New GSD market data has revealed the best-selling games across Europe in January. Additionally, we have insight into hardware sales.
12.1 million games were sold in Europe last month, which is a 19 percent decline year-over-year. Pokemon Legends: Arceus had a strong splash in January 2022, and since there was nothing like that last month, that’s why the dip happened.
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are now hosting a pair of Mystery Gift distributions for Love Balls and Destiny Knot.
The Love Ball makes it easier to catch Pokemon of the opposite gender to the user’s Pokemon. As for the Destiny Knot, this is an item to be held and if the holder becomes infatuated, the opposing creature will be as well. You’ll get two Love Balls here and one Destiny Knot.
Hamster has announced that it will make GROBDA available as its latest Arcade Archives game on Switch. It’s due out this week on February 16. The game is a shooter that was first released in 1984 by Bandai Namco, with the objective of fighting through multiple machines, blowing up multiple enemies with as few explosions as possible to reach the top rank.
Masahiro Sakurai is famous for his work on Smash Bros., but he’s working on a variety of other titles throughout his career – including Meteos. In the latest video for his YouTube channel, he delved into the game’s origins and even shared a proposal he made to help explain things a bit more easily.
During his days of supervising and consulting work, Tetsuya Mizuguchi – who was at SEGA before co-founding Q Games – asked Sakurai to make a falling-block puzzle game. Interestingly, Sakurai said he’s not really good at these types of titles. He wanted to do more than the risk and reward gameplay they offer (like creating a high stack in Tetris which is a risk, and then knocking them down into a big reward at once).
Ratalaika Games has announced that it’s bringing CyberHeroes Arena DX to Switch this week. 9Ratones and RainForest Games handled development.
CyberHeroes Arena DX is a mecha-themed auto battle roguelite. For more information, continue on below.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society is almost here on Switch in the west, and we have a first look with new gameplay. We have a bunch of footage from the Switch dungeon-crawler.
Here’s an official overview:
Today, Jakks Pacific unveiled its full slate of toys for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
We got a first look at some of the company’s plans last month. Figures were shown for Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Peach. There were teases for some other toys as well, and we now have the full rundown.
System: Switch
Release Date: January 20, 2023
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Publisher: Nintendo
Fire Emblem Engage comes just three years after the success of Three Houses, and though this seems like a quick turnaround for a series that has been known for its richness and depth, the new game streamlines a lot of mechanics and capabilities to make it much more intuitive and approachable without having to sacrifice any of the quality the franchise has seen with each new entry. It’s certainly a different flavor, tone, and direction, so those new to the series – or even long-time fans – may feel an odd sense of having to “relearn” Fire Emblem this time around. However, it’s yet another fantastic addition to a series that seems immune to any type of mediocrity.
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of January 2023.
Fire Emblem Engage made its debut, and seems to have done fairly well as it comes in at #5. Remember that the game launched during the middle of the month. Elsewhere we see a number of Nintendo games still on the chart and Sonic Frontiers is sticking around as well.
The results can be found below.
Thanks to Ratalaika Games, we have a launch trailer for Go! Go! PogoGirl. The company is celebrating the arrival of its 2D platformer on Switch.
Here’s a bit of information about the game:
