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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the best-selling entry in the series. It’s already a million seller having sold 1.42 million copies as of June 2018.

One reason for Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s success is due to strong sales in the west. Speaking with USgamer, Monolith Soft executive director Tetsuya Takahashi revealed that the RPG exceeded the company’s expectations, especially in the west. The new Torna expansion is also exceeding expectations on the whole.

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As many people know, Pokemon is an incredibly successful franchise today. But that wasn’t always the case. Before Pokemon exploded around the world, there was uncertainty as to how it would perform in the United States.

Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda mentioned to USgamer in an email interview that the team was told “that the Pokemon were too cute to be successful in the U.S. and that we should change the design of the characters.” He had also some concerns that Pokemon wouldn’t be accepted “for what it was” outside of Japan.

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More concept art has emerged from the newly-released Art of Super Mario Odyssey book.

First, one image from the book shows Rosalina as a guitarist. Continuing with the Super Mario Odyssey theme here, we’re also able to see a Luma costume for Mario left on the cutting room floor.

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Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness will launch on October 11, Red Hook Studios has announced. On the same day, The Musketeer DLC will be released for free along with the large game balance patch that has been live for the PC version of the game since June. Note that there is a slight change that the physical version of Darkest Dungeon will take a bit longer for the DLC to be available.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness will cost $4.99. Those who purchased the physical Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition will receive the DLC for free in addition to The Musketeer and game balance update as a single large patch. It won’t be offered for free if you purchased the digital Ancestral bundle before October 11, but after that date, the package will include all currently available Darkest Dungeon content for $39.99.

Switch will be discounting all Darkest Dungeon products except for The Color of Madness for two weeks starting October 11. The Ancestral Edition bundle will cost $29.99, down from $39.99.

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There’s been some uncertainty surrounding Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee regarding motion controls. It was previously thought that you’d need to physically move your Switch system around in handheld mode to catch Pokemon. However, this isn’t entirely true.

IGN obtained a statement from Nintendo which states that motion controls or physical gestures aren’t needed when playing in handheld mode. The full note reads:

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Nintendo has released a new trailer showing off Birdo’s addition in Mario Tennis Aces. Get a look at the video below.

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Polygon recently spoke to longtime Pokemon developer Junichi Masuda about the early days of the franchise’s development. During the interview, Masuda recalled one interesting story about how all work on the original games was nearly lost.

According to Masuda, a computer crash almost caused everything Game Freak had done on the project to vanish. The PC had all of the game data, Pokemon, and more. Masuda eventually figured out how to get back what was thought to be lost, but if he hadn’t, there could have been a massive setback that the team may not have been able to recover from.

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NIS America has revealed the next DLC fighter for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Street Fighter EX, appearing form Street Fighter EX, will be available in the game.

Here’s a brief overview and trailer:

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Nintendo today shared new comments from some of the team members behind The World Ends with You: Final Remix. Creative producer and main character designer Tetsuya Nomura, director Tatsuya Kando, and music composer Takeharu Ishimoto all had a few things to say about the game.

The most interesting comments are arguably from Nomura. Nomura has again pointed towards interest in creating a sequel, stating that “this is the final chance for creating a path to the next step, which I’ve had ideas about since the first launch 11 years ago.”

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

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Dragon Ball FighterZ – FighterZ Edition – €89.99 (available September 28)
Dragon Ball FighterZ – Ultimate Edition – €104.99 (available September 28)
Dragon Ball FighterZ – €59.99 (available September 28)
FIFA 19 – €59.99 (available September 28)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Ultimate Edition – €29.99 (available September 28)
Labyryinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk – ? (available September 28)
Namco Museum Arcade Pac – €39.99 (available September 28)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 – €59.99

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