The only surprise here might be the release date.

If your Joy-Con charging grip is about to give up the ghost after seven years, Nintendo will have you covered in a few months.

A new version of the optional Switch accessory will be available on October 17 (the same day as Super Mario Party Jamboree). The new grip will maintain the USB support of the original, but can also adopt different positions (vertical or flat) and eliminates the side pieces present on the original model.

If you'd like to see what Argentina v Columbia looks like WITHOUT stadium invasion delays, here's your chance.

EA Sports is not letting off the gas for their second kick at Switch soccer without the mafia FIFA license.

EA Sports FC 25 has been announced for a September 27 kickoff on Switch (and all other active platforms), and it appears that this year's edition will not be a "Legacy" one for Switch. New... Read more...

Welcome to Sakamoto's world.

It's a red hot Famicom summer as a new set of meeting minutes from the Detective Club is coming.

Following a tease last week, Nintendo have announced Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. The first original adventure in the series in this century, it will launch with a physical version.

The following contest, scheduled for one fall, is for the Nintendo World Championship!

Things we missed last week: A double dose of Namco as Ace Combat 7 did come out for standard retail price, and also... I swear this is not one of those "fetish" games, but they also added Tinkle Pit into the Archives.

Speaking of the fetish room, let's make that particular wing of horny jail a... Read more...

Currently the domestic releases (outside Japan) have a 6-4 lead this month. Want to give the SNES library Terranigma to make it a one point game?

The Game Boy Advance library for Expansion Pack subscribers has picked up new titles - or at least titles brand new to the West.

An update tonight has added three titles in the Densetu no Starfy (The Legendary Starfy) series to the GBA library. The three games, released between 2002 and 2004 in Japan, were Tose-developed platformers with a focus on free movement, and the third game adds some multiplayer minigame support.

If this article is late next week, blame Pokemon Go Fest 2k24. If it's late in August, I got five and a game for two-handing an eShop developer.

Things we missed last week: Ninja Emaki in the Archives, and "Utah Games Presents" which is actually games produced by a Master's program at the University of Utah. There was also a regular-price-US$99-but-97%-off version of AAA Clock, to which I will point out that if the publisher of that "game" is located where their name suggests, I will be in the area in August and there isn't a jury in that province that will convict me.

Clearly not resting on their laurels today.

NIS America, not content to rest after today's release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak, have announced a pair of localizations of Falcom titles over the next year.

The first announcement of the day was a localization release date for Ys X: Nordics. The latest title in the shipwreck recovery simulating RPG franchise will release on October 25, about thirteen months after its Japanese launch.

Now, do you want to take the chance?

Nintendo has unleashed a major update to the NES library for Switch Online subscribers tonight of wildly varying quality.

No surprise, they were responsible for the last one.

One of the classic action RPG franchises is filling in another part of its history on Switch next year.

Ahead of this weekend's Anime Expo, XSEED have confirmed a Western release for Ys Memoire: The Oath In Felghana will be available next spring. The third game in the series was originally released... Read more...

With one exception, a week designed to let you slice through your backlog like it's a perfectly cooked fish fillet.

Things we missed last week: Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary launched for $19.99 US or equivalent, and CJ Gregg is currently performing The Jackal in the Archives (by way of Konami).

Last week had a near-record 66 releases in North America, and we're cutting that by more than half this week... Read more...

A full expansion about two years after the original game, but that's what happens when you can dance on a grave.

Atari 50 has announced a major expansion this fall partially to celebrate the end of the "first console war".

Launching on October 25, the expansion will add two new "timelines" to the expansive collection, one focused on the general influence and style of Atari and one focused on the firm's early... Read more...

The rare fusion of the two active NSO 99s.

The next Tetris 99 theme event is going to be hanging out with its younger brother.

A Maximus Cup for Tetris 99 will run this weekend starting on Friday at 3 a.m. ET and running until Tuesday morning at 2:59 a.m. ET. The theme for this event will be F-Zero 99, marking the first F-Zero game to get the Tetris 99 treatment and a rare time when one of the free-for-NSO games promotes another.

With visual novels, "spooky" remakes, and Super (Game) Monkey Ball it's a busy end of quarter.

Things we missed last week: Wait, they held a Nintendo Direct and only shadowdropped one game (Metal Slug Attack Reloaded) plus the NSO Bethesda's Fault app? Pretty sure that's a record. Also, Rastan Saga II: Mythological Boogaloo in the Archives.

The last week of the quarter is always a busy one,... Read more...

Between attempting to revive the cremated corpse of E3 and the whole Plumbers Don't Wear Ties thing they're on the tip of the iceberg.

The annual capper to the Summer of Too Many Bloody Game Announcements is usually the Limited Run Games presentation, and after a very rough year since the publisher/distributor's last presentation they unveiled the following for Switch this year (alongside the previously announced Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary):

More like the 21st anniversary edition, am I right?

After some false starts it appears Ubisoft is ready to bring back one of its cult hits.

Information has emerged confirming that Beyond Good and Evil will receive a "20th anniversary edition" release next week - June 25. A physical version is rumored to be announced at a Limited Run Games presentation which will air at 2 p.m. ET today.

This might be familiar to some of you.

As preloads prepare to drop, Nintendo has released a new trailer for next week's Luigi's Mansion 2 HD release on Switch.

The four minute trailer covers both the single players and multiplayer "ScareScraper" modes, alongside demonstrations of the classic Luigi's Mansion gameplay.

The trailer is available below:

We got updates, we got shadowdrops, and we got... nothing from Aspyr? Nice.

Other news from the Nintendo Direct today:

Shadowdrops

Look at it this way, the Switch Sports update means you can't do worse than Luka and Kyrie in the finals.

New modes were announced for a pair of Nintendo games today, one to come and one out for a couple of years.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition revealed a pair of new competition methods today in the Nintendo Direct. A "Survival" mode will see you race ghosts of seven other players in a knockout... Read more...

That title's a mouthful.

After several rounds of killing game adventure, the Danganronpa team is moving into the strategy RPG realm.

Launching in early 2025, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy stars a student forced to move into the titular school and fend off "school invaders" (monsters) for 100 in-game days. The defense takes the form of a strategy RPG, with the prep work serving as school exploration.

At least we no longer have to hear "when's mahvel".

Capcom is continuing their trend of compilations on multiple platforms by filling in two major holes in today's Direct.

The sole collection with a confirmed date is the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, which will release on September 6. The collection contains the two Ace Attorney spinoffs... Read more...