Nintendo Everything

This week’s issue of Famitsu surveyed 128 Japanese developers (as well as people involved with the industry) about their favorite games of 2018. A number of Nintendo titles made the list – even some that released last year such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

The full rankings are as follows:

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Gain Ground is out now on the Japanese eShop as the latest SEGA Ages game for Switch. Have a look at some footage in the video below.

Ahead of its release in early 2019, Arc System Works has released a demo for BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition on the Switch eShop. It’s currently available in Japan, though any user with a Japanese Nintendo Account can gain access.

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition launches February 7 in North America and February 8 in Europe. It will be sold physically in Europe, but only as a download in the states.

Source: Switch eShop

We now have a full translation of the latest column Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai published in this week’s issue of Famitsu. In it, he discusses Joker’s reveal at The Game Awards, plans for a bit of rest, reducing the team size for the development of DLC, and a brief comment on online play.

Here’s our full translation:

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Devolver Digital has set a release date for the Switch version of Downwell. Thanks to the company’s Discord channel, we have confirmation that it’ll arrive on January 31.

We have the following overview and trailer for Downwell:

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Nintendo has put out a couple of videos highlighting some of the top indie games on Switch this year. We have them below.

Nintendo has readied a new trailer for Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey. Watch it below.

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 278,701
PS4 – 57,948
New 2DS LL – 19,096
PS4 Pro – 17,845
New 3DS LL – 7,116
Vita – 3,939
2DS – 724
Xbox One X – 195
Xbox One – 182

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 281,213
PS4 – 62,580
PS4 Pro – 19,014
New 2DS LL – 14,510
New 3DS LL – 5,132
Vita – 2,647
Xbox One X – 847
2DS – 395
Xbox One – 204

And here are the software charts:

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Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off its latest event. Players can participate in Grand Conquests, in which three armies fight over territory during the course of three battles. The continent of Elibe from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is where battles are fought this time.

The latest Grand Conquests event in Fire Emblem Heroes will be live until January 1.

In anticipation of the 2019 release of Kill la Kill the Game: IF on Switch, Arc System Works has let loose more details on the game’s main Story Mode, as well as its various Practice Modes.

This news comes to us in full from Gematsu, who broke down all of the new information and screenshots below.

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