The previously announced next Mythic Hero has arrived in Fire Emblem Heroes – Líf: Lethal Swordsman. The Summoning Focus featuring him is now live and will be available until February 6. The other 5-star units appearing in this Summoning Focus are Eliwood: Blazing Knight, Lucina: Glorious Archer, Byleth: Proven Professor, Ephraim: Legendary Lord, Lukas: Buffet for One, Yune: Chaos Goddess, Hector: Marquess of Ostia, Hilda: Idle Maiden, Leif: Unifier of Thracia, Loki: The Trickster and Caineghis: Gallia’s Lion King.
A Mythic Hero battle featuring Líf is also available until February 6. Several other Legendary and Mythic Hero Battles are also back for the same time: Hector, Leif, Eliwood and Yune. You can receive rewards such as orbs, blessings and accessories when you beat them.
The Voting Gauntlet: Clash of the Claws is now live. It will run until February 5. The first-round match-ups are Tibarn vs Naesala, Caineghis vs Nailah, Lethe vs Selkie and Keaton vs Panne.
Finally, a new map has been added to Tactics Drills. “Special Dance Lesson” can be found in the Grandmaster section; clearing it gets you 300 feathers.
Switch has reached another major sales milestone. With Nintendo reporting today that total hardware sales stand at 52.48 million, it has outsold the SNES. Total SNES sales sit at 49.10 million.
Aside from the SNES, Switch previously outsold the Wii U, GameCube, and N64. Those systems moved 13.56 million, 21.74 million, and 32.92 million units respectively.
Switch should next surpass the original NES, which sold 61.91 million units.
Nintendo’s latest financial results are in, and included with the various documents is the upcoming release schedule for Switch. Aside from a look at what’s to come from a first-party perspective, it also provides an overview of some planned third-party titles. We’ve attached the latest schedule below.
Thanks to Nintendo’s latest financial results, we’re able to get a look at the company’s latest million sellers.
Several titles appear for the first time. Pokemon Sword/Shield has crossed 16 million units, while Luigi’s Mansion 3 is also doing well at over 5 million. We also see Ring Fit Adventure over 2 million while Astral Chain and Marvel Ultimtae Alliance 3 have crossed 1 million.
Here’s the full lineup:
The next Legendary Event for Pokémon Masters is now live. This event is the “The Dragon That Rules the Sky” and features a short story featuring Solgaleo and introduces the Sync Pair of Zinnia & Rayquaza. In addition to this, a new Sync Pair Scout has opened up. Until February 13th at 05:59 UTC, the Kukui Spotlight Scout will be running which introduces the Sync Pair of Kukui & Lycanroc.
Thanks to Serebii for the translation.
Special artwork has been created celebrating the arrival of the “PRIMAL CRISIS” event featuring the fearsome Fatalis. Its name has been whispered in fearsome tones since antiquity, for it is said to have razed entire kingdoms in but a night. Players can summon on the event’s showcase for a chance to add it to their ranks.
A sixth mana circle, the mana spiral, was added to the 5★ adventurer Delphi on Jan. 28, 10 PM PT.
New wyrmprints have also been added to the game. These can be found in the Treasure Trade. The new wyrmprints are only available for a limited time, and you will not be able to trade for them after the featured period is over. You can view their artwork below:
Dr. Larry will appear in Dr. Mario World as the game’s latest character, Nintendo has announced. The update will go live on February 3 at 2 AM PT / 5 AM ET.
New stages will also be added to Dr. Mario World at the same time. Here’s a look at the upcoming content:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [PS4] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Sega, 01/17/20) – 39,719 (196,712)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 39,217 (622,646)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 37,950 (335,308)
4. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco, 01/17/20) – 25,669 (115,206)
5. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 12,875 (120,573)
6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,827 (1,233,493)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,927 (3,532,729)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,008 (2,746,682)
9. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 6,065 (584,812)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,915 (3,301,208)
