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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

EA has confirmed that it has a number of games in the works for Switch, and one of those projects has rumored to be Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered. Now we’re one step closer to an announcement, as the title has been listed on Amazon UK. Unfortunately, the retailer doesn’t have any actual details aside from a tentative November 13 release date.

EA recently said it would be bringing seven games to Switch over the next year. Two of these titles are Burnout Paradise Remastered and Apex Legends while Lost in Random and FIFA 21 Legacy Edition should also be a part of the lineup. Aside from Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, Velan Studios debut title and Plants vs. Zombies Battle for Neighborville are thought to be the other upcoming Switch games from EA.

In an interview with Nintendo Everything, director Hiroaki Matsui spoke about how long it’ll take players to finish the game and also shared details regarding difficulty modes.

Matsui estimates that it’ll take roughly ten hours to complete on the normal difficulty level, which is known as “Samurai”. But he also teased that players “won’t be able to unlock sufficient amount of collectable items and skills with that difficulty, so I want them to play the game more and more and challenge higher difficulty levels as well.” Higher difficulty modes are included under the names “Master Samurai” and “Master of Masters”, which “require guts to play with”.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been a success having sold over one million copies as a brand new IP. Although we don’t have a breakdown of sales by platform, there’s no question that the Switch version largely contributed to that number.

In a recent interview with Famitsu, creator Koji Igarashi revealed that Bloodstained had the biggest response on Switch. It also sold “well above our expectations” even though it came out on the console a week after other systems.

Here’s our translation of the excerpt between Famitsu and Igarashi:

Paper Mario: The Origami King

As revealed by the latest NPD report published today, Paper Mario: The Origami King came in at #3 on the July chart. That’s not bad at all, especially considering it released during the middle of the month.

We now have some additional insight into Paper Mario’s performance in the United States. According to the NPD, Paper Mario: The Origami King managed to set a new launch month sales record for a Paper Mario title. Physical launch month dollar sales more than doubled those of Super Paper Mario. Given that digital sales aren’t factored in here, that makes this statistic even more notable.

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NPD Group has provided the latest update pertaining to gaming hardware sales in the United States. As we’ve seen for quite some time now, Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of July and 2020 overall. That goes for both unit and dollar sales.

Overall hardware spending across the industry decreased 2 percent last month when compared to a year ago to $166 million. However, year-to-date spending has gone up 22 percent compared to a year ago to $1.8 billion.

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Paper Mario: The Origami King

Another round of data is in from this month’s NPD report. Along with the best-sellers on Switch specifically for the month of July 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.

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Paper Mario: The Origami King

NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of July 2020, which includes Paper Mario: The Origami King debuting at #3. The results can be found below.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Collar X Malice: Unlimited – $49.99
My Universe: My Baby – $29.99 (available August 18)

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Usually when Xbox boss Phil Spencer is asked about Nintendo, the executive only has positive things to say. Spencer again had high praise while speaking about the company during the Animal Talking show, which is hosted by Hollywood screenwriter and former games journalist Gary Whitta.

Spencer said:


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