8% of devs say they’re making a game for Switch’s successor in new survey
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The GDC 2024 State of the Game Industry report was published today ahead of next month’s event, and it brings along a little bit of Switch successor news.
Over 3,000 game developers were asked about their work and the industry for the report. With one question, we get to hear about which platform(s) they’re developing their current project for. 8 percent said that their game is for Switch’s successor. 18 percent said they’re working with Switch. Note that multiple options are allowed to be checked.
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Best-selling Switch games of 2023 in the U.S.
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New Circana data reveals the best-selling Switch games of 2023 in the United States.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder were Nintendo’s biggest releases of the year, so it’s no surprise that they land at #1 and #2 respectively. Hogwarts Legacy and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope are the only titles published by third-party at #5 and #15 respectively. Hogwarts Legacy was actually 2023’s best-selling game in the U.S. market overall (all platforms) in dollar sales, which is the first time since 2008 that a non-Call of Duty or Rockstar developed title ranked first.
Here’s the full list of best-selling Switch games of 2023 in the U.S.:
Best-selling games in the U.S. for December 2023
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Circana has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2023.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder did quite well, moving to #2 after being at #5 previously. Mario Kart 8, Super Mario RPG, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are other Switch titles that made the top twenty.
Here’s a look at the complete list of best-selling games in the U.S. for December 2023:
Nintendo Download – January 18, 2024 (North America)
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It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of January 18, 2024. The latest releases include Another Code: Recollection, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Famitsu sales (1/8/24 – 1/14/24)
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Atari announces Lunar Lander: Beyond for Switch
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July 13: Atari today unveiled Lunar Lander: Beyond, a new game based on the 1970s fan-favorite title. It’ll be available for Switch in 2023.
Lunar Lander: Beyond is being developed by Dreams Uncorporated, the studio behind Cris Tales. The upcoming project adds simulation and a deep narrative, along with precision gravity flier mechanics.
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Splatoon 3 – Splatfest #12 results – Friends vs. Family vs. Solo (holidays)
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We have the results for the newest Splatfest in Splatoon 3, which had Friends vs. Family vs. Solo going to battle. The theme asked players how they spend their holiday.
When Nintendo showed how things were going at halftime, Team Friends was in the lead – but barely – at 34.54 percent. Next up was Team Solo at 34.17 percent. Finally, Team Family landed at 31.29 percent.
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Nintendo developer talks CG and amiibo work for Metroid Dread
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In a post on Nintendo’s recruitment website, developer Uenaka Minoru shared insight into his work on Metroid Dread, including CG and amiibo. He’s been with the planning and production department since 2019.
Minoru’s post goes into working with MercurySteam and how the “finest details” needed to be considered since CG was used on Nintendo’s website, the boxart, and more. Working on E.M.M.I. was probably the biggest aspect of the project since it required “a sense of realism that required not just cooperation from the series development team, but also cooperation with other companies to get the fine details properly finished and as convincing as possible.” As for the amiibo, he wanted to create two poses so that it would look like Samus and the E.M.M.I. were squaring off.
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[Let’s Talk] Who’s your Smash Bros. main?
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is making a slight comeback this weekend as new spirits are being added to the game. Let’s also not forget that Sora, the last DLC fighter for the game, gets an amiibo next month. Even more than five years later, there’s still an active fanbase as well.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate contains the series’ biggest roster yet. It also did what some may not have thought possible by bringing back every character from all past games – DLC included.
With such a big roster available, which fighter do you tend to go with in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Do you have more than one that’s in your rotation? Let us know in the comments.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s creepiest Pokedex entries
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Today, we’re taking a look at the creepiest Pokedex entries in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet plus a few of the returning Pokemon in The Indigo Disk DLC.
To an extent, Pokedex entries have always been kind of messed up. But things took a turn sometime around Pokemon Sun and Moon – lots of Pokemon started getting particularly eyebrow-raising descriptions. For example, if Drifloon’s body were to burst, its soul would spill out with a screaming sound. We definitely didn’t need to know that!
