"To the Combee-mobile!" "You mean my Chevy?" "...yes."

Happy Article 809 week!

Will you stop?

Well, it is the big game of the week... hell, aren't you buying Sword AND Shield?

Yes, and I can't deny that it's mostly out of spite. But also a need to grab hold of all three starters without involving the rest of you lot.

Anything else catch your eye this week?

Hey hey, it's time to drive a crazy ambulance.

UPDATE: The Stretchers launched worldwide today, for US$19.99/C$25.19/€19.99/£17.99. Original story follows.

The Japanese eShop received a most unexpected title today, with a very interesting pedigree.

The Stretchers is available now on the Japanese eShop for ¥2000. Developed by Tarsier... Read more...

Now you can get one save file per chapter.

A new update for Fire Emblem: Three Houses has added new features and launched the third wave of the Expansion Pass.

With the 1.1.0 update all players will receive twenty additional save files (5 -> 25), as well as the ability to wear the monastery outfits into battle. A new playable character is also available on one of the routes.

Or, how to tell capitalism to get bent - portably.

Obsidian's recent return to sci-fi is anticipating a landing on Switch early next year.

On their second quarter earnings call, Take Two (who are publishing the game through their Private Division label) provided an update on the Switch version of their sci-fi success, indicating a release by the end of the current fiscal year. The fiscal year for Take Two ends on March 31, 2020, suggesting a Q1 2020 release.

So you can make anything competitive right off the top.

A new trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield has shown off some of the new training assistance features.

Are you OK?

Terry Bogard will be a new challenger tonight.

The fourth pack of the Fighters pass and the fifth DLC fighter overall, Terry will launch later today along with version 6.0. His moveset features command options similar to that of Ryu's and "super special moves" that unlock when Terry is below 1/3 of his stamina or over 100% health. The pack will also include 50 music tracks from the entire history of SNK.

Starting tomorrow, Mario Kart Tour’s next event heads to France.

Would you trust a Shy Guy to make you a meal? What if he was riding a go-kart in Paris? No? Me neither. That’s why I’ve decided that the only way this chef-hatted Shy Guy, coming to the next two-week tour in Mario Kart Tour, has to be controlled by some sort of cooking-savant creature.

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And it's long enough to have DLCs 5, 6, and 7.

Hope you're OK Wednesday, because wolves will be busted.

A Smash presentation has been scheduled for Wednesday at 8 a.m. Eastern time / 5 a.m. Pacific, focused on Terry. Unlike prior presentations for Hero and Banjo/Kazooie, this video is scheduled to run for 45 minutes.

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Square Enix provides introductions for the main characters prior to next week's release.

We are just days away from the November 11 Switch release of the next entry in the Romancing SaGa series from Square Enix. Leading up to launch, they are introducing the main characters through a series of images that provide the names, weapons, and history of each hero.

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A big week for House Rairdin.

So this is pretty much a week off for you before the Poke-storm next week, huh.

Not really: I mean, Mario Mario's Pro Skater (featuring other sports) is out Tuesday, and there's a Layton game out on Friday so I'll still have a lot to backlog. But yeah, John and his SO are the big winners this week with New Super Lucky's Tale and Disney Tsum Tsum Festival.

Save locations like Hong Kong with the Overwatch crew.

BlizzCon's opening ceremony closed on an expected announcement that the Switch will take advantage of.

Overwatch 2 was the last announcement of the show from Blizzard, and though no release date or window was given it has been confirmed for Switch. The key addition to the sequel will be a single player or co-op story mode featuring the Overwatch crew attempting to head off an assault from Null Sector.

Spooky scary skeletons will be easier to kill.

A long awaited performance patch for June's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is now live on the Switch.

According to publisher 505 Games, input lag has been "eliminated throughout the game", making the game easier to play. The game has also received a major graphical overhaul: comparison screens can be found here. Crash bugs have been fixed, and the team has also lowered the load times for the game by a claimed 70%.

You'll need a credit/iTunes/Play card to ride this train.

One major announcement has already emerged from Nintendo's Q2 shareholder briefing.

Mario Kart Tour will be adding multiplayer, with a beta test for the mode starting in December. It will only be available to holders of the US$5/month Gold Pass to begin with.

Although no specific figures were cited in the presentation, both downloads and active users are "both trending at the highest levels ever among our mobile applications".

Hopefully this theme is better than the Luigi's Mansion 3 one.

After Luigi's Mansion 3, there'll be a quick turnaround for the Maximus Cup.

A Pokémon Sword and Shield themed cup, complete with theme, will start running at 2 a.m. ET on November 8 until 1:59 a.m. ET on the 12th. As usual, the goal will be to unlock a new theme for the game by earning 100 competition points based on cumulative ranking.

Between two game blitzes and two revisions, how was this busy quarter for Nintendo?

At the close of the Japanese business day earlier today, Nintendo released their financial results for the second fiscal quarter of the 2019-20 fiscal year.

All monetary figures reported in yen, with comparisons to the US dollar based on a market rate of $1 = ¥108.571 provided for comparison only.

In which the author frets at the 44% of you who don't know how to count.

You seem kind of down lately.

Well, there's 44% of a reason why...

Since this is apparently a thing now, fill in the blank: Terry Bogard is the (blank) Smash DLC fighter.(Then watch our video for the answer: https://t.co/KFoBeVrBnm)

Royal references? Check. Side scrolling? Check...

Atlus has dropped a new trailer for the upcoming Persona 5 Scramble that includes the game's Japanese release date.

The musou will release on February 20 in Japan, with no word on a Western release date as of press time. Although the core game will be a hack and slasher, common Persona series elements such as a calendar system will be present as well as what appear to be side-scrolling exploration sequences.

No, Thunderful isn't releasing a triple team this week.

Well, now that the site is blocked in China, what do we do for an encore?

Unleash the Winnie the Pooh jokes. As for the releases this week, although there isn't really a full priced retail release there's a fair few things to watch for. Neal wasn't so hot on Destiny Connect, but we're getting a new touchscreen only game in Anthill, that odd puzzle game Day and Night, and some strong ports in Monaco, Skullgirls, and Cat Quest II.

We got a bragging press release from Nintendo before this, so you know it's good.

September might have been down overall, but Nintendo and one third party in particular are rolling.

All figures for the period of September 1 - October 5 and based on dollars unless indicated otherwise.

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Developer confirms Nyakuza Metro DLC pack for Switch.

After many months of waiting, A Hat in Time is finally releasing for Nintendo Switch on October 18th. As footage emerged from the game, we noticed that the Switch version had some not-so-subtle hints to the Nyakuza Metro DLC pack, which is currently exclusive to the PC version of the game.

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