The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during the first half of 2019. On the Nintendo-side of things, it’s actually a 2018 title at the top – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Below are the full results:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 #
02./00. [NSW] God Eater 3
03./03. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4: We Are Looking Up at the Same Sky
04./05. [NSW] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball
05./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #
06./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
07./09. [NSW] Minecraft #
08./04. [NSW] Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle
09./11. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! #
10./06. [PS4] Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle
A new set of Coliseum quests has gone live in Fire Emblem Heroes. These require you to play the three Coliseum modes (Allegiance Battles, Arena Duels and Arena Assault) in order to earn rewards such as orbs and feathers. These quests come in three difficulties (Normal, Hard and Lunatic) and you need to clear all quests on one difficulty in order to access the next set on the higher difficulty.
Also, since it’s Thursday, a new map has been added to Tactics Drills. “The Path to Victory” can be found in the Grandmaster section; clearing it gets you 300 feathers.
Marvelous has released a new trailer for their upcoming Switch exclusive Daemon X Machina. The (Japanese) video provides an overview of the story, gameplay, customization, multiplayer and more:
Daemon X Machina will launch on September 13.
Another Dragon Special Summon Showcase is coming to Dragalia Lost starting in the early morning of July 20th.
This special set will last until July 26th. The full details can be viewed below.
As part of a recent article published by Fortune on the future of Nintendo and the Switch, they report on some comments made by Doug Bowser that Nintendo is “closely watching” streaming technology moving forward.
Additionally, Bowser also comments that the Switch already “delivers on a lot of the promises of streaming”, citing the console’s handheld capabilities. The full quote can be read below.
The Switch delivers on a lot of the promises [of streaming], it’s a device where you can play anywhere, at any time, with anyone. It’s obviously something that we’re closely watching, and looking at, and understanding.
PlatinumGames is continuing its blog series on Astral Chain with a new contribution from Koji Ishida. In his piece, the modeling artist explains how the team went about creating the game’s character models and how they should look. We also get a look at character customization, which you can see above.
Here’s the full blog:
Columns II: The Voyage Through Time will be the next entry in the SEGA Ages lineup on Switch. On the official website, a new batch of details and screenshots were provided.
Here’s the full roundup, courtesy of Gematsu:
It turns out that Pearl and Marina weren’t the final bit of Splatoon 2 Splatfest art, as Nintendo is showing off one last character who isn’t on either Team Chaos or Team Order. We’re of course talking about Judd, who is neutral.
Here’s a brief introduction to the character’s role in the Splatfest:
