Weekly News Update with all the week’s Japanese Switch, 3DS, Wii U and Mobile Famicom news!
● Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom was announced for Japan coming with 21 games and releasing on 5 October priced at ¥8,618).
● In a true end of an era: Genyo Takeda has now officially retired as a full-time employee of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
● Kirby Suikomi Sakusen (Kirby’s Blowout Blast) will be available on the 3DS eShop next Tuesday priced at ¥810.
● Namco Museum is coming to Nintendo Switch in Japan this Summer priced at ¥3,000 and adding Pac-Man VS!
● Columbus Circle and Digifloyd are bringing the classic arcade alien maze game Heiankyo Alien to the Famicom this August.
● Five Wii U game released out-of-the-blue on the eShop last week with the N64 game Bomberman, and the Wii games Takarajima Z: Barbaros no Hihou (Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure), Excite Mou-Machine (Excitebots: Trick Racing), Kage no Tou (Lost in Shadow) and Kiki Trick.
● Rainy Frog will publish the puzzle platformer I and Me on the Switch eShop next week as Boku to Boku no Sekai de priced at ¥1,000.
● Hamster revealed five more games in their ACA NEOGEO series with Fatal Fury Special, Samurai Shodown, Super Sidekicks, Aero Fighters 2 and The King of Fighters 2000.
● Hamster also acquired the rights to NMK Co., Ltd games including Zed Blade, Thunder Dragon, Hacha Mecha Fighter and Saboten Bombers. I’m not sure which of these will release on Nintendo Switch.
● Happinet will release their third Age 12 game for 3DS on 26 October with 12-Sai: Torokeru Pazuru Futari no Harmony.
● The sheep-themed Othello game Shephy will release on the Switch eShop next week published by Arc System Works.
● Starsign announced their first Switch title with Super Ping Pong Trick Shot which releases on the eShop on 13 July for ¥700.
● Finally, Famitsu confirmed that Nintendo Switch has sold over a million (1,016,473) in Japan with almost half (501,614) of owners buying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!
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