Nintendo on the possibility of a demo for Smash Bros. Ultimate and DLC
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At Comic-Con yesterday, IGN spoke with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The two sides spoke about a number of topics, including the possibility of a demo down the road and DLC.
When asked if we could see a demo similar to the likes of ARMS Global Testpunch or Mario Tennis Aces, Trinen stated:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild update revealed for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, out now (version 1.6.0)
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Very recently, Nintendo teased more updates for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The company is delivering on that front with new content from Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
All players can download version 1.6.0 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It features Link in his Champion’s Tunic, the Master Cycle Zero, and more.
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Nintendo Download (7/19/18, Europe) – Sausage Sports Club, Sky Skipper, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion – €39.99 (available July 20)
Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded – €49.99 (available July 20)
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Nintendo Download (7/19/18, North America) – Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2, Pool Panic, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Mega Man X Legacy Collection – $19.99
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 – $19.99
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Unreal Engine 4.20 released, includes significant improvements for Switch development
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Today, Unreal Engine received a new update. The tech now runs at version 4.20, and includes significant improvement for Switch development. Epic says it has brought about “tons of performance and memory improvements built for Fortnite on Nintendo Switch to all Unreal Engine developers!”
Below are the highlights:
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Sakurai on the response to Smash Bros. Ultimate, keeping things a secret, more talk about the future
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Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai is back this week with one of his regular columns in Famitsu. This was the first piece he shared after seeing the reaction to the game’s announcement at E3.
Aside from speaking about the response, Sakurai also spoke about keeping Ultimate and reveal itself a secret, and addressed the series’ future again. There’s even a bit of talk about his health as well.
Nintendo and Vanpool cancelled a horror game that starred Tingle
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Tingle, the peculiar character from the Zelda series, has been featured in his own games before. Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland and Ripened Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love are the most notable of the bunch, and came out on DS many years ago.
Tingle actually could have received another title, but Nintendo and Vanpool pulled the plug. In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe revealed:
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SEGA Ages – Sonic the Hedgehog, Thunder Force IV launching in August
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This week’s issue of Famitsu provides an update on SEGA Ages for Switch. The first two games in the series, announced earlier in the year, are confirmed for an August release.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV will be up first. The two games will be priced at 925 yen each.
First Digimon Survive scan
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As revealed in the latest issue of V-Jump, Digimon Survive is in development for Switch. We have the first scan above.
Digimon Survive will launch sometime in 2019.
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Media Create sales (7/9/18 – 7/15/18)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 50,239
PS4 – 12,431
PS4 Pro – 5,165
New 2DS LL – 4,176
Vita – 4,112
New 3DS LL – 2,507
2DS – 448
Xbox One – 47
Xbox One X – 32
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 44,237
PS4 – 12,608
PS4 Pro – 5,226
New 2DS LL – 3,965
Vita – 3,444
New 3DS LL – 2,739
2DS – 528
Xbox One X – 47
Xbox One – 41
And here are the software charts:
