River City Girls Zero launch trailer
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WayForward has readied a new launch trailer for River City Girls Zero, the 16-bit beat ’em up game that was originally only released in Japan as Shin Nekketsu Koha: Kunio-tachi no Bank. The title makes its debut on Switch and in English today.
Here’s everything you need to know about River City Girls Zero:
Batora: Lost Haven gets a new story trailer
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Developer Team 17 has today shared a new story trailer for upcoming story-driven action RPG Batora: Lost Haven, which was previously announced for Switch last year.
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Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires gameplay
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Ahead of its launch on Switch tomorrow, fans interested in Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires can now check out 35 minutes of gameplay footage.
For more information about the game, see below:
Yomawari 3 gets new trailer
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Nippon Ichi Software has debuted a brand new trailer for Yomawari 3, the third entry in its survival horror series. It provides a general overview of the game – in Japanese, of course.
Here’s the full video:
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UK software sales – February 14, 2022
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Famitsu’s most wanted games – February 13, 2022
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. The shuffling of Switch games continues with Dragon Quest X Offline overthrowing Bayonetta 3 for the top Switch spot.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 27 and February 2.
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Pre-order updates – February 13, 2022
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Nintendo says component shortages involving Switch starting to impact its gross profit
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It’s no secret that there have been component shortages for all sorts of technology, including Switch. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has now said that the situation is starting to impact the company’s gross profit due to increased costs.
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukara explained that the “rise is gradual” and there will only be a small impact this fiscal year. However, “if costs continue at current levels through next fiscal year as well, then we would expect hardware profitability to decrease correspondingly compared to this fiscal year.” Also brought up is how the Switch OLED has a lower profit margin compared to the standard Switch and Switch Lite.
Furukawa stated:
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Nintendo says digital sales saw huge growth in Q3, Animal Crossing and Smash Bros. key contributors
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Nintendo was asked about what percentage of users purchased the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC during its financial results briefing last week. While president Shuntaro Furukawa didn’t go into specifics, he did share some notable information.
According to Furukawa, “digital sales grew enormously in Q3, and one factor in that was the Animal Crossing: New Horizons add-on content.” He also mentioned that Smash Bros. Ultimate played a big part as Sora was released during the final DLC character for the game. Furukawa noted that the recent DLC contributed to user engagement on Switch.
Furukawa’s full words:
Nintendo on sales of evergreen Switch titles
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about sales of evergreen Switch titles during the company’s financial results briefing last week.
According to Furukawa, the system saw a percentage of 50-60 percent for older first-party software over the past few months. He mentioned that new Switch buyers tend to pick up “an evergreen title as their second or third game.” However, going forward, Nintendo expects that there’ll be “more purchases of multiple systems within the same household, as well as consumers replacing a previous Nintendo Switch system with Nintendo Switch – OLED Model.”
Furukawa’s full words:
