It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Monster Hunter Rise tops the charts while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 remains in the top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 22 and January 6.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include CrossCode, various Doom games, Grandia HD Collection, Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last: Light Redux, SEGA Ages releases, Sonic titles, SmileBASIC 4, Star Wars offerings, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
Clouded Leopard Entertainment has provided an update on Laid-Back Camp -Virtual- Lake Motosu and Fumoto Campsite, which were originally announced last November.
The Lake Motosu version will debut first in March 2021. Fumoto Campsite will then follow in April.
Here are a new batch of details from Clouded Leopard Entertainment, along with a trailer:
Pikmin 3 Deluxe has officially become the best-selling Pikmin game of all title in Japan. Total physical sales are now at 513,225, which is more than the 502,996 amount sold by the very first entry in the series on GameCube.
Here’s the full ranking of Pikmin games by total sales in Japan:
Splatoon 2 finally held its Super Mario Bros.-themed Splatfest over the past couple of days. In honor of the series’ 35th anniversary, players could choose between the Super Mushroom and Super Star.
Following a weekend of battles, the results of the newest Splatfest are in. Here’s a look at how things panned out:
Nintendo closed out the week by offering a demo for Buddy Mission Bond on the Japanese Switch eShop. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.
Buddy Mission Bond is due out for Switch in Japan on January 29. A release for the west has not been announced at this time.
NIS America is hosting a new January 2021 sale on the Switch eShop. It includes the first discount for Mad Rat Dead, the biggest price reduction on RPG Maker MV, and more.
Here’s the full lineup:
This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, it’s our official 2021 return. We’ve been playing a bunch over the break—and Galen does not understand how Monster Hunter Rise works. How embarrassing. Check out as we take a look back on our 2020 predictions and see who is way better at video games.
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Sally Face, Portable Moose’s dark fantasy adventure game, lands on Switch next week. Take a look at some footage below.
Sally Face is due out for Switch via the eShop on January 21. We have a trailer and additional information here.
