It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Pokemon Sword/Shield moves into the top three while Zelda: Link’s Awakening ends its run at #9.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 5 and September 11.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Armello, Membrane, Overcooked 2, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
Last week’s Tokyo Game Show had a huge amount of games to check out. Just about every platform was represented, though some featured more titles than others.
As for Nintendo platforms, Switch dropped slightly from 144 last year to 129 this year, as did 3DS from 5 to 3. Wii U was finally absent for the first time after the system had two games on display in 2018.
Here’s the full breakdown by platform:
Risk of Rain 2 is in an interesting position. It’s still technically in Early Access on Steam, but it just launched on consoles – including Switch.
Fortunately, Risk of Rain 2 will be getting the same content across all platforms. In fact, Hopoo Games has shared a roadmap as well as additional details regarding plans for consoles.
We have a look at the roadmap above. Hopoo has also provided the following information:
During the early days of the N64’s development, Nintendo referenced the console under its code name Ultra 64. Now all of these years later, a prototype controller has been found in the wild and taken apart.
Video game preservationist Shane Battye shared his findings on Twitter. We have the following information and photos from his discovery:
Hello, my Ring-con and leg straps! We are back from our break, and we’re covering Tokyo Game Show and the Ring Fit Adventure in this week’s episode of NEP. Check the episode out for some sneak peaks at what we were up to at TGS2019 and what content we’ve got coming in the near future on Nintendo Everything.
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Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for the coming week has been updated. A few different sessions are planned, all of which involve Switch.
The full schedule is as follows:
As the clock strikes midnight in Japan, Nintendo is now a year older. The company turns 130 years old today having been established way back on September 23, 1889.
Nintendo is very different in 2019 compared to its early days of hanafuda cards and love hotels. The Big N couldn’t be in a better position today, as its current gaming system Switch has sold 36.87 million units as of June 30.
Happy birthday, Nintendo!
Retailer Geo has posted the packaging image for the special Dragon Quest XI S Loto Edition Switch hardware bundle. Check it out above.
The entire Switch hardware features unique Dragon Quest imagery throughout. It also comes with a copy of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition Gorgeous Edition.
