A heavy focus on splats and fists

A full Nintendo Direct will be airing on Wednesday.

The Direct will air at 6 pm Eastern / 3 pm Pacific / midnight CET / 8 am JST and both 3DS and Switch will be discussed, with an emphasis on Splatoon 2 and ARMS.

Nintendo Direct incoming! Tune in 4/12 at 3 PM PT. pic.twitter.com/SFHXEaFQIc

Is the more stunning development the European date for a Nicalis game, or the two Wii U disc games?

Some release date updates for April to June on Nintendo consoles:

This week's article is best viewed in tate mode.

There's a lot of shooting in them thar eShops this week, mostly of the scrolling variety. Although North America and Europe get LEGO City Undercover, after that it's bullets everywhere. The big eShop release of the week, for instance, is Graceful Explosion Machine, one of the early entries from the late February indie showcase.

Dibs on the former Sonics and their damn MVP.

Arcade basketball will be hitting the Switch in the midst of the NBA playoffs.

Saber Interactive has picked up the NBA license for NBA Playgrounds, a 2-on-2 arcade hoops title which will launch on Switch next month for $20. The game will feature current stars and legendary former players such as Allen Iverson.

In all of its myriad forms.

Following the launch of Binding of Isaac Afterbirth, Nicalis's next physical re-release is a couple of months away.

Cave Story+, an enhanced version of the PC freeware/WiiWare/3DS title, will launch in both physical and digital forms for North America on June 20 for a MSRP of US$29.99. Other pricing is to be announced.

The sequel to the 2014 adventure darling is now a Switch game.

A follow-up game to a 2014 adventure hit originally planned for Wii U has moved to Switch.

In a note posted on developer Over the Moon's website, the game was reconfirmed for a Q3 2017 (July - September) release, and also that the Wii U version had been cancelled in favor of a Switch release.

As... Read more...

We ate the fast food, but you can win the toys!

It's May 2017 and we've got another giveaway to give... away! This month we subjected ourselves to untold amounts of fast food so we could present a complete collection of McDonald's US Mario 2017 toys! That's 8 brand new collectable toys in all!

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Worry about the DDT, because once that hits, that's when the snake comes out.

The Switch picks up two major games this week on the North American bent, and we have three reviews for them. Longtime friend of the site Justin Nation and yours truly tackled GameStop-exclusive retail release Has-Been Heroes, while Casey slithered through Snake Pass at a rapid rate. Might want to watch for the rumble on the latter, though Sumo Digital is cranking through a patch for it.

There will be an update, but it won't be 13GB.

Warner Brothers has issued an updated statement about LEGO City Undercover's size requirements and is blaming misprinted box art for the confusion.

The statement reads as follows:

The information is listed incorrectly on the packaging of LEGO City Undercover for Nintendo Switch. Players who... Read more...

No word on localizations yet, obviously.

Atlus held their anniversary livestream yesterday which featured a couple of new announcements.

In addition to re-announcing the Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology, Atlus announced Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 and Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey. Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 is a sequel to the... Read more...

Whether you get the card or the initial download, a microSD card may also be required. UPDATED with WB statement.

UPDATE: Warner Brothers has issued a statement to Eurogamer stating "Players who purchase Lego City Undercover on Nintendo Switch at retail do not need to download the game to play." Original story follows.

Although the eShop may indicate a 7GB download, LEGO City Undercover on the Switch will have a big update coming with it.

Welcome (back) to dye.

The Splatoon 2 Global Testfires will commence shortly.

The first testfire session will be this afternoon (US Eastern time) at 3 pm or noon Pacific for one hour, and Nintendo will be hosting a Treehouse Live stream for this session. Further sessions will be as follows:

The process has apparently been refined.

Nintendo has issued an amended comment regarding sync issues with some of the Joy-Con controllers.

In a statement issued to Kotaku, Nintendo has identified a variation at the factory level which has been corrected.

There is no design issue with the Joy-Con controllers, and no widespread proactive... Read more...

Includes the end of a long, long streak.

This is a week of catch-up for both North America and Europe on the downloads front before things kick into Switch gear again next week. North America is getting New Frontier Days and Othello on Switch, and I reviewed the no-frills board game. Meanwhile, Daan reviewed the week's sole retail release in Mario Sports Superstars and you'll definitely want to scope that one out before going in.

The seemingly inevitable has been made official.

Another Kickstarter success story has moved from the Wii U to the Switch.

The team behind Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night officially confirmed a rumor that was speculated several weeks ago when the game's logo appeared on a list of Switch indie titles. According to game lead Koji Igarashi, the... Read more...

For those who missed the initial release, we may have an opportunity for redemption.

A late, beloved DS RPG is returning to the scene in Japan this June.

Atlus announced Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology in this week's edition of Famitsu magazine. Launching on June 29, the game will be a full remake of the 2011 DS RPG with an additional scenario added as well.

The remake will... Read more...

Three classic RPGs in various states of English.

The Seiken Densetsu Collection was announced overnight, a collection of the first three games in the action/RPG series, The first title was released on the Game Boy was released as Final Fantasy Adventure / Mystic Quest and the second as Secret of Mana, while the third game was not released outside Japan and was an early fan translation effort.

Hopefully more common than previous Fire Emblem limited editions.

Following the success of the Fire Emblem Fates limited edition, there will be one for the upcoming Fire Emblem Echoes.

Nintendo of America announced the Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Limited Edition bundle today. For $59.99/$79.99, the bundle contains the game, a hardcover art book, a... Read more...

Beware the wrath of Mixmaster Mummy.

Nintendo has released two new trailers for ARMS that show off some of the character and attack options in the fighter.

The attack trailer shows gloves with different elemental and attack properties and reveals that the gloves can be mixed and matched, while the character trailer shows off five different characters.

Coming with a 2.0 update.

The iOS monopoly on Toad Rally appears to be ending next week.

Nintendo's Japanese-language Twitter account has announced that Super Mario Run will launch on Android next Thursday (March 23) in the Japanese Google Play store.

Android版『SUPER MARIO RUN（スーパーマリオ... Read more...