Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch reappears on the Famitsu Most Wanted list for the week ending April 25

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch has reappeared on the Famitsu Most Wanted list for the another consecutive week. The 13 most wanted Nintendo-related games from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu are as follows: OCTOPATH TRAVELER (Switch) - 279 Shin Megami Tensei V (Switch) - 265 Persona Q2 (3DS) - 263 Bayonetta 3 (Switch) - 262 Sekaiju no Meikyuu … Continue reading Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch reappears on the Famitsu Most Wanted list for the week ending April 25

Pokémon Crystal reappears atop the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop charts for the week ending May 9

At least one Pokémon game has reappeared on the latest Nintendo 3DS eShop charts in Japan, including the re-released classic Pokémon Crystal. The Japanese eShop charts for the period between May 3 and May 9 are as follows: Nintendo 3DS eShop Charts Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou Pocket Monsters Crystal Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Charisou DX Battleminerz Ice Station … Continue reading Pokémon Crystal reappears atop the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop charts for the week ending May 9

Detective Pikachu, Pokkén Tournament DX, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon reappear on the latest top 50 Japanese sales charts, April 30 to May 6

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon have reappeared near the very top of the latest software charts in Japan for another consecutive week. Pokkén Tournament DX and the recently-released Detective Pikachu manage to reappear as well. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows: Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2018 (Apr 30 - May 06) 01./00. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2018.05.03} (¥5.980) … Continue reading Detective Pikachu, Pokkén Tournament DX, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon reappear on the latest top 50 Japanese sales charts, April 30 to May 6

Picopuri magazine readers select Pokémon starter Popplio as their 15th favorite video game character

Picopuri magazine readers have selected Pokémon starter Popplio as their 15th *favorite video game character. A list of the top 20 is as follows: Isabelle (Animal Crossing) - 1313 Mayor Rukko (N/A) - 442 Shirokuma (Sumikko Gurashi) - 422 Kirby (Kirby) - 315 Neko (Sumikko Gurashi) - 308 Kuma Tomo (Kuma Tomo) - 221 Tokage (Sumikko … Continue reading Picopuri magazine readers select Pokémon starter Popplio as their 15th favorite video game character

Nintendo software engineer leaks developer info for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch

Although Bandai Namco was deeply involved with the development of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo has yet to formally confirm whether the studio is also working on Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch. However, according to a now-deleted tweet from Nintendo software engineer Tiago Sonobe, Bandai Namco is indeed developing … Continue reading Nintendo software engineer leaks developer info for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch

Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Pokkén Tournament DX make comeback by reappearing on the latest Media Create Sales charts in Japan, April 30 to May 6

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon have reappeared near the top of the latest software charts in Japan, despite failing to appear for the first time last week. Pokkén Tournament DX manages to make a comeback as well. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows: Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2018 (Apr 30 - May … Continue reading Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Pokkén Tournament DX make comeback by reappearing on the latest Media Create Sales charts in Japan, April 30 to May 6

Pokémon Crystal reappears atop the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop charts for the week ending May 2

At least one Pokémon game has reappeared on the latest Nintendo 3DS eShop charts in Japan, including the re-released classic Pokémon Crystal. The Japanese eShop charts for the period between April 26 and May 2 are as follows: Nintendo eShop – Nintendo 3DS 01./01. – The Battle Cats POP (Ponos) [31.5.2015] 02./02. – Pokémon Crystal Version (Nintendo) … Continue reading Pokémon Crystal reappears atop the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop charts for the week ending May 2

Tatsumi Kimishima and Satoru Shibata step down as presidents of Nintendo

Tatsumi Kimishima is officially stepping down as the president of Nintendo, a position he filled after Satoru Iwata passed away nearly three years ago. Kimishima will be replaced by Shuntaro Furukawa on June 28, 2018. Meanwhile, Satoru Shibata is also retiring his role as the president of Nintendo of Europe. Shibata is instead moving to … Continue reading Tatsumi Kimishima and Satoru Shibata step down as presidents of Nintendo