Nintendo news (Aug. 23): Super Mario Party / South Korea

Today’s Nintendo news: more footage for the new River Survival mode in Super Mario Party, but also…

• South Korea
• Yo-kai Watch Blasters
• Super Mario Odyssey
• NyaNyaNya! Neko Mario Time
• ARMS
• Ask Izzy
• Tool Assisted Speedrun

Super Mario Party

Here’s some more gameplay footage for the new River Survival mode in Super Mario Party, revealed yesterday:

Super Mario Party (Switch) comes out on October 5th worldwide. A bundle including two Joy-Cons comes out on November 23rd in Europe.

South Korea

Earlier this week, Daewon (one of the distributors of the console in the country) provided some additional sales data for the Nintendo Switch in South Korea. So far, the console has sold 135 737 units, with 270 245 units sold for games.

In Q2 specifically, sales dropped to 27 359 units for Hardware, and 62 893 units for Software, compared to 53 000 units for Hardware and 100 924 units for Software in Q1. Just like in Japan, April to June is usually slow period for video game sales in South Korea, but Daewon has high hopes for the rest of the year with Super Mario Party, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

One thing to keep in mind is that those numbers are only for consoles and games distributed by Daewon, not total sales for South Korea as a whole.

Source: Inven
Via: sinonobu (ResetERA)

Yo-kai Watch Blasters

Here’s the latest video clips for Yo-kai Watch Blasters:

Whisped Cream is one of the new, towering bosses you’ll encounter in #YOKAIWATCH BLASTERS: Red Cat Corps and White Dog Squad. Build your team of Blasters and strategize to win the fight! pic.twitter.com/Ixo0cmcThk

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 20, 2018

Strategize, level up, and lead your team of Yo-kai with different techniques, skills, elementals, and battle roles in #YOKAIWATCH BLASTERS: Red Cat Corps and White Dog Squad, coming 9/7 to Nintendo #3DS! Who will you choose to be on your team? pic.twitter.com/RsIpIQ1gDp

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 22, 2018

Yo-kai Watch Blasters (3DS) comes out on September 7th in Europe and North America.

Super Mario Odyssey

Here’s the latest piece of Hint Art for Super Mario Odyssey:

Source: Nintendo (Twitter)

NyaNyaNya! Neko Mario Time

Here’s the latest episode of NyaNyaNya! Neko Mario Time:

This one showcases the following:

• WarioWare Gold (Nintendo 3DS, already available worldwide)
• Overcooked! 2 (Nintendo Switch, already avaialble worldwide)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo Switch, already available worldwide)
• Splatoon Koshien 2018

ARMS

Here’s the leaderboards for the latest Party Crash event for ARMS:

Source: Nintendo (Twitter)

Ask Izzy

Here’s the latest  Ask Izzy video:

Tool Assisted Speedrun

Here’s the latest Tool Assisted Speedrun video for Nintendo games:

• EarthBound (SNES) “inbounds” by tutelarfiber7 in 3:10:11.57