Sorry, Rex. Looks like you'll get your chance another day.

Xenoblade fans rejoice! The next fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Announced in today's Nintendo Direct, Pyra and Mythra will be a combo character where you swap between the characters mid-battle. Rex will appear as part of their Final Smash. For their stage, fighters will duke it out on the back of Azurda, Rex's titan companion from Xenoblade 2.

Time to start the show!

Announced at today's Nintendo Direct, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout will be releasing on Nintendo Switch this summer.

Originally released in August of last year, Fall Guys is an online multiplayer game where 60 players compete to be the last bean standing. The game is a 3D platformer styled after... Read more...

...that's not a typo, we swear.

The happening bunker is quickly filling as Nintendo has returned with its biggest Direct in a year and a half.

Nintendo of America tweeted an announcement a short time ago that the next presentation would air tomorrow (February 17) at 5 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. PT, 2300 CET. According to the note, it will be roughly 50 minutes long and include details on previously released games including Smash Ultimate as well as games for the first half of 2021.

Two explorations that should go great together.

The indie exploration platformer Blasphemous is adding some more experience to the roster.

An update launching on Thursday will add a new character: Miriam, the main character of fellow 2019 release Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. In a special mode, players will have to locate pieces of a portal to get Miriam back to her home world, with a special bonus for completion.

"Thomas Was Alone?" I can't get a vacation this time of year without someone dying, so how does that work?

It's quite a busy week for the role-players among us, heavy on the action side though. The leading example - which is mostly getting in here because it technically releases early for some people - is the Deluxe edition of Persona 5 Strikers, the sequel to the game that got the highest score I've given on a review since 2016. For those coming out in full this week there's also Fallen Legions Revenants from NIS America.

The maestros of the chameleon and bat are adding guns and slime to their portfolio.

Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic celebrated their birthday by becoming a publisher.

Opened six years ago today to prepare for the original Yooka-Laylee, the studio helmed by former Rare developers has opened Playtonic Friends, which will serve as a publisher of games from smaller developers. Their first three partnerships are with:

One Ripken-esque streak continues, but the other falls to math.

The Switch hardware momentum continues to roll on in January's US sales survey from the NPD Group.

All data from January 3 - 30 and rankings are based on revenue unless otherwise noted. Third parties contribute eShop sales data to the survey, but Nintendo does not.

Hardware saw the Switch emerge... Read more...

The journey will get quite a bit sweeter this year.

Spiritfarer will be spinning new stories throughout 2021.

Thunder Lotus Games have announced three major updates for 2021 today, and all of them will be free for existing players. The updates are known as "Lily" (targeting this spring), "Beverly" (summer), and "Jackie & Daria" (fall), and will add one spirit in the first two updates and two in the third.

Sounds like a reachable goal.

The tactical RPG King's Bounty II has finally secured its launch date for all platforms.

After being announced for a Switch release in a March 2020 Direct Mini with a planned release of "2020", it was finally announced for release on August 24 in an Epic Games Store presentation earlier today. Publisher Koch Media later confirmed this was the release date for Switch as well.

Farming with friends will be a little bit more intimate once *gestures wildly* is over.

A major update is now out for Stardew Valley that adds a host of new features.

The version 1.5 update is now available on the eShop and includes a local co-op play option to go along with the existing online play. New music, goals, community upgrades, and secrets are also included in the update.

The PC darling making its debut on consoles.

A beloved PC exploration title is making its first move to consoles on Switch next week.

Cathedral, launching on February 18, is an 8-bit themed game of exploration that originally released on PC Hallowe'en 2019. Originally beginning development in 2014, Cathedral promises an expansive world to uncover the secrets of.

We're not even pretending this is getting anything but an M rating.

One of the more unique concepts in beat-em-ups is coming to Switch this summer.

Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed, a remake of the 2010 Japan-only PSP title developed by Acquire, will be released in western territories this summer via XSEED. The Japanese release is slated for May 20. The... Read more...

An all-localization Partner Showcase? Go on...

2020's best third party presentation is dropping a new version slightly earlier in 2021.

The New Game Plus Expo, which ran June 23 of last year, will air for 2021 on March 4. The full lineup of publishers includes:

No first party games this month, before you ask.

The newest additions for the Switch's online retro library are some of the deepest cuts yet.

North America and Europe will receive three SNES games: January 1996 platformer Prehistorik Man, Telenet-developed 1993 fighting game Doomsday Warrior, and unlocalized platformer Psycho Dream. Psycho Dream... Read more...

It's about time that the latest Crash game makes its way to Nintendo platforms.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is heading to Nintendo Switch on March 12, retailing for $39.99 (cheaper than the PlayStation and Xbox versions, which are $59.99).

Longtime Skylanders developer Toys for Bob created both the original release and the Switch version. The game first debuted in... Read more...

...I don't want to think about the possibility of Zeus with a smartphone, thanks...

The creators of 2018's Hexologic have announced their next project will be a mythological adventure with a twist.

MythicOwl revealed a new game called Harmony's Odyssey today, which is targeting a 2021 release for Switch. The odyssey will take place in a world which crosses the mythological with the modern, where minotaurs and cyclopes have access to cars and smartphones.

This week, every day is Caturday.

The cat's meow this week is obviously the final major part of the Mario 35th party - and the only one that will be presumably sold after the end of next month - in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Look for a review on that later this week, but I've already downloaded it so I guess I'm going... Read more...

And we may see the ascension of a developer.

Apex Legends's new season kicks off today, and Switch owners get to jump in next month.

EA have confirmed that the Switch version of the battle royal shooter will launch on March 9 as a free download. The Switch version will maintain cross-platform play with the PC, PlayStation, and Xbox versions.... Read more...

The time travelling RPG hopes for an actual date in the next couple of months.

Originally slated for last year before everything happened, Cris Tales will instead be told in summer.

The Modus Games-published JRPG has now targeted July 2021 as the release window, with a firm date expected "in the next two months". A demo was previously released on Switch last year.

A new trailer for the game is also available:

This is the back-charge before my wallet gets hit with multiple Sonic Booms over the next few weeks.

After the last couple of weeks, this article seems downright pedestrian - but it's just the warmup for me getting hit for three big games in three consecutive Fridays (Mario 3D World, the deluxe version of P5 Strikers, and Bravely Third). The game to watch this week is Haven, though the co-op focus... Read more...