Famitsu sales (5/24/21 – 5/30/21)
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Sonic Colors: Ultimate includes new “Tails Save” gameplay system
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Sonic Colors: Ultimate is more than just a port of the Wii game. Aside from upgraded visuals, the developers are included new features as well.
We previously heard about elements like the new Rival Rush mode. This week’s Famitsu also goes over a new gameplay system: “Tails Save” (official English name TBA).
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Devolver Digital E3 2021 press conference announced for June 12
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Devolver Digital will host its annual E3 press conference on June 12, the company announced today. Specific timing and other details have yet to be shared.
Devolver Digital events have been a staple of E3 since 2017. While the company always has news to share, they often incorporate satire and feature a running storyline (led by Nina Struthers, who is played by Mahria Zook – shown below).
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Nintendo announces E3 2021 plans – Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Treehouse: Live
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Nintendo has finally announced its plans for E3 2021.
As many have speculated, the company’s activities will take place on the final day of the show, June 15. A 40-minute Nintendo Direct will air at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe, featuring Switch titles “mainly releasing in 2021.” Nintendo Treehouse: Live will take place directly after “for around three hours of deep dives on gameplay”.
Here’s the full announcement:
Nintendo Switch Pro pops up in French retailer database
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Another retailer listing has surfaced for a possible Nintendo Switch Pro. While it can’t be accessed through normal means, Nintend’Alerts spotted the database entry.
The listing comes with a €400 price point, though that could be temporary. It does not indicate when the system would release.
Here’s a look:
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Nintendo announces “Nintendo Gallery” as new museum in Japan
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Nintendo has announced that it is turning its Uji Ogura Plant into a new gallery to showcase the various products released throughout its history. The museum will also feature “exhibits and experiences”. Tentatively known as “Nintendo Gallery”, work on the area will be finished by March 2024.
As noted in today’s announcement, the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969. The facility “has been used to manufacture both playing cards and Hanafuda cards, and it also operated as a customer service center for product repairs.”
Here’s the full announcement:
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Crysis Remastered Trilogy announced, coming to Switch
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Crysis Remastered Trilogy is on the way to Switch, Crytek has announced. The package will launch this fall.
Switch already has one Crysis game in the form of Crysis Remastered. The console will now also be getting Crysis 2 Remastered and Crysis 3 Remastered.
Here’s some information about Crysis Remastered Trilogy as well as the debut trailer:
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Nintendo wins $2.1 million in lawsuit against ROM site
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You may recall that, back in 2019, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against ROM website RomUniverse. The case has now concluded with a judge ruling in the company’s favor.
Nintendo said that the situation involving RomUniverse was “a straightforward video game piracy case”. The company explained that for over a decade, the site was “populated the website with pirated copies of thousands of different Nintendo games and distributed hundreds of thousands of copies of those pirated games.” RomUniverse also sold paid premium accounts, allowing users to download an unlimited amount of titles.
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The Pokemon Company achieved record profits in 2020
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The Pokemon Company reported its latest financial results today, showing that 2020 was quite a good year for the legendary franchise.
For the year ended on February 28, 2021, sales came in at 120 billion yen ($1.1 billion). Operating profit stood at 27.8 billion yen ($254 million) and net profit was at 18.6 billion yen ($170 million).
Here’s a chart comparing net income in euros:
Nintendo passed on a Switch version of Tank Troopers
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Just a short while before the Switch launched, Nintendo put out a little title on the 3DS eShop titled Tank Troopers. Vitei, the studio behind the Steel Diver games, led development.
Vitei founder Giles Goddard revealed in an interview with MinnMax that the studio actually had a Switch version ready to go. However, Nintendo ultimately passed on it. Nintendo also removed a multiplayer mode from the 3DS game prior to release “for some unknown reason.”
Goddard’s full words:
