This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 26,888 / 1,098,256
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,003 / 6,207,557
3. [NSW] Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake – 9,606 / 972,513
4. [NSW] Freedom Wars Remastered – 8,277 / NEW
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,663 / 8,044,875
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,547 / 3,786,028
7. [PS5] Freedom Wars Remastered – 4,829 / NEW
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,302 / 5,703,376
9. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 4,048 / 5,507,363
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 3,744 / 1,532,343
We’ve started up a new post containing all Mystery Gift codes for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. This hub will be updated throughout the lifecycle of the two games with all codes and other distributions as they’re announced.
Codes and distributions can provide all sorts of things. Redeeming them will give you special Pokemon offered in distributions, certain items, and more.
April 29: RetroStyle Games is planning to bring Ocean Keeper to Switch, the developer has announced. Currently the title doesn’t have a release window on Nintendo’s console.
Ocean Keeper is a roguelike survival game in which you play as a Space Pirate Team that discovers secrets of the underwater planet to obtain an ancient artifact. For further details, read up on the following overview:
Thunderful just came through with a final release date for Laika: Aged Through Blood. The game launches for Nintendo Switch on January 30, 2025.
It’s been a somewhat lengthy wait for Laika: Aged Through Blood. The game was originally expected on Nintendo’s console a year ago, but that version was pushed back just a day before release.
Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios are giving fans a look today at Conan the Barbarian in Mortal Kombat 1, the game’s next DLC character.
The character will start to go live for early access players on January 21, which applies to those that own the Khaos Reigns content. Everyone else will gain access on January 8.
Hideki Kamiya, who is now working at his new studio Clovers on Okami 2, has gone on a lengthy rant regarding Nintendo Switch 2 leakers.
Nintendo finally unveiled its new system today. However, that wasn’t before tons of different leaks surfaced online over the past few months. Everything previously reported about the system was pretty much spot on, including the new Joy-Con. Even the actual announcement date of the reveal turned out to be correct.
There’s another physical release in the works from Super Rare Games, and the company has announced that Nuclear Throne is getting the boxed treatment on Nintendo Switch.
4,000 units will be up for grabs. You’ll get a slip cover, a full-color manual, an exclusive sticker, and a trading card pack.
The first arrest has been made in Japan for Nintendo Switch systems that were illegally modded.
Police arrested the 58 year-old man on January 15 on suspicion of violating the Trademark Act. He’s believed to have welded modified parts to the circuit board of second-hand systems purchased in March last year. The man then went on to sell them on a flea market app for 28,000 yen each.
Firenut Games and José Manuel Conesa Hernández are teaming up on the release of Backrooms Level X, the two sides announced today. It’s coming to Nintendo Switch later in 2025.
Backrooms Level X is a first-person narrative survival horror game. Following a freak accident, players end up in the Backrooms where they’ll need to survive.
A new report from Bloomberg may give us insight into the shipment numbers for Nintendo Switch 2 and what it could mean for launch.
The publication has information from Robin Zhu, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. Ahead of today’s announcement, it was claimed that Nintendo has prepared a supply chain network that will allow Nintendo to sell over 20 million units in its first year.
