Switch has done very well this year in many parts of the world. That includes Canada, where the system has sold 209,000 units. Switch has been the top-selling console in the country this year.

Nintendo held a 73 percent share of console sales in Canada last month. During September, the company sold 115,000 units between the Switch, 3DS, and SNES Classic.

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Atelier Lydie & Suelle details – more characters, gameplay systems

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 1 Comment

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting had more coverage in this week’s Japanese magazines. Both Famitsu and Dengeki PlayStation provided the latest details. Information about several characters and gameplay systems were shared.

RPG Site went ahead with a translation of the different articles. We’ve rounded up the information below.

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Koei Tecmo wants to make Switch games that can be played by numerous people, take advantage of features

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 33 Comments

Koei Tecmo has been one of the biggest supports of Switch in Japan thus far. The company has released a number of games, with more on the way. Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon recently debuted, with other projects like Attack on Titan 2 and Atelier Lydie & Suelle in the pipeline.

Koei Tecmo’s Keiko Erikawa commented on the status of Switch . The Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki passed along some of the CEO’s remarks.

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Splatoon 2 vs. Splatoon 1 Blackbelly Skatepark video comparison

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

Blackbelly Skatepark from the first Splatoon was brought into Splatoon 2 last night. See how the stage compares between both games below.

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Play-Asia opens pre-orders for the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works

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

A new Zelda book is heading to Japan by the end of the year. In collaboration with Nintendo, Tokuma will be publishign the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works.

The book will have concept art and various information about the game. It’ll span over 400 pages.

You can pre-order Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works on Play-Asia here.

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Aonuma also says that the next Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC pack is still coming this year

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 12 Comments

Earlier in the week, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the next Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC pack is still on track for this year. We also heard that a release date would be shared soon.

If that wasn’t enough, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has also reconfirmed that the DLC will be out by the end of 2017. A random video posted on Nintendo Australia’s YouTube channel today has Aonuma saying that the team is “working on it with great effort” and to “please hold on just a little longer”. He also says explicitly that the DLC “will also be available by the end of this year”.

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5 cool secrets in Super Mario Odyssey, without spoilers

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 6 Comments

GameXplain put together a neat video showing some of the secrets Super Mario Odyssey possesses. The great thing is that you won’t find much in the way of spoilers here. We won’t put any of the secrets out just in case you want to go in with an absolutely pure experience, but the video is worth a look.

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Minecraft – Stranger Things Skin Pack trailer, footage

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One of the latest pieces of DLC for Minecraft on Switch and Wii U is a new Skin Pack featuring the Netflix show Stranger Things. We have a trailer and some footage for it below.