July 2018 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S. – Octopath Traveler is #1
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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 July 2018. The results can be found below.
GoldenEye 007 devs on toning down initial violence, how using Oddjob is cheating, game’s huge success
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MEL Magazine has a huge article up looking back on GoldenEye 007. Lead environment artist Karl Hilton, gameplay / engine programmer Mark Edmonds, and developer David Doak were brought in for the retrospective piece.
The interview has a number of highlights, some of which we have below. There’s talk about toning down the violence with Nintendo being concerned about the amount of killing, how using Oddjob is cheating in their view, and huge success including Nintendo being unable to keep up with the initial demand.
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Sakurai on Smash Bros. Ultimate – newest fighter reveals, modes, and more
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Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai returns to Famitsu this week with his latest column. In it, he goes over information revealed during the Nintendo Direct earlier this month.
Sakurai wrote about the inclusion of Simon, Richter, Chrom, Dark Samus, and King K. Rool, going a bit into why they were added. He also covers modes plus the huge amount of stages and music.
Nintendo talks about Switch’s OS – home menu design resources have less than 200KB
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At CEDEC 2018 earlier today, Nintendo held a session about the making of Switch’s interface. Developers spoke about their approach for the OS’s creation.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki was in attendance, and passed along some of the details that were shared. Here’s the full roundup:
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Super Mario Party reveals new River Survival mode
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Nintendo of Europe has posted a new gameplay video for Super Mario Party that gives fans a first look at a brand new mode. River Survival will be included, and first details are in.
Here’s what we know:
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Miyamoto not interested in making an MMORPG
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Earlier today, Shigeru Miyamoto delivered the keynote address at the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference. It was here that we heard Miyamoto praising Minecraft, among other things.
Kotaku also has a small translation of another topic addressed in Miyamoto’s keynote. The Nintendo developer said that he’s not interested in making an MMORPG due to the business model and not wanting to focus on a single game.
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Media Create sales (8/13/18 – 8/19/18)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 54,647
PS4 – 20,911
New 2DS LL – 7,872
PS4 Pro – 4,932
New 3DS LL – 3,316
Vita – 3,083
2DS – 708
Xbox One – 51
Xbox One X – 45
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 50,143
PS4 – 16,982
New 2DS LL – 7,628
PS4 Pro – 5,044
Vita – 3,507
New 3DS LL – 2,784
2DS – 498
Xbox One X – 43
Xbox One – 31
And here are the software charts:
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Sakurai shares Smash Bros. Ultimate tidbits – stage development, music compression, more
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In this week’s of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai has published a new column, which again appears to be focused on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The magazine hasn’t released officially just yet, but an early leak covers some of the tidbits.
Here’s the rundown:
Arcade Archives Vs. Excitebike coming to Switch this fall
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Hamster will bring Arcade Archives Vs. Excitebike to Switch this fall, the latest issue of Famitsu reveals. Japanese pricing is set at 762 yen.
Arcade Archives Vs. Excitebike doesn’t have a course edit feature. However, it’s a faithful port.
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Miyamoto astonished by Minecraft’s success, considered making builder games in the past
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CEDEC 2018 kicked off today, and it started with a big. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto opened the developer conference with a keynote.
During his speech, Miyamoto suggested that developers look back their own experiences in order to create globally-accepted games. This is in contrast to pursuing what’s trending in the industry.
