This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
02./01. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption II #
03./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party
04./05. [NSW] Minecraft
05./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
06./08. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
07./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
08./10. [PS4] Soul Calibur VI
09./09. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey #
10./00. [NSW] Cats Together
11./14. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man #
12./16. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
13./18. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
14./13. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 #
15./20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun!
16./22. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies
17./04. [PS4] Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
18./19. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV – The End of Saga #
19./23. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ
20./15. [NSW] Dark Souls Remastered
Forgotton Anne makes its way to Switch today as a digital download. Take a look at close to an hour of footage below.
Even though Switch is the focus when it comes to Nintendo hardware these days, 3DS hasn’t been entirely forgotten. The system is still being sold and there will still be games released on the dedicated portable next year.
Speaking during the company’s latest financial briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that 3DS will continue to be sold as long as there’s demand. Furukawa also reiterated that 3DS has its own advantages compared to Switch thanks to its size, weight, and price.
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last month, one investor brought up how Switch has some major games missing from third-party publishers. President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if he believes this will change in the future.
In response, Furukawa indicated that it’s unrealistic to expect every major game on Switch. Nintendo is speaking with publishers, however, and he believes “the number of titles on it will increase a lot more.”
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa shared a few words about Nintendo Labo during the company’s latest financial results briefing, mentioning that sales are expected to increase this holiday and it will “sell for a long time”. Sales will also be different to core titles like Mario and Zelda.
Furukawa also left a very interesting comment to close out his response. Labo was one way in which Nintendo wanted to expand Switch’s user base, but Nintendo has other ideas that don’t rely on franchise titles. These will be announced later, Furukawa said.
Almost all of Nintendo’s mobile games were developed in-house. But for Dragalia Lost, the company teamed up with Cygames. Could there be more collaborations in the future?
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the possibility during the company’s latest financial results briefing, explaining:
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa weighed in on Fortnite’s success on Switch during the company’s most recent financial briefing. Thanks to strong momentum, the game has been downloaded by close to half of all Switch systems worldwide. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fortnite is doing the best in Japan, but “is also growing in Japan.”
While addressing the same investor, Furukawa said that cloud-based games from third-parties “is a very positive thing.” He believes it can also have a good impact on expanding the user base since “there are some titles that probably could not be offered on Nintendo Switch any other way.”
Nintendo released a new trailer / promo video for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today showing how the game can be played in any location. Check out the video below.
It was recently revealed that Trine 4 is coming to Switch. So it makes sense then that past games in the series will make their way to Nintendo’s console, starting today.
Frozenbyte announced that the initial Trine games are all bound for Switch. Trine Enchanted Edition launches today with Trine 2: Complete Story and Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power coming “soon after, with exact release dates still to be announced.” BlitWorks is working on the ports.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa had a few interesting comments about Switch Online during the company’s latest financial briefing.
Furukawa started out by stating that the service “had a good launch”. Nintendo’s current objective “is on boosting the appeal of the service” and “further enhance the content of the service for the subscriber base to reach a certain size”. Using the NES-exclusive controllers as an example, Furukawa added that Nintendo has to “develop the service beyond being merely digital, in ways play to our strengths as a company that operates an integrated hardware and software business.”
