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Thursday12th Sep 2024
Japanese Charts Switch Dominates As PS5 Price Hike Kills Momentum
Ouch
The latest chart data is here courtesy of Famitsu, and to be honest, it's been a bit of a quiet week. At the top, we've got Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost for the Switch with a total of 16,631 sales during its debut week, while the PS5's Astro Bot nabs second place with a total of 12,672. Quite a bit lower than we were expecting, but...
Thursday5th Sep 2024
Japanese Charts Emio Bags A Top Five Spot In A Week Of New Releases
Gundam Breaker 4 towers over all
We are back with the latest look at Japan's video game sales chart (via Famitsu) and it has been quite the week for new releases, with eight titles in the top ten making their debut. The big newbie for Nintendo fans is the arrival of Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, which is performing far better than...
Thursday29th Aug 2024
Japanese Charts There's No Catching Powerful Pro Baseball In Another Quiet Week
PS5 tops hardware before the Japan price hike
The latest Japanese charts are in, courtesy of Famitsu, and it's an expectedly quiet week as we prepare for the stacked September release schedule. Despite only shifting an additional 10,198 units, Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 has held onto the top spot for the fourth week in a row. To be honest,...
Thursday22nd Aug 2024
Japanese Charts Powerful Pro Baseball Knocks It Out Of The Park, Again
Another Switch-dominated week
Famitsu has shared the latest physical gaming charts from Japan, this time comprising the last two weeks and it has been yet another monster one for the Switch. The Japan-only Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 knocks it out of the park once again, staying at the top of the pile with an additional 32,372 copies sold. It's...
Monday19th Aug 2024
UK Charts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe And EA Sports FC 24 Trade Places Yet Again
The battle rages on
The UK charts are in once again and, well, it's not a particularly exciting week, to be honest. We thought this might be the case as we continue to await some new releases, but EA Sports FC 24 has once again taken the crown, knocking Mario Kart 8 Deluxe down a peg to bag second place. Meanwhile, Minecraft continues its climb up...
Wednesday10th Jul 2024
News Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Worked On By Eighting
Known for fighting games and Pikmin
Developer Eighting, which is most well-known for developing licensed fighting games on Japanese tokusatsu shows and anime has revealed it led the development of the Basketball update for Nintendo Switch Sports. A post on the developer's website revealed that it was "in charge of planning and developing the free...
News Nintendo Switch Sports Free Basketball Update Now Live, Here's What's Included
Shoot some hoops today
After revealing Basketball would be coming to Nintendo Switch Sports recently, Nintendo has now officially released this free court sport update. As already revealed, it comes with a trio of different game modes including two-on-two matches, a solo three-point contest, and a 'Five Streak Battle'. Included with this is local...
Monday8th Jul 2024
News Surprise! Basketball Slams Onto Nintendo Switch Sports This Week
NBA on a Wed-nes-day
Following its announcement the June 2024 Direct, Nintendo has today revealed that basketball will be hitting the court on Nintendo Switch Sports on 10th July in Europe and on 9th July in North America (thanks to the magic of timezones). The new sport will come as a free add-on for the game, tipping off with a trio of different...
Friday21st Jun 2024
News Nintendo Showcases All June 2024 Direct Games With Colourful New Graphic
Big names, small names, they're all here
Did you need reminding that there was an excellent Nintendo Direct earlier this week? No? Well, Nintendo is going to do it anyway. As per usual, the Big N has shared a new infographic featuring every single game that featured during the Nintendo Direct June 2024 Showcase. We're sure you all remember the big...
Tuesday18th Jun 2024
News Basketball Is Dunking Onto Nintendo Switch Sports This Summer
Tip off
Thanks to today's Nintendo Direct Showcase, we have had our first look at Nintendo Switch Sports next sport update: Basketball. The new mode will be tipping off on Switch this summer and promises a handful of different game modes such as the solo Three-Point Challenge, the competitive Five-Streak Battle or Three-Point Contest, or simply...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
Rumour Leaker Hints At New Nintendo Codenames, Persona 6 On 'Switch 2', And More
Update: Splatoon codename spotted?
Update [Mon 3rd Jun, 2024 09:30 BST] They're at it again. Midori (みどり) is back with another potential codename from Nintendo, and it sounds like it might be related to the Splatoon franchise. In a fresh post on X, Midori states, "There is a a game project at Nintendo with the codename Spiral. By researching...
Tuesday16th Apr 2024
UK Charts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Climbs The Charts To Nab Third Place
Go go go!
The latest UK Charts are in and it's probably safe to say there's not a whole lot going on at the moment. That said, as it nears its 7th birthday, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to prove its evergreen appeal as it climbs yet another spot to take the bronze medal. As is the norm at this point, EA Sports FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy have taken...
Monday13th Nov 2023
UK Charts Mario Wonder Takes Bronze As Call Of Duty Makes Its Mark
Like clockwork
The latest physical UK charts are here and, as expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III has landed with a band, comfortably taking the number one position despite selling roughly 25% less than the previous entry in the franchise (thanks, Chris Dring). This means that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is no longer holding onto the gold...
Wednesday1st Nov 2023
News Nintendo Unveils Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch OLED Bundle, Out This Month
Along with three other new deals
Following on from the reports last week, Nintendo has now officially confirmed a new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch OLED bundle will be arriving later this month on 24th November 2023. This confirmation comes from the Australian branch, so announcements for other regions will likely follow. As expected, the Mario Kart 8...
Thursday24th Aug 2023
Japanese Charts Switch Games Dominate As Pikmin 4 Can't Be Plucked From Top
A pik-ture of perfection
This week's Japanese hardware and software charts are in from Famitsu (via Gematsu), and Pikmin 4 continues to astound as it spends its fifth week at the top of the charts. The fourth mainline entry in the adorable RTS-style series has shifted another 54,904 copies in the week of 14th to 20th August, taking the total sales...
Tuesday1st Aug 2023
UK Charts Disney Illusion Island Makes A Lukewarm Debut As FIFA 23 Dominates
Oh boy
The latest UK Charts are in and they paint a decidedly glum picture for Disney Illusion Island, which debuts at number eighteen, behind the likes of other Switch exclusives such as Pikmin 4, Nintendo Switch Sports, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game launched on July 28th, 2023 at an RRP of £34.99. Elsewhere, it's a familiar story...
Friday21st Jul 2023
News Zelda: TOTK Is The Fourth Best-Selling 2023 Game In Europe So Far
And that's without digital data
The best selling games for the first half of 2023 in Europe have been revealed (thanks, GamesIndustry), and it's good news for fans of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo's latest entry in the Zelda franchise came in fourth position overall, behind the likes of Hogwarts Legacy at No.1,
Thursday13th Jul 2023
Japanese Charts Zelda: TOTK And Final Fantasy XVI Battle For Supremacy
Who will claim the throne?
It's time to check out the Japanese charts once again folks, and as expected, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Final Fantasy XVI are pretty much neck and neck this week after Master Detective Archives: Rain Code dropped down to fourth place. Tears of the Kingdom is still beating out the competition and is...
Friday12th May 2023
News The New Zelda Title Apparently Has A "Game Engine" Link With Splatoon 3
What kind of sorcery is this?
We don't often hear much about the game engines behind the latest Nintendo releases, but today is a little different with some news about the new Switch title The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. According to dataminer OatmealDome (via GoNintendo), Link's sequel adventure is apparently running on a Nintendo...
Saturday29th Apr 2023
Poll One Year On, What Other Events Should Be Added To Nintendo Switch Sports?
Was golf really enough?
If you can believe it, it has been one whole year since we first got our hands on Nintendo Switch Sports and immediately decided, "Huh, it's just like Wii Sports. Only smaller. And £50." Of course, some of these impressions were improved somewhat by the free addition of Golf in November of last year, but for the most part,...
Wednesday12th Apr 2023
Random Elderly Couple Thrashes The Competition In Wii Bowling Tournament
Where's everybody gone? Bowling?
Here a bit of wholesome fun to brighten your day. During the Wii era, Nintendo was very much of the mind that gaming is for everyone. Indeed, the company still holds by this mantra to this very day, but we can all remember the countless advertisements for the Wii that seemed to feature everyone from toddlers to...
Friday3rd Mar 2023
Update: Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 for Wii U taken offline
Update [Fri 3rd Mar, 2023 15:30 GMT]: Nintendo has announced that it has begun temporary emergency maintenance on Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. While unconfirmed, it's heavily speculated that the maintenance - which at the time of writing has no time frame attached to it - is...
Wednesday1st Mar 2023
News Nintendo Switch Sports Version 1.4.0 Now Live, Here's What's Included
Update today
Nintendo Switch Sports added golf to the mix late last year, and while it's seemingly got nothing else major planned in the near future, it's still being updated on a regular basis with some small patches. The second update of the year (Version 1.4.0) makes some changes and adjustments, and also includes "several" fixes to improve the...
Monday20th Feb 2023
UK Charts Splatoon 3 Makes A Surprise Comeback, Climbing Six Spots
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe maintains its strong presence
The latest UK charts are in, and without any new releases to speak of in the top ten this week, there is merely a slight reshuffling of the deck. In the top ten, Splatoon 3 has made a bit of a comeback this week, climbing up six spots from position sixteen to position ten. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8...
Friday17th Feb 2023
Random Illustrator Builds Mii-Inspired Character Creator With Unreal Engine 5
A whole new Mii-world
When Nintendo introduced the concept of Miis back in 2006, we're not sure anybody expected the cute little avatars to still be around more than fifteen years later. Yet here we are in 2023 and they're still remarkably prominent on the Switch, featuring as playable characters in the likes of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario...
Thursday9th Feb 2023
Japanese Charts PlayStation 5 Soars In Sales And Once Again Beats Switch
But Pokémon returns to the top
Sony is continuing its huge comeback in Japan this week. According to this week's Famitsu charts (via Gematsu), after outselling all three models last week, the PlayStation 5 has once again topped the hardware charts with a huge 76,450 units sold in the week of 30th January to 6th February. The Switch OLED is behind...
Monday6th Feb 2023
UK Charts Fire Emblem Out Of Top Ten While SpongeBob Sells Well On Switch
Making a splash
The UK charts are in and the Switch's big hitter for January — Fire Emblem Engage — has slipped out of the top ten. After taking number one on its debut week and dropping to seventh last week, the strategy RPG is now charting in 16th on the UK's weekly boxed charts. FIFA 23 is back on top after being pushed out of the number one...
Thursday2nd Feb 2023
Japanese Charts All Switch Models Outsold By PS5, Story Of Seasons Remake Is On Top
Top of the crops
It's a week of mixed fortunes for the Switch in this week's Famitsu charts (via Gematsu). The big story is that the PlayStation 5 has outsold all Switch models to be the best-selling hardware of the week of 23rd - 29th January. Sony's console sold an impressive 53,256 units this week, edging past the combined sales of the Switch...
Monday30th Jan 2023
UK Charts Fire Emblem Engage Tumbles Down To Seventh Place
Sales slide by 76%
The latest UK charts are in and, as expected, the top ten is headlined by EA's recently released Dead Space remake. Meanwhile, Fire Emblem Engage, last week's star performer, has tumbled down to seventh place after a 76% drop in sales for the week. Not unexpected, necessarily, but we'd hoped to see it continue its exceptionally...
Wednesday25th Jan 2023
News New Mario Strikers: Battle League Update Resolves Pesky Issue
Nintendo Switch Sports has also been updated
Mario Strikers: Battle League made its debut on the Nintendo Switch last June and since then it's received a bunch of free updates - comprised of new characters, levels and even some new features. Following the release of Version 1.3.0 last month, Nintendo and Next Level Games have now rolled out the...
