The scariest thing about the announcement that The World Ends With You is coming to the Nintendo Switch is that the original game turns ten years old this year. Our encroaching sense of mortality notwithstanding, this does mean that there are plenty of new players who won’t have even been …
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Nintendo Switch is the fastest selling console in U.S history
Nintendo has announced that their Switch console, the portable/console hybrid that launched in March, is the fastest selling console ever in the United States, beating the sales of their Wii console, which exploded in popularity in the U.S upon launch. This comes from Business Wire, who put the sales of …
Read More »GAME CEO: Nintendo Switch in ‘constant supply’ but we’re yet to hit Christmas peak
Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Speaking to MCV today, following on from GAME’s full-year results, CEO Martyn Gibbs commented on the stock situation of Switch this Christmas, something that will have a direct impact on the bottom-line not only for many big publishers but also for …
Read More »Start your engines: Rocket League releases on the Nintendo Switch, with crossplay to PC and Xbox One
Vehicular kickabout Rocket League releases on the Nintendo Switch today, opening up a whole new audience to the esports success story. Nintendo revealed Rocket League for their handheld console during their E3 presentation in June this year, showing that players would soon be able to score flawless goals on the …
Read More »EA is playing the waiting game before it commits to Nintendo Switch
CFO Blake Jorgensen tells the Wall Street Journal that its too soon to see if FIFA 18 had the required performance
Read More »EA has not yet green-lit more Nintendo Switch titles
Publisher EA is not yet ready to fully commit to Nintendo’s Switch. CFO Blake Jorgensen has told the Wall Street Journal that despite the release of FIFA 18 in September, it is still too soon for EA to judge whether the game has sold sufficiently. Instead, the company wants to …
Read More »Nintendo Switch hits 2m sales in the US
The Nintendo Switch has sold 2m units in the US, the platform holder has announced, after the console claimed its third straight month at No.1 in the US hardware charts. According to the latest NPD data, the Switch was the top-selling console once again this September, marking its third consecutive month at …
Read More »[Updated] Nintendo Switch emulation capability revealed with NES Golf
Story from Nintendo Everything reveals that the game is in the Switch Firmware with Joy-Con Support.
Read More »Nintendo Switch hits 1.5m sales in Japan
The Nintendo Switch has hit the 1.5m milestone in Japan, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, after the Switch version of Capcom’s Monster Hunter XX knocked Dragon Quest XI off the top of the Japan weekly charts. Nintendo sold another 86,000 consoles in the week ending August 27th, helped …
Read More »Nintendo Switch sales up 10% in Japan
Nintendo Switch sales rose by 10 per cent week-on-week in Japan last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, showing the appetite for Nintendo’s new console is still as fierce as ever despite a lack of new releases. The console sold another 77,000 units last week, taking its cumulative …
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