Also a quick update on Picross S: Mega Drive & Mark III Edition.

Picross S6 is coming to the Nintendo Switch worldwide on April 22. The new release features 485 puzzles across different modes, including standard Picross, Mega Picross, and Color Picross. If you have play data from Picross S, S2, or S3, you can also unlock large extra puzzles.

Developer Jupiter... Read more...

The collection got 66% bigger.

The Blizzard Arcade Collection has added new games for free along with some new items for the existing games.

Added as brand new games are The Lost Vikings 2 (1997), aka "Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest" and a sequel to the original puzzle platformer that offers new abilities and two new characters, and RPM Racing (1991) which was claimed to be the first US-developed game for the Super NES.

This week was way too quiet to begin with.

Nintendo will be declaring a host of independents tomorrow.

2021's first Indie World presentation will begin at noon Eastern time, 9 a.m. Pacific, and 1800 CET. The presentation will run for roughly 20 minutes.

Prior years have seen the first Indie World / Nindie Showcase air in March around... Read more...

The Happy-Happy edition.

The annual new look for the Switch Lite is coming the same day as Miitopia for North America.

Nintendo of America have revealed a new darker blue Switch Lite for release on May 21. It will be priced the same as a standard Switch Lite ($199.99 US/$269.99 Canadian).

Europe will actually get the system two weeks earlier on May 7.

I think we're forgetting just how many hours of NIS America games are hitting this month.

In a week that... really, almost has the feeling of a shadowdrop festival... the big titles of the week are NIS America's shooter (???) Poison Control, as the RPG specialists diverge from their wheelhouse. And that's interesting in light of the other major release this week (surprisingly not coming... Read more...

Meet the Wicked Twisters

Square Enix announced today that NEO: The World Ends With You, the sequel to the beloved Nintendo DS cult classic, will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on July 27th 2021. The game will also see a release on PC via the Epic Games Store. Accompanying this news a new trailer was shown that provides a look at the title's extensive voice cast and some new gameplay.

And some paid DLC to go along with it.

More content is coming to Streets of Rage 4 later this year.

A major update is planned that will include a training mode, a new ultra-hard "Mania+" difficulty, and new color palettes for the playable characters plus support for the "Mr. X Nightmare" DLC. This DLC will include a Survival mode and three new playable characters.

Wakka wakka wakka with 98 other jerks.

It'll be just under a week before the battle royale classics resume - with something even older than Mario.

Nintendo have announced Pac-Man 99 will be available for play by Nintendo Switch Online members beginning on April 7 (tomorrow) at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The app is available to download now.

Here's hoping they have better security this time.

E3 is returning after a year's absence with a new format, and Nintendo is one of the backers.

First reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the retooled E3 will be a digital only event running from June 12-15, 2021 (Saturday to Tuesday). Nintendo has been announced as attending along with Microsoft, Capcom, Konami, Take Two Interactive, Ubisoft, WB Games, and Koch Media.

We had to confirm this wasn't an April Fools joke.

Platinum Games is going to attempt to bring classic arcade gameplay into the 2020s.

The company announced a new line of games called "Neo-Classic Arcade", and its first product will be Sol Cresta - due for release on Switch later this year. Sol will be the third title in the "Cresta" shooter series:... Read more...

Look, there's two games for Donald this week... here's some money, go play a Star War. (RIP Jessica Walter)

It has been two weeks since something I will put an inordinate amount of time into has been released, and in fact there's a doubleheader this Friday. The adventures of Class VII wrap up once and for all in Trails of Cold Steel IV as NIS America kicks off a stupidly busy April, but since I still need... Read more...

The end of May starts to fill in with some interesting shooting action.

A shockingly popular Japanese series is about to make its western Switch debut.

Earth Defence Force: World Brothers, which launched in Japan at the tail end of last year, will come out in North America on May 27 via D3 Publisher. The localized version will feature an English dub and subtitles.

So one week after the US, but a few days before your humble News Editor's would be due.

There's no fooling the tax man, as Turnip Boy will find out in a few weeks.

Graffiti Games have announced their action adventure title Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion will come to Switch on April 22 for US$14.99 or regional equivalent. After racking up a somewhat large debt though means of questionable legality, the Turnip Boy must navigate a wild world in order to solve his debt issues.

Hot Guillotine Summer

Joy Manufacturing Co. released a new trailer for Ambition: A Minuet in Power on Tuesday to announce the spring PC release window. At the end of the trailer, they included a surprise Switch release window. Ambition: A Minuet in Power is coming to the handheld console this summer.

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Your V-Buck holder just got a little smaller.

A new patch is live for Fortnite that drops the file size and gives a new baseline resolution.

The patch goes live later today and actually reduces the game's filesize by approximately 140MB, and at the same time purports to increase the average resolution of the game in both docked and handheld.... Read more...

On a bad week to have a name that start with "Mar", there's not much attending the joint funeral.

After the absolute insanity of last week in which 50 games and Balan Wonderworld came out, this week is a quarterly-transition induced week of sanity. The biggest titles are early in the week with platformer Narita Boy coming out on Tuesday and car combat game Drive Buy following up on Wednesday.

Time to book Your tickets to the Lental Region

Earlier today multiple outlets posted previews for the upcoming New Pokémon Snap. While the demo was only viewed by reporters and not playable, their previews did outline a ton of new features for the new title. We've taken the liberty of noting some of the more notable additions to the game down below.

"Encouraging walking"... sure, that works.

Nintendo's first mobile project in two years will be a co-production with Niantic.

In a release on the Nintendo corporate site Nintendo have announced a joint production with Niantic centered on Pikmin and using Niantic's alternate reality (AR) technology. Although not named, the app is "designed to encourage walking" and concept art shows Pikmin carrying objects in the environment.

If we could do images on this line, there'd be a girlfriend meme with Donald, Monster Hunter Rise, and one of the Japanese releases.

A massive week (as would be expected with the end of calendar Q1 and fiscal Q4) is headlined by, of course, Monster Hunter Rise. Thank heavens I got some extra non-stimulus cash this month because I'm getting into Fire Emblem levels of coinciding purchases (mostly because of an upgraded Pro Controller).... Read more...

Featuring Raidou from the Devil Summoner series! (And some other schlub.)

The first hordes of demons in Tokyo will arrive in late May.

Atlus have announced the English release of the remastered Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD will be on May 25, for US$49.99 or equivalent. As with Persona 5 Strikers in February, there will be a Digital Deluxe version (US$69.99) that... Read more...