Nintendo has shared its latest maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023. Things aren’t quite as busy as they were last week, but there will still be some downtime for Switch, Wii U, and 3DS.
Here’s the full maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023:
The Switch version of Brotato is almost ready to go, and the eShop provides a final release date. Seaven Studio will be publishing it on August 3, 2023.
You may recall that Brotato was announced for Switch during an Indie World Showcase earlier this year. We initially had a general 2023 launch window.
Following the Switch release of Patrick’s Parabox, new gameplay has emerged. 25 minutes of footage is now available for the puzzle experience.
For additional details, read the following overview:
Chibig put Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara on Switch this week, and new gameplay is here. 36 minutes of footage shows off the puzzle platformer.
We have more information about it in the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Fate/Samurai Remnant, Blasphemous II, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
First week sales for Pikmin 4 in Japan were reported this week, with the game selling just over 400,000 copies. You might be interested to hear that this is the best performance for the series so far, and it’s not even close.
When the first Pikmin hit GameCube back in 2001, it sold 101,299 copies in its first week. Pikmin 2 did better, but still only moved 161,930 units back in 2004. Pikmin 3 then took a step back with its Wii U launch at 102,188 copies (not counting digital). Pikmin 3 Deluxe later saw its Switch launch in 2020 with 171,349 units sold (again without digital).
The original Cook, Serve, Delicious is heading to Switch, Vertigo Gaming just announced. The port is due out this fall.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! came to Switch in April 2019. It was followed by Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! in October 2020.
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe updates many elements from the original Wii game, including the design for King Dedede. The developers behind the game touched on this in a recent interview with Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream.
Here’s our full translation:
It was this time last year that a couple of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 figures for Mio were revealed, including a scale figure. Now thanks to WonHobby 37, we’ve gotten our first proper look.
You can see the new Mio figure above. Right now it’s in prototype form, so it’s lacking color. The production process will continue to move along and we’ll eventually get a more final look.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be wrapping up its Booster Course Pass later this year, and that leaves us at an interesting point with the series. Mario Kart Tour will still be going on, but many will be wondering what will come next with the console games. It’s a safe bet at this point that Nintendo is holding off on introducing a brand new title until the Switch’s successor launches. With Mario Kart 8 first hitting Wii U in 2014, it’ll be at least a decade since the last totally original title.
Plenty of people have ideas as to what Nintendo should do with Mario Kart in the future. Some think the next game should go all out and bring in even more franchises outside of the immediate Mario space. Others think something like a more involved single-player campaign would be a good idea. Needless to say, although Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a ton of content and many believe it’s the franchise’s best, there are still plenty of directions Nintendo should go in.
So what do you think Nintendo should do next with Mario Kart? What are your ideas? Let us know in the comments below.
