Try not to break your Circle Pad.

Mario Party: The Top 100 launches November 10 for the 3DS family of systems, Nintendo announced in today’s Direct.

The collection features 100 hand-picked minigames from the ten console Mario Party games. Download Play will allow four 3DS systems to play off one copy. No details were given for board themes or mechanics.

Poke Balls and creamsicles.

The New 2DSXL will be getting a couple of new designs this fall.

October 6 will see the launch of the orange and white design that launched with the system outside of North America. On November 3, a New 2DSXL with a Poké Ball inspired design will launch ahead of the release of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Great, another army of Steves.

New 3DS owners can start creating worlds in Minecraft today.

The international phenomenon was announced to be coming to New 3DS today. This new port of the game will come with five exclusive skins, and has been confirmed to be developed by Other Ocean with the aid of some development staff from the 3DS version of the Mega Man Legacy Collection.

Bethesda is bringing their top titles to the Nintendo Switch very soon.

Along with the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda is also bringing Doom and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus to the Nintendo Switch within the next year.

Not a lot of information was shown regarding the latter two titles, but it was mentioned that both will feature online play. Skyrim will come... Read more...

A special edition and themed Pro Controller, too.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 star Rex will journey across a variety of titans throughout the world of Alrest December 1, today's Nintendo Direct revealed.

Kingdoms built upon the titans are racing to find the legendary Blade, Aegis, and reach Elysium atop the World Tree. Six kingdoms were detailed in... Read more...

A smorgasboard of RPG goodness from Atlus

Atlus featured prominently in today's 3DS announcements with a new game and a demo to announce.

In addition to Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology and Shin Megami Tensei Deep Strange Journey, Atlus will be bringing The Alliance Alive to North America next year. Developed by FuRyu, the title is a follow up to 2015's Legend of Legacy.

New details are out on Square-Enix's new hand drawn RPG

Project Octopath Traveler received new details on its story, style and gameplay today. During the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced that the game will release worldwide in 2018 exclusively on Switch. A demo has released on the eShop.

The style of the game is considered a "HD-2D" game, with... Read more...

A double dose of the puffball

Two different Kirby titles were reconfirmed with titles today.

The first is Kirby Battle Royale, which is the multiplayer Kirby 3DS title announced in April's Nintendo Direct. The four player action game will feature multiple KIrbys trying to claim treasure for themselves while defeating powerful foes in tandem. Europe will get the game on November 10, while North America will see the game January 19, 2018.

A busy Poke segment kicked off the Direct.

The first featured games in today's Nintendo Direct were a blowout for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

The game will feature Sun and Moon's postgame legendary Pokémon Necrozma, who has captured Solgaleo in the new Dusk Mane form or Lunala in the Dawn Wings form. Lycanroc's Dusk Form also received an exclusive Z-Move. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will also feature a new Ultra Beast per game: Burst for Ultra Sun and Assembly for Ultra Moon.

The next couple of months will be good for throwbacks.

A couple of throwback Switch titles have their release dates locked down.

Thimbleweed Park, the SCUMM Engine-inspired adventure title from the creators of the Monkey Island series, will be hitting the Switch on September 21. The game has already released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PCs.

Two... Read more...

And bug fixes. (But no stability.)

One of the chief complaints with the Nintendo Switch Online App has been resolved.

Version 1.1 of the app, available now on the iOS App Store and Google Play, allows for voice chat to be used while other apps have focus or while the phone is in sleep mode.

Other bug fixes were also implemented in the update.

Another title releasing in a very crowded October.

Nicalis Inc has announced its next game to hit the Nintendo Switch, Tiny Barbarian DX. The retro-inspired 2-D platform adventure is set to release for the Switch on October 10th. The game will be available to purchase from the Nintendo E-Shop as well as physically from major retailers.

Tiny Barbarian... Read more...

Begone, scalpers.

There will be Classic systems from Nintendo into 2018.

A press statement just released by Nintendo of America has confirmed that the Super Nintendo Classic Mini system will continue production into 2018, after originally planning to cut off at the end of this year. NoA is also promising to ship... Read more...

A nice walking tour of New Donk City

The next Nintendo Direct will air this Wednesday.

Nintendo has announced a Direct presentation for Wednesday, September 13 at 6 p.m. Eastern time (3 p.m. Pacific, 2300 BST). The presentation will be 45 minutes long and cover Switch and Nintendo 3DS titles including “new details on Super Mario Odyssey”.

Want to earn the power to grant your Pokemon Mega Evolution in Sun and Moon? Gotta go fast.

Some important items in Pokémon Sun and Moon have a deadline for acquisition.

A new serial code was released recently for Sun and Moon that gives the Mega Stones for evolving Ampharos, Altaria, Latias and Latios. No end dates had been given for previous serial codes, but the new code and all previous... Read more...

Lumo keeps continuing the trend of Steam games releasing on Switch.

Today it was announced that Lumo, a retro indie game originally released on Steam, will be coming to the Switch in October. No set date has been confirmed, however we do know that it will be released as both a digital download and a physical release in major retailers.

For lovers of isometric... Read more...

Rockstar Games returns to Nintendo platforms after eight years away.

Mark your calendars because on November 14, Rockstar Games will be releasing an enhanced port of their 2011 game LA Noire on the Switch as well as other consoles.

This new port will include the full original game as well as all of the additional downloadable content. The Switch will even receive specific enhancements, a Joy-Con mode with gyroscopic and gesture-based controls, over-the-shoulder camera, and touch-based controls.

Europe and sales slightly delayed, unfortunately.

As a new job for the author looms, there's some new games hitting the Nintendo systems this week. For North America, there's a couple of new retail Switch games in R.B.I. Baseball 2017 (review coming as soon as I finish checking out all the ballparks) and LEGO Worlds. But the big movers are on 3DS, where Monster Hunter Stories drops this week with the followup of Metroid: Samus Returns's preload now being available.

It's going to be a really busy week in October.

Microids has announced that the release date for Syberia 1 on Nintendo Switch will be October 20.

Syberia 1 revolves around the story of Kate Walker, a young New York lawyer who is made responsible to oversee the sale of a factory hidden in the French Alps. This leads her on a journey across Eastern Europe which includes meeting colorful characters and a mythical island.

88 Heroes plus a few more coming to Nintendo Switch on October 2.

This morning, Rising Star Games announced the release date of 88 Heroes - 98 Heroes Edition for the Nintendo Switch. On October 2 in North America, and October 10 everywhere else, you'll be able to download the game through the eShop or pick up a physical version from major retailers.

Both versions will include all of the existing DLC, as well as a future pack called "H8 Mode Activate."