A week of sword boys, kangaroo, and a longer June.

Things we missed last week: Data East's Trio The Punch in the Archives.

Last week had the lowest total all year that wasn't explainable by a holiday, and this week's starting out as quiet. If you'd like to get a Warriors fix but want a game with more bishonen by volume than Three Hopes, Koei Tecmo's... Read more...

Featuring three strange new worlds and at least one new civilization.

The Switch's first Star Trek game will drop out of warp this fall. Outright Games announced this morning during their OG Unwrapped digital presentation that the new game based on Nickelodeon's kid focused Star Trek series will arrive on Switch this October. It will feature first contact with a brand-new... Read more...

And the price is exactly what it says in the subtitle.

The multiplayer mayhem of Fall Guys is finally coming to Switch with a perfect entry price.

The bean-running game, which was announced for Switch in a Nintendo Direct in February 2021, will finally come out on June 21. During the interim, developer Mediatonic was acquired by Epic Games, resulting in the Switch version coming with the game's transition to a free to play model.

North America is getting a lot of stuff this week that was already out in Europe - and in some cases, should've STAYED there.

Things we missed last week: In addition to the Indie World shadowdrops (Soundfall, Mini Motorways, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, OPUS: Echoes of Starsong), Card Shark got a demo, and Pro Tennis World Court is the new ACA game.

It's a quiet-looking week - though we said that last week and ended up with... Read more...

"I find your lack of employee protections disturbing."

The power of intergalactic conflict carried the month of April in the latest sales survey from the NPD Group.

All sales based on dollar sales from April 3 - 30, unless otherwise indicated; Nintendo does not contribute eShop sales data for first party titles.

A tight month for the hardware race... Read more...

And then, there was one... for now.

Kirby is about to say "hiiiii~" to the N64 library for the Switch Online Expansion Pack.

The 2000 platformer will be added to the library on May 20. The last game in the "Dark Matter" trilogy of Kirby games (with Dream Land 2 on the Game Boy and 3 on the Super Nintendo), it offered a psuedo-3D perspective years before Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

Final release date TBA, but at least we know the format and have a window

The story of Alan Wake is coming to the Switch - officially.

In a 12th anniversary video (embedded below), the first minute shows off-screen footage of the remaster running on a Switch Lite. Remedy later confirmed that the title would launch this fall, natively (not a cloud title) but digital only.

...yes, they literally only said "soon". Deal with it.

UPDATE 9:40pm ET May 16: The Pokemon Company has tweeted that maintenance for Home will begin at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. Pacific tomorrow and will end at 2 a.m. ET Wednesday / 11 p.m. PT tomorrow, roughly. Following the maintenance, version 2 of Home will be available for both Switch and mobile. A note... Read more...

A little something for everyone from planters to OS engineers.

Alongside today's four releases and the demo for Card Shark, a large group of upcoming indie titles were revealed for Switch in today's Indie World.

Fo(u)r those who just can't wait.

As is tradition, a couple of the games announced during the Indie World Showcase are coming to Switch immediately. Both Soundfall and Mini Motorways will be available later today. Soundfall, developed by Drastic Games, is a rhythm-based dungeon crawler. Playable alone or with up to three other people... Read more...

The mob apparently charges more than EA can stand for naming rights.

This year's FIFA games will be the last to bear the organization's name - at least from Electronic Arts.

In a statement on the EA website, the company confirmed today that starting in 2023, the licensed soccer game will be branded "EA Sports FC". Existing exclusive agreements with top soccer federations... Read more...

"This aquatic monster couldn't be any more of a pain in the a... oh, it's in lava now."

Capcom has unveiled new details for next month's Sunbreak expansion of Monster Hunter Rise.

A preview video for the June 30 expansion showed a returning monster - Seregios, a flagship monster of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - as well as an ice version of Somnacath and a lava-based version of the aquatic... Read more...

That would be tomorrow as of press time.

Nintendo's first declaration of independents for this year is due tomorrow.

An Indie World presentation has been announced to air tomorrow (May 11) at 7 a.m. PT, 10 a.m. ET, and 1400 UTC. It will run for 20 minutes.

The last Indie World aired in December, featuring the shadowdrop of Chicory: A Colorful Tale among others.

Does it take a thousand arms to hold all the money Nintendo made in the last fiscal year?

Nintendo have released their results for the fiscal year spanning April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 overnight (NA tiime), along with their estimates for the now-current fiscal year.

All numbers reported in yen: a rounded comparison based on current exchange rate of 130.199 yen to the US$ is provided for clarification only.

It took 100 years to build this list.

Things we missed last week: Taito's Fighting Hawk was the Archives release.

A bit of an odd week this week, as the biggest title in terms of cost snuck out a few months ago following the Nintendo Direct in The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. A detective noir adventure game might seem like a good... Read more...

And also PC but mostly Switch

Originally called Eversleep, the newly re-titled Lunistice will be coming to Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC, on September 2, 2022. Lunistice is a 3D platformer heavily inspired by PS1/Sega Saturn era graphics. It began life as a "30 day challenge" while the developer took a break from their other title (A rail shooter also previously referred to as Lunistice) before this new game took center stage.

The end of an era.

The Nintendo Experience, the second-floor expansion to the Swanston Street EB Games store in Melbourne, Australia, has reportedly been closed as of last weekend.

The section has been an iconic fixture of the store for Melbourne visitors since December 2008 and featured a wide variety of Nintendo-themed... Read more...

Serendipity is when a RiffTrax game comes out on the week of Star Wars Day (May 6).

Things we missed last week: Archives release is Namco's JP/Asia only release Youkai Douchuki. Also, if someone reading this can read Japanese and has an interest in strategy RPGs, LilyDeux Black Lily Warning dropped last week and claims to be a SRPG that does not use random number generations (accuracy, critical hits) but is also Japanese-language only despite a worldwide release.

It seems like that's a low price at 0.04 Bethesda.

After nearly a decade and a half, Square Enix is selling their largest Western subsidiary.

The Embracer Group (parent company of THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive, Gearbox, and Aspyr Multimedia) have entered into an agreement to purchase the previous assets of Eidos - including the development studio Crystal Dynamics - for US$300m. In the deal, Embracer will become the owners of properties such as Tomb Raider, Thief, and Deus Ex.

Apparently Chris Pratt really IS getting booked for everything.

Mario Time will now start in theaters next year.

A tweet from the Nintendo regional accounts (signed by Shigeru Miyamoto) announced that the Illumination Pictures-helmed Mario animated movie would now debut in 2023. The North American release is slated for April 7, 2023 with a Japanese release following on the 28th.