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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of April 2017. You can check out the full results below.

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The first trailer for Netflix’s Castlevania animated series aired this week. If that wasn’t enough, we also found out that the show begins on July 7.

In Japan, the news was accompanied with a new piece of art, which we have above. Does it look familiar? Take a look at this key art for the first Castlevania:

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Disgaea 5 Complete arrived on Switch in the west this week. On its official store, NIS America has been offering a special version of the game. Have a look at the Disgaea 5 Complete Limited Edition below.

Several screenshots are in showing off the newly-announced Switch version of Monster Hunter XX. Take a look at the images below.

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Nintendo has opened the full North American website for ARMS. Access it here. It contains almost everything you need to know about the game, including an overview, details about the fighters, and more. You can also view videos and pre-order the game.

Tying in with the launch of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, French site Jeuxvideo spoke with three of the game’s developers. They are as follows:

– Masahiro Higuchi (Intelligent Systems), producer on Fire Emblem Echoes, Heroes and Fates
– Hitoshi Yamagami (Nintendo), producer on Fire Emblem Echoes, Fates and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
– Kenta Nakanishi (Nintendo), director on Fire Emblem Echoes

One portion of the interview touched on how Fire Emblem never ended up on Wii U, and the series has had a focus on 3DS over the past few years. Yamagami explained that the series has a “long history of home console games,” and it’s not primarily considered a handheld franchise. Nakanishi chimed in by saying Fire Emblem Switch will allow for something “completely different” while “breathing life into our characters like never before.”

Here’s the full excerpt:

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Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns hasn’t gone on sale very often, but Amazon has a notable discount right now. It’s being sold for $24.10, meaning you can save nearly $16 with a purchase. Place an order here if intereste.d

At BitSummit 2017 last week, Inti Creates showcased Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack running on Switch. We have some off-screen footage below thanks to site contributor iYakku.

At the Digital Dragons event in Poland this week, Hirokazu Yasuhara hosted a special presentation. Yasuhara was a designer and director on various Sonic games.

We’ve already seen early Sonic the Hedgehog 2 map sketches, including a look at the cut Genocide City level. But as it turns out, those weren’t the only images Yasuhara shared. One shows that Sonic 2 was originally planned to have a time travel theme while another couple show design sketches from before Sonic 1. Take a look at the latest images below.

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The ARMS Global Testpunch has been taking place over the course of various rounds throughout the weekend. There are a couple of things worth highlighting here as we didn’t know about them previously.

First, ARMS can display a system notification when maintenance is about to begin. You can see this in the left-hand corner both in the game and Switch’s home menu. It’s a neat and useful way to inform players when online play is going down for maintenance.

We also have news about Grand Prix. If you want to quit the mode but have already finished a few fights, it won’t be a problem. That’s because you can leave and then return later. It’ll certainly be helpful for those who don’t want to complete Grand Prix all at once.

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