Somehow, it seems unlikely that either one of those were on anyone's radar this week.

The new Atari is going to two extremes with a remaster and a new game collection announced today.

After retail leaks earlier today, Atari officially confirmed a remastered edition of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee would be available for Switch 2 and Switch on November 3. The remaster will run the game under Unreal Engine 5, and the Switch 2 version will have a physical release.

Come for the free upgrades, stay for a pretty good pun actually.

Fellow Traveler (publishers of 1000xResist and the Citizen Sleeper games among others) held their first showcase focused on story-laden games this year. The new Switch 2 and Switch items from the show:

And a surprising number of them are cross-platform for Switch owners.

The annual Wholesome Games showcase did slow down slightly this year compared to previous years but there was still plenty of things for Switch 2 and Switch.

The Southeast Asian Games showcase saved the best bits for the end.

One of the more popular indie games on Switch has a sequel that's headed to Nintendo's sequel.

The last announcement of the Summer Game Fest-aligned Southeast Asian Games Showcase revealed a new trailer for HOA 2, a sequel to the overhead adventure that launched on the original Switch in 2021. The sequel will come out on Switch 2 this fall.

Guess we're not getting a Rise followup anytime soon.

It appears Capcom woke up one morning and chose violence, as Monster Hunter Wilds is confirmed to be in development for Switch 2.

Following the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance at Summer Game Fest earlier today (the equivalent to Sunbreak for Monster Hunter Rise), Capcom posted... Read more...

Shout out to the first demo at the last E3 (at least for the news desk).

The palate cleanser to Summer Game Fest every year is the Day of the Devs, and the Switch / Switch 2 got some love there as well.

No Bubsy this year, thankfully.

The annual Summer Game Fest presentation started and ended with major games coming to Switch 2 among other platforms.

The troubled road to Bloodborne Kart continues.

We finally have a date for the Nintendo debut of the game that killed more websites than SQL injection.

Publisher Bandai Namco have locked in an August 28 release for the From Software developed Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition. Originally released in 2022 for PC and Sony / Microsoft consoles, "Tarnished Edition" also includes the 2024 expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.

"No Rest for the Wicked" implies that its own devs are wicked, which ia just wrong.

Sony's second State of Play was one of the first centerpiece presentations on this week's schedule of reveal shows, and it did bring things beyond Rayman Legends: Retold:

To infinity and beyond!

Atari has announced that Digital Eclipse will be releasing a collection of classic Toy Story video games alongside a remaster of the Toy Story 3 video game. They are scheduled for release on October 15, and will release in physical and digital forms on both Switch and Switch 2.

Toy Story: Retro Roundup! includes:

For the Switch 2's first anniversary, we get to greet the most annoying Chad in video games since Warden.

As is standard for the week of Too Many Game Presentations (the news desk is already stocking up on amphetamines for the Wholesome Direct on Saturday), it's a slow week in terms of quantity compared to most. There is one Big Deal game for Switch 2 owners for its first birthday, though, as Final Fantasy... Read more...

That's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4" as opposed to "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" which can vote now.

For the first time in thirteen years a Nintendo system is getting its Call of Duty on.

Nintendo is confirming that this year's Call of Duty, "Modern Warfare 4", will release on Switch 2 October 23 - the same day as it releases on PlayStation 5, PC, and the Xbox Series. This is the first Call of Duty on a Nintendo console since 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts launched on the Wii U.

We will not pay all of the human monies for this.

The prototypical collectathon is coming to N64 next week.

Nintendo has confirmed that 1999's Donkey Kong 64 will make its way to the Nintendo Classics library for N64 next week (the trailer below shows June 3, likely the night of June 2 in North America). The game is infamous for having multiple collectables locked to one of the five playable characters in the game.

And we have a Prime 4 situation on our hands.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Dragon Quest series, and there are a few announcements for Switch and Switch 2 to celebrate.

Instead of enjoyable game, received scope-crept "souls"like. Would not buy again.

The big release of the week comes from the indie side of the aisle - for a certain definition of indie - as Yacht Club Games returns with their first original property in a dozen years with Mina the Hollower. And based on the promoted size of the games - "over 1200 screens, 17 areas", and so forth...... Read more...

And now, a slopping forecast from Environment Canada at 0200 UTC on 19 May: a 90% chance of Roblox derivatives and excessive Midjourney in simulation areas.

This week is notable largely for the release of Nintendo's first game of the "digital is cheaper" era in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which I hope is the same book Goombella uses to call the AI obsessed what they are. There's also Tales of Arise from Bamco, a couple of multiplatform games in Coffee... Read more...

And today we learned there's at least one team at Nintendo with a two drink minimum.

For the second time in less than a year, Nintendo is releasing a new mobile game.

A Nintendo Today update has shown a game called "PictoNico!" which will launch on May 28. The game combines basic photo editing (with new photos taken in the app, and people specifically used) and WarioWare-style microgames.

Mr. Armstrong would be impressed by how much of a stretch "Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy" is.

The ill-fated Virtual Boy library for the Expansion Pack has dropped a full hand of new games tonight.

Although not officially cited, there's four things that can explain this move.

The inevitably execrable Legend of Zelda film adaptation has had its release date moved again, but this time it's actually moving up.

Nintendo creative fellow Shigeru Miyamoto took to Nintendo's social media channels a short time ago to confirm the Sony Pictures production would now launch on April 30, 2027. Originally planned for March 26, the film was bumped back to May 7 last year.

Get used to the bundle price.

The "game included" cost of a Switch 2 might be the base price in the fall, but it's offering a choice this summer.

Nintendo has announced the US$499.99 bundle for Switch 2 will offer a choice between three of Switch 2's biggest games - Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokemon Pokopia - beginning in early June. The games will be included as a digital download code.