June 2018 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S. – Mario Tennis Aces 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 June 2018. The results can be found below.
Sakurai on the topic of presentations, including Smash Bros. Ultimate’s E3 reveal
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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has posted a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. Sakurai goes in-depth on the topic of presentations, and discusses how he went about the (roughly) 20-minute reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3.
He shares some tidbits as well, including the fact that Digital Frontier worked on CG. The design document for Smash Bros. Ultimate is also 200 pages long.
Media Create sales (7/23/18 – 7/29/18)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 48,370
PS4 – 13,666
New 2DS LL – 5,459
PS4 Pro – 4,979
Vita – 3,414
New 3DS LL – 2,723
2DS – 532
Xbox One X – 317
Xbox One – 48
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 53,745
PS4 – 14,035
New 2DS LL – 8,296
PS4 Pro – 6,274
Vita – 4,277
New 3DS LL – 2,844
Xbox One – 709
2DS – 437
Xbox One X – 56
And here are the software charts:
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Peach Ball: Senran Kagura launches December 13 in Japan, first details
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Following its initial announcement a year ago, Peach Ball: Senran Kagura has resurfaced in this week’s issue of Famitsu. The magazine reveals a release date of December 13 and Japan and shares first actual details.
Here’s what we know:
Undertale Switch officially announced for September 15 in Japan, collector’s edition revealed
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A few weeks ago, the new Switch version of Undertale was listed for September 15 on Amazon Japan. That date was made official today.
Undertale will be sold for 4,000 yen physically, and includes a story booklet. The digital eShop version is priced at 1,500 yen.
A collector’s edition will be offered for 8,800 yen as well. It’ll come with a copy of the game, 2-disc collector’s edition soundtrack, sheet music booklet featuring six songs with annotations by creator Toby Fox, 14k gold-plated brass music box locket, one of six random bookmarks, and and one of three microfiber cloths. We have some photos below.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – free “Summer Surprise” update out today, trailer
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As thanks to their fans and supporters, WayForward is releasing a “Summer Surprise” update to all owners of Half-Genie Hero today, July 31. It includes an entirely new Jammies Mode as well as a Blaster Master Zero Transformation Dance
Here’s an official description of the update:
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Expansion Pass – “The Adventure Continues” trailer
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Nintendo just uploaded a new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 highlighting the game’s Expansion Pass. Among what’s highlighted, we’re able to get another look at the Torna – The Golden Country expansion. Watch today’s trailer below.
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Nintendo financial results: three months ended June 30, 2018 – Switch at 19.67 million units total
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Nintendo has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year. This covers the period from April through June of 2018. Below, we’ll be rounding up all of the important pieces of information from the report.
Nintendo million sellers – July 2018 – Tropical Freeze (Switch), Mario Tennis Aces make the list
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When Nintendo shares its financial results, we always tend to get a look at updated listings of million sellers across various platforms. The company provided that information once again for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018.
Among the highlights, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Switch and Mario Tennis Aces have already made the list. The two have sold 1.40 million and 1.38 million respectively.
Here’s the full lineup:
Nintendo release schedule – July 2018
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Included in Nintendo’s latest financial results documents is the upcoming release schedule for Switch and 3DS. Aside from a look at what’s to come from a first-party perspective, it also provides an overview of some planned third-party titles. We’ve attached the latest schedule below.
