How close is the Switch to passing the Gamecube, and have "Nintendo-like profits" returned?

At the close of business today in Japan, Nintendo held a press conference to announce their financial results for fiscal 2017, which ended on March 31.

All monetary results quoted below are in yen, with a dollar figure based on current market rates in US$ ($1 = ¥109.26 at press time) for comparison.

Oddball, oddly specific stat incoming

As the Switch enters its second year of sales tracking for the US, it's still putting up big numbers.

Although hardware spending was down year-over-year due to not being the launch of a platform, the Switch is still performing strongly in March. The red/blue Joycon Switch bundle was the best selling... Read more...

Take out Nazis IN AMERICA

Wolfenstein II is enlisting on the Switch at the end of June.

The critically acclaimed first person shooter will release on June 29. Panic Button, the specialist studio who worked on Bethesda's port of Doom (2016) have been officially confirmed as handling Wolfenstein II as well.

The motion control options that were added to Doom post-launch will be on the shipping game for Wolfenstein II.

For the truly hardcore among us.

Splatoon 2 is getting a bit more fresh tonight.

The 3.0 update will include the new Rank X, which will be granted to anyone who has reached S+10 following the update. X players will battle for X Power points, with top rankings in each Ranked mode being highlighted in Splatnet 2 and relegation to S+9 happening on the last day of the month beginning May 31.

At least for now, it's business as usual.

The developers of Firewatch now have a new home.

Originally reported by Kotaku, Campo Santo have confirmed that they have sold the company to Steam administrators Valve. Specific financial terms have not been disclosed, and although Campo Santo will relocate to Seattle from their current San Francisco home the team will remain together rather than being absorbed by Valve.

Did the Plato estate sign off on this?

One of the most infamous games in history is coming to a Nintendo platform after more than a quarter century.

Night Trap, the Sega CD full motion video game, has been tabbed for a Switch release "soon". A physical version has been announced for release by Limited Run Games according to the latest issue of Nintendo Force magazine.

The cross of pinball and platformer is finally on the way.

Yoku's Island Express is about to take off.

The pinball platformer has been tapped for a May 29 release, published by Team17. The launch price will be US$19.99/€19.99/£15.99.

A new developer diary is also available as of today:

And ducking the busiest week of the year to date in the process.

Runbow for Switch is slowing down a bit to get more polish.

Originally slated to release Tuesday (April 24), the game will be delayed for "a matter of weeks" according to physical publisher Headup Games. Both the retail and eShop versions will be affected, as well as a planned PlayStation 4 version.

Everybody's saying Labo this and Labo that, but nobody's saying Reloaded this or Manticore that.

Today's release schedule is a bit of an oddity, as there's... not a whole lot. Whether this is due to Labo or not is up for debate, but there's already *23* Switch games confirmed for next week. Still, we'll take the breather while it's there. The non-cardboard big ones are Wild Guns Reloaded from... Read more...

For the superfans, you can get both in one box.

The promised physical releases of Flinthook and Mercenary Kings: Reloaded will be available early next week.

Limited Run Games, who is handling the distribution, will put both games up for open preorder on Monday (April 23) at 10 a.m. Eastern time. The preorders will be open for two weeks.

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Maybe Kahwi will show up for the games.

The Switch is going to hoop it up around the world in 2018.

Saber Interactive has announced NBA Playgrounds 2 will release this year. New to the 2-on-2 basketball game for 2018 are online ranked leagues for solo and co-op play, new courts, and a full season mode.

More than 200 past and present NBA stars will be playable.

Still trying to track down a corpse.

There will be more time to prepare for Dark Souls.

Bandai Namco has announced that the RPG remaster has been delayed to "summer", from a previous release date of May 25. The limited edition Solaire Amiibo has also been pushed back.

No specific cause was given for the delay.

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A PC hit tunes into the Switch.

A cerebral rhythm title will serve as the second release from Bedtime Digital.

The developers of Wii U title Back to Bed will launch their second title Figment on Switch May 31. The game launched on PC last year and has already won several awards for its music and art style.

Figment is set in the recesses of the human mind, and sees the expression of human courage Dusty seek to free the mind from an encroaching threat of nightmares.

Some grand strategy awaits the Switch.

The Sega fan festival which saw the launch of the Sega Ages line added a couple of additional titles as it wrapped up earlier today.

Sega Ages will include Gain Ground and Alex Kidd In Miracle World among its first releases. An original arcade title, Alex Kidd was later a key game for the Sega Master System and was chosen due to high Virtual Console sales in Europe. Strategy title Gain Ground will include vertical Switch screen support.

We don't get the box set, but we can pick and choose.

Sega is bringing some of their classic titles to Switch beginning this summer.

At Sega FES 2018 in Tokyo, Sega confirmed that they would bring their 'Sega Ages' label to the Switch eShop worldwide. More than 15 titles will be in the line, which will include Sonic the Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Thunder Force IV.

All the fun of the Wii U release, except fully portable.

Valhalla comes for us all at the end of April.

Thunder Lotus Games have announced that Jotun: Valhalla Edition will be making the jump from Wii U to Switch on April 27. The 2016 Wii U title has sold over a million copies worldwide across PC and consoles.

In making the Switch version, Thunder... Read more...

Good news, Mega Man fans!

Fear not: the version of Mega Man X3 in the Mega Man X Legacy Collection will be the Super Nintendo version according to a Capcom representative.

The pair of collections, split into Mega Man X1-4 and X5-8, are due out on Switch on July 24. Both collections will be developed internally at Capcom,... Read more...

No word on the first two yet.

Although no solid dates are available for the first two Banner Saga titles on Switch, we know when the fight will end.

Banner Saga 3 will release on Switch on July 24. The RPG trilogy's final chapter will support save transfer from the first two games in the series.

Switch pricing has not been revealed for 3, though the lowest priced option on PC will be US$24.99.

After a false start, Deep Silver's ready for launch.

An eShop title held just before launch due to Switch firmware is now ready to fire.

Manticore: Galaxy on Fire was originally slated to release in March, but the game will instead release on April 19. The retail price for the title is $19.99 or equivalent.

Graphical issues caused by the 5.0 firmware for the Switch had to be resolved before the game could launch. The launching version for the game will be 1.02.

Not bad for a little shooter.

The Graceful Explosion Machine is humming right along.

VertexPop announced today that the Atari-inspired shooter has sold just under 50,000 copies since launching approximately a year ago on Switch. To celebrate, the game is on sale now for 50% off until April 19.

The developer has also confirmed they are working on a new action title for Switch. The game promises to be "colorful" and will release in 2019.