The Zelda timeline has always been something of great interest for fans of the series. On the other hand, Nintendo tends to be a bit timid when talking about it. Although the series has been around since the late 80’s, it wasn’t until just a few years ago that Nintendo published an official timeline in Hyrule Historia.

With the arrival of the latest Zelda game in March, fans are curious as to where Breath of the Wild officially stands. You won’t get much of a concrete answer out of Nintendo concerning timeline placement, but its developers are aware of interest from fans.

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The Media Create White Book 2017 has some interesting data that we don’t normally have access to. Included inside, sales are revealed for amiibo in Japan last year.

The book provides all sorts of information about the best-selling amiibo. These include the top ten figure sales, top five card sales, and share by series.

Here’s the full rundown:

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The Play Nintendo YouTube channel has posted another video in which Mario responds to a fan letter. In the latest episode, he’s asked what he does in his free time. Listen to Mario’s response below.

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The new Tempest Trials: A Gift of Peace started in Fire Emblem Heroes today. Check out some footage of the maps and summoning below.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Cube Creator X, My Hero Academia: One’s Justice, and D3Publisher’s Switch lineup. Scans of all games are below.

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Best Buy has discounted a pair of sports titles for Switch. For today only, NBA 2K18 and WWE 2K18 are both $25 off. You can pick up each one game $35. If you’re a GCU member, they’ll be further discounted to $28. Place an order here if interested.

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Update: Bumped to the top. Full pre-order links – Play-Asia, AmiAmi, GoodSmile.

Original: Yesterday we reported on Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s Pyra being made into a figure by Good Smile. Today, we have some more info on it. As with most high-quality scale figures like this one, it’ll be fairly expensive: ¥18,333 + taxes. If you decide to pre-order it, you’re unfortunately gonna have to wait a bit till the figure is in your hands – it’ll be released in December 2018.

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Though the game had released many years ago, the online servers for GoldenEye 007 have still been up and running on Wii. At least in Japan, they’ll be going offline on March 30. The news hasn’t been confirmed for other territories as of yet, but other regions could certainly be impacted as well.

You might be wondering how the online play for GoldenEye 007 could still be running after the end of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection a few years ago. While most games for Wii and DS were affected, a few were not – including this title.

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With Christmas comes many new Switch owners, and indies are reaping the benefits. SMG Studio is one such developer that has confirmed a huge increase in sales during the holidays.

On Twitter, SMG said that Death Squared’s sales are up 500% during the Christmas period. That’s despite a lack of promotion and visibility. The game isn’t on sale either.

SMG stated:

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Fiery Squirrel has announced Cosmos Defenders, a fast-paced 2D shooter for Switch. The game features “a group of unconventional heroes using the power of nature to stop chaotic aliens from taking over the universe.”

Here’s some additional information about the project:

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