Dragalia Lost has started a new Prize Showcase, which grants players a prize every time they summon an adventurer or dragon. This Prize showcase features the newly added adventurers 5-star Valyx (light/axe) and 5-star Phares (wind/lance) as well as the dragon 5-star Michael (wind). This showcase will be live until February 13, 2022 at 10:59pm PT.
Also, some new events have been added to the Event Compendium. These events include:
The Legendary Adventures in Pokemon Masters EX has received a refresh with Howling Shield of Eternity. This event is out now and it allows players to team up with Hop & Zamazenta. Battle rewards include custom Power ups and vouchers that can be used to upgrade Hop & Zamazenta’s potential.
This is a permanent story addition, and more details can be read below.
The next tour in Mario Kart Tour has been revealed, and this one is the Los Angeles Tour. This tour features the track Los Angeles Laps 2 as well as new karts such as the Star Burger kart.
The Los Angeles Tour will start on February 8, 2022 10:00pm PT and a glimpse of the track and cosmetics can see in the preview below.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide, Nintendo has announced. That feat was accomplished in less than a week.
Earlier today, we saw that Pokemon Legends: Arceus had sold over 1.4 million units in Japan alone. Only Animal Crossing: New Horizons had a bigger debut in the region. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl earned the third biggest release at 1.396 million copies sold.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 1,424,657 / NEW
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 19,169 / 833,192
3. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 14,951 / 2,483,102
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,064 / 4,400,203
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 12,986 / 4,739,797
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 10,663 / 2,496,078
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 8,695 / 7,166,966
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,733 / 3,059,839
9. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 7,127 / 237,549
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,749 / 2,584,176
A new trailer has come in for the Switch version of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. The detective thriller made it to Switch this week, and Frogwares is looking to promote the news.
Below is some information about Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments:
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is one of Nintendo’s major Switch games coming out within the first quarter of the year, so the company took a moment to highlight the title in its latest financial results explanatory material.
Other than that, the company also brought up the franchise in general. Kirby is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Nintendo said it is “planning a variety of projects in collaboration with the Kirby developer HAL Laboratory, aimed at sharing the charm of the Kirby series with many people.”
Nintendo’s full comments on Kirby are as follows:
In its financial results explanatory material for the third quarter of fiscal year ending March 2022, Nintendo shared the latest on its digital sales.
While digital sales during the third quarter dropped just slightly, between October through December 2021, they rose by 31.2 percent year-on-year. According to Nintendo, there was an increase in downloadable versions of retail titles this past holiday season. Nintendo Switch Online sales also “grew steadily”.
Below are Nintendo’s entire comments:
Nintendo has commented on the sell-through of its first-party Switch games between October and December 2021.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl was the highlight having moved over 11.7 million copies in its first seven weeks. Additionally, titles from previous fiscal years are performing well. 13 different games have each seen sell-through of 10 million units or more, Nintendo has confirmed.
Also worth mentioning is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the best-selling game ever in Japan at over 10 million units, beating Super Mario Bros. from 1985 which saw 6.81 million sales.
Nintendo’s full words:
In its financial results explanatory material published today, Nintendo delved into Switch hardware sell-through as well as the system’s annual playing users.
As mentioned today, the system has crossed the 100 million mark and has now outsold the Wii. Nintendo stressed that it’s still combating semiconductor shortages and distribution delays, which has an impact on Switch production.
As for annual playing users, the company said: “Many people continued to play Nintendo Switch in the most recent year, and for the period of January through December of 2021, the number of annual playing users exceeded 98 million users.”
Below are Nintendo’s full comments:
