The Pokemon Company have updated their corporate website with their latest sales figures for the year end March 2022. As of that date, they report total sales of over 440 million units of Pokemon-related software, which is an increase of 60 million units when compared to last year’s figures. We know that of these figures, at least 12.64 million copies of Pokemon Legends: Arceus were sold, as well as 14.65 million copies of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl. With the worldwide release of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet scheduled for November 18 this year, it’s likely that these numbers will only continue to grow.
They also reported over 43.2 billion cards have been produced, an increase of just over 9 billion from the previous year.
This report follows their recent financial earnings reports for the previous year, which show that all of its numbers essentially doubled on the previous year.
Nintendo continues to share information about Splatoon 3, this time drawing attention to its Turf Wars gameplay mode and how this works in a new Youtube Shorts video.
Here’s some more information about the game:
Resplendent Hero Effie: Army of One has just been made available in Fire Emblem Heroes for Feh Pass subscribers. The next set of Feh Pass quest has also gone live, with both Effie and these quests being available until June 24 at 11:59 PM PT.
Following that, the next Resplendent Hero has been revealed to be Matthew: Faithful Spy. He’ll be showing up right after Effie: Army of One becomes unavailable, on June 25 at 12 AM PT. You can see a bit more about the character and his new Nifl-inspired design below.
As the Cat Tour is currently wrapping up, Mario Kart Tour has just detailed the next Tour that will be coming to the game. This one will be a Metropolitan Tour, focused around a variety of city courses and with a general food theme added in.
As part of this, a new Pastry Chef Mii Racing Suit, part of the 8th wave of them, will be added to the game. It will also feature the return of several pre-existing drivers and kart elements, such as Lederhosen Luigi and Volendam Rosalina.
You can check out the new trailers for Mario Kart Tour’s Metropolitan Tour and new Mii Racing Suit below.
A new trailer has just been released for Nippon Ichi Software’s latest game, GrimGrimoire OnceMore. This trailer is focused on Glamour, one of the first kinds of magic protagonist Lillet Blan learns in the game. This magic enables the summoning of unicorns, fairies, and many other kinds of magical spirits to help Lillet thoughout the game.
Below is a story overview for GrimGrimoire OnceMore.
A new update has just gone live for Pikmin Bloom, adding a handful of small bug fixes and QoL features to the game. These features include being able to see the bonus coins you get from flower planting and event bonuses being displayed while in the planter or walk views.
Here are the full patch notes for the update:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 28,259 / 447,781
2. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You – 21,440 / NEW
3. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 13,290 / 749,577
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,848 / 4,664,614
5. [PS4] The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You – 9,029 / NEW
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,617 / 2,663,165
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 6,881 / 3,169,070
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 6,153 / 4,895,873
9. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 – 6,021 / 183,229
10. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,419 / 2,036,972
A new 3.3.0 update for the SNES app on Nintendo Switch Online has just gone live. Once installed, players can access new SP versions of classic Kirby titles. The lineup includes Kirby Super Star, Kirby’s Dream Land 3, and Kirby’s Dream Course.
Here’s some information about these new SP versions:
Publisher Devolver Digital and developer All Possible Futures have announced The Plucky Squire, an action-adventure game that will have players jumping between 2D and 3D worlds. It will launch on Switch in 2023.
Here’s an overview of the game with more details:
Today, Devolver Digital and Massive Monster announced a final release date for Cult of the Lamb. We now have confirmation that the game will launch on August 11, 2022.
For more on Cult of the Lamb, read the following overview:
