Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off the latest Bound Hero Battle with Ephraim and Eirika. These two characters originally appeared in The Sacred Stones. In Fire Emblem Heroes, they can be encountered in Special Maps.
Players can challenge their skills on Hard to Infernal difficulties. Limited-time special quests have also been activated.
This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Rocket League
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Vs. Super Mario Bros.
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
6. Stardew Valley
7. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
8. Oxenfree
9. Overcooked: Special Edition
10. Enter the Gungeon
11. Splatoon 2
12. Human: Fall Flat
13. Brawlout
14. Sonic Mania
15. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
16. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
17. Snipperclips
18. SteamWorld Dig 2
19. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
20. Riptide GP: Renegade
Source: Switch eShop
According to the latest data from Famitsu, Switch has overtaken Wii U’s lifetime sales in Japan.
Through December 31, Nintendo’s new console stands at 3,407,158 units sold. Wii U managed to sell 3,301,555 units in its lifetime. Switch sold 115,255 units during the week of December 25, whereas Wii U was at 69 units.
Some reports had previously highlighted that Switch’s sales had surpassed Wii U, but these were premature as the newer platform was still several thousand units behind based on information from all sales trackers. It wasn’t until the latest data was published – finally made available tonight from Famitsu – that the milestone was confirmed.
In Japan, a brand new art book for Zelda: Breath of the Wild recently debuted. It’s packed full of concept art across more than 300 pages. Below, you’ll find new images from the book.
We’ll likely be getting the Zelda: Breath of the Wild art book eventually, but since we’re still waiting on the Zelda Encyclopedia (which finally arrives in April), it could be quite awhile before it heads west. For now, Play-Asia has the Japanese version in stock here.
A new Splatfest in Splatoon 2 will kick off next weekend, Nintendo has announced. This one is particularly special since the theme and results are global. It’s action vs. comedy this time around.
The Splatfest begins at the following times:
– 8 PM PT (January 12)
– 11 PM ET (January 12)
– 4 AM in the UK (January 13)
– 5 AM in Europe (January 5)
As usual, the Splatfest will last for a full day. It’s not entirely clear when the results will be posted, but it could be a couple of hours after the event concludes.
A few new games out came out this week on the various eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
Milestone posted a new dev diary for Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame, which offers a look behind the scenes. View the video below.
Bloober Team confirmed last August that Brawl would be released on Switch. That looks to be happening very soon.
Over on Nintendo’s North American website, Brawl is listed for January 12. QubicGames will be handling publishing duties.
Here’s an overview:
Nintendo has sent out new data about Switch, revealing the most played games on Switch since launch based on data collected from North America.
The regular heavy first-party hitters like Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey are naturally towards the top of the list. Other games such as Stardew Valley, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, and NBA 2K18 also make the list.
The full top twenty can be found below:
Hamster has brought a ton of NeoGeo titles to Switch over the past year, including Magician Lord. For some time though, it had gone missing on the North American eShop.
The good news is that Magician Lord is available once more. We’re not sure why it was taken down in the first place, but we assume that it won’t be removed again.
