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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, the Live A Live Switch remake appears for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 23 and March 2.

In the last Nintendo Direct, we saw the announcement of a new entry on the Mario Strikers series after 15 years in the form of Battle League.

The game is one of the many spin-offs in which Mario and his friends play a specific sport. However, I would argue that this is a good example of how to break the usual formula that we see in those titles. What we see in Strikers is indeed soccer, but it’s a kind of soccer far removed from reality, with so many insane concepts that it almost feels like an entirely new sport.

In today’s video, I discuss how Mario Strikers manages to be different and why it’s so nice to see the series coming back with the upcoming release of Battle League. You can check out the video down below.

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

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.hack//G.U. Last Recode

New gameplay has surfaced for the Switch version of .hack//G.U. Last Recode. It’s been five years since its initial debut, but the remastered trilogy just landed on the console.

switch best selling games japan fifth anniversary

Famitsu celebrated the fifth anniversary of Switch’s launch this week with some updated sales numbers. We now have a look at the top 35 best-selling games in Japan since launch.

A similar list was published last year after the fourth anniversary. Once again, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is on top with sales in Japan at over seven million. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is still in second, but Mario Kart 8 Deluxe overtook Pokemon Sword / Shield to come in third. New games included in the rankings are Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Monster Hunter Rise, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.

The full list is as follows:

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Switch has its fair share of new games, but also quite a large selection of releases from prior generations. And five years in, things are still very strong on that front. This past week we saw the announcement of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. In last month’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that Portal: Companion Collection is in the works. Nintendo has even dabbled with that idea having released Super Mario 3D All-Stars. Obviously that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Switch has shown that it still has a lot of life left, and that means collections will continue to be a mainstay. With that in mind, is there a dream collection you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below.

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Phantom Breaker: Omnia Kurisu

Phantom Breaker: Omnia has received another character trailer focusing on Kurisu, a guest from the visual novel series Steins;Gate. Trina Nishimura handles the role in English while Asami Imai is doing the Japanese voiceover.

Continue on below for some background information on Kurisu, as provided by the official website:

Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021 winners

During a ceremony earlier today, winners were announced for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021.

Monster Hunter Rise was the big winner having been selected for Game of the Year as well as Best Action Game. Metroid Dread also picked up an award for Best Action-Adventure Game. Additionally, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai was selected for Most Valuable Creator.

The full list of winners for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021 is as follows:

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Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures gameplay

Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures has come to Switch, and we now have gameplay. 27 minutes of footage has been captured in a new video.

Below is an official overview with more details about the game:

.hack//G.U. Last Recode

Bandai Namco has uploaded a new launch trailer for the Switch edition of .hack//G.U. Last Recode, a packaging containing the Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption, and Reconnection titles. It provides one last look at the collection.

Learn more about .hack//G.U. Last Recode with the following overview:


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