Nintendo is finally starting to send out some extra Switch stock. Thanks to that, the system was the best-selling console in the United States last month. NPD has confirmed that Switch outsold the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One in July. The system is also contributing to a healthy gaming market in the United States.

NPD analyst Mat Piscatella says that hardware spending has increased by 20 percent compared to 2016 to $1.6 billion. “Performance of the Nintendo Switch continues to be the primary cause of the year-on-year gains,” Piscatella said.

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of July 2017. The results can be found below.

1. Splatoon 2*
2. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Injustice 2
7. Mario Kart 8*
8. Overwatch
9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
10. NBA 2K17
11. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
14. Minecraft
15. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
16. MLB 17: The Show
17. ARMS*
18. Battlefield 1
19. Mass Effect: Andromeda
20. Tekken 7

*No digital sales

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Following today’s announcement, Walmart has started taking pre-orders for the Splatoon 2 Switch bundle. You can reserve the hardware here. This is the only retailer where the bundle will be sold.

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Magician Lord was added to the eShop today as the newest NeoGeo game on Switch. Take a look at some footage below.

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GreigaMaster has poked through the code of Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 and spotted something rather interesting. A number of strings in the game are specifically for 3DS.

First, several strings line up with 3DS multiplayer functionality. References have also been found regarding saving replay and game data to an SD Card. Finally, one of the directories has the file “msg_3DS.bin”. 

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QubicGames will soon be bringing Robonauts to Switch. Aside from that game, the company is also putting out Astro Bears Party. The European Switch eShop lists it for August 31 with a €4.99 / £4.49 price point.

Astro Bears Party features multiplayer with up to four players. The main gameplay involves moving around a planet and avoiding Magical Beary Ribbons from other players. A single-player “Jetfish Hunting” mode is also included.

Here’s a more in-depth overview:

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Tying in with the new Salazzle distribution, GameStop is hosting a new Pokemon Sun/Moon event this weekend. If you’re one of the first 100 attendees, you’ll receive a free Tapu Bulu, Legendary Guardian poster. Game demos will also be available along with the Salazzle distribution.

GameStop’s Pokemon Sun/Moon event will take place on August 19 between 12 PM and 3 PM local time. Continue on below for the full lineup of participating locations.

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One of the features Minecraft players on Nintendo consoles have been waiting for is the ability to transfer worlds from Wii U to Switch. Fortunately, the functionality isn’t too far off.

During an official live stream today, the world transfer feature was shown off for the first time. The team had hoped to have it ready for the Switch version’s launch, but they wanted to take the extra time to ensure that it worked perfectly.

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The Jackbox Party Pack 1 and 2 launched on the Switch eShop today. Developer Jackbox Games is celebrating with a special discount kicking off very soon.

Those who own any of the first three Jackbox Party Pack titles on Switch will receive a 20 percent discount when purchasing any other title in the series. This includes today’s releases along with The Jackbox Party Pack 3, which debuted earlier this year.

The discount should be going live by August 18 in North America. However, it will not be available until next week in Europe and Australia.

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League of Evil appears to be launching on Switch very soon. The North American eShop has updated, and currently shows an August 31 release date and $7.99 price point. It takes up 55MB.

League of Evil is an action game. You’ll use acrobatic skills to punch your way through levels filled with deadly traps and defeat your enemies, all while going for a high score.

One of the hooks for League of Evil is the ability to create and share levels with other players. Even better, level sharing works across all platforms. The base game comes with 140 levels packed in divided into four chapters.

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