Splatoon 2 just missed out on the top spot on this week’s UK charts. It came in second, following Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy. On the whole, Splatoon 2 is off to a good start.
You might be interested to hear that Splatoon 2’s first week sales outsold the original. The sequel shifted 59 percent more copies. Splatoon 2 is also Switch’s third biggest launch in the UK after Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
New Switch stock entered the market last week. The move increased sales of Mario Kart by 60 percent and Zelda: Breath of the Wild by 20 percent.
DeNA has been a key partner in creating mobile games for Nintendo as well as the company’s online infrastructure. As part of a briefing with investors, more details were provided about how resources are being used.
DeNA CEO Isao Moriyasu has said that it had around 100 people “directly participating” in the work carried out with Nintendo. This is out of a total Game & Entertainment Business Unit workforce of more than 1,000. Moriyasu also said that the partnership continues to be a “high priority” for DeNA, and it will allocate more resources to it if necessary.
DeNA’s overall games business earned 101.4 billion yen ($915 million) during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. That’s down 7.%5 year-on-year. Profits did increase 9 percent to 28.3 billion yen ($255 million), however.
Metroid: Samus Returns will have plenty of amiibo functionality when the game launches in September. You’ll be able to use the new Samus and Metroid figures being prepared for the game, along with the previously-released amiibo from the Smash Bros. series.
Nintendo opened the Japanese website for Samus Returns earlier today. It doesn’t have a whole lot of information currently, but the amiibo page was also updated with details on the game’s amiibo support.
Here’s the breakdown:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild was developed as an entirely single-player experience. Some fans are trying to turn that concept on its head, however.
Pictures have been shown of an upcoming mod planned for Breath of the Wild. When it’s ready, two people will be able to play the game together. Inputs will be sent through each game. As for how it all works, the mod changes the location of an NPC and swaps the model for Link.
Just don’t expect to see the mod anytime soon. It’s expected that work will take around a year for it to be playable, and in order to experience it, you’ll need to play on Wii U with the CEMU emulator.
My Nintendo in Europe has added four new rewards – select indie games on Wii U and 3DS that can be bought with Gold Points. All of these rewards are available until October 1st.
Zen Pinball 3D (3DS) – 50 Gold Points
BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien ( Wii U) – 100 Gold Points
Art of Balance (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo (3DS) – 50 Gold Points
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
5. ARMS – Nintendo
6. Super Bomberman R – Konami
7. Lego City Undercover – Warner Bros. Entertainment
8. Cars 3: Driven to Win – Warner Bros. Entertainment
9. Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star – Marvelous Europe
10. Ultra Street Fighter II – Capcom
Wii U
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. Splatoon – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
9. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
10. New Super Mario Bros U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 7- Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
6. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
8. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
9. Ever Oasis – Nintendo
10. Mario Sports Superstars – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
Nintendo has launched the Japanese website for the upcoming 3DS game Metroid: Samus Returns. You can find it here. It doesn’t really contain a whole lot of new information or media, but it’s nice to look at at least.
Another summoning focus is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes, this time with a focus on heroes with the ability quick riposte. The heroes in this focus include Leo, Subaki and Klein. So if you are in need of this ability it might be time to start using some of those hard earned orbs. This focus lasts until August 4th.
Lloyd grand hero battle will also be coming back tomorrow as well so be sure to look forward to that.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Dragon Quest XI holds steady, and Super Mario Odyssey is back in the top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between July 6 and July 12.
