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Coinciding with today’s Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury news, Nintendo has unveiled a new Mario Red & Blue Edition Switch system.

The hardware features a red-and-blue color scheme in honor of Mario’s iconic outfit. It comes with red Joy-Con controllers with blue straps, a blue Joy-Con grip, a red Switch dock, a red Switch system, a stylized Mario Red & Blue Edition Carrying Case, and a screen protector. This marks the first time the Switch system itself will be available in a new color.


Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

As was teased last night, Nintendo has debuted a brand new trailer for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. You can watch it below.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Earlier today, Famitsu published a new report detailing the Japanese video game sales in 2020.

The overall market collected 376.38 billion yen, which was 12.5 percent boost compared to the previous year. Hardware sales earned 185.66 billion yen while software saw another 181.72 billion yen.

Switch, which sold 5.957 million units in total, was the best-selling hardware of 2020 in Japan. It’s the fourth consecutive year that Nintendo’s console has bested all other platforms. Switch actually sold 1.3 times more in 2020 compared to 2019.

Here’s a look at the hardware rankings and top ten best-selling games of 2020 in Japan:

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Aksys Games has set a final release date for the western release of Code: Realize – Wintertide Miracles on Switch. The third entry in the fiction series will release on February 25.

Fans will be able to choose between a standard version and limited edition. If you pick up the latter option, you’ll receive a set of five 1.5” metal buttons featuring new holiday chibi artwork and a 3” acrylic keychain of Cardia in her winter costume. This keychain will be the third in the Code: Realize exclusive set of acrylic keychains.

Here’s an overview of Code: Realize – Wintertide Miracles:

Cyber Shadow

Inti Creates has confirmed that Cyber Shadow will release in Japan at the same time as North America and Europe, on January 26. A new trailer to go along with this announcement was released. Check it out below.

This weekend, the final bonus Splatfest in Splatoon 2 begins: Super Mushroom vs. Invincibility. Nintendo has published some special art to celebrate the event. We’ve included it above.

This special Super Mario-themed Splatfest will start on January 15 in North America and Europe, and will last 48 hours.

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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Nintendo will debut a new trailer for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury tomorrow, the company just announced. The video will be two minutes long.

The trailer goes live at the following times:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Twitter has come through with a new set of data to round up 2020. One notable piece of information is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the most tweeted about game of the year. Additionally, it was the ninth most followed gaming topic.

Here are some of the notable Twitter rankings pertaining to gaming in 2020:

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Nintendo Switch

A new report from GamesIndustry provides information about the games market in the UK from 2020. This follows the news that Switch outsold the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One during the year.

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Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory co-director Masanobu Suzui shared a lengthy blog post about the rhythm-action game towards the end of last week. Suzui offered up plenty of insight into the Switch title’s creation, including how the team went about selecting tracks, ensuring that the in-game visuals were implemented appropriately, and more.

Here’s the full blog:


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