Famitsu sales (5/25/20 – 5/31/20)
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Nintendo Download – June 4, 2020 (North America) – Clubhouse Games, The Outer Worlds, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – $39.99 (available June 5)
The Outer Worlds – $59.99 (available June 5)
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The Outer Worlds – first Switch footage
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The Outer Worlds, Private Division and Obsidian’s sci-fi RPG, will finally be appearing on Switch as of this week. We have a good look at the game with some of the first footage on Nintendo’s console below.
The Outer Worlds launches physically and digitally for Switch on June 5. Note that the physical version will have a day-one patch, though the digital version is patched automatically. We recorded our footage based on the digital version, which already has that update installed.
Sakurai says he keeps quiet about the games he’s playing to avoid Smash Bros. speculation
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There’s nothing quite like Super Smash Bros. speculation. Given the series’ popularity and mystery surrounding unannounced characters, fans can’t help but wonder about who could end up in the game. However, because of this curiosity, director Masahiro Sakurai has to be careful as to what he shares.
Writing in his latest Famitsu column this week, Sakurai mentioned that he tends to “play a ton of games”. But since fans may begin to speculate and there could be misunderstandings, he generally doesn’t reveal what he’s been playing.
Here’s our translation of the excerpt:
Dataminers find that Pokemon Gen 4 has increased encounter rates on certain holidays, decreased on tragic anniversaries
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Late last month, Nintendo was hit with another leak, which included the source code for Pokemon Gen 4. Fans have been parsing through the files since then and have been making discoveries such as a scrapped event with Cyrus. There’s been another interesting find recently relating to Pokemon spawn rates.
Interestingly, encounter rates go up by 5 percent on holidays such as Independence Day and St. Patrick’s Day. The full list is as follows (as shared by shinyhunter_map):
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Pokemon Sword/Shield Expansion Pass details – Galarian and Gigantamax Pokemon, tutor moves, Galarian Star Tournament, more
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Another round of details (and screenshots) are in for Pokemon Sword/Shield. We have the official word on the latest features for The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra as part of the Expansion Pass, including new Galarian and Gigantamax Pokemon, tutor moves, the Galarian Star Tournament, and more.
Here’s the full rundown:
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Pokemon Sword/Shield – tons of screenshots and art for The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra
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Following today’s new trailer, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have issued a whole bunch of new screenshots and art for the Expansion Pass in Pokemon Sword/Shield. The images showcase both The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra.
Here’s the full set:
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Pokemon Sword/Shield – new Expansion Pass trailer, The Isle of Armor launches June 17
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The Pokemon Company has provided an update on the Expansion Pass for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. In a new trailer delivered today, it was revealed that The Isle of Armor – the first major piece of DLC – will launch worldwide on June 17.
The trailer not only gives us a look at The Isle of Armor, but The Crown Tundra as well. It also showcased a first look at Galarian Slowbro.
Here’s the trailer in both English and Japanese:
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[Interview] The Outer Worlds devs on early development, making a compact RPG, Switch port, more
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Switch is about to receive another big game with the arrival of The Outer Worlds. The RPG comes from Obsidian, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and more.
Ahead of the Switch launch, we caught up with co-director Tim Cain and production director Eric DeMilt. We spoke about the Switch port, including the challenges involved. There’s also talk here for those that have already experienced The Outer Worlds, as Cain spoke about how the project changed since its early development, what it was like making a compact RPG, and more.
Here’s our full interview:
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[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #82 – E3 Direct imminent? Personally offended.
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Hello my lovely inklings and octolings! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we’re talking about the best Paper Mario game of 2020: Bug Fables. Then it’s on to pre-not-E3 hype (?) with more digital events, Silent Hill collab with Dead by Daylight, Amazon France’s mystery listings for Switch games, and a discussion of over-identifying with media. Have you ever taken personal offense to someone’s criticism of a thing you love? We’ve both got personal stories and ways to avoid it.
Check out links and timestamps below, and come hang out.
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