Everyone, look shocked.

Much like their predecessors, the house band for Splatoon 2 are about to get Amiibo.

Marina and Pearl had their Amiibo announced tonight at a major Splatoon tournament in Japan. No release date was given, nor any indication of their functionality in the game aside from the standard for Splatoon 2 Amiibo.

The fun starts this month.

The publisher of Mr. Shifty is going hard on Switch in 2018.

tinyBuild released a "Hello Switch" video earlier today which featured six new game announcements. The games announced are:

The big press event was loaded, dood.

NIS America held a press event tonight in San Francisco which saw seven Switch titles get announced or receive new details.

The full list of Switch announcements:

Free content patch brings a new campaign and leaderboards among other things.

A free content patch named “Blackbird’s Kraken” is coming to Slime-san on February 22nd. The patch contains many quality of life updates plus other additions of note:

NEW FEATURES:

James Jones is this column's daddy.

It feels like a light week, but there's some big stuff that will keep the Switch humming for another couple of months. Friday sees the drop of Dragon Quest Builders, which offers all the fun of Minecraft plus a point. There's also Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition and Dandara representing the indie movement in style.

Those Gold coins are about to pay off; literally.

Regular digital buyers are about to get a boost from My Nintendo.

Starting in March, purchasing games will earn 1% of the purchase price for physical games in Gold coins (up from 10-20 presently) and digital purchases will earn 5% back. The coins can then be redeemed on eShop purchases to reduce the cost of the game, in a fashion similar to the Just For You discounts currently offered on My Nintendo.

It'll be a few months later than the PC version.

A beloved RPG in the PC space will come to the Switch this holiday.

Obsidian Entertainment's isometric RPG sequel Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has been tabbed for release on all consoles including the Switch before the end of 2018. Obsidian will handle publishing duties for the console versions, while Game Informer is reporting that the port will be developed by Red Cerberus.

One of these games has a short turnaround.

Three Nintendo platform games have made the main field for the EVO 2018 fighting game tournament.

Super Smash Bros (Wii U) and Super Smash Bros Melee (GameCube) will return for the fourth straight tournament, with BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle making its debut. The other games in the field are Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Injustice 2 and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2.

Tame the wild and find your child.

Curve Digital has announced another Switch project.

The indie publisher has teamed up with London-based Solar Sail Games to announce Smoke and Sacrifice for a 2018 Switch release. A survival-focused RPG, Smoke and Sacrifice stars a young mother named Sachi who must brave ever-changing environments in order to find out the fate of her child.

The site directors keep getting smaller.

I’m assuming that you’ve already read Neal’s post. If you haven’t you’ll likely find this one extremely confusing. Neal has given me the incredible honor of assuming the role of site director for Nintendo World Report. It is a daunting task and one I do not take lightly. As YouTube videos have always been my preferred method of communication, I'll refer you to the below video for information on where I want to take the site.

All hail our new Star Fox-loving overlord.

Last week, I noticed that it was seven years to the day since I first became Director of Nintendo World Report. That was before the 3DS came out. The Wii U was nothing but the glimmer of Project Cafe rumors. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword still wasn’t out yet despite being first shown two years... Read more...

Some of this week's downloads may cause high levels of despair, and I'm not just talking about Island Flight Simulator.

We are officially in the winter of too many games. The big ones this week are rhythm roguelike (it makes sense in context) Crypt of the Necrodancer and beloved adventure game Night in the Woods. For whatever reason, likely related to it being published by Spike Chunsoft, Necrodancer was only advertised in Japan - but the relationship means Danganronpa music, so I approve.

It has to better than last time... right?

To wrap up their financial briefing this morning in Japan, Nintendo officially confirmed their long rumored partnership with Illumination to produce an animated Super Mario Brothers movie. No details or proposed release window were given, merely a confirmation of the project's existence. It has however been confirmed that Shigeru Miyamoto will be co-producing the film, alongside Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri.

The green flag will drop by March 2019.

The next smartphone game from Nintendo will race into smart devices by March of next year.

Mario Kart Tour was announced for smartphones at Nintendo's strategy meeting tonight. The game is slated to launch by the end of the next fiscal year (April -> March 2019). No other information is available.

Get your splatting in now.

The free ride is a few months away from ending on Switch.

At tonight's post-earnings strategy meeting, CEO Tatsumi Kimishima announced that the Switch's paid online service will begin in September of 2018.

#NintendoSwitch Online will launch in September 2018! pic.twitter.com/h3Rpeyymsx

The pass we've all been waiting for.

The Switch has passed its first target.

Nintendo has released their results for the 3rd quarter of fiscal 2017 (ending December 31), and have officially confirmed lifetime shipments of the Switch of 14.86 million units to pass the Wii U's 13.56m lifetime shipments. It is now the fastest selling home console by units shipped in company history, passing the sales of the Wii (13.17m) for the same timeframe.

Now with more headpats.

Fire Emblem Heroes will have their first anniversary bash starting Friday, and the plans were laid out in a video posted earlier this evening.

A special bonus of 50 orbs will be given to all players who log in between the anniversary and March 7, with another 50 available through special daily... Read more...

Handsome, proud and strong.

A key member of the Switch's adventure game lineup will come back for a second round this year.

This Is The Police 2 has been tagged for a 2018 release on Switch. The sequel will carry on the adventure and simulation game combination of the original, which involves managing a police force and making decisions at the crime scene.

Sleeker, faster, and more streamlined.

A new English-subtitled video on Square Enix's Japanese Youtube channel has detailed improvements made to Project Octopath Traveler following the demo release last September.

The development team confirms that changes will be coming to the speed of the game, including a faster default movement... Read more...

Jools Watsham provides a behind-the-scenes look of Atooi via his blog.

Developer Atooi dropped some news today via a blog post from owner Jools Watsham, including a surprising announcement of a new Switch title “Soccer Slammers”. Watsham describes it as an arcade soccer game that takes inspiration from NBA Jam that promises 2-On-2 fast-paced gameplay.

Soccer Slammers will be coming out in time for the World Cup, which starts in mid June.