This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Nintendo, 03/06/20) – 138,548 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 20,679 (3,491,353)
3. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 12,933 (1,298,028)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,751 (2,805,986)
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,319 (3,592,374)
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,067 (715,030)
7. [PS4] Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 02/20/20) – 8,109 (143,608)
8. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 7,774 (1,362,328)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,293 (3,335,123)
10. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 6,394 (171,725)
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include a first look at Nippon Ichi Software’s new Switch game Shoujo Jigoku no Doku Musume, Digimon Survive, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto, Digimon Survive, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, and My Hero One’s Justice 2. Scans of all games can be found below.
Nintendo has offered up an expanded statement regarding the cancellation of E3 2020 and the coronavirus as a whole.
In its response, the company said it will be “continue to be flexible and redirect our efforts to other ways of keeping our fans up to date about our activities and products.” Nintendo also believes that the outbreak means “large industry events may be untenable for the foreseeable future.”
The full statement reads:
Publisher Serenity Forge and developer Way Deep Down have shared a launch trailer for Half Past Fate, their narrative adventure game. We’ve attached the video below.
Physicality Games today announced a partnership with Akupara Games and Mastiff to publish a new physical release for the 2D adventure-horror video game Whispering Willows. It will be sold as both a standard release and a limited edition.
By purchasing the standard version, you’ll be given a physical copy of the game housed inside a collector’s tin with a transparent display window that stylishly shows off the game’s cover artwork. The Deluxe Edition contains a physical copy, steelbook, original soundtrack CD, 63-page artbook, 5″ light-up display stand featuring Elena’s spirit form, and collector’s tin with transparent display window.
Pre-orders open later this month. Copies will be sold straight from Physicality Games.
Source: Physicality Games PR
The visual novel NinNinDays is due out on the Switch eShop tomorrow. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
After heavy rumors circulated last night, E3 2020 was cancelled earlier today. Nintendo has always been a big supporter of the expo, but they’ll be unable to show that in action since this year’s event will no longer be happening.
Here’s a brief statement from the Big N about the situation:
Half Past Fate, a a rom-com adventure with a charismatic 3D art-style, launches on the Switch eShop tomorrow. Find some early footage below.
Much like Limited Run Games, Devolver Digital is moving forward with its E3 2020 plans. The event may have been cancelled, but the company’s Devolver Direct / press conference will still be live streamed. There could also be more than just that, but we’ll just have to wait on further details.
E3 2020 was originally set to take place during the second week of June. If Devolver Digital’s plans haven’t changed, expect the publisher’s presentation to air around then.
