The full lineup for Evo 2024 – the biggest fighting event of the year – was just announced during a special broadcast.
Switch will have a couple of games represented with Mortal Kombat 1 and Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes. Other titles include Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear: Strive, Granblue Fantasy: Versus Rising and The King of Fighters XV. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike will be the Throwback Title.
Super Mario Maker 2 is back with another update via version 3.0.3. Unsurprisingly, it’s a pretty small release.
Here’s the official rundown from Nintendo:
A new Spirit Board event based on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be held in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this week, Nintendo just announced.
While it’s active, creatures from the game and The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC will be appearing. Defeat them to earn additional snacks. You can see the spirits that will be appearing in the graphic above.
A big update for From Space went live in the Switch version today.
Horde Mode, new skins for Story Mode, and more are included. Players can also access the Molten Iron and Concrete Jungle DLCs plus Operation: Clear Skies story mode DLC.
Here’s the full rundown of everything included:
Minecraft is back with a new version 1.20.61 update. Note that this version is specifically for Switch as other platforms show version 1.20.60, but both are the same.
Today’s patch includes experimental features from the upcoming 1.21 update, including Trial Chambers and the Breeze plus experimental Armadillo and Wolf Armor. Many bug fixes and parity changes are also available.
Here’s the full rundown:
Publisher Ratalaika Games, along with developer 9Ratones, today announced plans to release Prisonela DX on Switch. The game launches on February 9, 2024.
Prisonela DX is a 2D platformer in which players will use special parkour abilities to overcome obstacles and avoid traps. Learn more about it in the following overview:
In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for January 2024.
Suika Game has now been overthrown with Super Mario Bros. Wonder rising to the top. We also see a few new releases with Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 at #5, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at #6, and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy at #13.
The full lineup is as follows:
Nintendo should be pleased with how Super Mario RPG is performing on Switch as the remake has already outsold the original.
As part of today’s financial results, we learned that the game has sold 3.14 million units. Believe it or not, that’s actually above what the SNES version did in its lifetime, and by quite a fair bit. The original release only sold 2.14 million. Also worth noting, the feat was done in just six weeks.
Switch has surpassed all other systems to become Japan’s best-selling gaming device ever.
Based on Nintendo’s latest financial results, Switch has sold 33.34 million units in Japan. That means it’s overtaken the Game Boy Color. The classic handheld system previously sold 32,990,000 units.
As for overall Switch sales, Nintendo reported today that the system has sold 139 million units worldwide. It’s not terribly far off from the overall goal of 155 million, which would put it past the DS and PlayStation 2.
