Switch had its best October yet from a sales perspective in the United States. Over 735,000 units were sold between the original Switch and Switch Lite, Nintendo has announced. That mark is the second-highest October mark ever, only behind the 807,000 units sold by Wii in 2008. Total Switch sales in the U.S. are now at over 22.5 million units.
Switch was again the best-selling console in the United States last month. That’s been true for 23 consecutive months, which is the most months in a row for any console since NPD began tracking data.
Here’s the full announcement from Nintendo:
The yuri visual novel Forest Guardian was made available on Switch today. View some gameplay footage in the video below.
Forest Guardian is out now on Switch via the eShop. For more information about the title, head on over here.
Last week, Cygames released the card battling RPG Shadowverse: Champions Battle on Switch in Japan. Get a look at some footage below.
Amazon UK has posted the boxart for Five Nights At Freddy’s: Core Collection. Get a look at the packaging image above.
Five Nights At Freddy’s: Core Collection launches for Switch on January 12, 2021. It includes Five Nights at Freddy’s, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, Five Nights at Freddy’s 4, and Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location in one package at retail.
Ubisoft has issued a launch trailer for Family Feud, a Switch game based on the popular television show. Give it a look below.
Family Feud is on Switch both physically and digitally. Additional information can be found here.
Crunching Koalas and Studio Gauntlet have released a new gameplay trailer for Bonkies, a couch co-op construction builder. Watch it below.
Bonkies was originally expected on Switch this summer, but was ultimately delayed. A new release window has not yet been announced. Find additional information about the game here.
The free-to-play platform fighting game Brawlhalla is now five years old. To celebrate, Ubisoft and Blue Mammoth are kicking off an in-game event with new colors for Legends, a new Skin for Legend Bodvar, a new Podium, a time-limited Emote, and more.
The event includes the following items:
The ability to drift is a staple of the Mario Kart series. However, for Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, the feature wasn’t always a sure thing to be included.
In a recent blog post, Velan Studios Karthik Bala co-founder noted how adding drift initially seemed “impossible”. But the functionality eventually found its way in following a “late-project weekend experiment at Velan, with some suggestions from the Nintendo team”.
Bala wrote about including drift:
2K shared a new video today that shows off the Babylon civilization and its leader, Hammurabi. This will be featured in the game’s New Frontier Pass.
Here’s the video:
Baltoro Games has announced S.N.I.P.E.R. Hunter Scope, a new rail shooter for Switch. It will launch on November 19.
We have the following overview and trailer for S.N.I.P.E.R. Hunter Scope:
