We haven't had one of these in a while.

The Famicom's 42nd birthday was the opportunity to drop a load of its games soundtracks onto the Nintendo Music service tonight.

A total of 26 new games were added to the service, the most since the app launched, with four games represented as import titles for North American users. The added games in the North American version that released in the territory are part of the "black box" NES era. The full games are:

In addition to the new rules laid out by Nintendo, we will now be barring all companies who make less than The Pokemon Company from launching games on Saturday.

For Switch 2 this week is the busiest since launch, with three games and one... let's call it a "game-like substance". The big one as far as I'm concerned is No Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI The Somnium Files (god, that's a mouthful), but you can also pick up Wild Hearts S - try the demo first -... Read more...

Almost all of the NWR staff is now eligible.

Last fall's Switch Online trial program is spinning back up with some more spots for trying the app.

Expansion Pack subscribers over the age of 18 as of 6 p.m. ET today are eligible to apply for the program, with applications opening on this web page from 11 a.m. Monday to 10:59 a.m. Wednesday.... Read more...

Everything but a release date ("holiday").

It's Sonic's 30th anniversary and we know most of how the Switch 2 will be handled for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.

Alongside a customization-focused trailer, Sega have confirmed that the Switch 2 version will be available "holiday" (the Switch 1 version launching 25 September) for a $69.99 MSRP,... Read more...

Let's see how young Ben pulls off "Well excuuuuse me, Princess" before jumping to conclusions.

Two thirds of the Triforce have been revealed for the 2027 Legend of Zelda movie.

An announcement on Nintendo Today this morning confirmed that British actors Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason will play Link and Zelda in the May 2027 release.

Ainsworth played the role of Pinocchio in the 2021 live action Disney film and also has a background in theatre, while Bragason recently starred in the Disney+ streaming series Renegade Nell.

Time to see if two mice can handle one basketball.

Drag x Drive is offering a trial for Nintendo Switch Online members ahead of its launch.

A "Test Jam" for the August 14 release will be held on August 9 and 10 as an open online beta for the upcoming release. As with other Nintendo trials, there will be three demo periods timed for various parts of the world.

Mayhaps the BBC should have rung Greg Leahy before claiming you could play NES games in a Super Nintendo this morning.

There's obviously one thing on everyone's mind this week in the Nintendo sphere, and it's Donkey Kong Bananza - look for our review next week in gaming magazines - but what else awaits as we return to expanding Kong? Well, if you prefer your concepts a little screwier, may we suggest the Pac-Man exploration... Read more...

New variants, new accessories, new games and even new prices

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We covered the Chromatic handheld and its... Read more...

A more puzzle focused party for two.

A popular PC puzzle series is coming to Switch this year.

Three games in the "We Were Here" series - We Were Here, We Were Here Too, and We Were Here Together - will be available on Switch sometime this year. Whether they will come together or separately has not been announced; the original game is also free for download on Steam so it may be available that way on Switch.

So there's still time to backdoor into an inexpensive Legends Z-A and the upgrade to Switch 2.

A perk of Switch Online which was already not to be available on Switch 2 will soon be departing for the original Switch as well.

Nintendo's FAQ page for the Switch Online Game Vouchers has updated to indicate that the program will be discontinued on January 31, 2026 at 2:59 a.m. EST (January 30,... Read more...

The publisher of this week's big game (and their compatriots) need to realize the only things that support infinite growth are the Switch 1's release count and cancer.

It's a great week for retro compilations this week, including one featured in a Direct around the start of Nintendo's current fiscal year, with a couple of great games in one package with whomp-ass music. Coming out Friday is... Patapon 1+2 Replay!

No? OK, what about the System Shock 2 anniversary... Read more...

Hopefully a better effort than the December to Dismember-esque WWE game on the original Switch.

WWE will enter the Switch 2 squared circle in just a few weeks.

Preorders went live earlier today for the first WWE-licensed game on a Nintendo console since 2017, with WWE 2K25 launching on July 23. Three versions will be available: a standard edition for US$69.99, a $99.99 "Deadman" edition featuring... Read more...

And as expected, it's going up.

Canadians were warned to expect price "adjustments" on Switch 1 hardware/software and other services yesterday, but it appears the eShop has already lifted the curtain on the new Switch Online pricing.

Attempting to renew or purchase a Switch Online subscription via the eShop automatically reveals renewal pricing due to enabling automatic renewal, which has revealed the intended pricing for at least NSO. The prices are:

Don't blame the Go Fest walking and exhaustion, blame the fear of a leak in the News Editor's apartment.

The first week of Q3 is always a quiet one (thanks to Canada Day and to a lesser extent July 4) but this one seems especially slow. There's no Switch 2 releases this week before we go on a bit of a run, and what we have on the OG is kind of slim. There's a new Irem Collection on Wednesday, something... Read more...

They blame "market conditions" because it wouldn't be right to attribute it to "living next door to a drunken elephant".

The continued financial uncertainty between Canada and the United States is going to cause increases on Switch 1 games, hardware, and services north of the 49th parallel at some point, according to a press statement from Nintendo of Canada.

In the statement, it is announced that "Pricing for the... Read more...

...it's still weird that the latter of those is tax deductible.

Capcom's summer showcase today, although not entirely focused on new Switch 2 software (that we know of) did provide some updates on Switch 2 games already launched.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess has added a new free update for "Otherworldly Ventures", a game mode in which random upgrades are... Read more...

Guaranteed to have better officiating than your average CONCACAF match.

The Switch 2 is scoring a brace with the first addition to the GameCube library next week.

Nintendo has dropped a trailer tonight confirming that Super Mario Strikers (2005) will take to the NSO pitch on July 3. It isn't clear if the GameCube library will have the same update cadence as with the other NSO libraries, where the update would fall the night before in North America. Regardless, the trailer is below:

You thought it was Hotel Dusk, but nope - it's a little more subdued than that.

A summer showcase from Arc System Works has dropped some new Switch family announcements.

ASW will enter the adventure genre this summer with Dear me, I was..., a rotoscoped adventure game that uses the Switch 2's mouse controls at points to tell the story of a woman's life. The preview trailer, showing off the technology and some bits of gameplay, is below:

Roll out

Nintendo has confirmed via their Nintendo Today app that Drag X Drive will be released on August 14, 2025. For the moment Drag X Drive is only listed as a digital title. It was previously shown off during Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. It is a wheelchair based basketball game controlled via the Switch 2's mouse mode.

Featuring a game with a playable character who racked up massive school debt and became a mercenary, which I think we can all relate to.

For the second week in a row we have a cross-gen game from a 3rd party with no apparent upgrade path beyond "full price, sucka" - Raidou Remastered last week, now Tamagotchi Plaza. Except Raidou was the same price on both, and though Switch 2 pricing isn't confirmed for Plaza outside Japan, it's still markedly more expensive for Switch 2 there, so... maybe?