And it's two days long!?

The first Splatfest of Splatoon 3 has been announced, and it's running for two full days!

What would you rather bring to a deserted island: Gear, grub or fun? You'll get to state your favorite (or just side with your favorite member of Deep Cut) next weekend in the first post-launch Splatfest.... Read more...

Engage....with your waifu?

The opening act of the Nintendo Direct today was the return of classic heroes in Fire Emblem: Engage.

The latest mainline entry to the Fire Emblem franchise features new protagonist Alear, a customizable player avatar capable of summoning past Fire Emblem heroes via magical rings. Marth, Sigurd, and Celica were seen in gameplay, but other fan-favorites like Lyn and Micaiah could also be seen in stylized artwork.

Line forms for the happening bunker on the left, please.

The traditional pre-Tokyo Game Show presentation for Nintendo will return for another round.

Nintendo have announced a Direct tomorrow, to air at 10 a.m. EDT, 7 a.m. PDT, and 1600 CET. It is slated for roughly 40 minutes, and will focus on "Nintendo Switch games launching this winter".

This... Read more...

So, uh, anything important happening this week?

Things we missed last week: Champion Wrestler from Taito was the Archives game. Biting not included.

Last week had Splatoon 3, next week is nuts for me personally, and this week has the spectre of a potential Festivus declaration from Nintendo within an hour or two of this list going live. But... Read more...

Probably not worth extrapolating but a historical curiosity nonetheless.

Splatoon 3 has dominated the Japanese game sales charts with historic numbers.

Nintendo have confirmed that opening weekend sales for the shooter sequel totaled 3.45m units - the largest opening weekend game sales in Japanese history. Digital sales were included in the total.

The previous Switch... Read more...

It's inevitable, like the news desk not knowing any of the musical acts in it.

One of the top third party sellers on Nintendo platforms is returning with a new online focus.

Just Dance 2023 was announced in the Ubisoft Forward presentation for a holiday release on Switch, with a new emphasis on "playing with anyone" (implying cross-platform multiplayer) and the ability to form private groups of up to 6 dancers.

And this time, the hyped character is playable.

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope has unveiled what will be a part of the Gold edition, including a new playable character who has some history with the Rabbids.

During the Ubisoft Forward presentation today, it was announced that Sparks of Hope would have three DLC expansions in 2023, and the last one will add Rayman - who the Rabbids were originally spun off from - as a playable character.

When you need to be broken up, you can do stuff like this.

As part of their annual D23 event, Disney held a showcase today to show off several upcoming games published both by the company directly and from publishing partners.

Putting the "giant" in "giant enemy crab" this time.

The latest trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has unveiled new details about the world of Paldea and its resident.

The story will focus on a "treasure hunt", though a group of delinquent students known as Team Star will be in the way of the hunt. A second story known as "Victory Road" after... Read more...

Featuring the best selling game of September, and also Splatoon 3.

Last week: Pac and Pal added to the Archives.

Welp, some of us have been charged for it and even gotten the 10% Gold Point bonus for it, but it's finally here: Splatoon 3 opens at midnight EDT Friday morning. Though it won't win the NPDs in September (NBA 2k23 comes out the same day and sells on... Read more...

Clearly Rosalina was sick of sharing time in Vancouver with the Random Number Goddess.

Mario Kart Tour is dropping a major update soon that will remove one of the game's most controversial aspects.

Beginning on October 5, Tour will add a "Spotlight Shop" where units and gear will be made directly available for purchase using the ingame "rubies" currency: alongside this, the "summoning... Read more...

Given their location, this is starting to make PQube into Galarian Nicalis.

A third developer has come forward with accusations of improper business practices by frequent Switch publisher PQube.

Thailand-based Corecell Technology developed side-scrolling action game AeteronoBlade II, which was published in Europe by PQube in October 2019 (it was self-published in North... Read more...

Guess that'll be on the menu at TGS.

Another hand of the Voice of Cards series is going to be dealt in a couple of weeks.

Square Enix have released a new trailer showing the third game, subtitled "The Beasts of Burden" and launching digitally on September 13. It is available for digital preorder now.

The series launched its first... Read more...

Paint is intended to be toxic, after all.

Smeargle will have some art competition in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

After some teases in recent days, the Pokemon Company has revealed the new Poison/Normal typed Grafaiai in a new video (below). Its abilities are Poison Touch (percentage chance to poison on contact) or Unburden (double speed if no item is held).

Trinity Trigger from developer FuRyu is due out on Switch in early 2023.

Trinity Trigger is getting localized and coming to the west in early 2023 courtesy of publisher XSEED.

XSEED will handle publishing the game in North America, while Marvelous Europe will publish the game in Europe. Trinity Trigger launches in Japan on September 15. A demo is currently available on the Japanese Switch eShop.

The story's been done, so it's just the final countdown now.

Another Nintendo mobile project will be closing its doors at the end of November.

After its planned closure was announced in March, the end of service for the Nintendo and Cygames collaboration has been confirmed as November 30 at 1 a.m. ET (10 p.m. PT on the 29th).

The game's paid currency... Read more...

Curl up with a caramel and hot fudge pizza - and accept that yes, this IS a Jojo reference.

Things we missed last week: Super Volleyball in the archives.

It's amazing that as soon as the calendar turns over to September, the games just start spewing like a firehose. For my money - which will be spent gladly this weekend, but mostly in various 3DS DLC shops (assuming you linked your Nintendo... Read more...

One suspects it'll be about as effective as a YouTube subscription box.

After multiple reports about running Switch games on PC, a major name in PC game DRM has announced Switch "support".

The Denuvo DRM frequently seen on PC games has been adapted to the Switch successfully, according to its creator Irdeto. The company claims more than a thousand PC titles use the... Read more...

"And be sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell because YouTube's subscription boxes are about as useful as inhaling a Gordo."

Following the completion of Smash Ultimate, series lead Masahiro Sakurai is taking his talents to YouTube.

The technically independent developer has opened a channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games" that will go into his design philosophies and knowledge.

Sakurai had been posting... Read more...

Some pretty damning accusations made toward a regular Switch publisher.

A frequent Switch publisher is being accused of predatory business practices involving the release of an independent game planned for release shortly.

A Space for the Unbound is an adventure game set in Indonesia, which was developed by the Indonesian developer Mojiken and published by Toge Productions... Read more...