Pummeling Powerful foes with a Paintbrush

Included in the Japanese version of today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase it was confirmed that Constance will be coming to Nintendo Switch on May 1st, 2026. This game was released on PC at the end of 2025 and received a lot of buzz. In this gorgeous 2D metroidvania, that has often been compared... Read more...

Some of the items contained within will probably be _late_ 2026.

Apart from the other items, the Partner Showcase included:

New Adventures from Square-Enix on Nintendo Switch

Square Enix showed no signs of slowing down during the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase today. Aside from announcing a June 3rd release date for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth , there were also several new games shown as well as dates confirmed for other projects from the Japanese studio.

Last year’s... Read more...

One of which is obvious, one of which can be HIGHLY questionable.

GameShare got some love in a couple of unique forms apart from the Super Bomberman collection in today's Partner Showcase.

The first to come out will be Tokyo Scramble, launching as a Switch 2 exclusive on February 11. A survival horror game, players control a survivor named Anne who has to escape... Read more...

Filed from the Anime World Report desk.

Anime was happening on several fronts in the Partner Showcase.

Very PRAGMATATIC

During today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase the upcoming games from Capcom couldn’t be missed. A slew of new releases is arriving on Nintendo Switch 2 very soon. The best part? You can try most of them for free later today.

Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline entry in the famous... Read more...

Wonder if you'll trip over a gaming conglomerate during your exploration.

A sequel to a Nihon Falcom RPG got Direct time during the Partner Showcase, but with nary a Trail to be found.

Kyoto Xanadu, the sequel to Tokyo Xanadu, showed English gameplay and a 2026 release on both Switch 2 and the original Switch. The game has brief high school elements, with largely 2D side-scrolling exploration of dungeons and 3D action combat.

That's the original as the streak of Nintendo Directs without Silksong begins to approach Cal Ripken Jr territory.

Four games that could not be more different are being released today as announced in the Partner Showcase.

Bethesda brings the big guns to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

During the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase today Bethesda revealed a number of titles coming to Nintendo Switch 2. This includes several titles that have never made their appearance on Nintendo systems.

First up is Fallout 4: Anniversary edition. This is a port of 2015’s Fallout 4, that... Read more...

You don't have long to get your butt out of Midgar.

We don't know what the third game in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy will be called, but the second part is coming to Switch 2 with the quickness.

The Nintendo Direct today confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will launch for Switch 2 on June 3, following the release of Remake two weeks... Read more...

The most we can expect first party is some Age of Inprisonment.

The first game-related Direct in 2026 is a third party festival.

A Partner Showcase Direct will air tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT, 1500 CET, and 10:30 in Newfoundland. The show will run for 30 minutes according to the announcement in Nintendo Today.

We didn't go to the preview event in question because we value our eyesight, thank you very much.

Although preorders are open again, you may not have to shell out $25/$100 for something to play the upcoming eye destroyer that is the Virtual Boy library.

During a preview of the new library last week, staff from Nintendo Treehouse confirmed to GamesBeat that the Labo VR kit can also be used to... Read more...

Luckily, we would never get as jank a game as Yoshi on the Game Boy again. Wait, we're getting a 30th anniversary reminder...

A small drop of games have come to the Game Boy library for all Switch Online subscribers tonight.

Balloon Kid (1990) is the portable sequel to Balloon Fight, which offers named characters and the ability to release balloons while standing on platforms and reinflate ones to continue progressing.... Read more...

Based on the last game with that description, we can just assume it's never getting un-paused.

The Switch 2 has dodged the bullet of Borderlands 4.

During their Q3 earnings call today, Take Two Interactive's upcoming release slate (which included this Friday's PGA Tour 2K25 release for Switch 2), the Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 was not on the list at all. A Take Two spokesperson issued the following statement to Variety: "We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU."

Both of those probably being seen coming from a couple of light years away.

Nintendo has revealed their financial results and provided sales updates through the end of calendar 2025, and the Switch 2 and Switch both ended up with record breaking quarters.

All monetary figures quoted in yen, with a comparison based on current market rate of US$1 = ¥155.957 provided for clarification only. Year over year increases also noted to be compared to the final holiday quarter of just the Switch.

Wait, a time to slime under an hour? Is this REALLY Dragon Quest VII?

You never want to go full Star Wars, but Dragon Quest has done it with their choice of remakes for Switch family of systems: following the original trilogy, they jumped right to VII with the Reimagined version of the longest game in the long-running franchise. Apparently the new version has made it... Read more...

We did not have the first opponent of Bill Goldberg making a cameo in a Nintendo Direct on the bingo card.

The Direct for the upcoming Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has just wrapped, with a lot of details given about the irreverent life sim.

Living the Dream received an April 16 launch date as the final announcement of the show. Following the controversy with the 2014 3DS lacking same-sex relationship... Read more...

It's Bonkers (yeah, totally nuts) that Nintendo fans are only getting this collection nine years after launch.

One of the early Digital Eclipse collections is finally coming to Switch and is bringing some bonus content.

Following an ESRB rating and a listing on the Japanese eShop, it has been confirmed that the Disney Afternoon Collection - a compilation of Capcom NES games based on the late 1980s/early... Read more...

Due to a lack of Pokemon, we're going on a regional tour

The Road to Kalos will be winding through five other regions in Pokemon Go.

A "Road to Kalos" event will be held from February 23 - 27 in Pokemon Go ahead of the Kalos Tour that weekend, with each of the five days focused on one of the five prior generations of Pokemon. Special raids will be featured... Read more...

The cover athlete choice was either tied to American League MVP voting or fears The Big Dumper wouldn't fit on the Switch box.

The attempt to have Ernie Clement hit it two feet higher starts in about seven weeks.

A PlayStation Blog post has announced that the 2026 edition of MLB The Show will be available on the 17th of March. MLB will publish the game on Switch, with no announcement of a Switch 2 edition yet.

The cover... Read more...