NPD has shared information about the debut of Metroid Dread in the United States, revealing that the game is off to a fantastic start.
According to today’s report, the Switch title had the highest launch month sales of any Metroid franchise release in tracked history. Launch month dollar sales nearly doubled those of the previous franchise best, Metroid Prime. And keep in mind that this only applies to physical data – Nintendo doesn’t report digital, so it almost certainly did even better than that.
According to this month’s NPD report, Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of October 2021 in the United States. That goes for both unit and dollar sales.
Switch is the best-selling hardware platform of 2021 thus far when it comes to unit sales. PlayStation 5 leads in dollars, though keep in mind that Sony’s console is more expensive.
On social media, the official Pokemon Unite accounts have been teasing what many had assumed was the addition of Decidueye. The news was made official today, and we have a trailer as well.
Decidueye will be joining Pokemon Unite on November 19. The Pokemon Company hasn’t actually really gone into detail as to how the creature plays, but we do at least have some idea thanks to today’s video.
For a first look at Decidueye in action, check out the trailer below.
E-Line Media has shared a new launch trailer for its narrative adventure Beyond Blue, arriving on Switch today. Check it out along with some additional details below.
GungHo has shared a new Dev Diary for Ninjala, offering a closer look at what’s coming to the animal-themed Season 8. As Season 7 winds down, this next season is scheduled to start on December 2, and last until March 9.
Here’s an overview of what’s being added, along with the full Dev Diary:
The scuba diving adventure game Beyond Blue has received an in-depth gameplay preview. This preview is over 25 minutes and shows off some of the reconnaissance missions, the creatures that can be found, and a few cutscenes and story segments.
This full preview video can be found below and more about the game is also included.
The greek mythology-inspired shoot ’em up Wing of the Asteria has received a delay. PiXEL has announced that the Switch version of the game would be delayed from its projected 2021 window to later in 2022. No details past this have been released with this delay announcement.
If you’d like to learn more about Wing of the Asteria, check out some details and art below!
Mario Kart Tour is starting the next Tour on November 16, and this one is the Space Tour. The Space Tour will have Rainbow Road (the 3DS version) featured as the special track and will see new cosmetics such as an astronaut getup for Mario and a matching space rover kart.
This Tour will begin on November 16, 2021 at 10:59pm PT and a trailer has been released to show off some of the gameplay. It can be watched in full below!
