The team is staying intact, so let's hope for a lot of brakes being thrown.

One of Nintendo and The Pokemon Company's major partners has been acquired.

As was originally rumored last month, Niantic has sold their gaming division to Scopely, publishers of Monopoly Go and owners of Marvel Strike Force. Financial terms were not made public but the rumored acquisition price was US$3.5b.

Is this the eShop throwing for Mar10? Seriously?

Things we missed last week: Vs Mystery Tower (the arcade version of Famicom import Mystery Tower) in the Archives.

Today marks a full decade since I a) moved into my current apartment and b) accepted the offer from Neal to start writing for NWR, so what would this week have? A Chrono Trigger re-release?... Read more...

One of those is a true "what took you so long" moment.

Nintendo has resolved an item from our list of requested Switch 2 re-releases even before the Switch 2 Direct.

The Game Boy library has added a pair of Mario themed games ahead of this Monday's MAR10 celebrations in the Game Boy Donkey Kong (1994) and Mario's Picross. Colloquially known as "Donkey... Read more...

Your humble news editor is currently kicking a vacation week in June back a bit.

After some Unovan chill, the next major weekend for Pokemon Go will be around the start of summer.

The annual Pokemon Go Fest has been announced for the month of June, with in person events in Osaka, Japan May 29 - June 1, Jersey City, NJ on June 6 - 8, and Paris, France on June 13 - 15 before... Read more...

Neal's Wish has come true, so buy it If You Must (though not quite Here and Now).

The Birdman is coming back to Nintendo consoles this summer.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 have been revealed after several months of teasing, and will be available on July 11. The port will be developed by Iron Galaxy due to the folding of Vicarious Visions (who developed 1+2), and three editions... Read more...

216 stars of destiny, 108,000 counts of fraud and money laundering out of Moldova.

Things we missed last week: Taito's Dead Connection in the Archives.

We've got another classic set headlining this week as the Suikoden I & II HD Remaster collection from Konami leads a busy week all around. More people played the first, but the 2nd has reportedly one of the biggest villains this side of Florida, so either way you should be in for some heavy RPG action. The other major item this week is Despera Drops published by Aksys.

Pokemon Sleep is about to mess with the final boss, it seems.

Among the other announcements from the Pokemon Presents:

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.