Celebrate the holidays solving nonograms on a touchscreen.

Picross S7 is coming out in most regions on December 27 and adds touchscreen controls for the first time on Switch.

Available for $9.99 (or local equivalent), the game will launch in European and Australian eShops on December 27 with a North American release following on January 10.

The touchscreen... Read more...

I for one hope these races aren't decided by the marshalls.

Some old friends are confirmed to be on the grid for the Chocobo GP.

Square Enix have released a new trailer for the multiplayer racer, and also confirmed its launch for March 10, 2022. The trailer shows racers including the classic summon pair Shiva and Ifrit, as well as Final Fantasy VI heroine Terra Bradford - riding Magitek armor.

Well, we know THIS won't be in the Indie World tomorrow.

A long awaited sequel is going to warm up the dead of Northern Hemisphere winter.

DotEmu have confirmed a January 20 launch date for Windjammers 2, the sequel to the cult classic disc soccer game. It was originally announced for Switch in an "Indie Highlights" video in August 2018.

The launch trailer is below:

This time last year, we saw this presentation vent.

What will likely be Nintendo's final video presentation of 2021 will air tomorrow.

The third Indie World of the year (following presentations in April and August) will air tomorrow at noon ET / 9 am PT / 1800 CET. As is standard, the presentation promises 20 minutes of titles coming to Switch from indie developers.

How did the big half of the Turkey Five treat Nintendo in the US?

The Switch showed its strength in November's NPD Group sales survey, with both of the month's biggest releases reaching the software chart as well.

All data based on dollar sales unless indicated for the period of October 31 - November 27. Nintendo does not contribute eShop sales, though other publishers do.

And down the stretch we come with a shovel.

For Shovelry, cries the puzzle-game playing part of my heart, as Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon sews up the "last major release of the year" slot barring any late shadowdrop shenanigans. Neal has already pulled rank to get the code, so check a look at his review. There's also a historic game this week,... Read more...

For longtime members of the staff, the location will be familiar.

Nintendo appears ready to expand their home base.

As first reported by Nikkei (note: link is restricted by a paywall and text is in Japanese), Nintendo is leasing approximately 8500 square feet (790 square metres) in order to expand their development base and reduce outsourcing costs. The facility is targeting May of 2022 for first use.

Start the new year with a positively restrained take on the collectathon.

After today's release of Paper Mario, the next game up for the Expansion Pack will be a bit more furry.

Nintendo UK have tweeted that 1998's Banjo-Kazooie will be the next game to be added to the N64 library of the pack. No specific date was given beyond "January".

Guh-huh!... Read more...

The long-awaited DLC has an appropriately named island.

The Delicious Last Course needs a bit more time in the kitchen, and now we know how much.

Studio MDHR have finally announced a release date for Cuphead's "Delicious Last Course" (DLC), and the adventure will resume on June 30, 2022. In addition to a "DLC Island", a new playable character Ms. Chalice will be added.

See that mountain? You can kiss human girls on it.

The blue blur is going open world for his next title.

Sega have finally named the Sonic title that was teased at the end of the Sonic 30th anniversary presentation in May. Titled Sonic Frontiers, the game is slated for release "holiday 2022".

Frontiers will be an open-world Sonic title, the first of its kind.

Don't chop your finger off for this one.

The Lord of the Rings universe is returning to Switch for the first time in nearly a decade.

Nacon (formerly Bigben) have announced Gollum: The Untold Story will come to Switch this evening. It was also announced for all currently active platforms (PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series) so it is not known in what fashion the game will come. A release window was also not provided.

Vampires? Check. Werewolves? Check. Dual blades with "love" and "hate" inscribed on them? Uh, give us a few months.

Capcom has dropped more details about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, including another major monster.

The trailer revealed a new wolf-like monster, which was later identified by Nintendo and Capcom as having the name "Lunagaron". A couple of cutscene clips also aired featuring Rondine, the trader in base Rise, and officially names her home kingdom.

Oh, you mean I actually get to punch *spoilers* in the face for real?

A lost fighter of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is being preserved on the Switch.

Atlus have announced a re-release of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the 2014 fighting game set following the events of Personas 3 and 4. Pricing for Switch has not been revealed for the Arc System Works-developed fighter, but the Steam preorder is priced at US$29.99.

Also known as "screw your Water types". Sorry, Wooper.

The newest Hisuian Pokemon for Legends Arceus is quite a shocker.

Following a social media campaign centered on Pokemon Sword and Shield's Ball Guy NPC, the company revealed a Hisuian version of Voltorb. The new form is Electric/Grass typed, and has added wood grain to the "Poke Ball" design of the original.

A true example of "if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be here".

The design lead on Nintendo hardware from the Color-TV Game Series to the Satellaview has died.

Masayuki Uemura, former lead of Nintendo's R&D 2 hardware division from 1979 - 2004, passed away on December 6 at the age of 78. The death was announced by Ritsumeikan University, where Uemura founded a Game Research Centre during an academic career that began in 2004 and continued until his passing.

Looks like the system is going to have to change again for Europe at least.

The Switch's preorder system may have to be altered again soon following a ruling in German court.

Prior to August of 2020, preordering a game or DLC on the Switch eShop charged the user immediately with no direct possibility of refund and started the download: in August 2020, the process changed... Read more...

Finally, a quiet... oh crap, there's going to be a lot of shadowdrops Thursday night aren't there?

As one of the last weeks of the year opens, it seems like a quiet week on paper. The headliners are the third monster-taming game in the last 31 days with Monster Rancher 1+2 DX, though my friends are still trying to get me into Loop Hero. Some classic adventure awaits from the ghosts of Telltale... Read more...

Well, the new character could have an overpowered kit OR SHE COULD USE THE WARP STAFF!

The story of Fire Emblem Heroes is seemingly returning to where it all began.

Version 6 of the game will soon be available, and it will kick off a new story beginning on Tuesday (December 7). The story will take place in the game's original kingdoms of Askr and Embla, and a free copy of a new character... Read more...

This is the paper. It lets me know when I've stopped being funny. (Enough already - Ed)

The Switch Online Expansion Pass is expanding just a bit more before the holidays.

Nintendo have revealed the first of the promised second group of N64 titles, the original Paper Mario, will release on December 10. A brief trailer is below:

The August 2000 release (in North America) sees Mario and a cast of helper characters trying to rebuild the Star Rod in order to rescue the perpetually kidnapped Princess Peach.

Clearly this is a game named by little Bobby Tables.

A collection of latter day PlayStation 2 RPGs that has appeared in multiple ratings authority has finally been confirmed for Switch.

Bandai Namco have announced the .hack//G.U Last Recode collection will come to Switch on 10 March 2022 in Japan, with an English release for southeast Asian regions... Read more...