We've come an awful long way since the days of Tobybro.

For the first time in nearly two decades, a dedicated Pokemon battling game is in development.

Game Freak and "The Pokemon Works" have announced Pokemon Champions, a PvP battle simulator that can use existing Pokemon, is now in development. The game will be available for Switch systems, iOS, and Android.

It's been 3000 years since we heard about this one.

For the first time in a year, we have heard official news about Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and this includes gameplay and a release date.

The follow up to Legends: Arceus will launch "later this year", and will take place entirely within the confines of Lumiose with wild Pokemon encountered in "Wild... Read more...

Featuring several classic games IN CANADA.

Things we missed last week: An arcade Othello game in the Archives.

While I'm running around the Distortion World and creation for the Unova Tour stuff this weekend, I suspect a lot of you will be getting into one of the two options for retro Konami games which are this week's headliners: the Yu-Gi-Oh... Read more...

On the menu: Legends Zut Alors, TCG Pocket, Unova Tour. Not on the docket: Potential deals with pay to win mobile companies.

With Pokemon Day next Thursday, the Pokemon Company will be celebrating with some new announcements.

A Pokemon Presents will air on Thursday, February 27 (the anniversary of Red and Green's release) at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT / 1500 CET. A length has not been disclosed.

This will be a year to... Read more...

And so ends a streak of never paying actual money for Nintendo Switch Online.

One of the more popular Switch features is ending just after Xenoblade Chronicles X's re-release, and another will not be forward compatible with Switch 2.

Nintendo has announced tonight that the My Nintendo Gold program will be discontinued starting on March 25 at 12:59 a.m. ET. The program offered... Read more...

The news desk did not plan for page 70000 to be labelled that way: it would have had a few more profanities thrown in.

Things we missed last week: The localized release of three Cosmic Fantasy RPGs, a game named Ultros which does NOT have seafood soup on the menu, and Konami's Kitten Kaboodle (not to be confused with the drag performer from Canada) in the Archives.

As you know, the URL for each page on the website... Read more...

Once again, it's nice to see that every other console maker's events can be tax deductible.

Sony held their first State of Play presentation of the year earlier today but the Switch still got some new releases out of it.

Gaming's most infamous underflow error is back for another go-around.

Things we missed this week: Namco's 1998 isometric action game Marchen Maze was the Archives release.

On paper, this is a two game week: either Civilization VII with the most aggressive Mahatma Gandhi this side of Gandhi II or the latest game in the rapidly spiraling out of control Trails series.... Read more...

From a rare time in which Wario did platforming.

The Expansion Pack is going from one meme to another next week.

The Game Boy Advance library will add Wario Land 4 (2001) next week; officially the launch will be February 14, but North America will get the game on the night of the 13th.

Wario Land 4 previously was rereleased on the Wii U Virtual Console and was one of the GBA games given in the 3DS's Ambassador Program.

If you're still on the fence, check out if the port's worth it.

Nintendo's first 2025 release can now be tried to see if it's worth the voucher.

A demo has been added to the eShop for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. The January 16 remake release joins the likes of Metroid Dread and the Pokemon Let's Go games as receiving demos post-launch, rather than pre-launch.

We're not going into a RFN recording straight after - right, James?

There is nowhere where the Switch 2 Direct could be considered an April Fool's joke.

Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 Direct on April 2nd will air at 9 a.m. Eastern, 6 a.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. Central European time, and 11:00 Japan Standard Time. A total time was not provided.

For comparison, the comparable Switch event - the last live Nintendo press event - was held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan at 11 p.m. ET.

It all depends on your skill - face it straight!

Capcom held a stream event earlier today which included a couple of announcements for the Switch.

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - originally announced in last August's Partner Showcase for Switch release in "2025" - received a confirmed date of May 16. The second collection includes a pair of Capcom vs SNK titles, the Power Stone duology, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper among its included games.

It's never good to have to revise estimates down after the holiday quarter, but what did you expect?

Nintendo issued their financial results for the 4th calendar quarter of 2024 at the close of business in Japan today, and what would be a high mark for any other quarter is deflated by the fact that it was the Switch's eighth holiday quarter.

All figures quoted in yen (¥), for comparison the US$ figures are listed based on a rate of ¥155.32 = $1.

The only thing more painful than recording this week of releases is streaming an impossible game for 306 days and getting screwed by an undocumented bug at the finish.

Things we missed last week: Man's ultimate weapon dodged the tariffs and came to North America after hitting Japan then Europe, and Taito's Thunder Fox was the obligatory Archives launch.

This week is a light one, and hopefully it remains as such - but with a results call when I wake up tomorrow... Read more...

Editor's note: We have deleted the references to giant enemy crabs and $600 systems for your sanity.

The N64 library in the Expansion Pack has offered a very PlayStation-oriented update tonight.

Ridge Racer 64 is now available in the N64 library. Originally released in 2000 and never released in Japan, the arcade racer was actually a Nintendo-internal product developed under license from Namco, with the development led by Nintendo Software Technologies.

And it is free!

The Video Game History Foundation has today officially launched their digital library of research materials in early access. At launch the library already consists more than 1,500 text searchable out-of-print video game magazines including those rarely available to the public, previously unseen game developement materials, artwork, press kits, promotional materials, and more.

In what should be a week for mid-major RPGs it's an indie sequel stealing the show.

Things we missed last week: Final Star Force was the Archives game, and Greg can once again fire man's ultimate weapon on Switch as the Cho Aniki Collection had dropped on Switch in Europe the day he mentioned it on RFN.

Although there's some big releases in the price realm - including something... Read more...

We got rarity, a fighter, and Culture Brain.

Nintendo has dropped a trio of retro games into the SNES Switch Online library this evening. The new additions:

Oh Arceus, please bless the water horse and all those who need the water horse for their Pokedex...

After announcing a double box mascot run-in and a battle pass, the details for the period in between the in person and worldwide "Unova Tour" events have been revealed.

The "Road to Unova Tour" event will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Monday and run until the global Unova Tour commences on Saturday... Read more...

"Here's the pitch for a 'Better eShop'... just a bit outside."

Things we missed last week: Konami's Escape Kids in the Archives, and Europe for some unfathomable reason added 44 games between Monday and Saturday. Most of which was shovelware in the actual sense (as opposed to the "Better eShop" shovelware sense, shoutout to Connor).

This seemed like a quiet... Read more...