That's an awful lot of games for 20 minutes.

In addition to two shadowdrops and a major Microsoft announcement, the Indie World presentation dropped details on 24 other games coming to Switch in the near future.

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One of gaming's best-looking and worst-kept secrets.

Following Cuphead's Switch release earlier this year, another Microsoft published independent smash is head to Switch next month.

Ori and the Blind Forest, Moon Studio's 2015 exploration platformer that was previously an Xbox and Microsoft Store exclusive, is coming to the Switch on September 27. The game is published by Xbox Game Studios.

And it's just like the ocean under the moon...

Both of the shadowdrops from today's Indie World are hot.

Superhot and the Hotline Miami Collection will both be available on Switch today. Both games are priced at US$24.99.

Superhot is a combination of first person shooter and the "enemies move when you move" flavor of rougelikes, allowing... Read more...

Hack and slash meets pinball in a couple of weeks.

A unique hack and slasher will hit the Switch in a couple of weeks.

Creature in the Well, previously announced in this spring's Nindies Showcase, will hit full release on September 6. The Unreal Engine 4 game combines pinball and hack/slash elements into a unique adventure style.

Mighty Yell presents The Big Con, which is probably coming to Switch but isn't official yet.

The Big Con is the first game from Mighty Yell and pitches itself as a '90s-inspired comedy adventure where you play a high school girl trying to shake down the mall to save her mom's video store.

While not 100% confirmed for Switch, the team has access to a Switch dev kit, so it's very likely. Mighty Yell has experience on the Nindie side of things, with developers who have worked on everything from Runbow to Guacamelee 2.

Try and wrap your head around one of the items.

As part of the opening ceremonies for the 2019 World Pokémon Championships in Washington DC, some new information was revealed for Pokémon Sword and Shield.

A Battle Stadium will be available for multiplayer: ranked and casual battles will be available, as well as online competitions that can be hosted by players and the ability to use rental Pokémon. Nintendo Switch Online will be required for access to the Battle Stadium.

Could the Gamescom/PAX doubleheader be off?

A live video presentation Monday will lay out upcoming Switch indie games.

Nintendo will be airing a "Indie World" video Monday morning (August 19) at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT / 1500 CET. The video will be approximately 20 minutes long.

"Indie World" has been used for independent games-focused... Read more...

The #1 slot wasn't going to be a contest if you knew the release schedule.

Although there was a pigskin in the room in the July schedule, Nintendo software dominated July once again for the NPD Group's US sales survey.

All data is for the period of July 7 to August 3, and is based on revenue unless noted.

In hardware, the Switch was the top selling platform of July... Read more...

Seed Interactive stopped by the Talk Nintendo Podcast to give us all the details on their latest project.

Seed Interactive officially unveiled their second Switch title, StarBlox Inc., on the latest episode of the Talk Nintendo Podcast (episode 152). Blending a Tetris styled puzzler with a fighting game, it aims to capitalize on frantic local multiplayer fun. The developers, who also worked on Skies of Fury DX, plan to release the game sometime this fall.

I'd buy that at a high price.

A filing with the US Federal Communications Commission suggests that a first party Bluetooth-powered Super Nintendo controller may be coming for Switch soon.

The filing was made available this morning, though all photographs taken as part of the testing are locked until February 6 of next year.... Read more...

Celebrate with your humble news editor as he officially departs the demographic advertisers give a damn about.

Editor's note: Donald is on a vacation this week, so instead we'll be prepping the thread with some of the best of his recent Tweets. Please enjoy this lack of effort that goes with this week being a holiday week in Japan.

Inspired by @jtsknight92 I want to do a piece on Nintendo and doom, but I don't know how long it would take to go through 130 years of history.

A collection of Two Tribes' 2001-2019 catalog all in one boxed set.

Super Rare Games is at it again, switching things up with their next release. The previously announced Toki Tori 1 and 2+ puzzlers will now be packaged alongside the robot-hacking shooter Rive, as well as the original Toki Tori Game Boy Color Version, the recently released block-matching game Swap This! and a demo of an unreleased project "Three Tribes".

The Switch is just leaning into this whole doom thing.

Switch Online's NES library is picking up two games in August that haven't been seen in nearly three decades.

Arriving on the 21st of this month, August's releases are Vice: Project Doom and Kung-Fu Heroes for the west. Vice: Project Doom is a 1991-published action game from Sega owners Sammy,... Read more...

Taking the Final Fantasy Legend to its illogical extreme.

2020 will see the release of an RPG where you truly are what you eat.

Bite the Bullet, a previously announced for PC shooter with procedural generation, will come to Switch early next year as well. After filling enemies full of lead, the playable character can eat the remais which has a dramatic effect on their stat growth.

...are the evil team really just fanboys and fangirls?

The latest trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield has revealed new Pokémon and the evil group that will be dogging your adventure in the Galar region.

Pokémon

Some existing Pokémon will have Galar-specific forms, similar to the Alolan forms of the Sun and Moon games. A Galarian Weezing was shown, with giant smokestacks emerging from it, and a Poison/Fairy typing with the traditional Levitate ability.

What is it with these small towns?

An intriguing looking horror game has picked up a veteran publisher ahead of its Switch release later this year.

Wired Productions (GRIP: Combat Racing, Vostok Inc) have announced their status as the publisher of Those Who Remain. Developed by British studio Camel 101, the game stars a man named Edward who has to survive exploration in the town of Dormont.

This one came around in January.

Oriignally shown in January's Nintendo Indie Showcase, Children of Morta will be hitting the eShop in a couple of months.

Set on Mount Morta, the randomly generated RPG has been announced for a Switch release on October 15. A new trailer (below) shows off more of the game.

Children of Morta's eShop price will be US/€21.99, and a physical version will be distributed by Merge Games at the same time.

The shiny digital future claims another victim.

Not even the Number One Dime will let you get the remastered Ducktales after Friday.

Capcom have announced that the 2013 Wii U release Ducktales Remastered will be removed from the eShop sometime during the day on Friday. 4:59 PM PT is the quoted removal time. It will be available for 75% off (US/C$3.74) until the delisting occurs.

Straight list today due to a weekendus horriblus.

Switch eShop

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition (US$49.99/C$62.99)

Tactics V: Obsidian Brigade ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil ($19.99/$25.19: Friday)

Quench ($19.99/$24.99: Wednesday)

Damsel ($16.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

If the game in North America is 1-2-Switch, we riot.

Nintendo of Europe has announced Switch Online trials similar to the one for Captain Toad in Japan, and it's a game that would actually use Switch Online.

From 7 - 13 August, European region (including Australia) Switch Online members will be able to download and play all of Mario Tennis Aces. The trial is on the eShop now for download.