At which point at least one member of staff had to rehinge their jaw.

About two thirds of the long-running Trails series of RPGs is on Switch currently, and it appears Falcom is going back to fill in some of the gaps.

During a highlight reel today, a new version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (known as Trails in the Sky The 1st) was shown with a 2025... Read more...

Heck of a way to kick off a show.

Digital Eclipse won't just be morphin' this year, as they're also going all in on classic puzzles.

The opening reveal for the Partner Showcase portion of today's doubleheader was Tetris Forever, a combination of different classic versions of Tetris as well as a new multiplayer mode that switches... Read more...

Missed something from the first part of the doubleheader? We got your back.

What can you go get right now?

It's a beautiful day. Let's stream two.

When asked whether they would hold an Indie World or a Partner Showcase this month, Nintendo apparently said "yes".

Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1600 CEST, there will be an Indie World show immediately followed by a Partner Showcase presentation. The combined show will run for roughly 40 minutes.

Featuring only a minor case of executive overreach.

Things we missed last week: Taito's The Ninja Kids in the Archives, and a late entry for Star Trader (wait, Falcom made a shooter?) in the EggConsole line.

In words I never thought I'd write in this space even after a shocking remake, we have a new entry in the Famicom Detective Club series this... Read more...

Who had Fire Emblem and Pikmin as the last ones standing in Nintendo's mobile strategy?

The fire is soon about to be extinguished for the free-to-start version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

An in-game announcement was posted this morning confirming the wind down of the online services would occur at midnight JST on November 29 (or 11am EST on the 28th). The game monetized through... Read more...

This story is about as efficient as the country from where it originated.

The Switch had some brief moments to shine during the Gamescom Opening Night Live show that just wrapped up in Cologne, Germany.

During the show, the release date for Civilization 7 (announced in June) was officially confirmed for February 11, 2025. The game will adopt standard MSRPs according... Read more...

The old card factory got some new tricks.

Nintendo has taken the wraps off a showcase of its rich history.

As announced yesterday, Nintendo aired a 13 minute video showing off its new Kyoto-based museum. Opening on October 2, the museum is housed in a refurbished card production factory from their days as a producer of hanafuda cards and... Read more...

Of course, we're still waiting for Deca Police too.

Level-5 has had to confirm a delay for one of their planned 2024 releases.

The company announced today that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - announced in February with a planned October 10 launch date - has been delayed. No reason was given for the delay.

A new window will be announced... Read more...

Hope Nintendo's ready to forward some copyright infringment lawsuits.

Things we missed last week: Namco's fighting game Knuckle Heads (1993) in the Archives and adventure title Farewell North.

Last week was apparently a holiday week in Japan, so if we want to slow down on the shadowdrops, AI stuff, and "hentai" this week that'd be fine by me. As for relevant things,... Read more...

"Dedicated to a single game" my shiny metal *radio edit*

Previous years have had a single-game Direct in August: although we'll get such a Direct this year, it won't have a game focus at all.

Nintendo has announced a "Nintendo Museum Direct" will air tomorrow at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET / 2300 CET. The ten minute show will feature a tour of the new museum in Kyoto all about Nintendo history ahead of its opening this fall.

There's at least one Kickstarter backer looking to be credited as Jay Obber.

The Eric Moussambani of Switch crowdfunding continues to struggle with launching the game.

Backers were notified today - one week ahead of the latest scheduled release date of August 23 - that the game was delayed due to an unspecified date. The email notification confirmed that although the original code for the game was done, the game had not yet gone through Nintendo's approval process, so no new date was provided.

One of the more unique prelaunch promos we've seen.

The early cases of the new Famicom Detective Club will be available starting on Monday night (ET).

Nintendo have announced an expanding demo for August's Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club. The first episode will be available on August 19 (Monday) at 9 p.m. ET, with additional episodes released on the 22nd (Thursday) and 27th (Tuesday) ahead of the full launch on the 29th.

Luckily there shouldn't be anything around it.

A busy September has added just a bit more whimsy.

Devolver Digital have announced the side scrolling platformer The Plucky Squire will release on September 17 for Switch and other platforms.

The Plucky Squire was announced in 2022 as a collaboration between former Game Freak employee James Turner and Curve Digital founder/Fluidity lead Jonathan Biddle.

No listing in NA as of yet, but there's a chance of Greg being a harbinger.

A game many never expected to be localized looks like it's coming to the West after all, if an Australian eShop listing is any indication.

A listing for Good-Feel's Mameda no Bakeru - a spiritual successor to Konami's Goemon games that were created by the future founders of Good-Feel - has been... Read more...

Arceus save me from this sea of AI generated crap for my birthday, please.

Things we missed last week: Tecmo's Stackers (1995 puzzle game) in the Archives and the standalone versions of classic Doom I and II were combined into a new package (for less money and with better WAD support) at QuakeCon with the standalone versions being discontinued. Note that if you own both (as I did) it's a free download.

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Adding Breath of the Wild exploration to a 2D world sounds like something Reese would cook up.

We have new details about the exploration of next month's Echoes of Wisdom.

The near-six minute long trailer (available below) shows how Zelda navigates the world, showing the now-ubiquitous races such as Zora (in both Sea and River residence) and Gorons as well as some Deku Scrubs. Some new abilities... Read more...

A summer vacation, an isekai, and an otome sounds like the setup for a joke. It's not. It's just the tip of the anime spear.

Things we missed last week: World of Goo 2 came out at $29.99 US or equivalent, and Konami's boxing title The Final Round was the Archives release.

The top of the card seems pretty straight forward this week: the big games as featured in the last Indie World show are the double-shot of RPG that... Read more...