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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./02. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.10.12} (¥7.900) – 39.077 / 417.990 (-32%)
02./01. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption II #
(Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2018.10.26} (¥8.800) – 34.258 / 167.242 (-74%)
03./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 27.001 / 301.351 (-15%)
04./05. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 8.093 / 350.337 (+2%)
05./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 8.000 / 1.818.277 (+23%)
06./08. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 6.605 / 2.684.110 (+2%)
07./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 4.628 / 1.147.476 (+10%)
08./10. [PS4] Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.10.18} (¥7.600) – 4.304 / 33.766 (-20%)
09./09. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey # (Ubisoft) {2018.10.05} (¥8.400) – 4.240 / 82.874 (-25%)
10./00. [NSW] Cats Together (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.11.01} (¥5.700) – 4.151 / NEW
11./14. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man # (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.09.07} (¥6.900) – 3.808 / 298.124 (+11%)
12./16. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) – 3.568 / 1.753.461 (+7%)
13./18. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 3.301 / 1.837.912 (+13%)
14./13. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 #
(Koei Tecmo) {2018.09.27} (¥7.800) – 2.887 / 151.189 (-25%)
15./20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun!
(Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) – 2.751 / 220.756 (+15%)
16./22. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies
(Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) – 2.689 / 636.284
17./04. [PS4] Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection # (Capcom) {2018.10.25} (¥4.990) – 2.360 / 16.358 (-83%)
18./19. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV – The End of Saga # (Nihon Falcom) {2018.09.27} (¥7.800) – 2.317 / 110.314 (-6%)
19./23. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.09.27} (¥6.800) – 2.298 / 43.051
20./15. [NSW] Dark Souls Remastered (From Software) {2018.10.18} (¥4.800) – 2.248 / 20.267 (-33%)

Nintendo Switch

During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last month, one investor brought up how Switch has some major games missing from third-party publishers. President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if he believes this will change in the future.

In response, Furukawa indicated that it’s unrealistic to expect every major game on Switch. Nintendo is speaking with publishers, however, and he believes “the number of titles on it will increase a lot more.”

Nintendo Labo

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa shared a few words about Nintendo Labo during the company’s latest financial results briefing, mentioning that sales are expected to increase this holiday and it will “sell for a long time”. Sales will also be different to core titles like Mario and Zelda.

Furukawa also left a very interesting comment to close out his response. Labo was one way in which Nintendo wanted to expand Switch’s user base, but Nintendo has other ideas that don’t rely on franchise titles. These will be announced later, Furukawa said.

Nintendo released a new trailer / promo video for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today showing how the game can be played in any location. Check out the video below.

Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa had a few interesting comments about Switch Online during the company’s latest financial briefing.

Furukawa started out by stating that the service “had a good launch”. Nintendo’s current objective “is on boosting the appeal of the service” and “further enhance the content of the service for the subscriber base to reach a certain size”. Using the NES-exclusive controllers as an example, Furukawa added that Nintendo has to “develop the service beyond being merely digital, in ways play to our strengths as a company that operates an integrated hardware and software business.”

Shuntaro Furukawa

For Switch’s initial year, Nintendo came out with big Switch games month after month. Zelda: Breath of the Wild got things started, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Super Mario Odyssey, and Xenolade Chronicles 2 releasing in subsequent months.

2018 has had its own fair share of games, but you could argue that the lineup has been a bit quieter – especially during the first half of the year. This was brought up during Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing, with president Shuntaro Furukawa said that it “takes a long time” to make games and “there will inevitably be periods during the hardware lifecycle when we are unable to release major new titles.” As such, the company needs to use different methods to fill in those gaps, such as “continuing to promote the sale of titles released in the previous year, release add-on content, highlight the appeal of hardware itself, and use services like Nintendo Switch Online to keep the utilization ratio of the hardware up.”

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

A year after launch, Nintendo has a few Switch games that continue to sell. The likes of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Mario Odyssey still regularly appear on the charts.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa described these titles during a recent financial results briefing as “hardware drivers”. He added that Nintendo intends to “incorporate add-on content and other factors that will keep these titles in the spotlight, so they will continue to sell alongside the hardware.”

During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, president Shuntaro Furukawa was initially asked a flurry of questions. Topics included the company’s strategy for Switch this holiday, the user base that will popularize the console, and how pre-orders are going for Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee and Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Here’s Furukawa’s full response:

We’re slowly but surely approaching the release of Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes on January 18th. Today, Nintendo revealed a special little tidbit about the game: Travis can wear a variety of t-shirts in the game, and many of them feature indie games. The picture above shows shirts themed after Golf Story, Hollow Knight, Dandara, Bit.Trip Runner and many more.

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The Super Smash Blog update got a second update today, which once again details Spirits. The accompanying screenshots also reveal some new Spirits.

There are two kinds of spirits. Primary spirits boost the physical abilities of the fighter you equip them to, while support spirits provide special skills. Try out different combinations to power up your fighters!

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