This week has definitely no Boy Scouts.

OK, we're back to normal circumstances somewhat, so what are we looking at?

The big one for me is Baba Is You, which I've heard one party in particular compare to CELESTE in terms of potential post-release hype which isn't bad for a puzzle game. The Red Strings Club is the monthly Devolver release, which I've heard a fair bit about from its PC release, and the incredibly divisive Caligula Effect: Overdose.

Late due to the mother of all migraines.

Wait, why are you just posting this now?

Well, hopefully this weekend I won't come down with a combination of headache and cough that renders me inoperable for 48+ hours right as I'm about to tear a publisher a new arse.

What's the big one this week?

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ALL HAIL THE VIRTUAL *checks* CARDBIRD.

Nintendo is taking another swing at Labo, and returning to VR at the same time.

The fourth Labo kit will be a kit themed around virtual reality, and launch on April 12. The kits will support the Switch being used for the screens, and the Joy-Con will be used for tracking. Six kits will be available: VR Goggles, Blaster, Camera, Bird, Elephant, and Wind Pedal.

With the grand prize of a free $9.99 to put toward your Switch Online sub.

Nintendo has laid out the plans for the March update to Switch Online, which will have a bit of variety.

The NES games added to the service will be Kid Icarus for all territories, while the Western territories will receive the unreleased-in-Japan Star Tropics. Japan will instead get Konami's 1985 proto-fighter Yie-Ar Kung Fu and the original Fire Emblem.

Standard and Limited Editions

The wacky eShop title Pato Box developed by Bromio will soon be getting the physical treatment on Nintendo Switch and Playstation Vita. The Switch will receive a Standard Edition priced at $29.99 and a special Limited Edition for $39.99 with preorders starting March 7th via online worldwide seller Playasia.

With a manual designed by our very own David Lloyd!

The next release in Super Rare Game (SRG) lineup is not just one game, but a collection of four different games in the Fairune series released as a physical package for the Nintendo Switch. Fairune Collection contains 4 titles; Fairune, Fairune 2, Fairune Origin and Fairune Blast. You can check out our review written by Jordan Rudek (@riskman64) here.

It's a whole new world to explore.

The next Pokémon adventure has been revealed, along with its first new Pokémon.

Pokémon Sword and Shield will release in late 2019 for Switch. Sword and Shield take place in the Galar region, an island with a wide variety of climates and environments.

The three starter Pokémon will be the chimp-like Grookey, the fire rabbit Scorbunny, and the water lizard Sobble. Gyms are mentioned as returning after being absent from Sun and Moon.

The physical version won't be far behind.

Independent games are often described as "handmade" but an upcoming Headup title takes that to new heights.

Trüberbrook, a German-developed adventure title, will release on the Switch eShop on April 17, with a physical version to follow two days later. Each character in the game was individually constructed by hand, with small flourishes added to make them stand out when digitized.

Because MV isn't out yet, they had to remake it from the ground up.

A beloved adventure RPG will soon make its console debut on Switch.

To The Moon, an episode adventure that originally released on Windows in 2011, will be launching on Switch this summer. The tale of attempting to piece together a dying man's memories won several awards for story in its initial release.

Looks like the CRT TVs will be confined to the side tourneys this year.

The world's largest fighting game tournament has revealed its 2019 game lineup, including a new game reveal

The new game is Samurai Shodown, an Unreal Engine 4-based reboot of SNK's 1993 fighting game. The reboot will be a part of the EVO lineup, as the game is slated to release in early summer. Previously revealed as Samurai Spirits, it was announced for Switch as part of a SNK earnings call last year.

On the anniversary of the series. We've been down this road before, haven't we?

A major Pokémon announcement will come on Pokémon Day.

Nintendo has announced a Pokémon Direct will air tomorrow at 9 am Eastern time / 6 am Pacific / 1500 CET. The contents of the video have not been disclosed, but the last of these videos in 2017 revealed Pokkén Tournament DX for Switch, Pokémon Ultra Sun/Moon for 3DS, and Pokémon Gold and Silver's 3DS Virtual Console releases.

Now Canadians, Brits, Aussies, and more can know the joy of getting a 5* book.

The newest update to Dragalia Lost has also come with launches in a group of new countries.

Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore all have the game available in the local App Store now. This is approximately five months after the game's launch in Japan, the United States, and more.

"What are ya buyin'? What are ya sellin'?" "Uh, three games and a kidney respectively."

The Switch will be getting a whole lot more frightening on May 21.

Capcom have announced that the three Resident Evil titles announced for Switch last year - remastered versions of RE0, the original, and Resident Evil 4 - will all release on May 21. An "Origins Collection" with 0 and 1 will be available at retail, while 4 will be eShop only for now.

Featuring the late, great Burt Reynolds in a small role.

The Saints will be bringing their unique brand of open-world mayhem to Switch in May.

THQ Nordic through their Deep Silver subsidiary have confirmed the open-world city conquering game will be available on Switch May 10. No pricing details were announced, but all of the game's original DLC will be available in "The Full Package".

For the curious, we're going into March like a lion. A big, hurty, lion.

I thought this thing was supposed to cover a lot of Thursday releases. We could have delayed it until tomorrow.

Thursday has a plurality, but not a majority like most weeks. There's even the dreaded Saturday release. Things I'm watching for: Trials Rising (which has a review up now), Treasure Stack, and Toe Jam & Earl as another one of those games I played at PAX East a couple of years ago.

Even more music for your fingers to dance to.

VOEZ version 1.6 has been released and adds 16 new songs to Rayark's colorful rhythm game. As is the usual for VOEZ's music library the songs cover a variety of genres including classic rock, EDM, and pop.

The full list of new songs:

- "Angel Wing" by uma

- "energy" by yourmythos

- "Festival Lights" by Mr. Fantastic

A decade and a half of names taken and asses kicked.

There is about to be a change at the top of Nintendo of America.

Nintendo of America announced today that current president Reggie Fils-Aime will be retiring on April 15. Doug Bowser, Nintendo's current senior VP of sales and marketing, will succeed him in the role.

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Apparently the #1 game in the country came out under the Devolver Digital "Earliest Access" program.

Nintendo started off 2019 with some strong hardware numbers and a solid performance in software, though not enough to overcome hordes in that department.

All sales figures are US only, from January 6 - February 2, and are dollar-based unless otherwise indicated.

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Darn that additional polish.

Yacht Club Games isn't quite free from the 8-bit adventures of Shovel Knight yet.

The company's latest blog update has confirmed that the King Knight pack, Shovel Knight Showdown, and the 3-pack of villain Amiibo (Specter, Plague, and King Knight) has been delayed. Yacht Club cited a desire to ensure the highest quality and ensure all the physical editions required no further patching before the launch.

"Oh, this is gonna be a light week." "Why must you turn this news section into a house of LIES?"

So much for the easy week, huh?

Yeah, I'm never believing that again. I think the list nearly doubled between the Direct and people who think shadowdropping stuff on Thursday/Friday is a good idea.

What's the opening gambit for this week, then?

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