Tatsumi Kimishima retiring as president of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa taking over
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After Satoru Iwata passed away in 2015, Tatsumi Kimishima was brought in as Nintendo’s global president. Kimishima’s primary role at the company will be ending soon, however. In its financial results today, Nintendo announced that Kimishima will be retiring as president.
Shuntaro Furukawa, 46, will be taking over for Kimishima. He joined Nintendo in 1994 and has worked in global marketing and at The Pokemon Company. Since 2016, Furukawa has been Nintendo’s Managing Executive Officer, Supervisor of Corporate Analysis & Administration Division and Director.
Kimishima will officially step down on June 28. According to Nikkei, he’ll remain with Nintendo as an adviser.
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Fire Emblem Warriors has shipped one million copies worldwide
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Fire Emblem Warriors has shipped one million copies, Koei Tecmo announced as part of its latest financial results today. That number accounts for sales worldwide. Switch and New 3DS are accounted for in the figure.
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SaGa Scarlet Grace designer says an English version is in the works
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SaGa Scarlet Grace is looking likely for a western release. On Twitter earlier today, designer Akitoshi Kawazusaid that preparation has begun for an English version. However, it’s not at a stage where a release window can be announced.
Square Enix announced this week that SaGa Scarlet Grace is launching in Japan on August 2 for Switch. It’s based on the PlayStation Vita version that first shipped in 2016, but with extra features and new content.
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Topper Hat and Topper Suit now available in Super Mario Odyssey
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A brand new outfit is now available in Super Mario Odyssey. In addition to the Topper Hat, players can obtain the Topper Suit with coins. They cost 1,500 and 3,000 coins respectively.
Here’s a closer look:
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Blade Strangers reveals its opening cinematic, new gameplay video
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Nicalis and Studio Saizensen have published two new videos for the crossover fighting title Blade Strangers. Along with the opening cinematic, we also have a one-minute look at gameplay.
Blade Strangers will feature characters from various games including Code of Princess, Sayonara Umihara Kawase, and Cave Story. The current roster is as follows:
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Gear.Club Unlimited update out tomorrow with new local multiplayer mode and more
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Before Gear.Club Unlimited shipped last year, Eden Games promised free updates for its racer. We’ll begin to see that starting tomorrow.
Eden Games, along with its publisher Microids, have revealed a free update for Gear.Club Unlimited. The patch will include a new local multiplayer game mode, two free DLC packs, and other features.
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Media Create sales (4/16/18 – 4/22/18) – Nintendo Labo debut sales
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 34,165
PS4 Pro – 8,967
PS4 – 4,480
New 2DS LL – 4,191
Vita – 2,892
New 3DS LL – 2,842
2DS – 439
Xbox One – 59
Xbox One X – 57
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 36,308
PS4 – 9,491
New 2DS LL – 4,564
New 3DS LL – 3,366
Vita – 2,921
PS4 Pro – 1,473
2DS – 616
Xbox One – 55
Xbox One X – 17
And here are the software charts:
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Nintendo on taking risks, approach to development, hiring process, union between hardware and software teams, surprising players
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Today, a new interview with Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi was published on The Guardian. As one of the leaders at the company, he spoke about taking risks, Nintendo’s approach to development and its hiring process, the union between hardware and software teams, and trying to surprise players.
We’ve rounded up the interesting comments from the piece below. You can find The Guardian’s original article here.
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March 2018 NPD: Neon Switch the best-selling hardware item of the month and 2018 thus far
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We have one final tidbit from this month’s NPD, and this time we have some news regarding hardware sales.
NPD analyst Mat Piscatella confirms that the Switch 32GB with neon red/blue Joy-Con is the best-selling hardware item of March in the United States. Moreover, it’s the top-performing hardware release in 2018 thus far.
The latest NPD report also had encouraging news for software sales, as it was revealed that Kirby Star Allies has the franchise’s best debut ever in the US.
March 2018 NPD: Kirby Star Allies has best debut month of sales in franchise history
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Kirby Star Allies landed fourth in its first month on the NPD chart. There’s much more to the game’s placement, however.
Based on the latest data from NPD, Kirby Star Allies had the strongest debut month of sales in the U.S. in the history of the franchise. It experienced a 90 percent better debut month than Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland, which was the previous record holder.
Specific sales data for Kirby Star Allies has not been provided by the NPD or Nintendo.
