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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Sells 1.76 Million Units, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD Hits 1.19 Million

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:26:12 +0000

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been big hits for Nintendo, but what about its more recent Switch titles? In its Q1 fiscal year 2025 financial results, the company revealed sales numbers for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD.

As of June 30th, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sold 1.76 million. The remake of the 2004 Nintendo GameCube classic garnered strong critical reviews at launch (as noted in its accolades trailer).

Meanwhile, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, based on the 2013 Nintendo 3DS title from Next Level Games, sold 1.19 million units. It launched on June 27th for Nintendo Switch, thus achieving that milestone within three days, so it should be interesting to see its performance in the long term. You can read our review for our thoughts.

Nintendo’s Princess Peach: Showtime! is also confirmed to have sold over 1.3 million units since launching on March 22nd (up from 1.22 million sold as of March 31st). Check out our review here.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD News Coming Soon – Rumour

Shubhankar Parijat — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:06:10 +0000

We apparently still have a year of the Nintendo Switch left ahead of us, and while it remains to be seen how Nintendo will fill out that time in terms of new game releases, we know of at least a few major first-party titles that are expected to hit sometime this year. Two among them are a remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, and it seems like we’ll be hearing more about both of them soon.

At least that’s what reliable Nintendo leaker Pyoro seems to be hinting at over on Twitter. March 10, a.k.a. Mario Day, is coming up soon, and in a couple of recent tweets, the leaker suggested that updates on both Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD will be shared by Nintendo on the day, before also liking a tweet that pointed to the same.

Naturally, this has led to speculation about whether this means there’s another Nintendo Direct presentation coming up soon- but then again, Nintendo could also just drop new trailers for both games individually, as it has been known to do in the past.

Currently, neither Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door nor Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD have specific release dates – with the latter due out this Summer and the former at an unknown time this year – but hopefully we’ll have more details on that front in the coming days.

Also this one pic.twitter.com/YLrKEsz1IR

— Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) March 4, 2024

15 Amazing Nintendo-Exclusive Boss Fights

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:12:43 +0000

When we think of memorable boss fights, the likes of Final Fantasy, Dark Souls, Persona and Mega Man X come to mind. It’s amazing to look back on Nintendo’s history then and marvel at just how many awesome boss fights it’s had throughout its numerous franchises and consoles. Let’s take a look at 15 of the best Nintendo-exclusive bosses through the decades.

Bowser – Super Mario 64

Super Mario 64 was a series of firsts for many Nintendo fans. But it also offered one of the most memorable battles with Bowser ever. It was simple – the Koopa King was huge and Mario was small. The only way to defeat him was to grab his tale, swing the analog stick to get enough speed, aim for the bombs surrounding the arena and release Bowser to damage him. Simple but unique and fairly challenging on the third go-around, Bowser’s 64-form remains an iconic fight.

13 Greedy Gaming Shopkeepers That Totally Want Your Money

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:21:41 +0000

With the amount of scams in real life, you’d think video games would provide some kind of refuge. Alas, there are a plenty of crooks in the gaming world as well. At least some aren’t without their charm. Let’s take a look at 13 notorious shopkeepers and merchants in gaming.

Bomb-Master Cannon – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Upon arriving at Windfall Island’s Bomb Shop, you’ll be shocked to learn just what kind of prices are on offer. For 10 bombs, you need to pay a whopping 10,000 rupees. Sure he’s the last bomb-maker left but that’s enough to crowd-fund ten of Ganon’s deaths. Thankfully, once Tetra and her crew give him the ol’ rundown, Bomb-Master Cannon sees fit to lower his prices.

15 Best Train Sequences In Video Games

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:17:31 +0000

Ah, trains. Where would the human race and the concept of rapidly evolving industry be without you? But also, where would set pieces in video games be without you? On planes? In car chases? Sure, that’s all cool, but there’s nothing quite like a good old, thrilling train sequence to get your blood pumping. Here, let’s take a look at 15 best train sequences in video games.

All aboard? Alright then. Choo-choo.

NOTE: There will be spoilers ahead.

SPIDER-MAN

Spider-Man, of course, is closely associated with trains in media thanks to the wallcrawler’s exploits in the movies, and Insomniac’s 2018 title paid full homage to that. Spidey’s fight against Mister Negative in a train barrelling through New York subway was brief, but it was tense and exciting. Of course, it also gets points for recreating bits of the train sequence from Spider-Man 2 in its own humourous way.

15 Video Games Where You Played The Villain

Ravi Sinha — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:20:59 +0000

Though we often take up the mantle of “hero” in many games, not everything can be so straightforward. Sometimes, we have to become the villain, whether knowingly or unknowingly, and experience a different side of history. Other times, being the villain is just an intriguing premise that forms the backbone for an experience. Either way, here are 15 video games where you played the villain.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Okay, yes, The Force Unleashed did make us experience a rather uneven story with the stupidly named “Starkiller” as the protagonist. However, the opening allowed for playing as Darth Vader, feeling every bit as powerful and domineering as the movies made him out to be. Well, the good movies, that is.

15 Boss Fights In Video Games That Were Almost Hopeless

Alex Jackson — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:42:11 +0000

What’s a good climax without a little bit of tension? There has to be moments where the protagonist is at least challenged, otherwise you just have One Punch Man. These moments often work exceptionally well in video games due to the personal investment players feel in the goings on, and how they strip away the power fantasy that players have slowly been growing into with the player character themselves, before turning that right back around for the hype conclusion. Be sure to share your favourites in the comments, and beware spoilers.

Senator Armstrong – Metal Gear Rising: Revengence

Metal Gear is well known for being surprisingly over the top. Metal Gear Rising Revengence doesn’t climax a game full of ridiculous Cyborg against Cyborg action with a battle against some huge walking tank (though that comes before the climax), but against a corrupt politician. Getting his powers from a small loan of a million nanomachines, son, Senator Armstrong uses his enhanced durability and strength to knock around Raiden like so much scrap metal, and would have succeeded if not for the meddling of Blade Wolf

15 Boss Weakness Gamers Blatantly Took Advantage of

Alex Jackson — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:56:18 +0000

Those big bad bosses that make or break a game are almost always massive set piece moments, some of the most memorable points on any video game, and the harder the better. Having something to triumph against is a better way to give your players pride and accomplishment than any loot box, but those truly memorable bosses, the ones that stick out in your mind, have that extra hidden weakness or strategy. Something you wouldn’t believe upon hearing it, but once you try it you just have your mind blown.

Taurus Demon – Dark Souls

Dark Souls is the alpha and omega of hard bosses, and the Taurus Demon, one of the earliest bosses in the entire Dark Souls series to introduce you to just how honest it’s going to keep you and burn that “You Died” screen into your retinas, is no pushover. But there is one advantage players have against the Taurus Demon. He’s really, really dumb. An easy AI exploit involving the towers at either end of the arena will let you repeatedly plunging attack the beastie for an easy win.