The Switch version of Stardew Valley has been hotly anticipated and every bit of news on it gets quite a lot of attention. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been getting ever close to the game’s release, with news that the game had been approved by Nintendo last week. This morning, Finn Brice, CEO of publisher Chucklefish, posted on Twitter that “the Stardew Valley news you’ve all been waiting for” would be coming later today. He didn’t explicitly say it, but it’s fairly obvious that he’s talking about the release date of the Switch version. We will of course keep you updated.
As you might have seen in our post on last week’s UK software sales, FIFA 18 finally launched and naturally dominated the charts. The Switch version placed at #7 in the individual charts, which is fairly decent. However, the Switch version was outsold by not only the other current gen-versions of the game, but even the Xbox 360 version, which took the fifth place in the sales charts. MCV reports that the Switch version only accounted for about 1% of the total sales of FIFA 18 in its launch week in the UK.
That certainly isn’t a great number, but it’s important to put it into perspective. As mentioned, this only accounts for physical sales – the Switch version might have had a stronger showing on the eShop. There have also been accounts of the Switch version being hard to find in stores – it’s currently sold out on Amazon.co.uk, with new stock only arriving on October 9th. It’s impossible to know for sure, but perhaps the Switch version of FIFA 18 fulfilled EA’s sales expectations – even if those were fairly low expectations.
We are only a couple of days away from the launch of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. Today, Nintendo released a new trailer for the game which shows off the all-new Minion Quest mode. Check it out:
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. FIFA 18 – Electronic Arts
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
5. Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition – Ubisoft
6. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
7. Lego Worlds – Warner Bros. Interactive
8. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
9. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
10. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Bandai Namco Entertainment
Wii U
1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. New Super Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
5. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
8. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
9. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
10. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Silver Version – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Gold Version – Nintendo
3. Miitopia – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
7. Metroid: Samus Returns – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
10. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
It looks as though Target is listing Monopoly for the Nintendo Switch as releasing on October 31st. Seeing as it releases in Japan on November 9th this honestly doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch. However, it won’t be a for sure thing until we get an actual confirmation from Ubisoft themselves.
Super Mario Run is giving out two additional Toad rally tickets to celebrate remix 10. All you need to do is login into Super Mario Run to receive your bonus, this will be available until October 9th.
Both Pokemon Duel and Pokemon Shuffle mobile app have received updates that are simply listed as fixing bugs. You are able to download them right now.
Rising Star Games recently said that Ninja Shodown would be coming soon to Switch. By soon, that could be just a few days from now. The North American Switch eShop lists the game for release on October 5.
Here’s an overview from the listing:
Koei Tecmo is bringing an Attack on Titan 2 game to Switch, but Spike Chunsoft is also releasing Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates for 3DS in Japan later this year. Confusing, right? In any case, a new commercial for the latter title can be found below.
