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Amazon has significantly reduced the price of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Creating a Champion: Hero’s Edition pre-orders. Normally priced at $99.99, it’s down to $59.99 currently. It’s unclear how long this price will be live.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Creating a Champion: Hero’s Edition has also been discounted on Amazon Canada and Amazon UK. The two have it down to $78.59 (save $52.40) and £54.27 (save £29.23) respectively. 

Don’t forget that GameStop will be selling the exclusive Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Creating a Champion Champions’ Edition – Summer Convention Exclusive 2018. The collector’s case features burnished leather with gold foil embellishments, the Creating a Champion art book with exclusive cover and gold gilded edges, a cloth Calamity Ganon tapestry, an art print featuring the Champions flying into battle, six mini prints of each Champion and Zelda, and four crafted glass Champions’ orbs with laser etchings of the Divine Beast symbols rendered within.

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This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for this coming week. As of now there will be maintenance for all of the digital stores as well as a few other sessions.

Here’s the full schedule:

Square Enix announced its lineup for the 2018 Tokyo Game Show today. Primary highlights for Nintendo platforms include The World Ends with You: Final Remix, Dragon Quest Builders 2, and Dragon Quest X.

Here’s the full lineup:

Earlier in the year, we heard that Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the highest-selling Zelda game in Japan in 19 years. It was a bit behind Ocarina of Time, but has now surpassed the N64 classic.

Combined sales of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch and Wii U are now at 1,258,611 copies. It just surpassed Ocarina of Time, which had sold 1,257,205 units on the N64.

Many Switch owners are anticipating the next system update that should arrive close to the launch of Nintendo Switch Online. That hasn’t happened yet, though Nintendo has updated its previous console.

Indeed: a new system firmware update is live for Wii U. According to Nintendo, version 5.5.3 makes improvements to system stability and usability.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe- Nintendo
2. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate – Capcom
3. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
4. Minecraft – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
6. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy- Activision Blizzard
7. Mario Tennis Aces – Nintendo
8. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo

Wii U

1. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
5. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
10. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo

3DS

1. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo
5. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
9. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

As the summer draws to a close, Square Enix is hosting a new “Back to School Sale” on its official store. Games for Switch, 3DS, DS, and Wii U have been discounted. This includes a significantly lower price on Lost Sphear.

Here’s the full lineup of discounts:

Yacht Club Games has announced the release date of a few Shovel-Knight related products.

The King of Cards expansion and new Showdown battle mode are launching April 9, 2019. On that same day, the physical version of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove will be available on Switch, alongside the trio of new amiibo – a three-pack featuring Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight.

The physical version of Shovel Knight: King of Cards will cost $39.99. Those who have Treasure Trove digitally can receive the additional upcoming content at no extra charge. King of Cards and Showdown will be sold separately as digital releases as well.

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Yacht Club Games has provided fresh information on Shovel Knight Showdown.

If you’ve previously purchased the game on Switch or Wii U, it will be offered as part of a free update. Players can also choose to buy it separately. Unfortunately, there are no plans to support 3DS.


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