The patch isn't Snorlax-sized, but definitely takes big damage from Grass Knot.

The online features of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will not be ready until launch day.

A day one patch (to version 1.0.1) will be required in order to access all of the game's online features, according to the Pokemon Company. The patches require at least 1GB of space per game to download.

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One last recap before the big show.

A final pre-launch Scarlet and Violet trailer has released to recap everything publicly available prior to the game's launch.

The trailer, set to "Celestial" by Ed Sheeran (a part of the game's official soundtrack) recaps the prior trailers, though it does reveal two Pokemon. Each game will have a special book in which details about a Pokemon are recorded, known as "Great Tusks" in the Scarlet Book and "Iron Treads" in the Violet book.

After a record Japanese launch, how did Splatoon 3 fare internationally?

Nintendo issued their results for the third calendar quarter of 2022 (the second quarter of their 2022-23 fiscal year) overnight, including first official sales details for Splatoon 3 and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

All financial indicators reported in yen, with an approximate dollar value based on current market rates of US$1 = 146.238 yen provided for comparison.

Only the second one of these presentations thus far in 2022.

The next Nintendo video presentation will be third-party only.

Nintendo has announced an Indie World presentation will air on Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT, 1800 CET). It will run for approximately 25 minutes.

The last Indie World in May featured four immediate releases and 16 other releases announced including Cult of the Lamb and Wayward Strand.

A wheel of fortune where the only things that cost 250 are potions.

It's a big week for battles, with three possible headliners; Square Enix shows some more love to the Year of Tactics with Tactics Ogre Reborn, the concentric remake of the Super Famicom strategy RPG, the martial brawler Sifu comes to Switch after a long time, and we finally see if This Man's work... Read more...

Considering the last patch was in June, we're still trying to find out what it does.

An update has come out for one of the games for Nintendo's Black Friday deals.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes has just updated to 1.0.2 as of today. As of yet, patch notes have not been published by Nintendo to determine what was changed in the update.

Players have found issues with the support logs displaying illogical combinations, though they have remained listed after the update.

It loves it some gold, apparently.

A mysterious creature that appeared yesterday in Pokemon Go has been fully revealed.

Gimmighoul is a Ghost-typed Pokemon that will first be available in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. A pure Ghost type, it has two forms: a Chest form in which it is hiding, and a Roaming form that has reportedly never... Read more...

As opposed to Black Saturday, which features Urban Champion and Devil's Third.

Nintendo have announced a slate of promotions for the week after Pokemon.

Beginning on November 20, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch bundle (as offered in 2020 and 2021) will return to sale for the holiday season. The $299.99 bundle includes a Switch (LCD), a three month subscription to the base Nintendo Switch Online, and a digital code for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

They literally couldn't cut it any closer.

The Year of Tactics will get a dose of mecha in November as promised.

Forever Entertainment, who are publishing the remakes of the Front Mission series, have confirmed a November 30 launch date for the remake of the 1995 Super Famicom strategy RPG. Preorders will open on November 16th, with a 10% preorder discount and a flat 15% discount for owners of other Forever titles.

A Square Enix game about seeds, and maybe this one will DESERVE a 10.

Things we missed last week: Namco's Ordyne in the Archives.

Next week is another Square contribution to the Year of Tactics, but this week is their contribution of the Epoch of Farming Games as Harvestella is the big game de la semaine (check Neal's preview here), though Bandai Namco is apparently... Read more...

The producer of some of Sega's greatest games had been in poor health in recent years.

One of Sega's most prolific developers has died.

Rieko Kodama, who served in a production and directorial role for Sega games from Alex Kidd to 7th Dragon and was best known for producing the pre-online Phantasy Star games and Skies of Arcadia, passed away in May due to an undisclosed illness.... Read more...

Who's a good hellhound? Yes, you are...

Another new Pokemon has been semi-revealed another new Pokemon of the supernatural variety.

After a tease of a new Ghost typed-Pokemon, a video has shown an unnamed canine Pokemon with a small candlelight on the top of its head. It was seeing playing with a member of a Ghost-type club at "Naranja Academy". The pup was later revealed to be named Greavard, a pure-Ghost type who has the Pickup ability.

With action and horror in equal measure. And that's just the discourse on the game of the week.

Things we missed last week: A full-ass retail price cloud release (A Plague Tale: Requiem) that somehow manages to have DLC, the drop of Alan Wake Remastered which isn't cloud and has half the price, and Tecmo's fighting game Touki Denshou Angel Eyes in the Archives.

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A squid, a kid, a turtle, and a steamroller walk into a sports bar...

The hotly anticipated September US sales survey from the NPD Group can probably explain why the Splatoon 3 servers suddenly start dying at 8pm ET every night.

All sales based on revenue from August 29 - October 1 unless noted, and some non-Nintendo companies include eShop sales in their reporting.

Or "how to ruin US Thanksgiving without politics, religion, anime, or the Great Pumpkin".

A double dose of pain will greet subscribers to the Switch Online Expansion Pack early next month.

Nintendo have confirmed that the first two Mario Party N64 games will be added to the N64 library on November 2. Originally released in 1999 and 2000 respectively, the games follow the launch of Pilotwings 64 last week.

Remember, it's all about the wording.

A report from Bloomberg Business Week (potential paywall) has provided new apparent details on this weekend's claims of a low-ball offer for Hellena Taylor to reprise the role of Bayonetta in next week's release.

According to reporting from Jason Schreier, Taylor was reportedly offered $3000 -... Read more...

Look for the second part on Wednesday.

After a weekend of lost time, the online is back running for Nintendo Switch Sports.

The online play and save backup was taken down on Friday following crash errors introduced in version 1.2.1 of the game. 1.2.2 - now available - has fixed the errors and the game's online play is now functional again.

"To Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast: Your greed has crippled communication and media in the United States. We will steal your desires without delay. - The Blackpool CC"

Things we missed last week: Toy Pop (Namco) in the Archives and a late European launch for Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.

After a weekend that we will hopefully never have to deal with again, it's time for one of the biggest retail launch weeks of the year. And though a sequel to the only... Read more...

Something is rotten in the state of hell.

Bayonetta might sound a bit different in Bayonetta 3, and according to the original voice of the Umbral Witch, it's intentional.

Hellena Taylor - who has voiced Bayonetta in the original two games, an anime adaptation, and in the last three Smash Bros. games - posted on her social media this morning... Read more...

The question must be asked "what do we do now"?

Nintendo has had to stop the distribution of a software update for one of their biggest titles of the year, and also stop its online play.

Version 1.2.1 of Nintendo Switch Sports was released on Tuesday night (North America time) and was intended to focus on online behaviour, including an automatic... Read more...