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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 112 Comments

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

New 2DS LL – 110,963
Switch – 89,314
PS4 – 82,368
New 3DS LL – 26,587
PS4 Pro – 10,988
Vita – 4,967
2DS – 3,680
New 3DS – 1,370
Wii U – 142
PS3 – 121
Xbox One – 94

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

Switch – 98,999
PS4 – 23,841
New 2DS LL – 17,717
New 3DS LL – 13,108
PS4 Pro – 7,037
Vita – 4,545
2DS – 2,300
New3DS – 1,020
Wii U – 176
PS3 – 142
Xbox One – 77

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 44 Comments

Persona Q2 is officially coming to 3DS, Atlus has revealed. A teaser site for the game is located here.

At the moment, the site only confirms that characters from Persona 5 will be featured in Persona Q2. No additional information is provided.

We’ll presumably be hearing more about Persona Q2 in the weeks and months ahead.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Andrew in 3DS, News | 69 Comments

Famitsu has reported that Dragon Quest has sold a total of 2,080,806 copies in Japan within the first two days of the game’s release. The 3DS version of the game sold 1,130,468 copies, while the PlayStation 4 version sold 950,338 copies.
The copies sold also include the sales from the Dragon Quest XI Double Pack Hero’s Sword Box, New Nintendo 2DS XL Dragon Quest Liquid Metal Slime Edition, and PlayStation 4 Dragon Quest Loto Edition.

Dragon Quest XI is out now in Japan but will also be releasing next year in the west under the name “Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age”.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 9 Comments

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is not your typical game. It makes sense then that during early development, Ubisoft considered a few different genres for the title.

Creative director Davide Soliani told Glixel that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was initially considered as a musical, or even a first-person shooter. He said:

“We started to scratch them out, one after the other. We went through a musical game, a first-person shooter game; but really the team is composed of mainly tactical fans.”

Soliani had also mentioned that, early on, a group of five people came up with 13 ideas. Most of these are a mystery.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

We finally have a straight answer directly from Nintendo about the North American pre-order situation for the Super NES Classic Edition. Later this month, pre-orders will open at “various retailers”.

Nintendo also says that there will be a “significant amount of additional systems” sent to stores for launch. More units will be shipped “throughout the balance of the calendar year” as well.

Nintendo said:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 8 Comments

With Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle launching in about a month, a new set of previews have now been published online with details and footage. We’ve rounded up everything below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 7 Comments

Ubisoft has just gone live with a brand new trailer for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 13 Comments

Update: Version 3.0.1 addresses an issue in which the remaining battery charge isn’t displayed accurately. If the system’s battery power display suddenly increases or decreases, Switch owners are advised to follow these steps. You should see a gradual improvement.

Original: A new firmware update has just been issued for all Switch consoles. Version 3.0.1. is now available for download.

Thus far, Nintendo hasn’t shared any details about the update, but we don’t expect it to be as significant as the last one. That’s usually the case when we see small increase in version numbers.

We’ll update this post when we find out more about today’s update.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, News, Switch | 14 Comments

Nintendo prepared its latest Japanese tweet for Super Mario Odyssey. The company published two images, both of which are primarily intended to be used as wallpaper for smartphones.

Here’s where things get interesting. The pink moon shown in the wallpaper is a different color than the yellow moons we’ve seen in the Cascade Kingdom, suggesting that the Cheep Cheep one is separate. So based on that, we’d have at least seven kingdoms in Super Mario Odyssey.

They would be:

– Metro Kingdom
– Sand Kingdom
– Wooded Kingdom
– Luncheon Kingdom
– Cascade Kingdom
– Cap Kingdom
– Cheep Cheep Kingdom

We’re going off of the assumption that the Cascade Kingdom is separate from the areas we’ve seen with the Cheep Cheeps. That’s not absolutely confirmed, but it does make sense based on the moons.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 7 Comments

Monster Hunter Stories has received a final release date in North America. Today, Nintendo announced that the stateside release is set for September 8.

You’ll be able to give Monster Hunter Stories a try well before launch. Nintendo says that a demo will be distributed on the eShop on August 10.

Nintendo also recently announced that Europe will be getting Monster Hunter Stories on September 8 as well.

Source: Nintendo PR

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