US: Animal Crossing: New Horizons sees third-highest launch month of any Nintendo game, best-selling game in franchise history
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More news has emerged from the March 2020 NPD report, and it’s brought along even more impressive information about Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The Switch game has achieved the third-highest launch month of any Nintendo published game in tracked history. That goes for both physical dollar and unit sales. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are the only two games that sold more during their launch months.
Also revealed is that launch month dollar sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have exceeded the lifetime sales of all other Animal Crossing franchise games. The Switch entry is already the best-selling game in franchise history.
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Super Mario Maker 2 free final update revealed – make a world map and more
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Super Mario Maker 2 is getting one final free update on April 22, Nintendo has announced. Among the new features included, players will finally be able to create their own world map.
As far as enemies go, all seven of the Koopalings will now be available, in addition to Phanto and the Mechakoopas. New power-ups include the SMB2 Mushroom, Frog Suit from Super Mario Bros. 3, Power Balloon from Super Mario World, the Super Acorn from New Super Mario Bros. U, and the Boomerang Flower from Super Mario 3D World. Five variations for wearables will also be added like the Cannon Box and Propeller Box from Super Mario 3D World.
Here’s the full announcement and trailer:
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Nintendo reportedly looking to increase Switch production for 2020
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According to a Nikkei report, Nintendo is looking to raise Switch production in light of higher demand for the system stemming from the coronavirus. The company “expects to produce about 10% more units of the Switch series in 2020, up from around 20 million last year, according to parts suppliers informed of the plans.”
A Nintendo representative told Nikkei:
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[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #76 – Expansive and reductive Final Fantasy VII Remake
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Hello my avalanche cuties! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we’re talking remakes: Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII, with plenty of critique on the good, the bad and the horny Jessie. We cover some quick-fire news with a new Switch hardware model being referenced in some firmware code, Gamescom cancellation, game announcements and Jason Schreier leaving Kotaku. And in the listener mail segment, we admit our embarrassing rage moments while gaming. Come hang out and have a chill game time.
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Kirby design director wants to make a non-action spin-off, says there’ll be a lot of variety in the future
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a big feature on HAL Laboratory to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary. As part of that, the Japanese magazine spoke with a few key Kirby developers. Lead action programmer Katsuyoshi Sumitomo, general director Shinya Kumazaki, and design director Riki Fuhrmann participated in the discussion.
After talking about how Star Allies raised the bar for Kirby games, the developers discussed their future plans. Fuhrmann’s comments might be the most interesting, as he said he personally wants to create a non-action spin-off title. He also promised “a wide variety of Kirby coming out in the future.”
Below are the full comments from all three developers:
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[Let’s Talk] Paper Mario for Switch – hopes and dreams
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Paper Mario is in a much different place now than where it was when the series first started out on the N64. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems originally made a pure RPG experience. Since though, that’s changed significantly.
After Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, the franchise went in a different direction with Super Paper Mario. The Wii game focused less on RPG mechanics and more on platforming. Things then took another turn with Paper Mario: Sticker Star. The sticker mechanic unfortunately wasn’t well received, and the battles didn’t really have much of an importance. Many of Sticker Stars’ ideas then carried over into Paper Mario: Color Splash… and that’s where things end – at least for now.
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Animal Crossing devs feel that Tom Nook is misunderstood
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If there’s one thing Tom Nook is known for in the Animal Crossing series, it’s the debts he collects. Players need to pay off loans to expand their house, which is a mechanic that carries over into the series’ latest entry. But although some may look at Tom Nook as a character primarily interested in money, the developers behind Animal Crossing feels he’s just misunderstood.
New Horizons producer Hisashi Nogami mentioned to The Verge that “Tom Nook is a very caring, really great guy.” Since he’s an adult, “he’s very careful with money.”
Red Dead Redemption studio founder shares story about meeting Miyamoto involving cancelled N64 game
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Before Rockstar San Diego became what it is today – with acclaimed games like Red Dead Redemption under its belt – the team was previously known as Angel Studios. At one point, an opportunity arose in which Nintendo was almost involved with one of their projects. Shigeru Miyamoto actually stopped by the studio to check out the game, which ended up being scrapped in the end.
Founder Diego Angel spoke about the experience in an interview with Polygon. The game in question was Buggy Boogie, a project for the N64. Not much is known about the project, but it was previously stated by former software director Clinton Keith that it involved “vehicles that would eat other vehicles and adopt their powers and morph.”
As for meeting with Miyamoto, Angel told Polygon:
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Streets of Rage 4 launches April 30, Battle Mode revealed in new trailer
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Streets of Rage 4 was thought to be heading to Switch on April 23 after it was listed on the eShop. While that turned out to be inaccurate, we won’t have to wait much longer for the game. It’s now been officially announced that the release date is set for April 30.
Also revealed today is a new Battle Mode. Here’s a brief introduction and trailer:
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Jump Force Deluxe Edition official announcement, trailer
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Following today’s news that Jump Force Deluxe Edition is coming to Switch, Bandai Namco has officially announced Jump Force Deluxe Edition for Switch.
Here’s the full press release:
