It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still comes out on top.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 26 and February 1.
The fourth Splatfest for Splatoon 3 is now in the books and we have the final results for the Dark Chocolate vs. Milk Chocolate vs. White Chocolate event.
If you were paying attention to things at halftime, you may have seen that Team White Chocolate was in the lead with 36.20 percent. Team Dark Chocolate followed in second with 32.38 percent, with Team Milk Chocolate right behind that with 31.42 percent.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Zelda: Breath of the Wild and more.
Here are the full highlights:
Nintendo maintenance schedule – February 12, 2023
Nintendo’s upcoming maintenance schedule has been updated for the week of February 12, 2023. A few sessions are planned, but everything should wrap up in just a couple of days.
The current maintenance schedule is as follows:
The promotional efforts for The Super Mario Bros. Movie continue, and we’ve now got a look at a new “Plumbing” commercial. This is more than just ad, however – it’s going the extra mile by using the theme song from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show way back in the day.
Here’s the full advert:
System: Switch
Release Date: February 1, 2023
Developer: SURT
Publisher: tinyBuild
It takes a certain type of creative mind to look at the vegetables on display in their grocery store produce aisle and decide, “finally – the protagonist for my story-driven rhythm game!” That level of kookiness is the driving force behind Rhythm Sprout, a delightfully bonkers rhythm-action game in which an onion wearing headphones and a tracksuit slaughters various edible enemies to the beat of a wide range of music. As the debut release from Norwegian developer SURT games, Rhythm Sprout’s creative concept has maintained my interest ever since its initial reveal, but how does its beat-based gameplay live up to the rest of the experience?
A classification listing for Metroid Prime Remastered has some fans wondering if the game was ready to go as early as 2021.
Now that the title has been released, it has been added to the USK database. The classification date is listed for July 2021. We’re now in February 2023, so it goes without saying how that was quite a long time ago.
A listing on the eShop has given us a final release date for Monorail Stories on Switch. Freedom Games will be publishing it on March 23, 2023.
You may recall that the narrative experience was originally supposed to land on Switch last month. It turns out that the title was quietly delayed, but now that it’s actually showing up on the eShop, the March date should be final.
In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for January 2023
Fire Emblem Engage, which was a new release, debuts at #3. Nintendo Switch Sports took the top spot last month but is now #2. The one in first place? That goes to Minecraft.
The full lineup is as follows:
