If I had a nickel for every time an actor in a beloved 90s movie appeared posthumously in a video game adaptation...

More cast details have emerged for next April's Legend of Zelda movie, including the film possibly serving as the final bow for a beloved actor.

A report from Deadline has confirmed that Sam Neill (1947 - 2026) will have a role in the film in what may be one of his final released works following... Read more...

Keep these Star Fox vibes going.

Chuhai Labs and publisher Balor Games have announced a Switch port of their upcoming rail-shooter Wild Blue Skies. The Switch port is set to launch shortly after the game releases on other platforms. No specific date has been given. It will be available digitally for $14.99.

Wild Blue Skies is... Read more...

The only thing bigger than the digital sales ratio is the profit growth.

Nintendo has released its results for the first fiscal quarter (April 1 - June 30) of the fiscal year, and though it would seem to be a tough comparison to last year which had the Switch 2 launch, year 2 definitely got off to a better start in the profit / loss department.

All figures quoted in yen with a US$1 = ¥157.86 rate used to provide US$ figures for comparison only.

Hey, that soldier looks familiar.

The just-wrapped Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Direct has laid out the stakes for the Heroic Games and some of the mechanics in play.

Returning elements from prior Fire Emblem games include a Three Houses-style multi-tier class system with promotion exams, Shadows of Valentia-like dungeon exploration,... Read more...

Reset the clock and update the roster.

The next dedicated game Direct is going to deal with fortune.

Nintendo Today has confirmed a Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Direct will air tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1500 CET / 11:30 in Newfoundland. The presentation will run for 20 minutes.

Thus far, the information we have on the September 17 release is a combination of two Nintendo Direct trailers and daily drops of characters in the Nintendo Today app.

Mired by a plague of slop, the store it moans (See what? Hear what?)

On what should be a holiday week in Japan which will hopefully keep the news desk's weekend work to a minimum, there's a few familiar faces in the Switch 2 sections. As promised / threatened in the last Direct, we have Big Walk and Lies of P coming to Switch 2, alongside a couple of indie cross-platform games (without upgrades) in Montabi and Obakeidoro 2. There's also Parkasaurus from Atari, which makes two weeks in a row with dinosaur sims.

Surely if Danhausen can uncurse the Knicks to a championship he can uncurse the Nintendo Classics with enough human monies.

Expansion Pack-level subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online will be getting some lost media and some burnable media in the first two weeks of August.

The first update on August 4 will see the previously unreleased Zero Racers and D-Hopper come to the Virtual Boy library. Originally announced in January, the games will accompany the promised update to allow for color customization instead of the standard Virtual Boy red.

Bulbasaur is loving this Northern Hemisphere summer because it's been perpetually humid.

The Pokemon Pokopia expansion pass announced last month has some new details and a first drop date.

A new town "Bubbly Basin" will be available on August 5, alongside a software update for all players that enables underwater exploration. The town will focus on aquatic (not necessarily Water-typed) Pokemon and building out an environment for them, alongside deep-sea exploration.

Featuring a game that, much like Drake, likes to strike a chord and that chord is...

There was a time in preparing this week's listing that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was the lowest ranked Switch 2 game by revenue - sadly, that was in the North American eShops where the rankings are based on revenue and the only part of the game listed for sale on Switch 2 is the upgrade pack. If the... Read more...

At least Square can't put THIS on a Game Key Card... oh crap, they just quoted Pierre Trudeau. ("Just watch me.")

It turns out Final Fantasy XIV will arrive on Switch 2 early in August.

As part of a fan festival in Germany for the popular MMO, it was confirmed that the Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV would go live on August 4. The game's eShop listing confirms a file size of 117 GB, though it cannot be downloaded yet: monthly subscriptions will be required following a roughly 1 month trial period.

Can't do much to make the acquisition of blades, the characters, or the plot better but at least it looks passable.

The RPG we don't talk about is getting a Switch 2 edition next week, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is getting another -saga Blade in the package.

An overview trailer for the game has been released claiming the July 30 patch (October 1 for a physical edition) will run at 4k resolution / 60 frames per second docked or 1080p / 60 FPS in handheld mode. Brief footage of the Merc Assault mode was also shown.

A single player focused Splatoon? In this economy?

All three regions in our tracking reached the age of majority in Switch 2 release count last week (Japan was over 20), and yet it's easy to argue that they're not as big combined as this week's major release. Splatoon Raiders blows out the single player mode of Splatoon, and at this point between... Read more...

One game in particular could see the News Editor team with a player he traded with this past weekend.

Although the 2026 Pokemon World Championships are still a month and a half out, we already have details on the 2027 schedule and one of the usual Elite Four games is getting bounced.

The biggest change in the program is the removal of Pokemon Unite from the circuit, with a standalone World Championship... Read more...

Which is to say, full price sucka.

For the second time in 72 hours Square Enix has shadow dropped one of its better received Switch RPGs on Switch 2, but is doing its previous buyers no favours.

A Switch 2 version of 2023's Star Ocean: The Second Story R was published on the eShop a short time ago for US$49.99 or equivalent. Web... Read more...

Just missed Wimbledon, and too early for Montreal / Toronto. Shame.

Mario Tennis Fever is rallying support with a new free update.

The version 1.1 update is heavily themed around Super Mario Galaxy, with the addition of a new "Galaxy Court" which introduces black holes which randomly absorb shots - or players - that end up in range. Special matches using Prankster Comets from the Galaxy endgames are also available on the court, and there are new color options when playing as Luma.

There's sixteen paths and this release strategy has annoyed people on all of them.

It was eight years ago that Octopath Traveler released on the original Switch, and Square Enix has decided to observe the anniversary with a pair of controversial release strategies.

A digital version of Switch 2 versions of Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II has appeared on the Japanese... Read more...

Including something that hasn't occurred since Switch 2 week 1.

After a weekend of grinding out my perfect Mewtwo trio (and not having to appear in an advertisement to get it) it's an overstuffed week of releases already. For one thing, the Switch 2 is hitting double digits BEFORE the Archives releases for the first time since week 1 with 11 games (12 in Japan,... Read more...

The white flag is out for the mobile racer / DLC source.

Another mobile Nintendo game is about to end service.

The website for Mario Kart Tour has posted a FAQ page announcing the shutdown of the game on September 30, 2026 at 2 a.m. ET. The game's premium content - the Gold Pass and "rubies" used for early unlocks of content - have been discontinued as of today, though all players who play between August 5 and the shutdown will get the Gold Pass benefits.

One of these feels way overdue.

A new update for the Nintendo Classics Game Boy and GBA apps tonight has brought three new Game Boy games and a single release with two different games for the Advance library.

Game Boy

Warning: The anime content this week is about 1.2 Crunchyroll.

We knew this was happening as of the Partner Showcase in February, but this week features so much anime - and possibly the eventual fate of Fire Emblem Heroes. Granblue Fantasy ReLink and Digimon Story: Time Stranger (both Switch 2 and Switch) are teaming up to bring so, so much shonen to Nintendo... Read more...