The Nintendo Switch 2 first week is complete And 
as we head into week two of this system there’s a lot of new information and records being broken 
or shattered So we’re going to talk about that in addition to a big game update from a title that 
we’ve been tracking here on Player Essence for quite some time now And now we have a bit of an 
update on what’s going on with Castlevania as well plus some other information So let’s go and jump 
right into it here with Mr Matt Piscatella over on Blue Sky He talked about how the Nintendo Switch 2 
broke a new record in the US Here’s what he had to say Nintendo Switch 2 set an all-time launch week 
unit sales record for the video game hardware in the US with over 1.1 million units sold during 
the week ending June 7th 2025 However this does exclude the sales from the My Nintendo store So 
keep that in mind as Nintendo had ample stock of the Nintendo Switch 2OS in the My Nintendo 
store Now it wasn’t as much as they sent out to retailers but it was still a number of units So 
just remember that So it was actually higher than 1.1 million Now the record was previously held by 
the PlayStation 4 We got some more information as well with the launch 79% of US Nintendo Switch 
2 buyers also purchased Mario Kart World either physically or as part of the Mario Kart World 
Switch 2 hardware bundle Now we also have the top three physical selling Nintendo Switch 2 games 
here in the US in units Number three is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch 
2 Edition which I love to see that and I’ll talk briefly in just a bit on that Cyberpunk 2077 
which is definitely a huge win for having the physical third-p partyy game on the cart and aa 
title And number one was Mario Kart World which is to be expected That is the marquee big launch 
title that’s going to move units A lot of people don’t understand this or don’t know cuz I’ve seen 
some interesting stuff people say about which launch game Nintendo should have had And Mario 
Kart 8 Deluxe sold nearly 70 million units on the Nintendo Switch alone if you include the Wii U 
version it sold well over 70 million units with 68 million plus on the Nintendo Switch and another 
8 million plus on the Wii U So obviously Mario Kart World was the right title to launch with the 
Nintendo Switch 2 as people are snapping up that game whether it’s in the bundle or separate 
physically and also on the eShop It’s just number one pretty much all over the place when 
it comes down to it Now I briefly want to talk about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 
I figured that this game could get a huge bump on the Nintendo Switch 2 because of how close it 
launched to proximity of the system Many people were talking about how they were going to wait 
to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in hope of potentially getting a much improved 
version with better frame rate and all of that and enhanced features and that’s exactly what we 
got Because if you play the game on the Nintendo Switch 2 and get the upgrade for example you’re 
going to get the Zelda Notes app which lets you share creations and get other people’s creations 
in your game in addition to having 60 frames per second much better resolution It just looks runs 
loads faster and it’s a significantly better game than it was on the Nintendo Switch One Because in 
particular this game anytime you pull out Ultra Hand or anytime that you do too many different 
things all at once on screen it can kind of bog down the frame rate at times Now if you just play 
the game normally there’s really no problem And the game runs at 30 with some dips here and there 
but there are some issues with Ultra Hand at times depending on what’s on screen and what you’re 
doing So having that now run at double the frame rate with pretty much no issues at all Also having 
that resolution significantly better So playing on your TV just looks so much better overall I’ve 
played it myself on the Nintendo Switch 2 and it is spectacular So if you’re playing that for 
the first time or if you waited you’re definitely in for a treat So I thought that we could see 
Tears of the Kingdom do better actually tack on a number of sales with the Nintendo Switch 
2 version And I think that’s going to happen throughout the life of this whole generation 
with the Nintendo Switch 2 Also good to see that the top three selling games are all physical 
on cartridge overall So that can once again entice developers to actually use that 64 GB cartridge 
if they have the money to do that But it’s good to see a big AAA game like Cyberpunk sell as much 
as it’s doing on the Nintendo Switch 2 so far at least Now remember all of this is sourced and 
tracked through Circana retail tracking service So keep that in mind Unit hardware sales across 
all channels will be included as part of the full monthly reporting once we get that later 
So awesome stuff overall Obviously Nintendo had a huge launch the momentum has to continue on 
with Donkey Kong and other games but everyone who wanted a Nintendo Switch 2 hasn’t necessarily got 
one I’ve seen some people try to say that online too as well and I don’t think so There’s a lot of 
people that are trying to buy it and it’s sold out in a lot of places now There are some locations 
that have a Nintendo Switch too but there’s a lot of locations that do not So restocks need to come 
quick You don’t want to see completely sold out to where people can’t go in there and buy one So I 
want Nintendo to restock that quickly And it does seem like restocks are coming as I covered that in 
a previous video So look out for that online and in store but also look out for our Nintendo Switch 
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Vote on there Drop a comment there and enter in for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch 2 Now let’s 
go ahead and jump into the next topic here and that is what’s happening with the new Castlevania 
game This is a game that I’ve been covering now for like a year plus at this point when it comes 
to rumors and other things And it looks like it’s still happening according to BGC writer Mr Andy 
Robinson over on Twitter So we heard about this Castlevania game and we heard that it’s going to 
be more of a AAA or bigger budget Castlevania game It’s not going to be more of a smaller thing like 
Konami’s done or like a remake or re-release of different Castlevania games It’s actually going 
to be a new big Castlevania game apparently made by an internal team over at Konami So here 
is what DGC had to say originally on it The first of these titles will be a new Castlevania 
game which sources described as a reimagining of the series currently in development internally at 
Konami in Japan with support from local external studios Now Andy Robinson over on Twitter replied 
to a question where someone asked “Andy any idea what happened to the Castlevania project you’ve 
reported a few years ago.” And Andy Robinson replied by saying “Still coming.” and we’ll see 
when it actually does happen But I would think that this was probably been in the works for 
a while now That’s launched to great success We’ve also had multiple Castlevania collections 
that have launched to great success and a lot of money So I absolutely see them kind of building 
Castlevania up I think they had a plan to reboot Castlevania and bring it back starting from as 
far back as probably 2017 or 2018 or so when they decided to do the Castlevania Netflix I think they 
wanted to bring out some of the older games get those on modern platforms in collections and then 
kind of top it off with the big new Castlevania game So I still believe that it’s coming as well 
Now I haven’t had any sources or anybody tell me that personally but I still believe in terms of 
what Andy Robson has to say here and based off of Konami’s actions that something is coming And 
Andy Robson’s not the only one that’s reported on this There’s been some other reports of a new 
Castlevania game So keep that in mind guys So I do think something will be happening at some 
point here So what do you guys think about a new Castlevania announcement maybe sometime this year 
or next year let me know in the comment section below But now we’re going to move on to the next 
topic here and I want to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for June 14 2025 And this 
is interesting because it gives us a look at what people are picking up and playing and what’s doing 
well and what isn’t on the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch There’s been a lot of talk about what 
games or lack thereof games what people are playing And I found this to be very interesting 
because there is obviously a huge uptake of people buying games There was a massive launch So if 
nobody bought this system you can maybe kind of disregard the eShop charts you know cuz it’s like 
okay nobody really bought the system But millions upon millions of people have bought the system and 
are consistently buying it anytime stock does come in So you have to kind of look at these ESHOP 
charts and say okay well what’s going on here so starting off it kind of mirrors what happens 
with the physical charts overall that we talked about with Matt Piscatella and Circana in this 
video The top three games are Mario Kart World Cyberpunk 2077 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears 
of the Kingdom Upgrade Pack Those seem to be the games that people went out there and bought 
the most were those three games or got the most or playing the most overall But we have some other 
stuff here which is pretty cool to see a game like Fantasy Life Eye the girl who steals time That is 
a great version on the Nintendo Switch 2 that you can play anywhere That’s probably the preferred 
version that people are going to end up playing over the course of time So I do think that it’s 
awesome to see that that game is doing so well Delta Rune is also doing really well too That’s 
number five Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upgrade pack Obviously Zelda one of the best games 
of all time in my opinion with Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour It should have 
been included in the package but whatever People are still checking it out for 10 bucks Bravely 
Default good to see that Square Annex and I think that we’re going to see more Square Annex support 
for a long time on the Nintendo Switch 2 No Man’s Sky has that update which is awesome Free update 
So people decided to snap that up Street Fighter 6 long history with Nintendo So it’s good to see 
Street Fighter 6 mainline big Street Fighter back on the Nintendo platform with Nintendo Switch 
2 Split Fiction fantastic game Game of the year candidate that’s also on there Legend of Zelda: 
Tears of the Kingdom the actual Switch 2 edition for the full price not just the upgrade pack 
Rune Factory Guardians of Isuma Nintendo Switch 2 Edition which I’m playing right now and I do 
enjoy the game I think it’s pretty good Fast Fusion and then at number 15 is The Legend 
of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch 2 Edition So kind of like I suspected people are 
going to be buying Tears of the Kingdom a little bit more than Breath of the Wild cuz less people 
have it on the Nintendo Switch one at least and then not more people are going to check it out on 
the Nintendo Switch 2 So very good to see that And once again very good to see Cyberpunk even whether 
it’s physical or it’s digital Cyberpunk is doing well That can show thirdparty developers that 
you can bring your AAA games over take the time actually make a great version for the Nintendo 
Switch 2 and you could have great results if your game is really good So I think that’s going 
to really inspire other developers to do what CD Project Red did on the Nintendo Switch 2 as we’re 
seeing a little bit with Borderlands 4 and 007 First Lightbolt coming to Switch too So what do 
you guys think about the eShop charts here i found it very fascinating Let me know in the comment 
section below But now we’re going to move on to the next topic here And that’s for Amazon buyers 
which that includes myself And it looks like Amazon and Nintendo have patched things up have 
made up and are going to start working together again in business because it has been a long time 
since we’ve seen Amazon be able to sell Nintendo firstparty games at least in the United States 
So games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bonanza and even New Amiibo were unavailable on 
Amazon beforehand Neither side really commented or talked about this at all We just didn’t know 
what happened So we don’t really know I’m guessing there was some issue with potential leaks This 
is just a guess But now at this point you can pre-order Donkey Kong Bonanza Super Mario Party 
Jamberee Nintendo Switch 2 Edition plus Jamberee TV Kirby and the Forgotten Land Nintendo Switch 
2 Edition plus Starcross Worlds And there’s going to be other stuff as well with the amiibo like 
Zelda Sidon and Jamie from Street Fighter So it’s crazy because they’ve actually had a couple 
of different times where they’ve went back and forth when it comes to the Wii and 3DS era as 
well So I’m guessing it has to do with something with maybe copies going missing or selling at 
underneath where they felt that they should sell there’s some type of business disagreement for 
this to happen two separate times back to back when it comes to the generations here Well more 
like it skipped a generation I guess with the Nintendo Switch it happened as well kind of into 
that So it’s just been around It’s been a thing where it’s been on and off So it’s definitely 
something to do with the amount of games being purchased and the sale price of those games and 
maybe the distribution It’s definitely something internal but I’m not really sure what it is But 
either way that’s good for me because I do like buying games on Amazon That used to be my number 
one place to go buy games cuz they would guarantee the delivery on the same day that it launched And 
usually it was in the morning at least where I’m at So hopefully they can get back to that But 
I’m not so sure because people bought games on Amazon and sometimes it would take longer or it 
wouldn’t be there at the beginning of the day So who knows what’s going to happen But either way 
it’s good to have your games being sold in more spots especially a huge retailer like Amazon a 
distributor Amazon has so many facilities so many people that buy millions upon millions of people 
that buy video games on Amazon So you definitely want to be on there if you can So I’m glad that 
they did get those business dealings whatever it was straightened out so they can sell the games 
because obviously a lot of big games are coming up for the Nintendo Switch too So what do you 
guys think about Amazon and Nintendo finally patching things up let me know in the comment 
section below But speaking of patches let’s talk about The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and 
Breath of the Wild They both got some patches and new versions for players to be able to download 
but there really isn’t too much in them At least nothing that we can see overall So The Legend of 
Zelda: Breath of the Wild version 1.8.1 General additions Portuguese Brazil text has been revised 
Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience That’s definitely 
good Fixing those silent issues that maybe nobody caught beforehand or maybe some people did 
catch Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom you got version 1.4.1 4.1 just like Breath of 
the Wild Portuguese Brazil text has been revised and several other issues have been addressed to 
improve the gameplay experience Now I am going through just a little bit of Tears of the Kingdom 
and I’m really enjoying it I’ve been spending a bit more time with the newer games like Room 
Factory and Mario Kart World but I will get back to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom 
because I need to play them with that silkier smooth frame rate and of course get all the stuff 
with the Zelda Notes app I think they’re really good additions and I feel that these two games are 
going to help sell the Nintendo Switch 2 They sold the Nintendo Switch One but I think they’re going 
to also sell the Nintendo Switch 2 quite a bit as we’ve seen from the eShop charts and even the 
physical game sales Tears of the Kingdom being one of the top three there and being a top 
15 title when it comes to the Switch 2 on the eShop So yeah these games are going to be around 
and people are going to pick them up New users people going back upgrade packs buying it for the 
first time So very good overall when it comes to see Tears of the Kingdom Breath of the Wild Still 
getting some stuff to make it even a bit better and address some things in the game So what do you 
guys think about everything that we talked about here when it comes to Nintendo Switch 2 so much 
news big information new updates big games Let me know in the comment section below All right guys 
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