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Snake Pass is a significant game on Switch having been the first Unreal Engine 4 title on the platform. On the whole, it stacks up quite well against other versions. Technical director Pete Harrap posted a blog this week that not only offers insight into getting Snake Pass up and running on Switch, but also looks back on overall cross-platform development.

The image attached above is a “super early” look at Snake Pass during an internal game jam. Ultimately, the company decided to move forward with the project after selecting it out of a number of different pitches.

Harrap’s post later goes into Switch development specifically. Here’s what Snake Pass looked like on the system after just two days:

Disgaea 5 Complete hasn’t launched yet in the west, but it’s already on track to outpace sales in Japan by a large margin.

NIS America president Takuro Yamashita told MCV that pre-orders for the game are sitting at 110,000 copies in the west. Pre-orders are at 78,000 units in the US and 36,000 copies in Europe.

Nintendo is back with the continuation of the Squid Sisters Stories for Splatoon 2. This new initiative intends to tell the tale of Callie and Marie following the final Splatfest.

Read up on the fifth chapter in the story below. For previous entries, head on over here.

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Update 2: More on HD Rumble implementation:



Update: And just like that, a retail version is confirmed:



Original: After originally launching on Wii U, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is now coming to Switch. WayForward announced the news today and stated that this new version is slated for the summer. HD Rumble will be supported.

WayForward tweeted:


It’s not yet known if Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will be receiving a physical release. The news comes directly from WayForward rather than XSEED though, so it could be digital-only.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Garou: Mark of the Wolves – €6.99 / £6.29
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical – €8.00 / £6.99
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – €29.99 / £19.99
NBA Playgrounds – €19.99 / £17.99

Switch DLC

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Builder’s Pack – €16.99 / £12.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Biome Settlers Skin Pack 1 – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Campfire Tales Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Candy Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Cartoon Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Chinese Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Festive Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Halloween Mythology Mash-up Pack – €5.99 / £4.79
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Pattern Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Plastic Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Redstone Specialists Skin Pack – €1.99 / £1.59
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: Steampunk Texture Pack – €2.99 / £2.39

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Garou: Mark of the Wolves – $7.99
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical – $7.99
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – $29.99

3DS Download

Elliot Quest – $14.99

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 47,911
PS4 – 20,963
New 3DS LL – 20,457
Vita – 7,158
PS4 Pro – 6,991
2DS – 5,355
New 3DS – 1,169
Xbox One – 677
PS3 – 407
Wii U – 397

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 76,679
PS4 – 18,848
New 3DS LL – 17,873
PS4 Pro – 6,455
Vita – 5,994
2DS – 4,101
New 3DS – 1,089
Wii U – 543
PS3 – 453
Xbox One – 101

And here are the software charts:

The Japanese Splatoon Twitter account is back at it once again. Nintendo is introducing another new clothing brand, Tataki Kensaki.

Tataki Kensakiis a brand named after its designer. It has a monotone focus, simple yet architectural. Nintendo notes that it is popular among the urban youth and can be found many fashion shops. Collaborations with other brands and its word-of-mouth marketing has resulted in its popularity.


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Nintendo partnered with NVIDIA on the main technology behind Switch. Each unit features a chipset from the Tegra line.

During its latest financial call, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was asked if the company is interested in pursuing consoles further in light of Switch’s success. That led him to talk up Switch, stating:

Consoles is not really a business to us. It’s a business to them. And we’re selected to work on these consoles. And if it makes sense and the strategic alignment is great and we’re in a position to be able to do it, because the opportunity cost of building a game console is quite high. The number of engineers who know how to build computing platforms like this – and in the case of the Nintendo Switch, it’s just an incredible console that fits in such a small form factor. And it could both be a mobile gaming device as well as a console gaming device. It’s just really quite amazing, and they just did an amazing job.

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Nintendo has set a target of moving ten million Switch units this coming fiscal year. However, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima is being cautious about that goal. Nikkei quotes Kimishima as recently saying, “I don’t think we can readily achieve the target [of selling 10 million consoles].”

Nikkei’s piece has one other noteworthy excerpt. The site reports: “An executive at one software company said Nintendo asked it to introduce major releases ‘as early as possible.'” Who might that third-party publisher be?

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