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In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai wrote up his latest column in the Japanese magazine. Many of his pieces as of late haven’t been related to the Switch game, but seeing as Byleth has now been added, he felt he should publish a few words on the character’s creation.

We published a brief summary of Sakurai’s column a few days ago. Now, however, we have a full translation – which does include some quick mentions of Smash Bros. having too many Fire Emblem characters and sword-users.

Here’s the full piece:

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 30,111 (652,757)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 29,429 (3,379,737)
3. [PS4] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Sega, 01/17/20) – 21,158 (217,870)
4. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco, 01/17/20) – 13,866 (129,072)
5. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 11,958 (132,531)
6. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 10,592 (3,543,321)
7. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,067 (1,243,560)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,810 (2,756,492)
9. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 5,781 (1,330,145)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,640 (3,306,848)

Ring Fit Adventure

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Animal Crossing remains at #2.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 16 and January 22.

Ring Fit Adventure

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [PS4] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Sega, 01/17/20) – 39,719 (196,712)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 39,217 (622,646)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 37,950 (335,308)
4. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco, 01/17/20) – 25,669 (115,206)
5. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 12,875 (120,573)
6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,827 (1,233,493)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,927 (3,532,729)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,008 (2,746,682)
9. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 6,065 (584,812)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,915 (3,301,208)

Ring Fit Adventure

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Animal Crossing moves up a spot and is now at #2.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 9 and January 15.

As we heard earlier today, XX Mission is the next Arcade Archives game for Switch. View some footage from a Famitsu live stream recording below.


This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [PS4] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Sega, 01/17/20) – 156,993 (New)
2. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco, 01/17/20) – 89,537 (New)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 55,604 (3,312,358)
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 35,860 (583,429)
5. [PS4] Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (Koei Tecmo, 01/17/20) – 20,095 (New)
6. [NSW] Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore (Nintendo, 01/17/20) – 18,797 (New)
7. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 15,790 (107,698)
8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,919 (1,222,666)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,370 (2,737,674)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 12,347 (3,522,802)


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