This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta return to Animal Crossing: New Horizons with StephenPlays and kungfufruitcup to relive real life prom memories. Check out the full episode below.
The Sydney Tour will be the next major event in Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo has announced. A new city course will be introduced as part of it.
Mario Kart Tour is currently hosting the Ninja Tour, which should wrap up on April 20. The Sydney Tour should start right after. Expect a trailer from Nintendo next week, and we’ll share it here on the site.
LEGO and Nintendo have collaborated over the past year on a number of different sets based on the Super Mario series. Luigi now appears to be joining the lineup.
Despite technically being a toy, LEGO Super Mario received a firmware update this week. Twitter user AyliffeMakit noticed that the character is now calling out to Luigi – something that hasn’t happened before.
Here’s a look:
Experience has shared the boxart for Mon-Yu, which we have above. The game launches this summer in Japan.
The official name was previously announced as “Monster wo Taoshite Tsuyoi Ken ya Yoroi wo Te ni Shinasai. Yuusha Tai ga Maou wo Taosu Sono Hi wo Shinjiteimasu”. It has since changed to become even longer. Experience now says the name is “Monster wo Taoshite Tsuyoi Ken ya Yoroi wo Te ni Shinasai. Shindemo Akiramezu ni Tsuyoku Narinasai. Yuusha Tai ga Maou wo Taosu Sono Hi wo Shinjiteimasu”. Mon-Yu remains the short version.
Super Rare Games is expanding its lineup of physical release on Switch with five more additions. Abzu, Deponia Collection, Inmost, Super Crush KO, and Vigil: The Longest Night will be offered in boxed form.
Most of these releases are self-explanatory. However, Deponia Collection is a bit of an outlier in that it will feature four titles: Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, Goodbye Deponia, and Deponia Doomsday.
All of these games will be sold physically through Super Rare Games later in 2021.
Source: Super Rare Games PR
In partnership with SNK, Limited Run Games has announced that it will produce a physical version of Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1. Fans can choose between a standard copy or collector’s edition. For the latter version, you’ll be getting extra goodies including a retrospective book, a double-sided poster, a steelbook, and classic-style packaging.
Pre-orders open on April 22 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET through Limited Run Games. Reservations will be accepted for four weeks.
Update: Trailer for the fourth season of Castlevania added below.
Original: The Castlevania animated series has been airing on Netflix with three seasons, with a fourth to follow soon. If Deadline is to be believed, the upcoming season will be its last.
Although that may come as disappointing news for some, there’s apparently still more planned for the franchise in the future. Deadline claims that “Netflix is eyeing a new series set in the same Castlevania universe with an entirely new cast of characters.”
Deadline reports that Castlevania season 4 will premiere on May 13. The previous seasons can be watched on the streaming service now.
Just a couple of days ago, Square Enix released a redone version of its classic RPG SaGa Frontier as SaGa Frontier Remastered. View new footage from the Switch version below.
SaGa Frontier Remastered is out now on the Switch eShop. Over in Asia, a physical version is available with English support.
This month’s NPD report brought plenty of news concerning software sales in the United States for February, but there are a few hardware tidbits as well. It’s now been revealed that Switch was the best-selling platform in terms of both units and dollars.
We’ll also mention that Switch was the unit sales leader in the first quarter of 2021 as a whole. PlayStation 5 came out on top in terms of dollar sales for the period, though it’s worth noting that the console costs more.
Mario Kart 8 has reached a major milestone in the United States. According to the latest data from the NPD, it’s now the best-selling racing genre video game in U.S. history. NPD doesn’t indicate whether that information only includes the Switch version, but we’d assume the original Wii U title is lumped in as well.
It’s worth noting that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the sixth best-selling game in the U.S. last month. Despite being a few years old, it still manages to place high on the charts regularly.
