Nintendo Switch Record Sales, Nintendo Switch in China, Nintendo Podcast, NPC 247

Nintendo Power Cast Episode 247

Music On Being Human
Unofficial Nintendo Podcast
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Announcements
Super Mario Maker Podcast
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What We Played/Impressions
Star Wars
Indies

News
Nintendo Switch sold very well over Black Friday weekend IGNOver 800,000 Switches were sold last week, this makes it Nintendo’s best week in sales over the entire life of the consoleGames on Switch hit new milestones this week as wellPokemon S&S have sold over 3 million in America
MarioKart 8 - reached 8.5 million
Smash Bros - reached 8 million
Mario Odyssey - reached 6.5 million
Mario Maker 2 will see an update tomorrow 12/5 N64Josh.com The update will add new course pieces, Spike, Pokey, Frozen Coin, P Block, Dash Block (only 3D world style)
Master Sword - turn into Link, gain the ability to use the sword, shield, dash attack, down thrust, arrows, and bombs
Ninji Speedruns mode being added - compete on courses created by Nintendo
Check out the full update on Nintendo of Europe’s tweet
Nintendo Switch launches in China on 12/10 bundled with New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe (the only game currently approved in China). Plans to bring MarioKart 8 and Mario Odyssey are in the works but not yet approvedNintendo is partnering with Chineses company Tencent - this partnership is to hopefully allow for more games to make it to market in the restrictive Chiniese marketplace
Update coming to SNES and NES Online service on 12/12 NOA TweetSNES games - Star Fox 2, Super Punch-Out, Kirby Super Star, Breath of Fire II
NES games - Journey to Silius, Crystalis

Talking Points
With the success of Mario + Rabbids and Cadence of Hyrule what other 1st party characters would you like to see given out and what game do you want to see them in?
Next week - tell us what you think we will see announced at the Game Awards on Dec 12th - look for an article on N64Josh.com and we will discuss what you think and our predictions on next weeks show

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