As revealed today by Nintendo’s financial results, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have sold over 20 million units. In doing so, they’ve become the first entries since Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver to reach that mark. Sword and Shield have currently sold 23.73 million copies.
Sword and Shield should eventually overtake Gold and Silver as the second best-selling Pokemon games of all time. Red/Blue/Green would be more difficult to surpass as those titles have collectively sold 31.38 million copies.
Here’s a look at the Pokemon series sales for all mainline titles:
Nintendo has shared a new “Mom’s Surprise” and “Cat Prints” commercials for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. View the adverts below.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is due out for Switch on February 12.
The sandbox sim title Castaway Paradise is heading to Switch, Rokaplay and Stolen Couch Games. The two sides have not yet provided a release window.
Here’s an overview of Castaway Paradise, along with a trailer:
When Eldest Souls was announced last year, the boss-rush action game was planned for a summer release. That didn’t happen in the end, though we now have a proper status update. United Label and Fallen Flag Studio have now confirmed a new Q2 2021 release window.
Here’s the latest on Eldest Souls:
Nintendo has announced a new partnership with Burger King in the United States.
Starting today, participating locations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America will contain one of six toys inspired by Switch games in King Jr Meals. Those in the U.S. will also have a chance to win a Switch Prize Pack by purchasing a Super Mario Meal on the BK Mobile App or online at BK.com between February 8 and February 22.
Here’s today’s full announcement with all of the relevant details:
It’s been almost two years since we first heard about Hindsight 20/20: Wrath of the Raakshasa, the single-player action RPG with morality-based decisions from the BioWare, ArenaNet, and Sucker Punch veterans at Triple-I Games. The studio finally provided an update today with confirmation that the project is now slated for Q2 2021.
Speaking about the extra development time, creative director Hemanshu Chhabra said:
Foreign Gnomes has revealed Everhood, an “unconventional RPG adventure from Foreign Gnomes where nothing is as it seems”. It will launch digitally for Switch on March 4.
We have the following overview and trailer for Everhood:
The latest Max Raid Battle event has gone live in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.
The Fighting-type Pokemon Machamp, Lucario, and Falinks are more likely to appear. The same goes for the Psychic-type Pokemon Gothitelle, Reuniclus, and Orbeetle. If you’re lucky enough, you may encounter Gigantamax Machamp or Gigantamax Orbeetle.
Update: Official announcement added below. Sonic Prime will have 24 episodes, and the press release states: “Sonic’s adventure is about more than a race to save the universe, it’s a journey of self-discovery and redemption.”
Original: Last month, we heard that Netflix is hard at work on a new 3D animated series for Sonic the Hedgehog. The news was officially announced today and we have an actual title as well.
Sonic Prime is the name of the upcoming Netflix show. It’s set to debut sometime in 2022.
Unfortunately, actual details surrounding Sonic Prime are mostly unknown. SEGA, WildBrain, and Man of Action are all working on the series.
We have an update on Cris Tales, the upcoming RPG for Switch. The game will now launch in July, Modus Games, Dreams Uncorporated, and SYCK announced today.
Cris Tales was originally planned for last November. It was then delayed to early 2021.
