So many bricks, so little room.

The Nintendo-LEGO collaboration has produced a new block.

A new set was announced today that takes the form of a giant ? block which opens to reveal versions of stages from Super Mario 64. The collection will be a LEGO Store exclusive starting on October 1, with other retailers following in 2022, and the set will retail for US$169.99 or equivalent.

One spinoff, one standalone title this time.

NIS America is bringing back another pair of older RPGs next spring.

The doods have announced Prinny Presents: NIS Classics Volume 2 for a spring 2022 release. The pair of titles included in this pack are:

A week headlined by an organization that's all about the money, and also WarioWare.

...I can't help but think that this list is going to end up radically expanding by the end of the week, but it's already pretty busy. WarioWare: Get it Together is the headliner of course, with the first WarioWare to have original microgames since Wario said "screw it, you make it" on the original... Read more...

If you got your Hello Kitty cards, this should be old hat by now.

After the apparent success of the Sanrio line of Animal Crossing Amiibo cards, the base sets are coming back to stores in North America.

Nintendo have announced a reprint of the first four waves of cards will begin appearing in select stores over the next few days (early September is specified).... Read more...

See, they paid off BOTH of those surveys in June.

Nintendo's other "brainy" series is returning on Switch, and this time North America will get to partake.

Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain has been announced for a December 3 launch, priced at US$29.99 and available physically. There will be challenges (including daily ones) in Solo mode, or up to four players (local or ghosts uploaded by other players) can take part in multiplayer modes.

Now with bullet... sorry, "bullit" time.

Inti Creates has now committed to a double shot of their Gunvolt 2D run-and-gun series for 2022.

At the BitSummit indie game expo, Inti Creates announced Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 would launch worldwide on January 27, 2022. The original game released in 2019, while Inti previously announced the third Azure Striker Gunvolt game would also hit next year.

Now we have an actual cat in the crew.

Following the announcement of Morgana, Sega have confirmed a true feline presence will be available as DLC for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - on launch day.

Japanese cultural icon Hello Kitty will be available for purchase on October 5 (the game's regular launch day, though a deluxe version with early access is available) for US$4.99 or equivalent.

Why is this relevant now? Well, at least one current Switch game and a potential re-release is probably affected.

A new European ratings board ruling has gone into effect that would have a major effect on current and potential future Switch releases.

The PEGI board has determined that references to gambling would result in an automatic 18+ rating: according to reports, this actually began in early 2021. A... Read more...

A roguelite golf adventure.

Chuhai Labs has today announced their next title, Cursed to Golf, will be coming to Switch along with PC via Steam in 2022. This 2D golf game tasks the player with escaping from Golf Purgatory in your quest to become a golfing legend. All while avoiding deadly traps and hazards.

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We've teamed up with Q-Games to celebrate their 15th Anniversary of Star Fox Command!

Q-Games is a developer that should be well known to most Nintendo fans. From Star Fox to Pixeljunk, they've left quite an impression in the libraries of many a Nintendo game. This week they're celebrating their 20th anniversary as a company as well as the 15th anniversary of Star Fox Command, and they've teamed up with us here at Nintendo World Report to help get the festivities in motion.

A lot of old school this week, though some of it will repeat next week.

In what I thought would be an incredibly quiet week before checking the Canadian game list and then re-checking the US one, it was surprisingly difficult to come up with a main game - NIS America's classics collection (containing Soul Nomad and Phantom Brave) put up a brave front, but we'll give the... Read more...

Maybe someone will come up with a better name for his monster than "Joe Blow"

After a couple of Japan-only remakes, the first two Monster Rancher games are coming out worldwide.

Koei Tecmo have announced Monster Rancher 1+2 DX for worldwide release on December 9. A price in the West has not been announced, though a limited edition will be available in Japan with a backpack and metal figurine among other items.

A few items of note for Switch owners, including why you don't mess with the Fourth Estate.

In addition to the Marvel's Midnight Suns and Super Monkey Ball DLC announcements, a few other Switch items of note from today's "Gamescom Opening Night Live" digital event:

The Samuel L Jackson of the Persona 5 Strikers team joins a rather motley Sega crew.

The party for the Super Monkey Ball franchise will be getting some late arriving guests from Japan.

At Gamescom Opening Night, Sega confirmed DLC support for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - with the first new character rolling in as Persona 5's team pet Morgana. The DLC will be available on November... Read more...

Original characters and X-Men - what a time to be alive.

Some of the darkest corners of the Marvel universe are headed to Switch in a new tactical RPG.

2K have revealed Marvel's Midnight Suns will launch on Switch in March of next year. A tactical turn-based RPG developed by Firaxis, Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes version), Nico Minoru, Wolverine of the X-Men and Iron Man will be among the 13 heroes in the game.

The "Wario Cup" is weekly because not even Wario would want to crunch enough to make it daily.

It won't just be playing against the house in the new WarioWare.

Nintendo released a new trailer for WarioWare: Get It Together which in addition to revealing the character roster, also showed off two new multiplayer modes. "Variety Pack" mode pits local players and their chosen WarioWare stars against each other in exclusive games, while the Wario Cup is a weekly-rotating online score challenge.

I would quote this week's major protagonist but Travis Touchdown would prevent us from keeping this space rated E.

Travis touches down one more time on the Switch this week as the world's leading assassin takes his act to SPAAAAAAAAAACE in the week's major release, No More Heroes III. The game voted too hot for Treehouse drops Friday, but if you're looking for something with just as much murder but want to take it slow, may we recommend King's Bounty II on Tuesday.

Wario probably crunched the devs to get it there.

The next first party release for Switch now has a demo.

A demo for WarioWare: Get It Together! can now be downloaded from the eShop in North America. Nintendo's announcement has confirmed a "selection of minigames", but was not specific on how many that entails.

The demo checks in at 206MB.

Some news from the perpetual state of Nintendo (or so the rest of the internet would have you believe). UPDATED

UPDATE August 20: After the eShop update today, the Slayers Collection price increased to US$49.99 and C$66.99. This would bring it in line with the cost of the physical release, which will be available on September 3. Original story follows.

In addition to Quake's launch, a couple of Doom-related announcements for the Switch went down today at the opening day of the digital QuakeCon.

It won't require shoving nine inch nails through your fingers to play the other ID shooter.

Another classic ID shooter series of the 1990s is now on Switch.

Quake, Id Software's follow up first person shooter series which debuted in 1996, has been remastered for modern platforms as part of a 25th anniversary celebration. It is available now on the eShop for US$9.99 or equivalent.

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