Nintendo news (June 1st) – Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition / Nintendo Minute (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)

Today’s Nintendo news: sales data for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition in the United Kingdom, but also…

• Nintendo Minute (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
• Tool Assisted Speedrun

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition was released last week worldwide, and it looks like it’s off to a great start in the United Kingdom. According to data from Gfk, it was the best-selling game during its launch week in the country (physical sales only). It sold more than twice the number of units as the original on Wii, back in 2011.

Unfortunately, it didn’t manage to outsell Xenoblade Chronicles 2, but sales are said to be “slightly below” it. The main reason behind that drop is attributed to Covid-19: because of the lockdown in the country, all High Street games retail stores were closed last week. As such, it’s more than likely than a significant number of players ended up getting the game digitally.

Source: GamesIndustry

Nintendo Minute (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)

Here’s the latest episode of Nintendo Minute, which is about Animal Crossing: New Horizons this week:

Nintendo Minute is never a minute! We hope you’re having a good week. We discovered that there is a wheel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons so of course we HAD to do a spin the wheel challenge. The loser has to dress up in their most ridiculous outfit and recite a poem about why they lost. You don’t want to miss it! How are your islands coming along? As always, thanks so much for watching and we’ll see you next week!

-Kit & Krysta

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Here’s the recording of the livestream for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate NA Online Open May 2020 Finals, which were held on Sunday:

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Here’s the preview video for the latest Fortune Cookie and set of Stamp Trade rewards in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Celia’s chapel cookie, now available until August 30th:

Tool Assisted Speedrun

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

• Game Boy Camera (GameBoy) by ThunderAxe31 in 03:01.98