A store in Japan has introduced a unique approach to combatting scalpers, enforcing a mandatory quiz on customers before they can purchase Pokémon cards. A photo shared by X user Ryo Saeba (via Dexerto) showed an announcement board in a Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It demands that customers…
Capcom removed an entire chapter from Resident Evil Requiem before its release, the game’s director has revealed. In an interview with Denfaminico Gamer, Koshi Nakanishi recalled how Resident Evil 7: Biohazard had a “Chapter 2” that was scrapped during development, and stated that the exact same thing happened with Requiem….
If you’ve ever shopped for secondhand Nintendo DS games, then this story will sound very similar to you. In a post on ResetEra yesterday, user jokkir wrote that they purchased a copy of Pragmata on Nintendo Switch 2 from an Amazon Warehouse deal. Warehouse deals are when Amazon sells off…
The Dark Souls series has grown from a smolder of difficulty into a roaring bonfire of shared experience and personal conquest. FromSoftware and Bandai Namco’s now revered RPG series has reached a new sales milestone, surpassing 27 million sales worldwide across all of its titles. Of these only the first,…
Bandai Namco has reported via the latest issue of V-Jump that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has passed 6 million units shipped and digitally sold worldwide (as translated by Gematsu). The arena fighter/RPG hybrid originally launched for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016, with a port to the Nintendo…
There seems to be no stopping Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as the latest Japanese sales numbers from Famitsu show the game has now surpassed 4 million lifetime sales for physical copies in its home country. That’s a fantastic showing, and makes up a decent portion of the game’s nearly 14…
Nintendo is playing catchup to fulfill the demand for the Nintendo Switch and hard-to-find games like Ring Fit Adventure. Refreshing retailers’ pages for the consoles and games has been a routine for those wanting their own copies and ignoring the inflated secondhand market. In Japan, multiple lotteries have been held…
Be it the long wait for a new entry, the popularity of the Nintendo Switch, or the current state of the world, Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to see high sales in its native country, Japan. Now a month on shelves, according to Famitsu (and provided by Gematsu), the game…
April has felt like it’s flown by, and we now have more statistics about March’s gaming sales and mobile purchases. Surprising no one, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a juggernaut, breaking multiple sales records. The data that was made available didn’t include the digital sales of the game initially,…
While demand is increasing for Nintendo Switch consoles, production is not. According to NHK, Japan’s national broadcasting organization, production of Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles is lower than anticipated. This news comes on the heels of Nintendo slashing domestic distribution of the consoles, to keep up with worldwide demand….
While finding a Nintendo Switch might prove difficult during these times, it seems the New Nintendo 2DS XL is also seeing a little price increase due to higher demand. Over the past three months, the handheld’s price has slowly increased, with a spike coming after the announcement last week of…
It’s not often that some of Nintendo’s biggest games go on sale, but that’s just what you’ll find if you check out some of Amazon’s digital Switch offerings. Right now, you can get a download code for just $40 for the following titles: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the…
The ongoing situation with COVID-19 has led to a low stock of Nintendo Switches worldwide — but that situation may be changing soon, as Nintendo recently issued a note on their Japanese Twitter account stating that Japanese customers who had reserved a Switch would be receiving their consoles this week,…
Update (4/6): Even more sales have been added to Nintendo’s eShop! We’ve highlighted some of our new favorites in red text below. If you’re looking for some new digital pickups from the eShop, multiple publishers are holding sales across their libraries just in time for April showers. Whether it’s celebrating…
While the impressive and highly successful launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an achievement in and of itself, that’s not the only milestone Nintendo reached. According to a collection of sources as gathered by GoNintendo, the Switch has not only surpassed the Wii in terms of units sold in…
