Retro side-scrolling action RPG The Demon Crystal will be released on the Switch eShop this week. If you want to check out a bit of gameplay first before buying it, here are the first 20 minutes of the game:
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Yoshi’s Crafted World – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
6. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
7. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! – Nintendo
8. Minecraft – Nintendo
9. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission – Bandai Namco Entertainment
10. Super Mario Party – Nintendo
Wii U
1. Just Dance 2019 – Ubisoft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – Sega
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
6. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
7. Mighty No. 9 – Deep Silver
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
10. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3DS
1. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo
7. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
The Nintendo Switch Online mobile app has been updated. On both iOS and Android, version 1.5.0 has gone live.
Nintendo says it has implemented “various performance and usability” such as “changing the button display position.” The patch also includes bug fixes.
To use the Nintendo Switch Online app, you’ll now need to have iOS 10.0 or later. Android users will need to be on version 5.0 or higher going forward.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Dragon Quest XI S is the top Nintendo title while Fire Emblem: Three Houses overthrows Animal Crossing for the next spot after.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between March 20 and March 27.
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have unveiled the next Fire Emblem Heroes summoning event. Ranulf, Lethe, Mordecai, and Caneghis will all be featured. A new story chapter is also planned.
Fire Emblem Heroes – Out of Gallia starts on April 10. View a trailer for the event below.
After making Yoshi’s Woolly World on Wii U (and eventually 3DS), Good Feel continued with the IP to produce Yoshi’s Crafted World on Switch. Members of the development team spoke about the project in-depth in this month’s issue of Nintendo Dream.
According to director Masahiro Yamamoto, talks with Nintendo began before Switch launched. It was actually Nintendo who asked Good Feel is the company wanted to make another Yoshi game as opposed to the other way around. Also, due to Switch’s nature of playing with others and a home console that can be taken on the go, that acted as a major point of influence and led to the idea of having two sides to the different stages.
Yoshi’s Crafted World launched worldwide on March 29. Through March 31, the game sold a bit over 50,000 copies in Japan. Media Create now shares further information about the game’s performance.
Yoshi’s Crafted World sold through 35.96% of its initial shipment. To compare this to recent entries in the series: Yoshi’s Woolly World, which released in July 2015 on Wii U, sold 31,000 units in its first week, while the semi-follow up on the 3DS, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, initially sold 40,000 units in that same timeframe. The sales of Switch, however, were down to 50,000 units (89.78% of the previous week), the lowest of the year. Media Create says this means there is no marked influence of the game on hardware sales.
Final Fantasy XV lead designer Wan Hazmer left Square Enix at the end of 2017. He went on to form a new studio in Malaysia called Metronomik. He’s now cooking up his first original game, No Straight Roads.
The rhythm action title hasn’t been announced for Switch as of yet. However, Hazmer told Gematsu that many people who tried the game at PAX last week asked about Switch support, and it’s now something that’s “being considered.”
