That's the original as the streak of Nintendo Directs without Silksong begins to approach Cal Ripken Jr territory.

Four games that could not be more different are being released today as announced in the Partner Showcase.

Bethesda brings the big guns to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

During the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase today Bethesda revealed a number of titles coming to Nintendo Switch 2. This includes several titles that have never made their appearance on Nintendo systems.

First up is Fallout 4: Anniversary edition. This is a port of 2015’s Fallout 4, that... Read more...

You don't have long to get your butt out of Midgar.

We don't know what the third game in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy will be called, but the second part is coming to Switch 2 with the quickness.

The Nintendo Direct today confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will launch for Switch 2 on June 3, following the release of Remake two weeks... Read more...

The most we can expect first party is some Age of Inprisonment.

The first game-related Direct in 2026 is a third party festival.

A Partner Showcase Direct will air tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT, 1500 CET, and 10:30 in Newfoundland. The show will run for 30 minutes according to the announcement in Nintendo Today.

We didn't go to the preview event in question because we value our eyesight, thank you very much.

Although preorders are open again, you may not have to shell out $25/$100 for something to play the upcoming eye destroyer that is the Virtual Boy library.

During a preview of the new library last week, staff from Nintendo Treehouse confirmed to GamesBeat that the Labo VR kit can also be used to... Read more...

Luckily, we would never get as jank a game as Yoshi on the Game Boy again. Wait, we're getting a 30th anniversary reminder...

A small drop of games have come to the Game Boy library for all Switch Online subscribers tonight.

Balloon Kid (1990) is the portable sequel to Balloon Fight, which offers named characters and the ability to release balloons while standing on platforms and reinflate ones to continue progressing.... Read more...

Based on the last game with that description, we can just assume it's never getting un-paused.

The Switch 2 has dodged the bullet of Borderlands 4.

During their Q3 earnings call today, Take Two Interactive's upcoming release slate (which included this Friday's PGA Tour 2K25 release for Switch 2), the Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 was not on the list at all. A Take Two spokesperson issued the following statement to Variety: "We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU."

Both of those probably being seen coming from a couple of light years away.

Nintendo has revealed their financial results and provided sales updates through the end of calendar 2025, and the Switch 2 and Switch both ended up with record breaking quarters.

All monetary figures quoted in yen, with a comparison based on current market rate of US$1 = ¥155.957 provided for clarification only. Year over year increases also noted to be compared to the final holiday quarter of just the Switch.

Wait, a time to slime under an hour? Is this REALLY Dragon Quest VII?

You never want to go full Star Wars, but Dragon Quest has done it with their choice of remakes for Switch family of systems: following the original trilogy, they jumped right to VII with the Reimagined version of the longest game in the long-running franchise. Apparently the new version has made it... Read more...

We did not have the first opponent of Bill Goldberg making a cameo in a Nintendo Direct on the bingo card.

The Direct for the upcoming Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has just wrapped, with a lot of details given about the irreverent life sim.

Living the Dream received an April 16 launch date as the final announcement of the show. Following the controversy with the 2014 3DS lacking same-sex relationship... Read more...

It's Bonkers (yeah, totally nuts) that Nintendo fans are only getting this collection nine years after launch.

One of the early Digital Eclipse collections is finally coming to Switch and is bringing some bonus content.

Following an ESRB rating and a listing on the Japanese eShop, it has been confirmed that the Disney Afternoon Collection - a compilation of Capcom NES games based on the late 1980s/early... Read more...

Due to a lack of Pokemon, we're going on a regional tour

The Road to Kalos will be winding through five other regions in Pokemon Go.

A "Road to Kalos" event will be held from February 23 - 27 in Pokemon Go ahead of the Kalos Tour that weekend, with each of the five days focused on one of the five prior generations of Pokemon. Special raids will be featured... Read more...

The cover athlete choice was either tied to American League MVP voting or fears The Big Dumper wouldn't fit on the Switch box.

The attempt to have Ernie Clement hit it two feet higher starts in about seven weeks.

A PlayStation Blog post has announced that the 2026 edition of MLB The Show will be available on the 17th of March. MLB will publish the game on Switch, with no announcement of a Switch 2 edition yet.

The cover... Read more...

The best part will be when Jack Frost goes "it's morbing time, hee-ho" and starts morbing fools.

It was not a collective hallucination we saw in September, the Virtual Boy is coming and the opening lineup has been revealed.

The accessory-required library for Expansion Pack subscribers will be available on February 17. On that day, the following will benplayable: 3D Tetris, Galactic Pinball, Golf, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer, The Mansion of Innsmouth, and Wario Land.

Aura farming is now legitimate Splatoon 3 tech.

Splatoon 3 has been transferred to a better hospital where its condition has been upgraded to "alive".

The version 11 upgrade to the 2022 splatter will be out on Thursday (possibly Wednesday in North America), according to the overview on Nintendo Today. Among the additions:

In which you have to remove a superhero from the squad. Pick wisely.

This week is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing much really, except for the Nintendo arrival of one of 2025's most beloved adventure games (in the Telltale style, which makes sense since it's a lot of the former staff) - Dispatch. The superhero sending sim is joined on Switch 2 by an upgrade... Read more...

One last call for Switch vouchers.

We'll be getting some news about one of last year's more intriguing announcements Directly this week.

Nintendo Today has revealed a Direct for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream that will air on Thursday (Jan 29) at 9:00 a.m. ET, 6:00 a.m. PT, and 10:30 in Newfoundland. The length of the presentation has not yet been disclosed. The presentation will run for 20 minutes, according to a Nintendo press email.

Also, the date for the first round of tbe World Talking Flower Punting Championships.

Nintendo looks to be having a Wonder-ful end to their current fiscal year.

A Nintendo Today posting has revealed the release date for Super Mario Wonder's Switch 2 upgrade and the "Welcome to Bellabel Park" expansion: the set will launch on March 26. Accompanying the release will be three new entries... Read more...

Not as big as that DK one last night, but still worth grabbing.

Nintendo has dropped a pair of updates for the two Switch 2 bundled games with new features and in the case of the second, removal of a couple of pain points.

Mario Kart World has been updated to version 1.5, with the option to do team Knockout Tour online or in local wireless added as well as Polish language support. Some issues were also fixed, including an apparent crash-to-desktop when using Kamek on the Choco Mountain course.

With about nine days left to buy Switch vouchers, maybe this puts someone over the top to burn one.

One of the last pre-Switch 2 releases is getting an update tonight, and perhaps not the one you might expect.

A free update for Donkey Kong County Returns HD (roughly timed to the game's anniversary) is out now which makes Dixie Kong available as a playable character with her trademark skills (replacing... Read more...