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Nintendo has started to update its upcoming maintenance schedule for the next few days, which currently only involves 3DS and Wii U. Two different periods are currently planned leading up to Monday.

The schedule is as follows:

A new set of images from the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works book are available. With some high-quality scans having been posted, we’re able to get a look at early concepts for Divine Beasts, Guardians, and more. Check out the full set of photos below.

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Unfortunately, we won’t be seeing Shovel Knight: King of Cards anytime soon. Yacht Club Games provided an update on the expansion’s release this week, revealing that it’s now planned for the latter half of 2018.

The studio explained:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the game that keeps giving. More than a year following the game’s launch, fans continue to find secrets.

One such secret was shared by player kamuilyn a few hours ago. There’s something going on with the Trial of the Sword that some may not have been aware of previously.

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. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
5. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
6. Kirby Star Allies – Nintendo
7. FIFA 18 – EA
8. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
9. Lego Worlds – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft

Wii U

1. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
4. Mario Party 10- Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
6. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
7. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
8. Splatoon – Nintendo
9. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
10. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed – Sega

3DS

1. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
6. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
7. Detective Pikachu – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Miitopia – Nintendo
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey received several nominations at the 2018 BAFTA Game Awards. The awards ceremony has just wrapped up, and between the two, both titles secured a few wins.

Super Mario Odyssey actually took home the most wins at two for the game design and family categories. Zelda: Breath of the Wild was chosen for the innovation award.


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Update (4/12): Added in more maintenance for Switch.


Original (4/11): Five new sessions have been added to Nintendo’s maintenance schedule. Switch, 3DS, and Wii U / 3DS Image Share will all be impacted.

The current maintenance schedule is as follows:

Yacht Club Games announced a major sales milestone for Shovel Knight today. Since its original launch, the game has sold over two million copies across all platforms.

On Switch, Yacht Club says Shovel Knight is at 370,000 units sold. It’s the third best-selling platform behind Windows and 3DS. Despite that, Shovel Knight has sold faster on Switch than on any other platform, and it’s generated the most revenue as well.

Here’s a big breakdown of Shovel Knight’s sales and more:

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

Switch

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
5. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
6. Kirby Star Allies – Nintendo
7. FIFA 18 – EA
8. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
9. Sonic Forces – Sega
10. Pokken Tournament DX – Nintendo

Wii U

1. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
4. Wii Party U – Nintendo
5. Splatoon – Nintendo
6. Lego Marvel: Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
8. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
9. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo

3DS

1. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
2. Detective Pikachu – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
7. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
8. Miitopia – Nintendo
9. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

Within the past few days, the full GDC presentations for both Splatoon and ARMS were published online. We thought it might be interesting to highlight prototypes of the two games, as this is the first time we have direct-feed footage as opposed to very off-screen videos (which also weren’t complete). If you’re interested, we have both clips below.

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