Earlier today, some comments leaked out from the latest issue of Famitsu from an interview with Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara. In addition to speaking broadly about what’s planned for the 2019 games on Switch, he also touched on Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee.
We’ve now translated a more complete version of the original comments posted online. Read up on what Ishihara had to say below.
Flat Heroes was confirmed for Switch a little over a year ago. Today, Deck13 and Parallel Circles announced a release date of July 5.
Flat Heroes is a high speed, minimalist local multiplayer game with cooperative and competitive modes. It contains over 300 levels, 10 unique final bosses, unlimited survival levels, and more.
We have more information about Flat Heroes below, along with a trailer.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was confirmed to have sold over one million copies in Japan a few months ago. However, Wii U sales factored into that number. Digital sales also played a role.
With the latest Media Create data provided today, we now know that Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold one million copies on Switch alone. The game moved another 6,722 copies at retail during the week of May 28. In total, it has sold 1,004,689 units on Nintendo’s current console.
WarioWare’s North American boxart is in. The packaging image was apparently posted on the Russian Nintendo Facebook page, but was removed shortly after.
It’s always neat to look at boxarts, but this one is particularly noteworthy. We’re able to get a good look at a new character that Nintendo has yet to mention. Right by Ashley, we’re able to see a girl with a bow in her hair. The question is, who is she?
Thanks to Justin for the tip.
PQube has set a final release date for the kart racer All-Star Fruit Racing. In Europe, it’s arriving on July 13. The North American launch is planned for a month later on August 21.
All-Star Racing will be offered both physically and digitally. For more on the game, check out the overview and trailer below.
de Blob is just a few weeks out from reaching Switch. The Wii classic will be available on Nintendo’s new console starting June 26, THQ Nordic announced today.
Here’s some information about de Blob as well as a new trailer:
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 40,587
PS4 – 13,025
PS4 Pro – 5,146
New 2DS LL – 3,828
New 3DS LL – 2,653
Vita – 2,393
2DS – 337
Xbox One – 73
Xbox One X – 62
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 36,590
PS4 – 12,595
PS4 Pro – 4,887
New 2DS LL – 3,524
New 3DS LL – 2,686
Vita – 2,298
2DS – 384
Xbox One – 89
Xbox One X – 74
And here are the software charts:
Ahead of tomorrow’s launch, Flyhigh Works published a new trailer for Samurai Defender: Ninja Warfare. We’ve posted it below.
Tennis World Tour likely could have used some additional time in the over. According to Bigben Interactive president, the game was just 20% finished weeks before release. However, a major delay wasn’t possible due to marketing having already been in place and wanting a release in time for the French Open.
Where do we go from here? Well, Flac says that a refined version is planned for 2019. A new game is also lined up for 2020 – 2021.
As for Tennis World Tour in its current state, Flac noted that it will meet expectations having shipped 500,000 to distributors and already achieving a profit. Bigben also hopes to increase its Meta score and be in the 80s in the next few years.
Scalextric, a top-down RC car racing game based on the popular electric toys, seems to be coming to Switch on June 12. You can see a trailer below.
