The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of March 2019. You can check out the full results below, including debut digital sales for Yoshi’s Crafted World, Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy, Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn, and more.
A new Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster reward has been added to My Nintendo in Europe. For 50 Platinum Points, you can obtain a printable reversible cover. Check out the alternative design above.
Those who are interested in the reversible cover can redeem their points for it here.
A bunch of different events have kicked off in Fire Emblem Heroes today.
First up, to celebrate Golden Week, nine events have gone live. These include log-in bonuses, special maps for ten days straight, Hero Fest with special versions of the four Heroes from Choose Your Legends: Round 1 and 2, Aether Raids, and increased EXP and SP from battle.
Thanks to Amazon’s listing for Horizon Chase Turbo, we now have a look at the game’s boxart. You can see what the packaging image looks like above.
Horizon Chase Turbo is due out physically on Switch this spring. You can pre-order the racer here.
A new update for Blaster Master Zero 2 can now be downloaded. Inti Creates has started distribution of version 1.2.2.
With the new patch, a sequence has been added so that players can more easily understand how to use the Blaster Counter and return to Gaia Sophia when outside the tank. Other issues have also been addressed.
Below are the full patch notes:
Last month’s issue of Nintendo Dream had a big interview with the Yoshi’s Crafted World development team. Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka, Nobuo Matsumiya, and Emi Watanabe participated in the discussion alongside Etsunobu Ebisu and Masahiro Yamamoto from Good Feel.
You can read our full translation of the interview below. In it, the team talks about how it settled on the final art style, the surprising kindergarten inspiration and how the game was built around that, the creation of the flip side gimmick, and more.
Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
GameStop has finally joined other retailers in offering pre-orders for the next wave of Smash Bros. amiibo. Pichu, Isabelle, and Pokemon Trainer are now live on the retailer’s site here. A bundle is also available featuring all three.
Pichu, Isabelle, and Pokemon Trainer release on July 26.
Things have been quiet for 3DS as of late, which isn’t exactly surprising. The system is pretty old at this point and Nintendo’s efforts have focused primarily on Switch and mobile.
The 3DS definitely sounds like it’s winding down. Nintendo has no games announced for the system, and there’s only a smattering of third-party titles left like Persona Q2. Also, for what it’s worth, the company is saying that it has no news pertaining to first-party releases.
