...please tell us that's not a tease for the Nonary Games on Switch as well...

More mysteries in the universe of the oddest game of 2019 are coming next year.

Following hints on a teaser site, Spike Chunsoft have announced AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative (official spelling) for a launch next spring. The trailer for the game is below, which also identifies the team behind the Zero Escape series from 3DS as responsible for the game's writing:

The Future of Dodgebrawl

In their latest weekly update column Velan Studios shared an image of their roadmap for the future of Knockout City.

Specific details are a little slight, but there is still useful stuff to know. The last event of Season 1 will include a 2X experience boost. The second season will start on... Read more...

Amazingly, there doesn't seem to be a volcano in the background.

The second to last fighter from Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be available soon for owners of the second Fighter's Pass.

The update to add Kazuya Mishima will go live tomorrow (June 29). Also announced was a Min-Min amiibo with a "2022" release date.

Along with the update will be 39 songs (8... Read more...

Having a holiday on a Thursday is the Joey Marella of weekly planning.

We've got four things vying for my personal attention this week, and I'm already in for one: The modern release of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its straight-to-Blockbuster sequel Ghoul Patrol. I'll also be picking up probably the cheapest retail release in a while (as a download, those cards ain't cheap y'all), Doki Doki Literature Club+. Now, the question is, did they just pull an Undertale for it?

The office being sold isn't exactly a GOOD sign...

A boutique publisher may have been forced into bankruptcy while still taking preorders for product that has never been delivered.

Dispatch Games, who were serving as a Western publisher for the games of City Connection (the former Jaleco) including Soldam: Drop, Connect, Erase and Penguin Wars... Read more...

The 15-18 month lead time might let you replay the two Cold Steel games on Switch.

At a concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of Falcom, NIS America made four announcements for localizations of Legend of Heroes titles over the next 24 to 30 months.

For quality of choices, only Sophie's is comparable - Donald's in a bind because the timing's terrible.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 isn't the only major RPG of July getting a demo tomorrow.

After an inadvertent tweet (since deleted) from Square Enix for NEO: The World Ends With You included "Play the demo now" in the attached video, SE have confirmed a demo for the July 27 release will be available tomorrow starting at 0200 JST Saturday morning - which is roughly 1 pm ET.

The latest from thatgamecompany hits Switch on June 29.

Sky: Children of the Light is finally heading to Switch on June 29, as revealed during the Summer Game Fest Kickoff. A new launch trailer shows off the Switch gameplay and also teases the upcoming "Season of the Little Prince" based off of the French story Le Petit Prince.

Developed by Flower... Read more...

They sure lounged around when it came to making more games use it.

In an announcement on the Nintendo Switch Online app, as well as the official support page, the Online Lounge feature is being discontinued for Splatoon 2. Players will still have the option to utilize voice-chat, but the ability to send URL links to friends and create lobbies is no more as of July 28th, 2021. This is likely due to the release of Splatoon 3 in 2022.

You have a few demon-slaying options if you opt for going physical.

Today, ATLUS showed off a new gameplay trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V, which is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 12. They also revealed two different physical versions of the game coming to retail: the Standard Edition or Fall of Man Premium Edition. The former comes with a steelbook case and... Read more...

"Thank you for calling the Nintendo Downloads. Pour continuer en français, appuyez sur la touche étoile maintenant."

"Thank you for contacting the Nintendo Downloads. Please listen carefully, as our options have recently changed. If you know your party's extension, you may dial it at any time.

For a joke about how Mario Golf Super Rush and Tony Hawk 1+2 mean all the big games this week are sports, press 1. For... Read more...

The rare time where "a cloud of rats" doesn't refer to a legal convention.

Focus Home Interactive has confirmed that players will not be flying blind into A Plague Tale: Requiem.

A streaming version of A Plague Tale: Innocence has been confirmed for Switch with the free trial download being available on July 5. The sequel "Requiem" was announced for 2022 launch via the same method earlier this week.

One of last year's big reveals has a smaller window

The Pokemon battle arena is only a few weeks out.

A trailer released by The Pokemon Company International has announced that the Switch version of Pokemon Unite will release in July, with the mobile versions to follow in September.

The Timi-developed ten player real time battle game has new footage at the end of an extended CG sequence in the trailer:

The announcement train is rolling again.

Next week will feature a whole lotta grappling.

Graffiti Games have tabbed June 24 as the release date for the 3D platformer Cyber Hook. Originally announced last year, the grid-themed game will retail for US$14.99 or equivalent.

More gameplay can be found in the trailer below:

LIVE NOW!!!

It's E3 time again! Well, at least whatever E3 seems to have become this year. That means it's time for a live episode of Radio Free Nintendo with our reactions to what should be the biggest Nintendo Direct of the year. We'll also provide our thoughts on what other game companies had to offer during... Read more...

A lot of headline material in here.

Other quick news items from the Nintendo Direct today:

Seems like a good target for Halloween.

The newest Wii U refugee is one of its spookiest.

Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water, originally released on Wii U in 2015, will come to Switch "later this year" according to the Nintendo Direct. No details were given about additional features, nor if the "demo and downloadable content purchase" plan from its original North American release in 2015 will be retained.

Did Link just jump through the ceiling?

The still-unnamed sequel to Breath of the Wild is going to take to the skies - next year.

The last item in today's Nintendo Direct was the first footage of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's followup. Gameplay footage involved Link flying through the sky, using a flamethrower, and leaping into a ceiling.

It supports two players and his zany cast of characters directly inside the microgames!

WarioWare: Get It Together! is coming to Switch on September 10 of this year, and it's adding to the franchise's unique microgame format.

It still features the game's flagship style of "microgames" that are 10 second challenges players are dropped into and need to figure out quickly, but now you... Read more...

Includes FOUR games: Zelda 1, Zelda 2, and Link's Awakening, a special version of Game & Watch Vermin!

Nintendo is giving the Zelda franchise it's own special Game & Watch edition for it's anniversary year November 12 of this year.

Adding to what their previous Game & Watch Mario offered, this time Nintendo is including not just one classic game and the tiney handheld but THREE: Zelda 1... Read more...