The only objections come from players who ground out to buy the DLC for the last two games.

Capcom's summer showcase featured another group of court action coming to Switch.

The Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy was revealed in today's showcase, with an early 2024 launch. The compilation will feature Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (2008 DS), Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (2013 3DS), and Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice (2016 3DS).

Amazingly, James Cameron's chat was held to 0.01 Avatars this year.

Ubisoft's latest Ubisoft Forward presentation contained a few items of note for Switch owners.

Nice to see even with the Summer Game Mess, we still have light weeks in June

Things we missed last week: Nintendo Direct veteran Harmony: Fall of Reverie on Thursday, as well as Bravoman from Namco in the Archives.

Since this week is apparently all about the upcoming releases, there's not a lot sitting on the docket to actually... y'know, come out this week. Obviously my... Read more...

The "mock generative AI" joke was done better by Devolver, and in a sixth of the time.

As has become tradition, a few Switch games were revealed in the PC Gamer-sponsored PC Gaming Show.

The news desk needs a minute to collect itself...

The Saturday of the Summer of Too Many Game Shows has featured dozens of new Switch announcements and updates. In rough chronological order:

Future of Play Expo

The videos are Xbox branded, but Switch did get the announcements a couple of weeks later.

A couple of intended announcements for Sunday were inadvertently dropped early, and one or both may be Switch-bound.

Since-deleted Instragram posts on Atlus's Western page showed an announcement of a "Persona 5 Tactica" with a release date of November 17, and a "Persona 3 Reload" for early 2024.... Read more...

"The chillest twin stick shooter we've ever seen" - our semi-sentient Twitter account on Hauntii

The Switch has been represented at this year's Double Fine-hosted Day of the Devs presentation. The following games were explicitly announced:

Some old friends in new forms.

The fourth "Summer Games Fest" is now underway with its official kickoff show, which featured several Switch announcements.

RIP to the Iron Sheik, who sadly will not be making anyone humble in WrestleQuest this summer.

As has become tradition, the first event of the Summer of Too Many Game Reveals was the Guerilla Collective indie show hosted by The Mix, and with a single show of nearly three hours it resulted in more than 25 Switch-relevant announcements.

In approximate order of release...

New trailer reveals new character creation details.

A short new trailer for Pikmin 4 has revealed that this time around you'll be playing as your own custom character. We got a quick look at some of the customization options including skin color, eye shape, head shape, hair style, and more.

Pikmin 4 releases for Nintendo Switch next month, on July 21.

It took us about ten minutes to figure out what the NES game is.

The system libraries for the standard tier of Nintendo Switch Online - the NES, Super Nintendo, and Game Boy (Color) have added new games tonight.

Game Boy Color

Blaster Master: Enemy Below (2000) was the third release in the recently-revived side scrolling action series from Sunsoft, though it was not released under that name in Japan. Although the sprites and backgrounds are similar to the original NES game, the maps are remixed.

Nintendo has apparently embraced the kusoge on the eShop by releasing their own. For thirty bucks.

Things we missed last week: Another Tetris Grand Master game - which apparently ran at 62hz in the arcade? - has hit via the Archives.

As estimated yesterday, we have now had 5,011 games release on the Switch in the last two years, five months, and two days. This is STUPID. But the stream continues... Read more...

I hate corporate malfeasance. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

As we approach the anniversary of the release of Knights of the Old Republic II on Switch, its publisher is scrapping a major selling point.

In a social media post this evening, Aspyr Media have announced that the "Restored Content" DLC that was announced for the June 8, 2022 release has been cancelled... Read more...

Guaranteed to make someone act like a horse's rear end.

There will be a game from Nintendo between Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4, just not a game anyone expected to actually exist.

Everybody 1-2 Switch has appeared on the eShop with a release date of June 30. It will retail for US$29.99 / C$39.99, and a physical option is shown on the store though preorders are not yet live.

Of course, he's appealing.

It's Sonic's 30th anniversary, and one of his parents is facing jail time.

The insider trading trial of Yuji Naka has concluded with the former Sega star facing 30 months (2.5 years) in prison, as well as fines totalling ¥172.5m (~US$1.24m at present market rates).

Naka's lawyers are appealing... Read more...

Brought to you by the law firm of Fight, Heal, Vorp, & Eckstein.

Things we missed last week: Rolling Thunder 2 joined the Archives, and we did reach a new record of 67 releases in North America. As a result of that record, Switch releases 2021 - present will exceed the total releases on every prior-to-the-Switch console ever on June 1. Nintendo, we hope you're happy with this.

Come on Tony, is CM Punk REALLY worth the headaches?

After some delays, the Switch is about to become All Elite.

The first licensed game for the All Elite Wrestling promotion, AEW Fight Forever, will be available on June 29 according to the company's gaming-specific Twitter account. A preorder for the physical edition is now open on Amazon.

The... Read more...

We are once again on record watch this week.

Things we missed last week: Archives added Ark Area, also alliteration is awesome.

This week is opening at 50 releases in North America, and there tends to be a direct correlation between how many we get at the start of the week and how much I have to add on Saturdays, so there is a very good chance... Read more...

The advantage of also being an indie film company is that you can rope in some big names for smaller games.

A first-person adventure with some star power behind it is crossing to the Switch next week.

Annapurna Interactive announced today that their 2021 PC release Maquette would come to Switch on Thursday (May 25). It also released previously on PlayStations 4 and 5.

The first person puzzle game... Read more...

Poochy ain't stupid. ALLEGEDLY.

Just in time for the digital release of the Super Mario Bros movie, a trio of remixed Mario titles are hitting a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack library.

The first three Super Mario Advance games - GBA remakes of Super Mario Bros. 2, World, and Yoshi's Island - will be available in the Game Boy Advance library following an update on May 26. The remixes add new voices and features to the classic Mario adventures.