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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 23, 2023
« on: November 20, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

Breaking news from the United Kingdom at this hour: Generalissima Elizabeth Windsor is still dead.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65535/nintendo-downloads-november-23-2023

Things we missed last week: In addition to the four shadowdrops from the Indie World (Backpack Hero, Enjoy the Diner, Howl, and Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist), the ridiculous and the sublime of the fighting genre also appeared with Taito's Dinorex (Archives) and SNK's King of Fighters XIII: Global Match.

And the reason we're focusing on last week's releases is because this week is kind of barren for bigger releases. In fact, the only thing that might qualify for most of you is the compilation of Jurassic Park games coming out in order to celebrate... well, the home video release of Jurassic Park 30 years ago. And even that boils down to how much you care about licensed games from the early 1990s, though I suppose it is a boon for game preservation.

Aside from that, Europe is getting an Irem compilation (which is probably also NA bound, but there's no listings on eShops for it yet), and they already have a Black Friday sale started which includes EA FC 24 (aka "the soccer game EA makes when they give a damn") half off, and other third party titles including The 7th Guest - just in time for a certain Retroactive. (25% off until 3 December in Europe.)

North America

Retail

L.O.L. Surprise: Roller Dreams Racing (US$39.99/C$39.99: Tuesday)

Pui Pui Molcar Let's! Molcar Party ($39.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Digital

Dyschronia: Chronos Alternative ($49.99/$67.99: Tuesdsy)

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection ($29.99/$40.99: Wednesday)

Guns & Spurs 2 ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Criss Cross ($25.99/$35.99: Saturday)

Train Valley 2: Community Edition ($24.99/$34.99)

In Stars And Time ($19.99/$25.99: Monday)

Terraformers ($19.99/$22.49: Tuesday)

Worldless ($19.99/$26.99: Tuesday)

Starlight Drifter ($19.99/$27.99: Friday)

Nora The Wannabe Alchemist ($19.99/$27.62: Friday)

Witchtastic ($17.99/$20.49: Wednesday)

Euro Truck Driver Simulator ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Train Driver Simulator ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Alina of the Arena ($14.99/$19.99)

Train Traffic Manager ($14.99/$20.25: Friday)

Snakebird Complete ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

The Trotties Adventure ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

Furniture Flipper 2023 Simulator ($12.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Rally Race: Offroad Simulator ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Attack Strategy - Battle Simulator Accurate ($9.99/$13.99: Sunday)

Deleted ($9.99/$14.99)

Super Solitaire - Card Game ($9.99/$13.99)

Frogvival ($9.99/$13.51: Friday)

Zombies Rising XXX ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Charrua Soccer - Pro Edition ($8.99/$11.99)

Final Shot ($5.99/$8.23: Friday)

Mix AI Animal Ultimate ($4.99/$6.99: Sunday)

Settris ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens ($4.99/$6.99)

ASMR Slicing ($4.99/$6.73)

Astro Miner ($4.99/$6.73)

Drawing Carnival ($4.99/$6.73)

Tricky Taps ($4.99/$6.73)

Colored Effects ($4.99/$4.99)

Evil Diary ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Inertia 2 ($4.39/$5.84: Monday)

Swim Sacabambaspis ($2.99/$2.99: Tuesday)

Released Later

IREM Collection Volume 1 ($24.99/$34.99: Tuesday)

Orbital Cargo Division ($15.79/$21.54: Monday)

Big Ball Sports ($14/$: Wednesday)

Firebird ($11.99/$15.49: Tuesday)

Virtual Families 3: Our Country Home ($9.99/$12.99)

Alien Death Mob ($4.99/$7)

Link Twin ($4.99/$6.59)

Archives

Warp and Warp ($7.99/$9.87: Wednesday)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Nintendo's Cyber Deals begin at noon ET on the day this article goes live. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

L.O.L. Surprise: Roller Dreams Racing (€39.99/£39.99: Tuesday)

Pui Pui Molcar Let's! Molcar Party (€39.99/£39.99: Tuesday)

Digital

Dyschronia: Chronos Alternative (€49.99/£45.99: Tuesdsy)

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection (€29.99/£40.99: Tuesday)

Guns & Spurs 2 (€29.99/£26.99: Friday)

Criss Cross (€25.99/£23.99: Saturday)

IREM Collection Volume 1 (€24.99/£19.99: Tuesday)

Train Valley 2: Community Edition (€24.99/£22.49)

Terraformers (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Worldless (€19.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Starlight Drifter (€19.99/£19.99)

Nora The Wannabe Alchemist (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

In Stars And Time (€19.5/£16.75: Monday)

Witchtastic (€14.99/£13.99)

Euro Truck Driver Simulator (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Train Driver Simulator (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Alina of the Arena (€14.99/£13.99)

Train Traffic Manager (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Snakebird Complete (€14.99/£12.49: Friday)

Furniture Flipper 2023 Simulator (€12.99/£10.99: Tuesday)

Rally Race: Offroad Simulator (€12.99/£10.99: Friday)

Attack Strategy - Battle Simulator Accurate (€9.99/£7.99: Sunday)

Deleted (€9.99/£9.99)

Super Solitaire - Card Game (€9.99/£8.99)

Frogvival (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Zombies Rising XXX (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Charrua Soccer - Pro Edition (€8.99/£8.99)

Final Shot (€5.99/£5.38: Friday)

Mix AI Animal Ultimate (€4.99/£4.49: Sunday)

Settris (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Colored Effects (€4.99/£4.99)

Evil Diary (€4.99/£4.99)

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens (€4.99/£4.49)

ASMR Slicing (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Astro Miner (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Drawing Carnival (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Tricky Taps (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Inertia 2 (€3.79/£3.39: Monday)

Swim Sacabambaspis (€2.99/£2.69: Tuesday)

Released Later

Math, BFF, and Notes (€15.9/£14.9)

Orbital Cargo Division (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Firebird (€11.99/£10.79: Tuesday)

Big Ball Sports (€11/£7.94: Wednesday)

Virtual Families 3: Our Country Home (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Alien Death Mob (€4.99/£4.99)

Archives

Warp and Warp (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Dyschronia: Chronos Alternative (¥7678)

Moonlight Chain: Deranged Paranoia (¥7480)

RE:D Cherish (¥7370)

Kudo Wafter (¥4500)

IREM Collection Vol 1 (¥3520)

Worldless (¥2420)

In Stars And Time (¥2300)

Terraformers (¥2050)

Alina of the Arena (¥1650)

Frogvival (¥1493)

Big Ball Sports (¥1450)

Colored Effects (¥750)

Settris (¥600)

Swim Sacabambaspis (¥300)

Released Later

Warp and Warp (¥838)

Trio The Punch (¥800)

Evil Diary (¥610)


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TalkBack / Indie World To Air November 14
« on: November 13, 2023, 04:23:39 AM »

Let's see if a Nintendo video bump gets you over the gobs of crapware on the eShop every week.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65488/indie-world-to-air-november-14

The second Indie World of the year is about a day out.

Nintendo have confirmed the show will run tomorrow at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT / 1700 CET, and will air for "roughly 20 minutes". It will cover both new announcements and updates on existing titles.

The last Indie World aired in April and gave dates to Oxenfree II: Lost Signals and Mineko's Night Market among others.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 16, 2023
« on: November 13, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

In honour of this week's big two releases, I wished upon a star that someone would steal Joanne's heart only to discover she ain't got one.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65434/nintendo-downloads-november-16-2023

Things we missed last week: A really busy week on that front with the headliners being Risk of Rain Returns (remaster of the strategy hit) and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, plus Konami's early brawler Shao-lin's Road as the Archives release.

There are of course, two major things that are not only fighting for my time as I take my last vacation of the year next week, but also the honor of the picture slot - so we'll settle it in Smash between Persona 5 Tactica and Super Mario RPG. Though thankfully, one should be short enough that I can dive right into the other if I'm not neck deep in a major video project for the entire week. This is one of the biggest known retail release weeks of the year though, with the coattails bringing along a Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm game, a Bluey game for the parents of young children in the crowd (hi Neal!) and a Konami-focused rhythm game that had a cameo in the last Direct. Of course, in Japan this week Konami will also be publishing the sequel to the best-selling third party game on the Switch and I'm not joking.

Life sim Spirittea is kicking off the week from No More Robots - and in the process bringing the release count for the year over last year's already-obscene 2086, though I suppose we could kick that can to Tuesday given the removal of a certain copyright-violating racing "game" from one of the asset flippers. Lastly, we have another new property from Inti Creates in Yohane the Parhelion, and if that gets dinged for trademark infringement like their last game did they need to retain better lawyers.

North America

Retail

Hogwarts Legacy (US$59.99/C$79.99: Tuesday)

Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Persona 5 Tactica ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Super Mario RPG ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

The Walking Dead: Destinies ($49.99/$49.99: Friday)

Super Crazy Rhythm Castle ($39.99/$51.99: Tuesday)

Bluey: The Videogame ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Digital

Yohane the Parhelion -Blaze in the Deepblue- ($29.99/$39.99)

The Last Faith ($27.99/$34.99: Wednesday)

Astral Ascent ($24.99/$28.99: Tuesday)

Astlibra Revision ($24.99/$28.99)

Spirittea ($19.99/$22.79: Monday)

There Is No Light ($19.99/$26.59)

Prison City ($16.99/$21.99)

On Rusty Trails ($14.99/$19.49)

The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City ($14.99/$19.49)

The Smurfs: Learn and Play ($14.99/$20.53: Friday)

Highway Moto Racing Rush 2023 Simulator ($12.99/$17.99: Sunday)

Dream Town Island ($12/$15)

Rogue Glitch Ultra ($11.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Turbo Shell ($11.99/$15.49: Wednesday)

Call of Sniper Combat - WW2 ($11.99/$16.99: Friday)

KarmaZoo ($9.99/$12.99: Tuesday)

Zombies Rising Dawn ($9.99/$9.99: Wednesday)

Adventure Tanks ($9.99/$14.99)

Until The Last Bullet ($9.99/$13.5)

Drag Racing Car Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

The Forest Quartet ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Low Story ($7.99/$11.3)

MechanixMind: IQ Puzzle Adventure ($7.99/$10.99)

Castle Invasion: Throne Out ($6.99/$9.99)

Smoots Pinball ($5.99/$8.59)

Extreme Skyway Racer Simulator ($5.99/$7.99: Saturday)

Lily in Puzzle World ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Runnyk ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Cats on Streets ($3.99/$4.99)

Kumi-Daiko Beatoff ($2.99/$3.99: Sunday)

Loot Box Quest - Mystic Maidens ($2.99/$3.99)

Added Later

Asterisk and Obelisk: Slap Them All! 2 ($24.99/$29.99: Monday)

Passpartour 2: The Lost Artist ($24.99/$24.99: Tuesday)

Ultimate Solitaire Collection ($24.99/$31.99: Wednesday)

Backpack Hero ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

King of Fighters XIII Global Match ($19.99/$27.28)

Howl ($14.99/$19.49: Tuesday)

Tobrari Dream Ocean ($14.99/$20.60: Wednesday)

Time Master ($14.99/$14.99)

Da Da Daungo ($14.00/$19.00)

Enjoy The Diner ($10.99/$14.99: Tuesday)

Eyra: The Crow Maiden ($9.99/$13.99)

Heavy Car Battle ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Pixel Game Maker Series Storm Swordsman ($7.99/$11.00)

Find The Pairs Memo Game For Kids ($7.98/$10.98)

Snap Together ($7.99/$11.10: Saturday)

Tennis Tournament Hyper-Casual ($5.99/$8.19: Saturday)

Hodgepodge Hunch ($4.99/$6.49: Wednesday)

Spacefarer Mahjong ($4.99/$6.88: Wednesday)

Girl Dress Up Classic ($3.99/$5.49)

brawl.io 2 ($2.99/$4.99: Monday)

Spacefarer Solitaire ($2.99/$2.99: Wednesday)

Meaning of Symbols ($2.99/$3.99)

Pop And Chicks ($1.99/$2.59)

Archives

Dinorex ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The seafaring Dredge is 25% off until the 23rd (week from Thursday). PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Hogwarts Legacy (€59.99/£49.99: Tuesday)

Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections (€59.99/£54.99: Friday)

Persona 5 Tactica (€59.99/£54.99: Friday)

Super Mario RPG (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

The Walking Dead: Destinies (€49.99/£39.99: Friday)

Super Crazy Rhythm Castle (€39.99/£34.99: Monday)

Asterisk and Obelisk: Slap Them All! 2 (€39.99/£32.99: Monday)

Bluey: The Videogame (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Digital

Yohane the Parhelion -Blaze in the Deepblue- (€29.99/£26.99)

The Last Faith (€26.99/£24.99: Wednesday)

Astral Ascent (€24.49/£20.99: Tuesday)

Astlibra Revision (€20.99/£19.49)

Spirittea (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

There Is No Light (€19.99/£17.99)

Prison City (€16.49/£14.89)

The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City (€14.99/£13.99)

On Rusty Trails (€14.99/£12.79)

The Smurfs: Learn and Play (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

CometStriker DX (€14.79/£13.29)

Highway Moto Racing Rush 2023 Simulator (€12.99/£10.99: Sunday)

Dream Town Island (€12/£10.79: Wednesday)

Grotto (€12/£10.79: Friday)

Call of Sniper Combat - WW2 (€11.99/£9.99: Friday)

Turbo Shell (€11.99/£9.99: Wednesday)

KarmaZoo (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Zombies Rising Dawn (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Adventure Tanks (€9.99/£9.99)

Until The Last Bullet (€9.99/£8.99)

Drag Racing Car Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

The Forest Quartet (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

MechanixMind: IQ Puzzle Adventure (€7.99/£7.99)

Low Story (€7.99/£7.19)

Castle Invasion: Throne Out (€5.99/£5.99: Wednesday)

Smoots Pinball (€5.99/£5.39)

Lily in Puzzle World (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Runnyk (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Cats on Streets (€3.99/£3.49)

Kumi-Daiko Beatoff (€2.99/£2.69: Sunday)

Added Later

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (€28.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Passpartour 2: The Lost Artist (€24.99/£22.99: Tuesday)

Ultimate Solitaire Collection (€24.99/£20.99: Tuesday)

Noisz re:||Collection G (€23.99/£21.59: Monday)

Backpack Hero (€19.99/£17.09: Tuesday)

King of Fighters XIII Global Match (€19.99/£17.99)

Howl (€14.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

Time Master (€14.99/£13.49)

Tobrari Dream Ocean (€13.49/£11.74)

Da Da Daungo (€13.00/£12.00)

Rogue Glitch Ultra (€11.99/£10.79: Tuesday)

Enjoy The Diner (€10.99/£9.26: Tuesday)

Eyra: The Crow Maiden (€9.99/£8.99)

Heavy Car Battle (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Find The Pairs Memo Game For Kids (€7.98/£7.00)

Snap Together (€7.99/£7.19: Saturday)

Pixel Game Maker Series Storm Swordsman (€6.69/£5.99)

Extreme Skyway Racer Simulator (€5.99/£5.99: Saturday)

Tennis Tournament Hyper-Casual (€5.99/£5.39: Saturday)

Spacefarer Mahjong (€5.72/£5.08: Wednesday)

Hodgepodge Hunch (€4.99/£4.29: Wednesday)

Girl Dress Up Classic (€3.99/£3.59)

brawl.io 2 (€2.99/£2.69: Monday)

Spacefarer Solitaire (€2.99/£2.69: Wednesday)

Meaning of Symbols (€2.99/£2.69)

Pop And Chicks (€1.66/£1.39)

Archives

Dinorex (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Hogwarts Legacy (¥8778: Tuesday)

Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections (¥8380)

Persona 5 Tactica (¥7920: Friday)

Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru (¥6930)

Super Mario RPG (¥6500: Friday)

Eiga Sumikko Gurashi Tsugihagi Koujou no Fushigi-na Ko Game de Asobou! Eiga no Sekai (¥5280)

Yohane the Parhelion -Blaze in the Deepblue- (¥5280)

Super Crazy Rhythm Castle (¥4400: Tuesday)

Criss Cross (¥4400)

Guns and Spurs 2 (¥3500)

Astlibra Revision (¥2570)

There Is No Light (¥2390)

Spirittea (¥2300)

Cosplay Relaxation (¥1980)

Prison City (¥1900)

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 (¥1900)

CometStriker DX (¥1700)

Dream Town Island (¥1500)

Adventure Tanks (¥1499)

KarmaZoo (¥1200)

The Forest Quartet (¥969)

Smoots Pinball (¥800)

Lily in Puzzle World (¥500)

Cats on Streets (¥499)

Ralph and the Blue Ball (¥300)

Added Later

Let's Sing 2024 (¥4180)

The Last Faith (¥3200)

Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill Slaps and Beans 2 (¥3190)

King of Fighters XIII Global Match (¥2970)

Euro Truck Driver Simulator (¥2600)

Train Driver Simulator (¥2600)

Backpack Hero (¥2300)

The Smurfs: Learn and Play (¥2245)

Tobrari Dream Ocean (¥2000)

Da Da Daungo (¥1980)

Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker (¥1800)

Risk of Rain Returns (¥1750)

Howl (¥1700: Wednesday)

Sudoku For Kids (¥1505)

Enjoy The Diner (¥1500: Wednesday)

Attack Strategy - Battle Simulator Arcade (¥1499)

Jigsaw Advent Puzzles (¥1499)

Drag Racing Car Simulator (¥1480)

Keep the Fire (¥1399)

Find The Pairs Memo Game For Kids (¥1260)

Snap Together (¥1250)

MechanixMind: IQ Puzzle Adventure (¥1200)

ForRace GT2D (¥1000)

The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City (¥990)

Mysterious Witch and a Secret Book (¥980)

Teasing IQ Test (¥980)

Pixel Game Maker Series Storm Swordsman (¥920)

Extreme Skyway Racer Simulator (¥894)

Dinorex (¥838)

Alien Death Mob (¥800)

Link Twin (¥700)

Hodgepodge Hunch (¥500)

Spacefarer Solitaire (¥469)

Insects of the World - Knowledge Quiz (¥420)

Mystery of Chikyu (¥420)

Pop And Chicks (¥213)


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TalkBack / Nintendo Investor Presentation News: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Sales, Mario Movie Attendance, Switch Software
« on: November 07, 2023, 04:22:00 PM »

Wonder didn't come out as hard as Tears, but the holiday bump means we could have a new fiscal opening quarter champ.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65428/nintendo-investor-presentation-news-super-mario-bros-wonder-sales-mario-movie-attendance-switch-software

Nintendo is holding an investor meeting tonight following their second quarter results, and some items have emerged from the meeting notes:

  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the fastest selling Super Mario game in this century (or as long as Nintendo has tracked sell-through); through its first two weeks of sale, it has sold 4.3m units to consumers. A shipment number (to retail + digital sales) was not provided.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie - which was announced to have a box office take of US$1.361bn and total paid attendance of 169.84m tickets sold - has also generated 1.3x year over year increases in the sale of Mario games, and a 1.4x in the number of users of Super Mario Run and Mario Kart Tour.
  • Pikmin 4 sell-through as of October 31 was more than 2.5m copies; its opening quarter shipped 2.61m copies.
  • Following the success of this past September's Nintendo Live show in Seattle, the show will run in Tokyo this January with further 2024 stops in Taipei, Hong Kong, and South Korea (Seoul).
  • Updated figures were given for Nintendo accounts in general (more than 330m) and Nintendo Switch Online (38m).

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TalkBack / Nintendo Announces Development Of Live-Action Zelda Movie
« on: November 07, 2023, 12:40:12 PM »

How many April Fools jokes just came true?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65427/nintendo-announces-development-of-live-action-zelda-movie

Nintendo's second film project is leaving animation and Mario behind.

A release on the company's investor relations page has announced that development has begun on a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda franchise. Shigeru Miyamoto will be a producer on the film alongside Avi Arad, who originally founded Marvel Studios and has gone on to produce superhero films outside the Marvel banner - including critical smash Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse (2018).

The film's director is Wes Ball, whose credits also include the Maze Runner trilogy and the 2024 science fiction film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Sony Pictures Entertainment will distribute the movie and provide some of the budget, but a majority of the budget is supplied by Nintendo.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Announces Financial Results For Fiscal Second Quarter Of 2023, Increases Expectations
« on: November 07, 2023, 03:30:38 AM »

This despite a Wii U-esque quarter on the release front.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65426/nintendo-announces-financial-results-for-fiscal-second-quarter-of-2023-increases-expectations

Nintendo released their fiscal results for the second quarter of 2023-24 fiscal year today, and despite a low quarter in terms of output changes in the yen have caused their financial predictions for the year to go up.

All monetary figures quoted in yen, with a comparison based on current market rate of US$1 = ¥150.58 provided for clarification only.

Financial Indicators

Revenue: ¥334.896bn (~$2.224bn US), down 4.2% year over year

Operating Income: ¥94.649bn (~$628.562m), down 20.3% year over year

Ordinary Income: ¥126.241bn (~$838.4m), down 19% year over year

Digital Sales: ¥97.9bn (~$650m), down 1.9% year over year

Mobile/IP (film) Revenue: ¥23.2b (~$154m), up 184% year over year

Hardware Shipments

Total Switch shipments for the quarter totaled 2.93m units for a new LTD of 132.46m (21.56m to the DS, 26.24m to the PS2). The breakdown was 1.86m OLED (63.48%), 610k standard (20.81%), and 460k Lite (15.71%).

New Software Sales

Nintendo's sole releases in the quarter were Pikmin 4, which shipped 2.61m units in roughly 10 weeks of the quarter, and a compilation re-release of Pikmin 1 and 2 which did not ship a million units in the quarter. For comparison, last year's same quarter featured the launch of Splatoon 3 (7.9m unit opening quarter) and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (1.7m).

Catalogue Sales

16 games have shipped over a million units since April, of which 12 are first party. For the Switch top 10, Mario Kart continues to add onto its lead with 1.55m units shipped (LTD 57.01m), Animal Crossing shipped 590k (43.38m), and Tears of the Kingdom shipped 990k in its first full quarter (19.5m).

The full top 10 can be found here, including the Mario movie halo effect boosting New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe back into the top 10 ahead of Ring Fit Adventure.

Other Announcements

Nintendo has revised its financial forecasts upwards: net sales up 9%, operating profit 11%, and ordinary profit up 25%. This is due to the yen's depreciation, as 78% of their sales so far this year have been international (outside Japan), and the assumed exchange rates have been raised to 140 yen against the greenback and 150 yen against the Euro.


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TalkBack / Super Mario RPG Remake To Get Tetris 99 Theme This Weekend
« on: November 06, 2023, 03:33:09 PM »

Probably the last one of the year for the other Nintendo 99.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65425/super-mario-rpg-remake-to-get-tetris-99-theme-this-weekend

About the only puzzle not represented in the original Super Mario RPG was Tetris, and now Nintendo is taking steps to rectify that.

Super Mario RPG will be the theme for the 36th running of the Tetris 99 Maximus Cup, which will run from 2 a.m. EST Friday to 1:59 a.m. next Tuesday. As with other cups, earning 100 "points" via placement in 99 matches will unlock the theme.

The preview of the theme is below:


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TalkBack / Nintendo Of America Unveils Black Friday Offers, Cyber Deals To Begin November 20
« on: November 06, 2023, 04:30:14 AM »

Time to load up!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65424/nintendo-of-america-unveils-black-friday-offers-cyber-deals-to-begin-november-20

Nintendo has announced their annual Black Friday offers for North America, with some new bundles and a new low.

The headliner is a new Switch OLED bundle from November 19 (a week from Sunday) that will include the OLED model, a download code for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, 3 months individual Nintendo Switch Online, and Smash Ultimate-themed Joy-Cons for standard OLED MSRP (US$349.99). This joins the recently relaunched models for the standard Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the Switch Lite with Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Another bundle announced for launch on Friday (Nov 10) will offer a download code for Super Mario Party and a set of red and blue Joy-Cons for US$99.99.

Game deals will also be available on November 19, with discounts on games both recent and classic:

  • US$39.99: Xenoblade Chronicles 3, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Luigi's Mansion 3
  • $29.99: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Minecraft Legends: Deluxe Edition
  • $19.99: Everybody 1-2 Switch

Lastly, Nintendo's press release confirms that the annual eShop Cyber Deals will begin on November 20, with games to be announced; although the games included in the Cyber Deals often include price matching of the physical deals there may be differences in Nintendo's selection.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 9, 2023
« on: November 06, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

A No-Prize to the first person in Talkback to find a) the game that made Donald pull out the document labeled "FYIO", and b) what that is an acronym for.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65391/nintendo-downloads-november-9-2023

Things we missed last week: Square Enix Collective title Little Goody Two Shoes dropped.

As tempting as it was to find out one publisher had leapt on all of the worst elements of the eShop (not even the same publisher, use of AI art) and handing in my resignation, we press on as it appears we will pass the 2022 total for North America next week. (Watch the shadowdrops take up my entire long weekend.) The biggest releases for me are the latest round of gunfire from the Otome Armada in Virche Evermore -Erro:R Salvation- from Aksys, though I might step down to the smaller releases of a pair of Double Dragons that should take them out of contention for the NSO libraries. Or Air Twister, the new game from Yu Suzuki aka the one member of classic Sega still making games since one's in jail and the other tragically DIED.

Smaller items this week; If you held a gun to my head I would have sworn up and down that Salt and Sacrifice was already out on the eShop, a deckbuilder in the vein of FTL called Cobalt Core that Jordan called his PAX West 2023 Game of the Show, and another Recharged game from Digital Eclipse owners Atari in Berzerk.

North America

Retail

Virche Evermore -Erro:R Salvation- (US$49.99/C$66.89)

Let's Sing 2024 ($34.99/$46.00: Tuesday)

Digital

Spells and Secrets ($29.99/$38.99)

Air Twister ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Salt and Sacrifice ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Cobalt Core ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

Catan: Console Edition ($19.99/$26.99)

Bem Feito ($14.99/$20.59)

Dragon Wings ($14.99/$19.99)

Claire ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

The Trotties Adventure ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

Flooded ($12.99/$17.99)

AAA Pro Clock 2023 ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Berzerk Recharged ($9.99/$12.99)

Prison Break: Jail Escape Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Seven Spirits ($9.99/not releasing)

War Zone Soldier: Battle Royale Shooter ($9.99/$12.99)

Polyturbo Drift Racing Simulator ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

Sakura Alien 2 ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Village Tycoon: Farm City Simulator ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

Slaughter: The Last Outpost ($7.50/$10.50: Friday)

Erogods: Olympus ($7.30/$10.00)

Double Dragon Advance ($6.99/$9.00)

Super Double Dragon ($6.99/$9.00)

Excessive Trim ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Bob The Elementalist ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Burning Secrets: A Bara Visual Novel ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

PeopleWillMoney ($4.50/$6.20: Saturday)

Later Released

Football Manager 2024 Touch ($49.99/$69.99: Monday)

Nickeloden All-Star Brawl 2 ($49.99/$49.99: Tuesday)

Heads Up: Phone Down Edition ($39.99/$54.57)

9 Years Of Shadows ($19.99/$25.99)

What The Duck ($19.99/$24.99)

Risk of Rain Returns ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Sanabi ($14.99/$17.49: Wednesday)

Adventure Word: Around the World ($14.99/$20.99)

Grace of Letoile ($14.99/$20.99)

Pixel Game Maker Series Project Nosferatu ($14.99/$20.55)

Jet Ski Mania Aqua Rush ($12.99/$17.99: Saturday)

Keep The Fire ($8.99/$12.99: Friday)

ForRace GT2D ($7.99/$7.99)

OnlyUp! ($7.13/$9.78: Friday)

Draw and Color ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Draw And Go ($1.99/$2.72)

Your Future 2: Future Prediction ($1.5/$not released)

Drive Hard ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Hoop Shoot ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Shao-lin's Road ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Story of Seasons games are on sale until the 14th. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Virche Evermore -Erro:R Salvation- (€49.99/£44.99)

Let's Sing 2024 (€34.99/£29.99: Tuesday)

Digital

Spells and Secrets (€29.99/£24.99)

Air Twister (€24.99/£19.99: Friday)

Catan: Console Edition (€19.99/£16.99)

Cobalt Core (€19.49/£17.59: Wednesday)

Dragon Wings (€14.99/£14.99)

Claire (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

The Trotties Adventure (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Flooded (€12.99/£11.69)

AAA Pro Clock 2023 (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Berzerk Recharged (€9.99/£8.99)

Hot Love Dreams: Classic Hentai Logic Puzzle (€9.99/£8.99)

Prison Break: Jail Escape Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

War Zone Soldier: Battle Royale Shooter (€9.99/£8.99)

Sakura Alien 2 (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Erogods: Olympus (€7.49/£6.79)

Slaughter: The Last Outpost (€6.9/£6.50: Friday)

Double Dragon Advance (€6.49/£5.35: Wednesday)

Super Double Dragon (€6.49/£5.35: Wednesday)

Excessive Trim (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Bob The Elementalist (€4.99/£4.99)

Burning Secrets: A Bara Visual Novel (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

PeopleWillMoney (€4.2/£3.80: Saturday)

Later Released

Football Manager 2024 Touch (€49.99/£39.99: Monday)

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (€49.99/£39.99: Tuesday)

Heads Up: Phone Down Edition (€39.99/£35.99)

9 Years Of Shadows (€19.99/£16.75)

Salt and Sacrifice (€19.49/£17.59: Tuesday)

What The Duck (€19.49/£17.99: Wednesday)

Adventure Word: Around the World (€16.99/£14.99)

Bem Feito (€14.99/£13.49)

Grace of Letoile (€14.99/£13.49)

Risk of Rain Returns (€14.99/£12.76)

Pixel Game Maker Series Project Nosferatu (€14.09/£12.69)

Jet Ski Mania Aqua Rush (€12.99/£9.99: Saturday)

Sanabi (€12.49/£11.39)

Village Tycoon: Farm City Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Keep The Fire (€8.99/£7.99: Friday)

ForRace GT2D (€7.99/£7.19)

OnlyUp! (€6.72/£5.99: Friday)

Draw and Color (€5.99/£5.39: Friday)

Draw And Go (€1.99/£1.79)

Drive Hard (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Hoop Shoot (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Shao-lin's Road (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

50 Mysterious Candy Stories (¥4400)

Spells and Secrets (¥4290)

Air Twister (¥3960: Friday)

Cats and the Other Lives (¥2900)

Cobalt Core (¥2300)

Dragon Wings (¥1499)

Prison Break: Jail Escape Simulator (¥1399)

War Zone Soldier: Battle Royale Shooter (¥1399)

Seven Spirits (¥1150)

Berzerk Recharged (¥1100)

Double Dragon Advance (¥990)

Super Double Dragon (¥990)

Real Car Parking 2024: Driving Simulator (¥750)

PeopleWillMoney (¥580)

Dolemjord: Viking Islands (¥420)

Fun History Discovery: Ancient Egypt (¥420)

Hangul Basic Phrases (¥420)

Knowledge Quiz: Ancient Dinsoaurs (¥420)

Live Color Sense Test (¥420)

Your Future 2: Future Prediction (¥150)

Later Released

Football Manager 2024 Touch (¥4990: Tuesday)

Golden Force (¥3170)

Tanuki Justice (¥2383)

Salt and Sacrifice (¥2300: Tuesday)

9 Years of Shadows (¥2300)

Bem Feito (¥2000)

Visco Collection (¥2000)

Adventure Word: Around The World (¥1800)

Pixel Game Maker Series Project Nosferatu (¥1700)

Sanabi (¥1520)

Polyturbo Drift Racing Simulator (¥1500)

Village Tycoon: Farm City Simulator (¥1500)

Games Advent Calendar (¥1499)

Grace of Letoile (¥1320)

Seven Spirits (¥1150)

OnlyUp! (¥1070)

Sakura Alien 2 (¥1000)

Shao-lin's Road (¥838)

Bob The Elementalist (¥610)

Kumi-Daiko Beatoff (¥450)


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TalkBack / First Taiko no Tatsujin Game To Be Pulled From Sale On November 30
« on: November 05, 2023, 06:12:27 PM »

And yet you can still buy the DLC. Go figure?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65423/first-taiko-no-tatsujin-game-to-be-pulled-from-sale-on-november-30

The first Taiko no Tatsujin Switch game is about to bang its last drum.

Bandai Namco have announced that the 2018 release Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n Fun will be delisted from the eShop on November 30. Two TnT games - the Rhythmic Adventure Pack from 2020 and Rhythm Festival from 2022 - will remain available.

In a surprising move, Drum 'n Fun's DLC will still be available for purchase after the base game is removed, suggesting a licensing issue with one of the tracks included in the base game is the reason for the discontinuation. The tracklist includes Japanese pop songs, anime licensed music, and Vocaloid tracks (the full list can be found on the game's Wikipedia page).


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TalkBack / Indigo Disk Update For Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Launching December 14
« on: November 02, 2023, 05:33:17 AM »

Remind us again why something with similar stats to Lapras needed an evolution?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65370/indigo-disk-update-for-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-launching-december-14

The final content update for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will land just before the start of winter.

The Pokemon Company International have announced that the update including the Indigo Disk DLC will be available on December 14. Previous promotion has only indicated "winter" for the launch.

Players will need to have cleared both "The Way Home" story (main game) and "The Teal Mask" (first part of the DLC) to access items such as catchable prior starters and battle a second Elite 4.


112
TalkBack / Final Wave Of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Launches November 9, Courses Revealed
« on: November 01, 2023, 05:43:00 AM »

They're three Rainbow Roads short of a full set

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65368/final-wave-of-mario-kart-8-deluxe-booster-course-pass-launches-november-9-courses-revealed

The white flag is waving for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, and we have the final added courses.

Launching on November 9, the eight courses include Bowser Castle 3 (SNES), DK Mountain (Double Dash), Daisy Circuit and Rainbow Road (Wii), Rosalina's Ice World (3DS), Madrid Drive, Rome Avanti, and Piranha Plant Cove (Tour). Madrid, Rosalina's Ice World, Bowser Castle 3, and Rainbow Road are the Blue Shell Cup, with the other four forming the Acorn Cup.

All players will also receive a "jukebox" to listen to the music of all tracks, while Pass holders will get 16 additional Mii suits automatically and can unlock a Daisy suit by tapping a Daisy Amiibo.


113
TalkBack / Switch Twitch App To End Service On January 31
« on: October 31, 2023, 12:36:57 PM »

And if you're like most of the staff, you're thinking "wait, there was a Twitch app for the Switch"?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65367/switch-twitch-app-to-end-service-on-january-31

One of the more recent streaming apps on Switch is about to breathe its last.

A notice was posted today confirming that the Switch's Twitch application will no longer be available after January 31, 2024. No reason was given for the shutdown.

The Twitch app was released on Remembrance Day 2021, though recent layoff rounds at Twitch itself have apparently reduced the staff that would support the Switch version.


114
TalkBack / Atari Acquires Developer Digital Eclipse
« on: October 31, 2023, 05:09:10 AM »

Several orders of magnitude below Microsoft/ABK, but possibly as damaging.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65366/atari-acquires-developer-digital-eclipse

After dabbling in hotels and cryptocurrency, Atari appears to be re-focusing on games again - as evidenced by an acquisition of the developer of one of their best-received products.

Digital Eclipse, the game historian developer behind 2022's Atari 50 and this years The Making of Karateka, have been acquired by Atari. The deal will cost Atari up to US$20m.

In an FAQ posted on their website, Digital Eclipse confirmed that existing products (such as a remake of the original Wizardry released into Steam Early Access) and unannounced projects would not be affected.


115
TalkBack / NES, Game Boy Switch Online Libraries Updated With Seasonal Content And Murasame Castle
« on: October 30, 2023, 05:25:38 PM »

Once again, none of the NES games came out in North America during the original run.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65364/nes-game-boy-switch-online-libraries-updated-with-seasonal-content-and-murasame-castle

A pair of Famicom games and the story-chronological start of the Castlevania series have been added to the standard tier Switch Online libraries.

Famicom/NES

  • Devil World (1984/87) is an infamous maze game that was also the first console-exclusive game developed by Shigeru Miyamoto, which launched in Japan and Europe but was blocked in North America due to Nintendo of America's pre-ESRB ban on religious iconography in games. The player must obtain crosses in order to eat the dots laid around the maze and breathe fire while the Devil (as featured later in the Smash Bros series as an assist trophy) can alter the visible play area to trap the player in between walls and the side of the screen.
  • The Mysterious Murasame Castle (1986) is an overhead adventure that was the second original first party title released for the Famicom Disk System (after the original Legend of Zelda). An overhead adventure title set in Edo-era Japan, the player has to slay four warlords and the titular Murasame in different castle with only a few power-ups and their wits. It was not released in North America for more than a quarter century, finally debuting in the form of a 3DS Virtual Console release in 2014.

Game Boy

  • Castlevania Legends (1998) was the third Castlevania Game Boy game, and at its initial launch was announced as the first Castlevania game in the series chronology. Starring Sonia Belmont, the game is a stage-based action platformer which provides standard series power-ups as well as a "Burning Mode" that can be accessed for ten seconds of invincibility once per stage.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 2, 2023
« on: October 30, 2023, 04:00:00 AM »

The home office in Ecumsecum, NS is working on the "Top Ten Reasons Donald Bought A Steam Deck" feature. Last week had two of them.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65316/nintendo-downloads-november-2-2023

Things we missed last week: Because of the footnoted releases, North America AND Europe both set new records since the tracking was noted at 71 and 69 (not nice) respectively. Among the unlisted releases was World of Horror, the one-bit eye-stabby RPG.

Well, after that ginormous cluster*bleep*, this week is opening at a little less than half of that worldwide. The big deal is the discovery of who is replacing Charles Martinet as Wario - I hear TYP was available? - starting with WarioWare: Move It. Or maybe it's the last good full Star Ocean game before the series jumps off a clip with Star Ocean: The Second Story, or XSEED hiring Those Men at Syn Sophia for a fashion game in Fashion Dreamer.

For fans of toxicity, there's a new League of Legends RPG this week (review forthcoming), but I'd be more into the pair of Alien Hominid games (remake and new one) coming this week. Also Thirsty Suitors may SEEM like an Otomate special, but it's actually coming via Annapurna. Finally, battle royale rhythm game Headbangers: Rhythm Royale drops for those last-minute Halloween parties.... before we IMMEDIATELY get double teamed by the combination of Christmas creep and "Metroidvania" with Ebenezer and the Original World.

North America

Retail

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (US$49.99/C$66.99)

Fashion Dreamer ($49.99/$64.99: Friday)

WarioWare: Move It! ($49.99/$64.99: Friday)

The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone ($39.99/$45.99)

Jumanji: Wild Adventures ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

DreamWorks: All Star Kart Racing ($39.99/$39.99: Friday)

Digital

Roller Coaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe ($39.99/$49.99: Wednesday)

My Time At Sandrock ($39.99/$53.01)

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story ($29.99/$39.99: Wednesday)

Thirty Suitors ($29.99/$39.99)

White Wings ($24.99/$34.49: Saturday)

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Ace Robot Combat ($19.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Enchanted Portals ($19.99/$26.99: Wednesday)

Alien Hominid Invasion ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

Ebenezer And The Invisible World ($19.99/$25.99: Friday)

Ninja or Die: Shadow of the Sun ($14.99/$20.99: Wednesday)

Geometric Brothers ($14.00/$13.16)

One Night: Burlesque ($12.99/$17.47: Friday)

Alien Hominid HD ($11.99/$15.99: Wednesday)

Burnout ($9.99/$13.99: Sunday)

Mystery Lover ($9.99/$13.50: Tuesday)

Fusion Paradox ($9.99/$13.29: Wednesday)

Alpha Particle ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Chicken Journey ($9.99/$12.99)

City Parking Driver: Draw the Path Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Foosball League Cup: Arcade Table Football Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Street Basketball Club: Sport Throw Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Eigengrou ($9.99/$11.49)

FX Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine ($8.99/$12)

Silent Paws: Hidden Valley ($4.99/$6.77: Tuesday)

Amabilly ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Real Car Parking 2024: Driving Simulator ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Added Later

Little Goody Two Shoes ($19.99/$26.99: Tuesday)

Pawfectly Designed ($19.99/$24.99: Friday)

Twin Mind: Ghost Hunter ($14.99/$14.99: Tuesday)

World War: D-Day Part One ($14.99/$20.99)

Jigsaw Advent Calendar ($14.99/$19.99)

ATV Monster Racing Simulator Rally Cross ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Great Battle Of Shark, Monkey, Squirrel, Dinosaur, Bird, Bee ($9.99/$13.50: Saturday)

My Little Car Wash ($9.98/$13.6)

Rally Racing: Cars & Drift Mania ($7.99/$9.99)

Internet Cafe Mini Games 10 in 1 ($7.99/$7.99: Saturday)

Amazin' Mage ($2.99/$4.10: Tuesday)

Radio Cars ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Smash Balls ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Daioh ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Hades is half off until November 6, and MLB The Show 23 is 85% off until Game 5 of the World Series (Wednesday). PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (€49.99/£44.99)

Fashion Dreamer (€49.99/£39.99: Friday)

WarioWare: Move It! (€49.99/£39.99: Friday)

The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone (€39.99/£32.99)

DreamWorks: All Star Kart Racing (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Jumanji: Wild Adventures (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Digital

Roller Coaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe (€39.99/£35.99: Wednesday)

My Time At Sandrock (€35.76/£30.59)

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story (€29.99/£24.99: Wednesday)

Thirsty Suitors (€27.99/£24.99)

White Wings (€25.99/£23.99: Saturday)

Ace Robot Combat (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (€19.99/£19.99: Tuesday)

Dog (€19.99/£17.99)

Yatzi (€19.99/£17.99)

Ebenezer And The Invisible World (€19.99/£17.99; Friday)

Alien Hominid: Invasion (€19.5/£16.75: Wednesday)

Ninja or Die: Shadow of the Sun (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

One Night: Burlesque (€12.99/£11.69: Friday)

Alien Homind HD (€11.79/£10.59: Wednesday)

Geometric Brothers (€11/£7.94)

Mystery Lover (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Alpha Particle (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Fusion Paradox (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Chicken Journey (€9.99/£8.99)

City Parking Driver: Draw the Path Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

Street Basketball Club: Sport Throw Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

Eigengrau (€8.99/£7.99)

FX Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine (€8.99/£8.09)

Silent Paws: Hidden Valley (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Amabilly (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Real Car Parking 2024: Driving Simulator (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)

Added Later

Little Goody Two Shoes (€19.99/£14.99: Tuesday)

Pawfectly Designed (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

World War: D-Day Part One (€16.99/£14.99)

Twin Mind: Ghost Hunter (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Jigsaw Advent Calendar (€14.99/£12.99)

ATV Monster Racing Simulator Rally Cross (€12.99/£9.99: Friday)

My Little Car Wash (€9.89/£8.89)

Burnout (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Rally Racing: Cars & Drift Mania (€7.99/£7.19)

Internet Cafe Mini Games 10 in 1 (€7.99/£7.10: Saturday)

Great Battle Of Shark, Monkey, Squirrel, Dinosaur, Bird, Bee (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Amazin' Mage (€3.29/£2.99: Tuesday)

Radio Cars (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Smash Balls (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Daioh (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Model Debut 3: Nicola (¥6908)

Fashion Dreamer (¥6578)

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (¥6578)

My Time At Sandrock (¥5940)

Hana: The Fox Awaits Me (¥5500)

WarioWare: Move It! (¥5400: Friday)

Mugen Souls (¥5280)

Mugen Souls Z (¥5280)

Roller Coaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe (¥4800)

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story (¥4150)

White Wings (¥3300)

Alien Hominid Invasion (¥2900)

The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone (¥2880)

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (¥2750: Tuesday)

One Night: Burlesque (¥1923)

Alien Hominid HD (¥1752)

Ninja or Die; Shadow of the Sun (¥1700: Wednesday)

Mystery Lover (¥1500: Tuesday)

Geometric Brothers (¥1450)

City Parking Driver: Draw the Path Simulator (¥1399)

Street Basketball Club: Sport Throw Simulator (¥1399)

Chicken Journey (¥1200)

FX Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine (¥1200)

Alpha Particle (¥1000)

Fusion Paradox (¥990)

First English Typing & Puzzle (¥980)

Kanji for 6th Grade Students (¥980)

Eigengrau (¥970)

Kuru Kuru Puzzle World History B (¥420)

Lost Kitten - Where Is This Cat? (¥420)

Added Later

Thirsty Suitors (¥3750)

Hentai Party (¥3295)

Pawfectly Designed (¥2999)

Ember Knights (¥2300)

Garden Story (¥2050)

World War: D-Day Part One (¥1800)

Gargoyles Remastered (¥1760)

Makeup Artist (¥1485)

My Little Car Wash (¥1480)

Garden In (¥1330)

Rally Racing: Cars & Drift Mania (¥1200)

Daioh (¥838)

G-Mode Archives Psycho Mystery Series Vol 5 Cold Rain (¥800)

Tama & Friends Match Three Puzzle (¥550)

Amazin' Mage (¥446)


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TalkBack / Mario Party 3 Crashes Expansion Pack N64 Library Later This Week
« on: October 24, 2023, 05:11:00 PM »

This is like getting an apple in your Halloween candy.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65312/mario-party-3-crashes-expansion-pack-n64-library-later-this-week

It appears 1080 Snowboarding is waiting for winter to join the N64 library of the Switch Online Expansion Pack, but we will be getting a game this month anyway.

Mario Party 3 - the last first party N64 release - will be added to the library later this week; although the video indicates a release on the 27th (Friday), it will likely appear in North America on the evening of the 26th (Thursday).

Elements of Mario Party 3 are included in 2021's Mario Party Superstars for Switch, but this will be the first time the game has ever been re-released.


118
TalkBack / Suika Game Updated, Adds English Text
« on: October 23, 2023, 05:16:45 PM »

Boy, that escalated quickly.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65310/suika-game-updated-adds-english-text

Although it was Japanese only before, one of the most out-of-nowhere eShop hits has had localized text added.

Known either as "Watermelon Game" or "Suika Game", the mind-blowingly popular streaming smash is now available with English support following its surprise North American launch last Friday. A seasonal (Halloween) theme was also added.

Since its Friday launch, the surprise Japanese hit has ranked alongside Super Mario Bros. Wonder in the eShop's top sellers.


119
TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 26, 2023
« on: October 23, 2023, 04:00:00 AM »

I wish all Ubisoft executives and Bobby Kotick a very f**k you go to jail.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65252/nintendo-downloads-october-26-2023

Things we missed last week: Apparently HUGE in Japan, the Suika Game aka "that thing with the watermelons" came out worldwide. It doesn't have English text. Lay on, MacDuff.

This week is abnormally large by most standards - the tracking list has the highest "starting" total of the year, and even if we took out the things releasing in multiple SKUs it'd still be 52 games in NA. The most prominent of these is the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, for all your parroting stealth action needs (which in addition to the main bundle has three sub-bundles), though another game from Japan is basically taking one otome game and after crossing it with hanafuda of all things, split up the suitors into their own $35 - $45 game depending on the country. Uh, no thanks. Other items of note are the spiritual sequel to previous Switch RPG Crystar in Crymachina, and what would be in the top section if its boxed copy wasn't a code-in-a-box in the annual Just Dance release.

PC smash hit Dave the Diver (as featured in the last Nintendo Direct, there's a demo) headlines the indie releases, alongside a followup to the 2018 Switch (and 2016 3DS RPG that I actually reviewed) Ambition of the Slimes. The original version was quite mid, as I recall, but maybe this new one will be better. Then again, between Crymachina, the stuff in the sales, and Mario Wonder I probably won't find out for a while.

North America

Retail

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection: Volume 1* (US$59.99/C$79.99: Tuesday)

Crymachina ($59.99/$74.99: Tuesday)

DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue ($49.99/$49.99: Friday)

Pickleball Smash ($39.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Barbie DreamHouse Adventures ($39.99/$53.99: Friday)

Digital

Just Dance 2024 ($59.99/$79.99: Tuesday)

even if Tempest: Dawning Connections ($49.99/$64.99)

Hana Awase New Moon** ($36.29/$48.99)

Archetype Arcadia ($29.99/$39.61: Tuesday)

Get Me Out Please ($29.99/$38.99)

Desolatium ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

30 Sport Games In 1 ($26.99/$36.00: Friday)

Spin Rhythm XD ($24.99/$29.99)

Dreams of a Geisha ($19.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

A Perfect Day ($19.99/$27.27: Wednesday)

Composer World ($19.99/$26.99: Wednesday)

Gordian Quest ($19.99/$26.99)

Trip World DX ($19.99/$26.99)

Animal Kart Racer 2 ($19.99/$26.49)

Dog ($19.99/$26.49)

Yatzi ($19.99/$26.49)

Dave The Diver ($19.99/$25.99)

Visco Collection ($19.99/$28.19)

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery ($19.95/$26.95)

Kraken Odyssey ($16.99/$21.99: Friday)

LumiereManga ($15.99/$20.79)

Car For Sale Simulator 2023 ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Illuminaria ($14.99/$19.99)

CometStriker DX ($14.99/$19.49)

Hamster On Rails ($14.99/$19.49)

Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier ($11.99/$19.99)

Great Ambition of the Slimes ($11.99/$15.99)

Horror Gallery ($9.99/$14.99)

Paper Dash - Ghost Hunt ($9.99/$14.99)

Horror Tale 2: Samantha ($9.99/$13.99)

Paintball 3 - Candy Match Factory ($9.99/$13.58)

Varenje - Don't Touch The Berries ($9.99/$12.99)

The Kitty in the Trapping Garden ($9.99/$12.49)

Easy Learning Classical Music ($8.99/$not releasing)

Save The World ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

Space Games Galaxy Attack ($4.99/$6.99: Sunday)

Springtime Hike ($4.99/$6.72: Tuesday)

Swapshot ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Wet Steps ($4.99/$6.99)

Seaside Driving ($4.99/$6.8)

Murder Is Game Over ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Hero Survival ($4.99/$6.64: Friday)

Alive Paint ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

Space Storeship ($4.69/$6.41)

Golf: Hole in Two ($2/$2.49: Tuesday)

Halloween Bubble Shooter ($1.99/$1.97)

Nyanzou & Kumakichi Let's make a flower garden ($1.00/$1.26)

Added Later

World of Horror ($19.99/$25.99)

WWII Tanks Battles ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Wetory ($10.99/$13.99)

Makeup Artist ($9.99/$13.59: Saturday)

EGGCONSOLE Thexder PC-8801 mkIISR ($6.49/not released)

The Little Mermaid: Visual Harmony ($3.99/$5.49: Wednesday)

Tappy Word ($2.99/$5.00)

Tappy Word 2 ($2.99/$5.00)

Tappy Word 3 ($2.99/$5.00)

Tappy Word Infinite ($2.99/$5.00)

RunRunWaterElf ($1.00/not released)

Bio Block ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Razor Wire ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Burning Force ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: A Nintendo "Screaming Deals" sale until October 31 (naturally) includes deals on the Etrian Odyssey remake and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy collections. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection: Volume 1* (€59.99/£49.99: Tuesday)

Crymachina (€59.99/£53.99: Friday)

DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue (€49.99/£39.99: Friday)

Pickleball Smash (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Barbie DreamHouse Adventures (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Digital

Just Dance 2024 (€59.99/£49.99: Tuesday)

even if Tempest: Dawning Connections (€47.99/£40.99: Wednesday)

Hana Awase New Moon** (€33.24/£38.55)

Archetype Arcadia (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Desolatium (€29.99/£26.99: Friday)

Get Me Out Please (€28.99/£26.09: Wednesday)

30 Sport Games In 1 (€26.99/£22.49: Friday)

Spin Rhythm XD (€22.49/£19.99)

Dreams of a Geisha (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Dave The Diver (€19.99/£16.99: Wednesday)

Enchanted Portals (€19.99/£14.99: Wednesday)

Gordian Quest (€19.99/£17.99)

Animal Kart Racer 2 (€19.99/£17.99)

Visco Collection (€19.99/£17.99)

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (€19.95/£16.95)

Composer World (€18.89/£16.99: Wednesday)

A Perfect Day (€18.63/£16.69)

LumiereManga (€15.79/£13.49: Wednesday)

Car For Sale Simulator 2023 (€14.99/£13.99: Tuesday)

Kraken Odyssey (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Hamster On Rails (€13.99/£12.59)

Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier (€13.99/£11.99)

Great Ambition of the Slimes (€11.99/£10.79)

Wetory (€10.79/£9.69)

Horror Gallery (€9.99/£9.99)

Horror Tale 2: Samantha (€9.99/£9.99)

Paper Dash - Ghost Hunt (€9.99/£9.99)

Paintball 3 - Candy Match Factory (€9.99/£8.99)

The Kitty in the Trapping Garden (€8.99/£8.09)

Varenje - Don't Touch The Berries (€8.99/£7.99)

Save The World (€7.99/£7.99)

Space Games Galaxy Attack (€4.99/£4.99: Sunday)

Springtime Hike (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Swapshot (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Wet Steps (€4.99/£4.59)

Seaside Driving (€4.99/£4.49)

Murder Is Game Over (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Hero Survival (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Alive Paint (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Space Storeship (€4.46/£3.99)

Golf: Hole in Two (€1.99/£1.79: Monday)

Halloween Bubble Shooter (€1.99/£1.79)

Nyanzou & Kumakichi Let's make a flower garden (€0.99/£0.89)

Added Later

World of Horror (€19.99/£17.99)

Illuminaria (€14.99/£13.49)

The Love - Date Simulator With Girls (€13.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

WWII Tanks Battles (€12.99/£12.99: Friday)

Makeup Artist (€9.99/£8.09: Saturday)

EGGCONSOLE Thexder PC-8801 mkIISR (€5.99/£5.39)

Castaway Of Steel (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Tappy Word (€4.00/£2.99)

Tappy Word 2 (€4.00/£2.99)

Tappy Word 3 (€4.00/£2.99)

Tappy Word Infinite (€4.00/£2.99)

The Little Mermaid: Visual Harmony (€3.99/£3.59: Wednesday)

Bio Block (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Razor Wire (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Burning Force (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1* (¥7480: Tuesday)

White Blade Sparkling Love Search (¥7370)

even if Tempest: Dawning Connections (¥6930)

HHG: The End of the Goddess (¥6800)

Role Creation Puzzle Yumeiro Yuram (¥6578)

Just Dance 2024 (¥6380: Tuesday)

Dinosaurs: Mission Dino Camp (¥6260)

Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (¥5800)

Hana Awase New Moon** (¥5280)

30 Sport Games In 1 (¥3940)

Desolatium (¥3500)

Get Me Out Please (¥3500)

Composer World (¥2993)

Gordian Quest (¥2951)

A Perfect Day (¥2950)

Black Book (¥2599)

Idol Mahjong Final Romance 4 Remaster (¥2480)

Dave The Diver (¥2400)

Kraken Odyssey (¥2355)

Dreams of a Geisha (¥2300)

Spin Rhythm XD (¥2200)

Lumiere Magna (¥1800)

Horror Gallery (¥1499)

Paintball 3 - Candy Match Factory (¥1499)

Paper Dash - Ghost Hunt (¥1499)

Wetory (¥1400)

Varenje - Don't Touch The Berries (¥1399)

Great Ambition of the Slimes (¥1200)

Horror Tale 2: Samantha (¥999)

Wet Steps (¥739)

Seaside Driving (¥700)

Space Storeship (¥700)

Hero Survival (¥660)

Alive Paint (¥500: Friday)

Swapshot (¥500)

Choice Clash: What Would You Rather (¥350)

Nyanzou & Kumakichi Let's make a flower garden (¥100)

Added Later

Paw Patrol World (¥5940)

Blasphemous 2 (¥3499)

Omen of Sorrow (¥2640)

Skamba - Snowfall (¥2530)

Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver (¥1999)

WWII Tanks Battles (¥1999)

Hamster On Rails (¥1700)

Truck Climb Racing (¥1000)

EGGCONSOLE Thexder PC-8801 mkIISR (¥880)

Burning Force (¥838)

Gregory Horror Show (¥800)

Midnight Horror School (¥800)

Tappy Word (¥500)

Tappy Word 2 (¥500)

Tappy Word 3 (¥500)

Tappy Word Infinite (¥500)

Colors and Their Meanings (¥469)


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 19, 2023
« on: October 16, 2023, 04:00:00 AM »

It's Sonic's 30th anniversary, and the blue blur is so, SO screwed.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65179/nintendo-downloads-october-19-2023

Things we missed last week: Early Konami puzzle (???) game Loco-Motion came to the platform under its Japanese name Guttang Gottong.

Ordinarily this week would be on a down note, which would be due to a game that glorifies drunk driving already being out following up with a game focused on Sonic's ****ty friends tomorrow. (Apparently Sonic Superstars is, as the kids say, "mid", but look for our review later to confirm.) But the week ends with something not seen on the Switch in nearly five years and in general in more than a decade; an artisinal, hand-crafted 2D Mario game in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Prepare the shrooms, it's going to be a bumpy ride for what is probably the biggest deal on Switch this year. (Somewhere, this is getting sent back to 1993 and someone at Babbage's is having their brain exploded by the concept of Sonic and Mario games launching three days apart on a Nintendo console.)

Also driving into stores are the second Hot Wheels Unleashed racer and Aksys dipping into the murder mystery space with Inescapable - a rare VN from them that doesn't have five suitors and an Idea Factory logo.

Smaller items this week include another Jackbox Party Pack - holy crap, there's TEN of them now - alongside the seasonable Hellboy Web of Wyrd, a multiplayer Illfonic special based on Ghostbusters, and Gargoyles Remastered which will surely live up to the standards of the era of which it came and not, I dunno, the mouse of today who needs to be broken up posthaste. Also, we have a real stretch of the term "collection" being used for a pair of old Boy and His Blob games... but the price is right, at least.

North America

Retail

Sonic Superstars (US$59.99/C$79.99: Tuesday)

Super Mario Bros. Wonder ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged ($49.99/$66.99)

Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue ($49.99/$66.89)

Skull Island: Rise of Kong ($39.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Animal Hospital ($39.99/$49.99)

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express ($39.99/$45.99)

Digital

Dinosaurs: Mission Dino Camp ($39.99/$58.01)

The Jackbox Party Pack 10 ($34.99/$44.99)

Kona II: Brume ($29.99/$39.99: Wednesday)

Helloy Web of Wyrd ($24.99/$32.50: Wednesday)

Spirit of the Island ($24.99/$27.99)

Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Bish Bash Bots ($19.99/$26.99)

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed ($19.99/$26.99)

Mail Time ($19.99/$25.99)

Witchy Life Story ($19.99/$25.99)

Squid Commando ($19.99/$24.99: Friday)

Warm Snow ($19.99/$22.99: Friday)

Cats and the Other Lives ($19.99/$25.99: Saturday)

Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 ($17.99/$23.49)

Shalnor Legends 2: Trials of Thunder ($14.99/$19.99)

Gargoyles Remastered ($14.99/$18.99)

Tanuki Justice ($14.99/$17.99)

Wallachia: Reign of Dracula ($14.99/$17.99)

Garden Buddies ($14.99/$20.16: Friday)

The Love - Date Simulator with Girls ($13.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver ($13.99/$19.99: Friday)

Makoto Wakaido's Case Files Trilogy Deluxe ($12.99/not released)

The GhostX: Sniper Simulator ($12.99/$19.99: Saturday)

Kingdom Eighties ($11.99/$14.99: Monday)

Bubble Shoot Farm ($10.00/$12.60: Friday)

A Boy And His Blob: Retro Collection ($9.99/$12.99: Tuesday)

Another World Mahjong Girl ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Latte Stand Tycoon+ ($9.99/$10.99: Friday)

Tales of Mathasia ($7.99/$10.83)

Halloween Games For Toddlers And Babies ($7.99/$7.99)

Need for Spirit Drink & Drive Simulator ($6.99/$9.99: Sunday)

Pillars of Dust ($6.99/$7.99: Monday)

Castaway of Steel ($4.99/$6.99: Monday)

Silent Paws: Winter Quest ($4.99/$6.74: Tuesday)

Ball laB II ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Jujubos ($4.99/$6.54)

NeonPowerUp! ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Acrylic Nails! ($4.99/$6.75: Friday)

Garden Guardian ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

Lamphead ($4.99/$6.80: Saturday)

ToyBox Puzzle ($3.99/$5.24: Tuesday)

Revenge of Banana ($3.99/$5.49)

Hentai Tales Vol 1 ($3.99/$4.99)

Soviet Project ($3.99/$3.99)

Hidden Cats in London ($2.99/$3.99)

Suika Game ($2.99/$4.10: Friday)

Blub ($2.99/$4.02: Friday)

Colors And Their Meanings ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)

Druidwalker ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)

Choice Clash: What Would You Rather ($2.29/$3.11)

Super Ultimate Fighters ($2.23/$3.00)

Letters to Heaven ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Long Sun ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Blandia ($7.99/$9.87)

   

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Dicey Dungeons is 90% off until November 2. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Sonic Superstars (€59.99/£54.99: Tuesday)

Super Mario Bros. Wonder (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged (€49.99/£44.99)

Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue (€49.99/£44.99)

Skull Island: Rise of Kong (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express (€39.99/£32.99)

Digital

Dinosaurs: Mission Dino Camp (€39.99/£35.99)

The Jackbox Party Pack 10 (€34.99/£29.49)

Kona II: Brume (€29.99/£24.99: Wednesday)

Helloy Web of Wyrd (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

Spirit of the Island (€24.99/£22.49)

Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness (€19.99/£16.99: Tuesday)

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (€19.99/£17.99)

Mail Time (€19.99/£16.75)

Bish Bash Bots (€19.99/£14.99)

Squid Commando (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

Warm Snow (€19.99/£15.99: Friday)

Cats and the Other Lives (€19.99/£17.99: Saturday)

Witchy Life Story (€19.50/£16.75)

Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 (€17.49/£15.79)

Shalnor Legends 2: Trials of Thunder (€14.99/£12.99)

Gargoyles Remastered (€14.99/£12.49)

Garden Buddies (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

The Love - Date Simulator with Girls (€13.99/£19.99: Tuesday)

Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver (€13.99/£12.99: Friday)

Japan Train Models JR East Edition (€13.79/£12.39)

The GhostX: Sniper Simulator (€12.99/£11.99: Saturday)

Makoto Wakaido's Case Files Trilogy Deluxe (€12.79/£11.49)

Kingdom Eighties (€11.99/£9.99: Monday)

Bubble Shoot Farm (€10.00/£8.99: Friday)

Break the Glass Cup: Breaking Physics Puzzle (€9.99/£8.99)

Foosball League Cup: Arcade Table Football Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

Another World Mahjong Girl (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Latte Stand Tycoon+ (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

A Boy And His Blob: Retro Collection (€9.75/£8.50: Tuesday)

Tales of Mathasia (€7.99/£7.19)

Need for Spirit Drink & Drive Simulator (€6.99/£6.99: Sunday)

Pillars of Dust (€5.69/£5.09: Monday)

Silent Paws: Winter Quest (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Ball laB II (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

NeonPowerUp! (€4.99/£4.99)

Garden Guardian (€4.99/£4.49)

Jujubos (€4.99/£4.49)

Acrylic Nails! (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Lamphead (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

ToyBox Puzzle (€3.99/£3.70: Tuesday)

Revenge of Banana (€3.99/£3.59)

Hentai Tales Vol 1 (€3.99/£3.59)

Soviet Project (€3.99/£3.59)

Hidden Cats in London (€2.99/£2.49)

Druidwalker (€2.99/£2.99: Friday)

Colors And Their Meanings (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Suika Game (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Choice Clash: What Would You Rather (€2.49/£2.29)

Super Ultimate Fighters (€2.00/£1.79: Wednesday)

Letters to Heaven (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Long Sun (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Blandia (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

I Am An Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Haneda Allstars (¥8998)

Sonic Superstars (¥6589: Tuesday)

Super Mario Bros. Wonder (¥6500: Friday)

Animal Hospital (¥5830)

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged (¥5830)

Kona II: Brume (¥3960)

Passepartout 2 (¥3000)

Spirit of the Island (¥2950)

Bish Bash Bot (¥2900)

World of Horror (¥2420)

Mail Time (¥2300)

Garden Buddies (¥2220)

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (¥2178: Friday)

Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 (¥2000)

Dangerous Village Tradition (¥1980)

Illuminaria (¥1700)

Bubble Shoot Farm (¥1580)

Makoto Wakaido's Case Files Trilogy Deluxe (¥1564)

Another World Mahjong Girl (¥1500)

Foosball League Cup: Arcade Table Football Simulator (¥1399)

Kingdom Eighties (¥1320: Tuesday)

A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection (¥1200: Tuesday)

Need for Spirit Drink & Drive Simulator (¥999)

Favela Zombie Shooter (¥920)

Blandia (¥838)

Jujubos (¥720)

NeonPowerUp! (¥610: Friday)

ToyBox Puzzle (¥590)

Soviet Project (¥533)

Ball laB II (¥500)

Hentai Tales Vol 1 (¥470)

Chuu 2: How To Write in Kanji (¥420)

English Learning Quizzes For Young Children (¥420)

Escape From The Mysterious Circle (¥420)

Scary Brain Training Psychic Images (¥420)

What's Your Job? (¥420)

Druidwalker (¥400)

Hidden Cats in London (¥390)

Super Ultimate Fighters (¥300)


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TalkBack / Voice Of Mario, Luigi In Super Mario Bros. Wonder Revealed
« on: October 13, 2023, 11:32:00 AM »

Martinet out, a new fresh face in.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65178/voice-of-mario-luigi-in-super-mario-bros-wonder-revealed

We appear to have the new voice of Mario in next week's Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

In a post on Twitter (the site now known as X for some insane reason), voice actor Kevin Afghani confirmed he was the new voice of both Mario and Luigi in Wonder.

Afghani's prior credits are limited; he was the character Arnold in mobile/PS gacha game Genshin Impact and additional voices in the "Secret History of Cuphead", as well as a title character in the Dragon Ball Abridged spinoff Dragon Ball R&R.


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TalkBack / Microsoft Completes Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard King
« on: October 13, 2023, 05:49:00 AM »

Kotick goes away in 80 days with a golden parachute instead of today in handcuffs.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65176/microsoft-completes-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-king

After multiple government delays, the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard (King) has finally closed.

The deal, announced on January 18, 2022 closed this morning and saw the Xbox manufacturer acquire the Call of Duty behemoth for US$68.7bn. Integration will begin immediately, and notorious ABK CEO Robert "Bobby" Kotick will leave the combined company on January 1.

The deal was subject to multiple restrictions, including assurances from Microsoft that Call of Duty would remain multiplatform and even come to Nintendo platforms for a decade in some fashion. Restrictions include a UK requirement that Ubisoft handle cloud services for Call of Duty in the UK, and Microsoft games coming to other cloud platforms in Europe.


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TalkBack / John Riccitello "Resigns" From Position At Engine Maker Unity, Effective Immediately
« on: October 09, 2023, 01:41:00 PM »

Riccitello to Sony (e5)

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65167/john-riccitello-resigns-from-position-at-engine-maker-unity-effective-immediately

A recent controversial change to the pricing structure of the Unity engine has apparently led to the ouster of the company's CEO/president/chairman.

Unity have announced in a press release that CEO John Riccitello (ex of Electronic Arts) has resigned as CEO, president, chairman, and member of the company's board "effective immediately". Riccitello's role at Unity will consist entirely of continuing to "advise Unity to ensure a smooth transition".

The company had been under fire in recent weeks due to announcing a controversial change to the cost of the platform which would have resulted of a fee of up to $0.20 per installed copy of the game as well as the mandatory addition of a "made in Unity" splash screen. The fees were later walked back, with personal Unity licenses being exempted and the fee being assessed the lower of a per-install charge based on self-reported installs or a flat 2.5% of revenue.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 12, 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 04:00:00 AM »

Now that Batman is doing the Batusi in December, it's good to know that we still have some heroes left - a whole company, actually.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65160/nintendo-downloads-october-12-2023

Things we missed last week: Darius II in the Archives.

I had a whole slew of references to the goddamned Batman lined up for this week's column, but then quality interceded to push those back to the end of November's column. (Good.) Left scrambling to fill the spot, we'll give the honour this week to Company of Heroes Collection as we try and find out if the Switch handles real time strategy as well as turn based. Also kicking off this week is the first licensed football game to actually feature future concussion sufferers Chris Henry, Patrick Mahomes, et al in Wild Card Football - as Neal reminded us last week on Connectivity, it has the NFLPA license, but not the actual NFL teams.

Serenity Forge - the madlads who got Doki Doki Literature Club+ running on Switch - are publishing a new RPG called Long Gone Days, which leads the indie rush alongside Day of the Devs star Saltsea Chronicles and a remastered version of DS horror shooter - talk about rare birds - Dementium: The Ward. For a certain level of indie, there's also a re-imagining of River City Ransom up for grabs this week.

North America

Retail

Wild Card Football (US$39.99/C$49.99: Tuesday)

Dino Ranch - Ride to the Rescue ($39.99/$45.99)

The Grinch: Christmas Adventures ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Transformers: Earthspark - Expedition ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Company of Heroes Collection ($29.99/$34.99)

Long Gone Days ($24.99/$32.99: Tuesday)

Digital

River City: Rival Showdown ($24.99/$33.99)

Saltsea Chronicles ($24.99/$29.99)

Jigsaw Ice Princess ($19.99/$27.99: Monday)

Alphadia I & II ($19.99/$27.99)

Ancient Relics - Egypt ($19.99/$19.99)

Dementium: The Ward ($19.99/$26.99)

Dwerve ($19.99/$22.79)

Haunted House ($19.99/$26.99)

Whitestone ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Terra Alia ($14.99/$20.15: Wednesday)

The Legend of Shadow: Mask of the Force ($14.99/$20.99)

AstroSmash ($14.99/$19.99)

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends ($14.99/$19.49)

Twin Mind: Nobody's Here ($14.99/$14.99)

Japan Train Models - JR East Edition ($13.99/$18.83)

Car Parking and Car Driving 2023 ($12.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Astebros ($12.99/$17.00)

Cook, Serve, Delicious! ($12.99/$16.37)

Submersible Simulator ($12.99/$19.99: Friday)

Bullet Rodeo ($11.99/$16.22: Friday)

Toonsters: Crossing Worlds ($10.64/$14.31: Friday)

Block Buster Billy ($9.99/$11.99: Tuesday)

Ironsmith Medieval Simulator ($9.99/$13.54)

Brutalism22 ($9.99/$13.50)

Break the Glass Cup: Breaking Physics Puzzle ($9.99/$12.99)

Subpar Pool ($9.99/$12.99)

Trapped In The Tricky Prison ($9.99/$12.49)

Chemically Bonded ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Kittengumi: The Sakabato's Thief ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Sakura Alien ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Two Sedans Driving Simulator ($7.99/$9.99: Sunday)

Re.Surs ($7.99/$10.80)

Favela Zombie Shooter ($7.99/$10.49: Friday)

EggConsole Relics PC-8801 ($6.49/not released)

Paint It ($5.99/$7.99: Saturday)

Taxi Driver Simulator 2024 ($5.99/$5.99: Saturday)

Lost Dream: Overgrown ($4.99/$6.77: Tuesday)

Supreme Car Parking Simulator 2024 ($4.99/$6.00: Wednesday)

RedRaptor ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Buddy Canine Ballcaster ($4.99/$5.99)

Z Escape ($4.99/$6.75: Friday)

Zombie Defense ($4.99/$6.75: Friday)

Zombie Raft ($4.99/$6.75: Friday)

Clan's Revenge ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

Only Way Up ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Yoga Studio ($2.99/$3.99)

Animals - Habitats and Curiosities ($2.99/$3.66)

Traumatarium ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)

Airship Defender ($2.49/$3.39: Tuesday)

Flap Legends ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Giant Chase ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Guttang Gottong ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Aksys Games titles are on sale until October 16. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

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Wild Card Football (€39.99/£35.99: Tuesday)

Dino Ranch - Ride to the Rescue (€39.99/£32.99)

The Grinch: Christmas Adventures (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Transformers: Earthspark - Expedition (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Long Gone Days (€24.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Company of Heroes Collection (€24.99/£19.99)

Digital

River City: Rival Showdown (€24.99/£19.99: Wednesday)

Saltsea Chronicles (€24.99/£20.00)

Jigsaw Ice Princess (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

Alphadia I & II (€19.99/£17.99)

Ancient Relics - Egypt (€19.99/£17.99)

Haunted House (€19.99/£17.99)

Dwerve (€19.50/£17.59)

Dementium: The Ward (€18.99/£16.99)

Legend of Shadow: Mask of the Force (€16.99/£14.99)

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends (€14.99/£13.99)

Astrosmash (€14.99/£13.49)

Twin Mind - Nobody's Here (€14.99/£13.49)

Cook, Serve, Delicious! (€14.39/£12.99)

Terra Alia (€13.99/£12.59: Wednesday)

Car Parking & Car Driving Simulator 2023 (€12.99/£11.99: Tuesday)

Astebros (€12.99/£11.69: Wednesday)

Submersible Simulator (€12.99/£11.99: Friday)

Bullet Rodeo (€11.99/£10.79: Friday)

Chemically Bonded (€9.99/£9.99)

Sakura Alien (€9.99/£9.99)

Ironsmith Medieval Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

Kittengumi: The Sakabato's Thief (€9.99/£8.99)

Subpar Pool (€9.99/£8.99)

Brutalism22 (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Toonsters: Crossing Worlds (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Trapped In The Tricky Prison (€8.99/£8.09)

Two Sedans Driving Simulator (€7.99/£9.99: Sunday)

Block Buster Billy (€7.99/£6.99: Tuesday)

Re.Surs (€7.99/£7.19)

Favela Zombie Shooter (€7.99/£7.19: Friday)

Halloween Games For Toddlers & Babies (€7.98/£6.99)

Paint It (€5.99/£5.39: Saturday)

EggConsole Relics PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Taxi Driver Simulator 2024 (€5.99/£5.39: Saturday)

Lost Dream: Overgrown (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

RedRaptor (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Supreme Car Parking Simulator 2024 (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Buddy Canine Ballcaster (€4.99/£4.49)

Z Escape (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Zombie Defense (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Zombie Raft (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Clan's Revenge (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Only Way Up (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Anime Poly Puzzle - Sci-Fi Maidens (€2.99/£2.99)

Animals: Habitats and Curiosities (€2.99/£2.69)

Yoga Studio (€2.99/£2.69)

Traumatarium (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Airship Defender (€2.49/£2.29: Tuesday)

Pipe Line Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Flap Legends (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Giant Chase (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Guttang Gottong (€6.99/£6.29)

   

Japan

Rear Sekai (¥6578)

Tin Hearts (¥4818)

River City: Rival Showdown (¥3740)

Company of Heroes Collection (¥3499)

Noisz re:||Collection G (¥3000)

Dino Ranch: Ride to the Rescue (¥2880)

Saltsea Chronicles (¥2860)

Ancient Relics - Egypt (¥2300)

Dwerve (¥2300)

Haunted House (¥2300)

Astebros (¥2037)

Drenched Girls (¥1980)

Alphadia I & II (¥1870)

Legend of Shadow: Mask of the Force (¥1800)

Bullet Rodeo (¥1789)

Brutalism22 (¥1499)

Japan Train Models - JR East Edition (¥1480)

Kittengumi: The Sakabato's Thief (¥1474)

Break the Glass Cup: Breaking Physics Puzzle (¥1399)

Sakura Alien (¥1000)

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends (¥990)

Paint It (¥895)

Guttang Gottong (¥838)

RedRaptor (¥600)

Animals: Habitats and Curiosities (¥469)

Forbidden Psychic Photos (¥420)

Neet Hero (¥420)

Survival Quiz City Festival Edition (free to start)


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TalkBack / Batman Arkham Trilogy Releases Delayed To December 1
« on: October 03, 2023, 05:37:00 AM »

One less charge to worry about on the old Bat Credit Card.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65099/batman-arkham-trilogy-releases-delayed-to-december-1

A major Switch release originally targeting next week has been delayed past US Thanksgiving.

In social media posts this morning, publisher WB Games announced that the Batman Arkham Trilogy - originally slated for release next Thursday, Oct 12 - would now launch on December 1. The publisher cited "wanting to give Switch gamers the best possible experience" for the delay.

The Arkham Trilogy - 2009's Arkham Asylum, 2011's Arkham City*, and 2015's Arkham Knight - was announced for Switch release in the June Nintendo Direct. It was originally going to release ahead of Sonic Superstars (Oct 17), Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Oct 20) and the Metal Gear compilation announced in the same Direct (Oct 24).


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