise their Lab Level. When Party Crash ends, everyone who participates will gain in-game currency and badges depending on what Lab Level they reached.

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PriPara: All Idol Perfect Stage boxart

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Over on Amazon Japan, the boxart for the recently-announced Switch game PriPara: All Idol Perfect Stage has been posted. We have it above.

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December 2017 NPD: Switch sells the most overall hardware units

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 174 Comments

This month’s NPD report hasn’t been published just yet, but we do have some early information. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg actually shared a very noteworthy tidbit on Twitter.

Greenberg indicated that Switch came out on top last month. According to the data he has access to, Nintendo’s console sold the most overall hardware units in December.

Greenberg posted on his Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/951634151790096384

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Splatoon 2: Patch 2.2.0 releasing next week, includes several balance changes

Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 8 Comments

Nintendo has announced that patch 2.2.0 for Splatoon 2 will be released next week, on January 17th at 10 AM JST. This will be a fairly major balance update with changes to a lot of weapons. Fans have kindly translated the patch notes, which we’ve put below. We will inform you once Nintendo publishes the official English patch notes.

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Splatoon 2: Dapple Dualies Nouveau being added to the game today/tomorrow

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It’s the end of the week, which means another new weapon is coming to Splatoon 2. The Dapple Dualies Nouveau are identical to the regular Dapple Dualies in terms of stats, but come with the Toxic Mist sub-weapon and the Ink Storm special instead. They’ll be available tomorrow around noon in Japan and Australia, early in the morning in Europe and later tonight in North America.

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