The Wii U is approaching maximum stability.

After two and a half years, the Wii U has received a system update.

We're only two days away from its successor's fourth anniversary, but Nintendo seems to still remember the Wii U enough to make small changes after all these years. A new firmware update was quietly released today, bringing the... Read more...

For the first time in a month there's nothing either unlocking or preloading on my Switch... whoops, there's Gnosia.

Maybe I'll have time to catch up on a bunch of stuff that came out in February, as for me March is coming in like a lamb. Although the big game is Natsume taking Harvest Moon into the open world with the appropriately named One World, my attention is focused on the Playism-localized visual novel Gnosia (as featured in last December's Indie World and then immediately vented, but I'll say no more).

Apparently

In a somewhat odd move, Forever Entertainment's official Panzer Dragoon twitter account seems to have confirmed a release window for Panzer Dragoon II Zwei Remake in the replies of another tweet. The reply confirms that the game is aiming for a release sometime this year.

We're planning to release Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake this year. 😎

"Where is your god now?" "Uh, they're in my Switch."

The next game from Game Freak is a tale of myth and legend.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus, launching in early 2022, is set in the Sinnoh region several hundred years before the events of Diamond and Pearl. Although the battles will be traditional, the world will be fully open for exploration.

Players... Read more...

Heading back to the world that first brought us online and Garchomp.

Pokemon's 25th anniversary will be headlined by a celebration of a 15th.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the original 2006 DS releases that will release on Switch in "late 2021". The games will be developed by ILCA, who also created the Pokemon Home app for Switch and mobile.

It's a coming-of-age story about a girl and the family heirloom mech she loses.

Stonefly is a tranquil mech action-adventure game coming to Switch this summer from developer Flight School Studios (2019's Creature in the Well) and MWM Interactive.

Players control Annika, a young female inventor who goes on a quest to recover her dad's prized mech after she loses it. Along... Read more...

Time to take the plunge

Unknown Worlds announced today that the oceanic adventure Subnautica and it's sequel Subnautica: Below Zero will launch on the Nintendo Switch on May 14th. While Subnautica: Below Zero has been in early access for quite some time, both it and its predecessor were revealed to be coming to Switch during... Read more...

Really though, what's wrong with being friendly with a thoroughbred?

NIS America is returning to high school this fall with a newly-announced localization.

Announced in the Japanese-language Nintendo Direct last week for a June 2021 release in Japan, The Caligula Effect 2 has been picked up for localization by NISA with a "Fall" release date listed. A limited retail edition is now available on the NIS America online store, as is company policy.

Before you crack Among Us jokes, this is a single player game.

A featured game from the last Indie Showcase will be hitting next week.

The sci-fi visual novel Gnosia, previously announced for localization in December, will launch on Switch next Thursday (March 4) after originally targeting a "late January" date. The retail price will be US$24.99 or equivalent.

Will the Hoopanings leave everyone Infernape? Only one way to find out.

Pokemon's 25th anniversary is this Saturday and we're getting some announcements the day before.

The Pokemon Company will air a "Pokemon Presents" video tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1600 CET, or midnight on the 27th JST. No length has been given for the video TPC have confirmed the video will be approximately 20 minutes long.

Replace corn with bananas and you get the idea.

Missing some side-scrolling Kong action? Well, Stitchy in Tooki Trouble from developer Polygoat will soon be running and jumping all over your Switch screen. Set against a colorful backdrop, players will guide Stitchy through over 25 stages in this experience designed for all ages. Take on mine cart rides, boss battles, and fire-breathing robots on your quest to reclaim your corn from the evil Tooki.

Probably should have come out 29 days later, but what do I know.

The Switch is rapidly becoming the home for wayward Star Wars.

Aspyr Media's next re-release of a classic Star Wars game will be 2005's Star Wars: Republic Commando, which is available for preload now and will release on April 6 for $14.99.

Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter... Read more...

The tag team of swords gets the full Sakurai, as expected.

The next Smash character demo is a bit more than a week away.

A demonstration video for Pyra and Mythra, announced for Smash Ultimate last week in the Nintendo Direct, will air next Thursday (March 4) at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT / 1500 CET. The video will be roughly 35 minutes long.

The video will be focused entirely on Pyra and Mythra with accompanying Mii costumes and other items: no other fighters will be discussed.

Before they become Blizzard, Vicarious Visions is doing one last job on a Nintendo platform.

Tony Hawk is returning to Nintendo platforms for the first time in a decade as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2021.

Activision confirmed to us that Vicarious Visions, the developer of the original Xbox One/PlayStation 4 release in 2020, is returning to port the... Read more...

What else is out this week besides Bravely Default: The New Class?

It's the rare occasion in which you can debate whether a Nintendo published game is the big game of the week: Bravely Default III: This Time It's Personal is countered by the full release of Persona 5 Strikers to give those who enjoy RPGs a coronary. But this week is busy even beyond that: the planning spreadsheet for this week runs 40 deep and it took two and a half hours to load the list.

One of Nintendo's recent partners is bringing their competitive fighter to the portable arena.

The Switch will soon be home to another technical fighter.

Arika have announced an exclusive-to-Switch version of their Fighting EX Layer games - Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash - will come to Switch as at least a timed exclusive. More details on the game are expected on April 1, though Arika have already confirmed rollback netcode will be added post-launch with delay-based netcode in the game at launch.

Win yourselves an entry into the hottest game of team-based urban dodgeball in town!

Enter to win a code into the closed beta for the newly revealed multiplayer "dodgebrawl" game "Knockout City" from Electronic Arts and Velan Studios! The closed beta runs Saturday and Sunday on PC in the NA and EU regions, so suit up!

And don't forget to check out our hands-on preview of "Knockout City" to get a taste of the action!

Stones of Jordan do not refer to one of our review editors.

The Arcade Collection isn't Blizzard's only return to the old school for Switch.

The long-rumored Diablo II remaster will come to Switch this year - with cross-platform play - as Diablo II: Resurrected. The original PC title released in 2000, though was made compatible with modern PCs as late as 2015.

"The stage is set, the green flag drops..."

Blizzard has announced a return to their days as Sculptured Software at this weekend's BlizzCon.

The Blizzard Arcade Collection is a compilation of three 1993-94 games that all appeared on the Super Nintendo: co-op puzzle platformer The Lost Vikings, futuristic combat racer Rock 'n Roll Racing,... Read more...

The monsters in this presentation are a lot bigger, on average, than the monsters we'll be presented with next week.

Capcom is throwing a Monster Hunter week to get everyone ready for Rise.

The first presentation will be an update video for Monster Hunter Rise and Stories 2, which will air Monday, March 8 at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT. A hunting tutorial and developer Q&A will follow on Tuesday at the same time, with a community live stream to air at a time to be announced on the 11th (Thursday).