Interested in getting a very early head start on paying for Nintendo Switch Online? If so, perhaps you’d like to see what’s taking place over on Amazon UK and Amazon Germany.
The retailer is currently taking pre-orders for Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions. 3-month and 12-month options can be purchased as of now. A release date of September 30 is shown, though we’re certain that’s nothing more than a placeholder.
Nintendo Switch Online won’t be fully launching until September. There will be 1-month, 3-month, and 12-month plans priced at $3.99, $7.99, and $19.99 respectively.
Last year, Saber Interactive announced a special offer involving NBA Playgrounds. Those who purchased the game by the time its online patch dropped would be entitled to a free digital copy of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn.
This will be going live starting tomorrow. On the eShop, Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will show a 100% discount to eligible Switch owners, making it entirely free. Again, it only applies to players who bought NBA Playgrounds before the online update.
You’ll have until July 5 to claim your free copy.
One of the new Switch games to have appeared on the eShop last week was Songbringer. Take a look at a bunch of footage below.
Wales Interactive is bringing the FMV mystery The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker to Switch tomorrow. Have a look at an hour of footage below.
Nintendo’s maintenance schedule has updated once again. Currently, six different sessions are planned primarily affecting Switch, using the Nintendo Network ID, and Minecraft.
The current schedule is as follows:
Three years after its original launch, Guitar Hero Live is shutting down one of its major features. GHTV will no longer be accessible as of December 1. Even sooner than that, GHTV in-game purchases will be turned off will be turned off on June 1.
Activision’s support site states:
Square Enix has revealed the official cover for the Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack. If that wasn’t enough, we also have a near complete listing of tracks that will be included.
The lineup is as follows:
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild- Nintendo
4. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
5. Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection – Capcom
6. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
7. FIFA 18 – EA
8. Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition – Nintendo
9. Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit – Nintendo
10. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
Wii U
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. Splatoon – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. Wii Party U – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
3DS
1. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Detective Pikachu – Nintendo
7. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Miitopia – Nintendo
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
Nintendo’s 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will take place on June 28th at Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto. Several big changes to the company’s structure will be finalized at that meeting, including the appointment of Shuntaro Furukawa as the next president. Some other people are also changing jobs within the company, including the longtime president of Nintendo of Europe, Satoru Shibata. It is expected that, after 18 years, he will step down from that role at the shareholders’ meeting and be appointed one of Nintendo’s Five Directors (alongside Shigeru Miyamota, Shinya Takahashi, Shuntaro Furukawa and Ko Shiota).
However, it seems like Mr Shibata has been quite busy lately. In a recently published notice about the shareholders’ meeting, it says that, ever since May 2018, Shibata is also an Outside Director of The Pokemon Company. This means that he’s still with Nintendo, but will act as the company’s primary liaison with The Pokemon Company and represent Nintendo’s interests when dealing with them. Incidentally, this is a role that has previously been fulfilled by Shuntaro Furukawa. Since it would be strange to quit that job after just one month, it seems like Shibata will fulfill that role concurrently with his upcoming job as one of Nintendo’s Five Directors.
As an aside, it is still not clear who will take over from Shibata as Nintendo of Europe’s president once he vacates that position. Perhaps NoE’s new president will also be announced at the shareholders’ meeting on June 28th.
