The old one was last seen doing a fair President Shinra impression.

There's about to be a change at the top of Square Enix.

The board of the company has announced a vote to install Takashi Kiryu as the company's president at the next meeting of shareholders, replacing Yosuke Matsuda. The meeting is scheduled for early May.

Kiryu was previously Square's director... Read more...

They weren't updating the games, so... down they go.

The main Wii U games affected by the security vulnerability disclosed in December have been taken offline, either for fixes or removal of the attack vector entirely.

Nintendo's network status page has updated with the below note for the 2014 and 2015 releases:

We have identified vulnerabilities... Read more...

For the record, your News Editor is an unrepentant Chrobin shipper. "Which one?" Yes.

Nintendo is apparently determined to get as much content out next week as possible, if a recent announcement from their home Twitter is any indication.

The Japanese-language account has announced that the third wave of Fire Emblem Engage's expansion content will be available on March 8 - this will... Read more...

The gang's... almost... all here.

Last month's six game drop of Game Boy Advance games for subscribers to the Switch Online expansion pack is about to become a lucky seven.

Nintendo have confirmed that Metroid Fusion will be the first game to be added of the announced Game Boy Advance games, and it will be available March 8. The 2002 sidescroller was the last original 2D Metroid for nearly two decades when it launched alongside Metroid Prime in 2002.

...surprising Flashback never came out on the Game Boy Color, but this may be the next best thing.

The end of March will see a unique take on the cinematic platformer hit the eShop.

Lunark, a previously Kickstarted game that began as mockups of a Game Boy Color version of the classic Flashback, was confirmed for launch on March 30. Details on the game were given in a developer video posted on GameXplain.

You don't need the Persona 5 or Phoenix Wright police when there's a paper trail.

Yuji Naka has pled guilty in his insider trading case.

The 57-year old veteran of Sega admitted during a hearing today "There is no doubt that I knew the facts about the game before it was made public and bought the stock", referring to the co-developers of the mobile games Dragon Quest Tact (Aiming)... Read more...

No games, but some new low prices on catalogue ones.

The day of the plumber is next Friday and Nintendo of America is going all out for it.

March 10 (MAR10) will be headlined by the launch of a new Switch bundle - standard screen - for US$299.99 that includes one of the "choose your game" options; the selectable games are Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super... Read more...

"Why then did they change the name?" "People liked it better that way."

The fourth wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe expansion pass is dropping just in time for Mario Day.

Wave 4, which adds Birdo as a character as well as eight more courses, will be available on March 9. The eight new courses are:

Along with everything else from the Pokemon Presents.

Other announcements from today's Pokemon Presents:

And your reward is clothes and a unique type combo.

The expansion pass for Scarlet and Violet is going to include a trip and a new exchange program.

Announced as part of the Pokemon Presents presentation, "The Secret Treasure of Area Zero" is an expansion pass for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet that will be available for pre-purchase later today. The... Read more...

How ironic that on the week of the Switch's birthday, it's getting the omae wa do shindeiru treatment. (NANI????)

Things we missed last week: Taito's Don Doko Don was the ACA release.

It's the Switch's birthday this week, and surprisingly there isn't a first party game on the list unless you count the Fitness Boxing series. But even the new entry, Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star, is self-published by... Read more...

They're actually skipping it, not just "not doing a live dog and pony show" like a decade ago.

Nintendo has officially confirmed news rumored at the end of January: it will not have a presence at the revived E3 expo.

In a statement to VentureBeat, Nintendo said "We approach our involvement in any event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering various ways to engage with our fans.... Read more...

So now we get children's card games, does Scorch season bring card games ON MOTORCYCLES?

Details are rolling out for the "Fresh" season of Splatoon 3, which will include a new major functionality.

It has been announced that the promised update for online Tableturf card battles will be included with the update due around March 1. Lobbies appear to hold up to eight players, though the games are still 1v1.

And some bug fixes.

A new update has been announced for space exploration game, No Man's Sky which released on Nintendo Switch last year. The Fractal update will bring Nexus missions to the Switch version for the first time. Previously this feature was only partially available on Switch preventing users from completing... Read more...

This time it's on paper, but it still requires Microsoft to spend a nearly-nice amount of money.

It's official - if Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard King, Nintendo platforms will get Call of Duty day and date.

Microsoft president Brad Smith announced the agreement's formal signature late last night, calling it a "binding 10 year legal agreement" for the popular nationalist shooter series to be on Nintendo systems day and date with Xbox platforms. The deal reportedly contains "full feature and content parity".

20 minutes seems like a lot of time, but it's the same as we got last year.

The 27th anniversary of Pokemon is not getting marked quietly.

A Pokemon Presents video has been announced for Monday, February 27 at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT / 1500 CET. It will run for about 20 minutes.

A similar announcement in 2022 included the reveal of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, plus updates for Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Pokemon Go.

The main thing that sucks is that I don't know when I'll get to any of the games coming out this week.

Things we missed last week: The Archives title was Namco's Grobda. Also, the Bill and Ted "collection" (NES game, Game Boy game) dropped from Limited Run Games on Friday for prices all ending in .69 (dude!), and as to whether that's worth it for two LJN games... well, that's your call. I mean, this... Read more...

Remember, it is pronounced "tah-TAY".

Tetris Effect Connected is loading up all versions ahead of its release on another platform next week, including a feature only feasible on Switch.

The 2021 release will add four new modes to the game next week: "Zone Marathon", "Classic Score Attack", "Endless Master", and "Endless Purity". The update will come around the game's February 23 release as a launch title for the PlayStation 5's virtual reality add-on.

Version 1.2: Random Poke Balls and busted Tera Raids out, more options for boxes in.

Details have emerged for the next major patch for the fastest selling game in Nintendo history.

Scheduled for release "later this month" (February), early patch notes indicate version 1.2 will add fixes to the following functions:

If they keep removing info from the release we'll have to bring my Pointless friend Richard in for the proceedings.

The monthly sales survey from the NPD Group has ended a six year tradition with the January report.

All rankings/data based on dollar sales in the United States from January 1 - 28; third parties may elect to contribute eShop sales data as applicable.

The first hardware race of the year went... Read more...