If you're playing the Toad drinking game, you should get a few hours into The Origami King before the liver taps out.

The last announced, dated, Nintendo published game that we know of right now drops on Friday: Paper Mario: The Origami King unfolds adventure, combat, and enough Toads to choke the Derby field. Games riding in the wake of a major Nintendo release include the farming remake Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, creepy action game Void Terrarium, and metallic strategy game Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus (delayed from its initial May launch).

Tear the humans apart with a sweet grappling hook.

Devolver's next Switch release will be ripping up the eShop in a couple of weeks, while they have acquired .

Olija, a swashbuckling platformer developed by The Skeleton Crew, will be launching on Switch in 2020. The game was originally set to be published by Unties.

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You never saw it coming....

Nintendo's reveal of a WayForward game today turned out to be more anime.

Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia is a new action title based on the Bakugan TCG and animated series. It will be published by WB Games on November 3, exclusively for the Switch.

Players will tour the world and build their team of monsters, and will be able to take their teams online.

If you like exploring, it may be worth avoiding the 1.1.2 update.

A patch to Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition was released last night, bringing the game to version 1.1.2. Alongside various changes such as fixing some subtitles in the Future Connected campaign and removing an exploit to skip one of the game's areas, one change has left players confused and frustrated.

Start the speculation about why Nintendo is showing off a WayForward developed game... now.

Treehouse Live will be returning tomorrow with another announcement from WayForward among the highlights.

Nintendo will be airing Treehouse Live - July 2020 tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. Pacific) on their YouTube and Twitch channels. Although designed to show off gameplay of Paper Mario: The Origami King, there will also be a "first reveal and gameplay for a title in a franchise new to developer WayForward!"

It'll take some doing, but you'll still be able to get your Switch copy honored.

Superhot Team announced their next title, SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE today, and anyone who purchases the original before it releases will be receiving the sequel for free. No Switch version of MIND CONTROL DELETE was announced, but fans who bought the game on Nintendo Switch still have a chance to receive the game for free.

Other things announced outside of Way Forward.

The delayed Limited Run Games E3 show dropped a bunch of new physical copies of previously eShop-only titles.

Among the prominent titles receiving cartridge form are the Castlevania Anniversary Collection and the Grandia HD Collection, bringing Konami and GungHo Entertainment into the fold. The retailer will open preorders for the Grandia collection on August 7, while the Castlevania Collection will launch sometime in Q3.

Including a whole lot of Shantae. (Paging Zach.)

The Limited Run Expo has kicked off with a bunch of WayForward-related announcements.

The first two announcements were the first two Shantae games - the 2001 Game Boy Color original and 2010 DSiWare sequel Shantae: Risky's Revenge will both release on Switch later this year. Physical versions of... Read more...

Sadly, this doesn't involve making Gretzky bleed, but the chances are no longer 0.

Nintendo's latest update to the Switch Online subscriptions includes a classic platformer and a new publisher getting on board.

An update on July 15 will include 1994's Donkey Kong Country and Virtual Console regular Natsume Championship Wrestling coming to the Super Nintendo library. The NES library will only add a single game, but it will be the 1991 Electronic Arts-published The Immortal.

I am the bone of my skillet.

Everyday♪ Today's MENU for EMIYA Family will be receiving a North American release, Aniplex announced Sunday as part of Aniplex Online Fest.

Based on the manga and anime series of the same title, Everyday♪ Today's MENU for EMIYA Family is a cooking game featuring characters from Fate/Stay... Read more...

This week's releases feature plenty of caveats.

If you're diving into one of the two mutual North American/European releases this week, you're going to want to do some reading first. For Catherine: Full Body, I recommend Matt's review of the Switch port, as well as Syrenne's spoilery articles on the new content in particular (disclaimer: the author... Read more...

Time to blow off some steam

Two of the most acclaimed indie titles from the last ten years, SteamWorld Dig, its sequel SteamWorld Dig 2 and SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition are receiving limited physical editions as part of a Super Rare Games release. Super Rare Games is known for giving some well-deserving digital-only indie... Read more...

Prominent players, broadcasters, and tournament organizers: all are involved.

The Super Smash Bros competitive scene is reeling this evening following multiple allegations of sexual assault among prominent community figures.

Allegations of assault, child grooming, and unwanted imagery have been levied against players such as Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada, D'Ron "D1" Maingrette... Read more...

Class VII is now in session.

The big one of the week - and a game that is appropriately timed to kick off #JRPGJuly - is The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, and I don't just mean the big one in terms of price. There's also gameplay and content as well. (And as a fun treat, you can get the Digital Deluxe version for the same price as the regular one until July 7, aka bunny suits for all).

Coming bundled with a carry pouch, the Nano Enhanced Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch is meant for gaming on the go.

The Nano Enhanced Wireless Controller is coming out this August from reliable Nintendo third-party accessory company PowerA.

Retailing for $49.99, the smaller controller is modeled after the Switch Pro Controller or more specifically, PowerA's own Enhanced Wireless Controller. Charging via a USB-C-powered... Read more...

Like Club Nintendo Picross, except with more hedgehogs.

Jupiter is hooking Picross up to blast processing.

As part of BitSummit Gaiden, Jupiter announced Picross S: Mega Drive & Mark III Edition. No release date was given for the game, which will pay tribute to the systems known as the Genesis and the Sega Master System in North America.

With the option to play way more for just one purchase.

Players will be able to try a big portion of the upcoming remaster of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

A new trailer for the game announced a Lite edition to come out the same day as the full game (August 27). Players will be able to play with full multiplayer for three missions, and connecting to a purchased copy will allow for playing up to 13 dungeons.

A busy week for the retro throwback kings.

Inti Creates made a pair of announcements at the overnight (North America time) opening of BitSummit Gaiden.

The first is a release date for Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, which was unveiled at the New Game Plus expo earlier this week. The sequel to 2018's classic whipper will land on July 10, and it can be preloaded now for US$14.99. All of the original game's characters will return for the sequel.

The suns are back!

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer on Nintendo Switch has been updated to version 1.0.1. This update fixes multiple issues that were present in the launch version of the game. Lens flares and their accompanying sources are back in place and motion controls can now be toggled from the options menu.

While... Read more...

The German judge gives that dive a "nein".

The first of two summer updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will add some new encounters and ways to find treasure.

Launching on July 3, the update will add the ability to find items underwater which can be donated or traded to Pascal for new DIY recipes. Gulliver will also appear with a pirate theme.