Japanese daily Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun conducted an interview with Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, which was published today. Furukawa primarily commented on sales, but some other things as well.
First, Furukawa officially confirmed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold five million copies worldwide in its first week. Additionally, Switch is the home console seeing the fastest software sales so far in Nintendo’s history. The system’s sales began to increase in mid-November, which makes sense given the holiday period and the launch of Pokemon: Let’s Go. Switch is currently available in 60 countries.
Once again, Nintendo sees smartphone gaming as a pillar of earnings. Furukawa wants to land smartphone hits and publish multiple apps across multiple fields.
It appears that Cattle Call — the developers of such titles as The Alliance Alive and the Metal Max series — is currently developing an unannounced Switch game.
According to the company’s official website, the Nintendo Switch is now listed under the heading of “Platforms Developed For”. It is believed that this could be referring to either an original game or a co-developed title for the hybrid console.
It is unclear at this time if this new project may be related to a title that the company has previously worked on or ported.
Bandai Namco has published a debut trailer for the previously announced Ninja Box on Switch, while also revealing that the title will be hitting Japan sometime this year.
Previously, only some gameplay details had been discussed officially, with a teaser trailer shown. Those interested can view the new trailer, with gameplay footage, below.
The Pokemon Company has officially announced a new partnership with General Mills that will have sets of Pokemon Trading Card Game cards available in select boxes of Big G Cereals.
Up until March 30th, fans can find a pack of three Pokemon TCG cards included within specially marked boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, Trix, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs.
Each pack is slated to include two common cards and one of four special foil cards, all featuring Pokemon who first appeared in the Kanto region. The foil cards will highlight either Pikachu, Eevee, Charmander, or Cubone. However, select boxes purchased at Walmart may include Bulbasaur as a fifth foil card option. There are 13 different cards to be included in the promotion total.
Nintendo has announced that the second part of the Fire Emblem Fest Spirit Board event will be held this weekend in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Starting January 18th and rolling through the weekend, characters from the Fire Emblem series will be the focus once again. As previously noted, some Spirits not included in the first part of the event will now show up more often.
Based on the image, this will include increased appearance rates for the Azura, Takumi, and Leo Spirits — as well as many others.
The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
New avatar outfits inspired by the villainous squads of Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire — Team Magma and Team Aqua — are now available within Pokemon GO.
An image of the new attire can be viewed above.
Giving credibility to a long-running internet joke, dialogue from the Wii’s Fortune Street seems to suggest that Yoshi tries to avoid paying his taxes.
Pointed out by Twitter user Supper Mario Broth, the only documented case of in-game evidence of Yoshi avoiding his taxes comes from the money-centric party game.
Apparently, out of the 26 characters in the game, Yoshi is the only one to ask for exemption from paying his dues when a player constructs a new tax office.
The proof within the pudding can be viewed in all of its glory below.
With the Forever Entertainment-developed indie title Bedtime Blues landing on Switch later this week on January 17th, YouTube channel Handheld Players has posted a 20 minute preview of gameplay footage.
The video can be viewed below.
