Wowee Zowee indeed!

In a Nintendo Direct on September 4, 2019, several new floors were unveiled as areas for Luigi to explore: a pirate-themed restaurant, a dance hall, and the Tomb Suites, which boasts a pyramid and mummies inside.

Also, a new mode has been revealed called the Scream Park. This 4v4 party mode puts a team of Luigis and a team of Gooigis against one another to see who can catch the most ghosts, collect the most coins, and break targets.

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9/2 Patreon Exclusive Talk Nintendo

9/12 TNP Producer Shout-Outs

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9/15 Game Night (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Smash, Splatoon)

9/16 Patreon Excl. Radio Free Nintendo

9/26 Stream Night (UNLOCKED)

The list of people who saw this coming includes Ray Charles, Angel Hernandez, and Joe West.

A giant news dump is coming directly to all of us.

The next Nintendo Direct will air on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m PT / midnight CET / 0700 JST (Thursday). It is scheduled for 40 minutes and will "focus" on late 2019 Switch releases.

Nintendo World Report will have wall-to-wall coverage of the presentation.

This week doesn't feature Warren G, Nate Dogg, Dr. Metts or Jon "The Conduit is an 8.5" Lindemann. But it should.

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And so the month from heaven and/or hell begins.

Uh huh. Of games I know I'd play this week we have the Final Fantasy VIII remake, River City Girls, and Root Letter... and that's without having a review game, Astral Chains, or the Black Eagles to deal with right now. The best seller out of the bunch will be future lootbox legislation lynchpin NBA 2K20, however.

This only narrows it down to about 200 fighting game veterans and the Metal Slug dudes.

A copyright slipup from Nintendo of Europe appears to have nailed down the publisher of the Smash Bros character to follow Banjo and Kazooie.

Freelance writer and Source Gaming founder @PushDustin first located a page on Nintendo's European website, which lists the copyright of the character as SNK. For comparison, the same page for Hero lists their copyright as Armor Project, Bird Studio, and SquareEnix.

They're well aware of the competition.

The goose will be loose three weeks from today.

Untitled Goose Game, the long awaited goose simulator from House House, will release on Switch on September 20. It will be a simultaneous worldwide release, with a regular price of US$19.99 or equivalent but a 25% launch discount.

House House have goosed up a new trailer for the game as well:

A world where everything is random.

The next project from the studio behind Night in the Woods is coming in a few short weeks.

Overland, the survival adventure where everything from the terrain to the party is random, has been announced for a September 19 release. Players are trying to get across the United States, but the road ahead is completely unknown.

That is an awful lot of platforming.

La Mulana 2 was announced for Switch around this time last year, and now we now it isn't coming alone.

Ahead of PAX West, NIS America have announced that they will be publishing both the original and 2 in one package in early 2020. They will be hosting a PAX panel tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. Pacific with the game's director Takumi Naramura, which will be streamed on the PAX2 Twitch channel.

Will Aladdin be good, or Genesis?

UPDATE: Nighthawk Interactive announced they will be publishing the game today, with development handled by Digital Eclipse (Mega Man Legacy Collection, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection). The collection will feature the Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, and Super Game Boy versions of The Lion King, but only the Genesis/GB/SGB versions of Aladdin as published by Virgin Interactive. The Capcom Aladdin SNES game will not be included.

Wait, there's MORE?

In addition to a new game, Yacht Club Games also confirmed new additions to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.

Accessibility options are front and center: options will be added to independently set the intensity of screen flashes and screen shaking. King of Cards will also feature additional options for colorblind players. Shovel of Hope will be adding an option for gender-neutral pronouns (they/them) on top of the he/him and she/her setting.

They're teaming up with Bomb Chicken developers Nitrome for a procedurally generated game with hints of Mr. Driller and Dig Dug.

Shovel Knight Dig will be Yacht Club Games' next project after the base Shovel Knight concludes later this year.

The digging-focused platformer is a collaboration between the team and Nitrome, who released Bomb Chicken on Switch in 2018. Development started on Shovel Knight Dig last year and while no estimated release window is in sight, it will be playable at PAX West.

Not quite settling it in Smash, but still an acceptable way of making tough decisions.

Trine developers Frozenbyte have gotten even more people involved in their newest game.

Boreal Blade, a multiplayer fighting game, is available now on the eShop along with a demo. The price is US$19.99/C$25.19/€19.99/£17.99.

A largely team based fighting game, Boreal Blade offers a wide variety of combat options for weapons and armor as well as multiple game modes.

Chill out with the Norse on the last day of summer.

The developers of the Braveland trilogy will be bringing their next RPG to Switch in a few weeks.

Ellada have announced Niffelheim for console release including the Switch on September 20. The side scrolling RPG stars a slain viking warrior who has to obtain his soul from the land of Niffelheim in order to ascend to Valhalla.

So the Battle Network Legacy Collection will have... 20 games?

The Mega Man Legacy Collection train will start rolling again in 2020.

Capcom have announced a Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection for release on Switch (and other consoles) on January 21, 2020. The four Mega Man Zero (GBA) and two ZX (DS) titles will be in one package, with a MSRP similar to the other Legacy Collections of $29.99 US.

Touring worldwide this fall.

Nintendo announced today that their mobile entry to the Mario Kart franchise - Mario Kart Tour - will be available on September 25th. The news came from Nintendo’s official Twitter account, promising that more information would be available leading up to the game’s release. Alongside the release date, Nintendo also launched a Twitter account specifically for the game: @mariokarttourEN.

A now-hidden product listing on Amazon for an official Overwatch Nintendo Switch case has revved the rumor mill back to life.

Could Blizzard Entertainment's popular Character-based Online Team Shooter be coming to Nintendo Switch? Rumors to that effect aren't new, but a recent product listing on Amazon from official Nintendo accessory manufacturer Power-A has forcefully brought such thoughts to the fore.

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Before you ask: yes, you can pet the cat in Astral Chain. And the dog.

Why does this week have the whiff of a tire fire?

Well, there's a Bubsy game, something called Pantsu Hunter which Anime World Report revolted on, and a "Grand Brix Shooter" that I'm not sure why that typo was allowed to exist. Thankfully, Platinum is saving us (as usual) with Astral Chain... hopefully, the review will be up shortly as of press time.

A Giant RPG approaches! Command?

The original adventure of the Luminary now has a trial available.

A promised demo for Dragon Quest XI S Definitive Edition is now available on the eShop in all territories along with the digital preload for the September 27 release. Progression in the demo will carry through to the full game.

This November, you can go back to the 1964 Olympics as sprite-based Mario and Sonic characters.

10 classic 2D events will be packaged into Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 when it comes out on Switch on November 5 in North America and November 8 in Europe.

The 10 events (listed below) all hail from the 1964 Olympics, which were also held in Tokyo. The kicker is they are all presented in a 2D, retro aesthetic, complete with old sprites of Mario and Sonic characters.

Blade, Moon Knight, Punisher, and Morbius have come to play.

The first part of the paid season pass for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 will launch on September 30.

This pack, one of three, is titled Curse of the Vampire and features a series of difficult co-op missions in Gauntlet Mode, a new fast-paced Endurance mode, and new Infinity Rifts. The four new playable... Read more...