Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase announced for September 17
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Nintendo will hold a new Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase tomorrow, September 17, the company has announced.
It will be held at the following times:
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Nintendo Switch Online reveals new SNES / NES games for September 2020 update
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Nintendo has announced a new set of games coming to Switch Online as part of an update for September 2020.
As far as the SNES games go, users can look forward to Donkey Kong Country 2, Mario’s Super Picross, and The Peace Keepers. S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team is the lone NES addition.
Here’s a rundown of each game, along with a video:
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Top 10 best-selling games of all time on Nintendo platforms in the United States
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Yesterday we heard that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the 10th best-selling game on Nintendo platforms in US tracked history. What makes up the rest of the list then? Fortunately, the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella was kind enough to provide the data.
The full lineup is as follows:
Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition launches on Switch next week
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Switch fans have long been waiting for Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition, the acclaimed fighting game from Dan Fornace. The good news is that it’ll finally be launching in just a few days.
Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition is now confirmed for release on September 24. It will be sold digitally for Switch via the eShop.
We’re told that Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition “is fully loaded with content including six additional characters on top of the base eight and two of them are guests from popular indie games Ori and the Blind Forest and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.” It also comes with “new features including 4 Player Online Multiplayer and a new Tetherball Game Mode.”
Here’s a rundown of what’s included, along with a trailer:
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Switch update out now (version 10.2.0)
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Nintendo just issued a new update for Switch. Today’s firmware is now at version 10.2.0, and includes “general system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.”
Switch’s previous system update released in July. It also featured similar stability improvements.
Version 10.0.0 launched in April and was the last major firmware upgrade. It included new features like button remapping, an option to transfer software data between the system memory and an SD card, and more. Though it’s been a few months, if you happened to miss out on those patch notes, we have them here.
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Miyamoto says Nintendo wanted Mario “to be someone who might live near you, and not a superhero”
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As part of Super Mario’s 35th anniversary, CNN was able to speak with some of the series’ creators. Among them was Shigeru Miyamoto, who opened up about why the character was made a plumber.
Miyamoto stated:
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the 10th best-selling game on Nintendo platforms in US tracked history
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As part of this month’s NPD report for the United States, we have some interesting information about the performance of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The game again charted in the top ten having placed at #6. What’s more interesting is that the game has ranked among the top seven best-sellers on Switch for 42 consecutive months. Amazingly, it is as the 10th best-selling game on Nintendo platforms in US tracked history.
August 2020 NPD: Switch was best-selling platform, sets new August hardware dollar sales record
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Switch continued its success in the United States last month. As has been the norm, it was again the best-selling hardware platform of August.
That’s not the only piece of notable information. Switch has set a new August hardware dollar sales record in the United States, surpassing the August 2008 dollar sales of Wii. Additionally, Switch unit volume more than doubled when compared to a year ago.
August 2020 NPD: Best-selling games on Switch, year-to-date, last 12 months
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Another round of data is in from this month’s NPD report. Along with the best-sellers on Switch specifically for the month of August 2020, we also have a list of the games year-to-date and have sold the best over the last 12 months. Continue on below for the full results.
August 2020 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.
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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of August 2020. The results can be found below.
