"You disgust me beyond words. And you owe Elincia an apology."

One of the white whales of the Switch 2's GameCube classics is now available.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005) is now available as part of an update to the GameCube library. The first of the "Radiant" duology of games followed by 2007's Radiant Dawn, it is also the first game to feature Ike as the main lord.

You know, for the kids.

Nintendo is trying to move the low end of their 6-70 market range down a bit, with the next attempt to ht the US next month.

The young child-focused "My Mario" line has begun its rollout with a series of stop-motion animated cartoons available on YouTube. The full line, including apparel, wooden... Read more...

There are a distressingly high number of people who are just here for Baby Waluigi, though.

Nintendo has dropped another long overview trailer for an upcoming game which contains some confirmations of support.

The trailer (below) confirms that GameShare and Amiibo will both work with Fever. The GameShare works with one host system and up to 3 Switch or Switch 2 consoles, while Mario series Amiibo (as well as the Smash line's Bowser Jr.) can be used to add special ball designs.

One of the first (if not the first) new colorways for the built in tide overs.

Nintendo is adding a bit more color to the lineup of Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers.

A posting in the Nintendo Today app this morning has revealed a new color pair for the controllers. Called "Light Purple and Light Green", the set will launch alongside Mario Tennis Fever on February 12.

The bulk... Read more...

21 games and maybe one worth talking about.

There are certain weeks in which trying to make chicken salad out of the release list (ie: something useful) is nigh-impossible, and a week after the New Year is usually one of them. There's not a single Switch 2 release to be found, for instance, with the next one up the cheap upgrade to the Switch 2 edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So unless you're fiending for a Fairy Tail dungeon crawler, this is another backlog week.

Late due to 2025 having one final Toronto-related kick in the junk for me.

On this most Wii U of weeks, and following a weekend of being stuck in the Toronto airport (the Restaurant At The Centre Of The Universe is the Wendy's in the departures area of Pearson, btw), it's nice to have a column I can seemingly knock out in half an hour. The lack of work on Thursday and Friday basically means nothing's coming out, barring the Archives release of Space Invaders II we're owed.

A tragic holiday season for the family of a beloved game industry figure.

The leader of teams that revolutionized modern gaming has died.

NBC Los Angeles has confirmed that Vince Zampella - co-founder of the Electronic Arts-owned Respawn Entertainment and head of Ripple Entertainment (formerly DICE LA) was one of two people killed in a single vehicle crash on the Angeles... Read more...

As tempting as it is to do a mock Christmas carol, the Switch eShop doesn't deserve me giving a damn enough to do a proper parody.

In honor of Festivus (for which I am doubtful for participation in the Feats of Strength due to a recurring foot issue), I got plenty of grievances this week and you're gonna hear them. Most of them are in Japan, which between Switch 2 and Switch broke the single-week release record last week (80)... Read more...

See, this is how you release 500 games on Switch and NOT get branded a spammer.

The Switch's most prolific 3rd party publisher will hit a release milestone next week with one of gaming's foundational releases.

Hamster has announced in a livestream today that their 500th Arcade Archives release on Christmas Day (Dec 25) will be the original Space Invaders. The 1978 Taito release... Read more...

A blissfully technical debt-free release.

Disclosure: Nintendo World Report contributor Syrenne McNulty is one of the game's producers.

Word comes from the land down under this morning that one of 2025's more unique adventures is coming to Switch both 2 and original early in 2026.

First spotted by Vooks, a listing for Dispatch has appeared... Read more...

And somewhere, a Canadian huckster breaks his hand punching a wall while another Canadian has to remake a sign.

Team Cherry has dropped details on the next two events in the Hollow Knight duology.

The first downloadable content for Hollow Knight: Silksong called "Sea of Sorrow" has been announced for release in 2026, according to the developer's website update. New bosses and upgrades are promised in a "nautical-themed" update: DLC was originally planned for the original Hollow Knight which ended up scope creeping into Silksong.

Time to see how turn-based you can make "Kingdom Hearts but more emo".

If you're not sure about buying the first portion of the FF7 remake trilogy while you can still get the classic version, you'll have some time over the holidays to make a call.

Square Enix has released a demo for Final Fantasy VII Intergrade ahead of the game's January 22 launch. In line with standard Square Enix policy, the demo's save data can be carried into the launching game.

Not so often exhaustion leads to a bomb being lobbed into the release list.

Originally I was debating whether to give the top spot in this final week before Festivus with the System Shock remaster, The Rogue Prince of Persia from the embattled Ubisoft, or the two games being localized by Sting that are a support scrolling shooter and platformer for an RPG we're not getting. Specifically, Baroque, which last released in North America during Harper's first term. Or the latest gong show from Limited Run Games, Tomba 2.

dba "The Game Awards", you know the drill.

Capcom wasn't done after announcing Pragmata tonight: the company has also announced their plans for one of their great mascot's 40th anniversary. A brief trailer has been released for Mega Man: Dual Override which will release in 2027 - 40 years after the original NES adventures of the Blue Bomber - on both Switch 2 and the Switch.

First original game from the big C in... a decade at this point?

The flexibility of the RE Engine is letting more than just Resident Evil Requiem come to Switch 2 next year.

Capcom have announced that their action game Pragmata will include a Switch 2 version when it launches on April 24, 2026. Originally announced at the PlayStation 5 reveal in 2020, the game is a product of younger development staff at Capcom and was announced at the time as their first original property in eight years.

...wait, WHAT?

We might be getting a couple of N64 platformers next week but we're getting an unannounced GameCube game tonight.

A surprise trailer has dropped for Wario World, the Treasure-developed 2003 GameCube platformer, and it's available tonight. Wario World was not in the original list of games announced for the Switch 2-exclusive library.

One of which has been available multiple times.

The N64 Nintendo Classics will get one final update in 2025.

The Expansion Pack-required library will add the N64 version of Rayman 2 and Tonic Trouble on December 17. Tonic Trouble (1999) is a 3D platformer about a janitor who drops a formula that mutates Earth and has to find the items for an antidote. Although it was released on PC in 2000, this is the first time the N64 version has been re-released.

See that mountain? You can play two different native versions of Skyrim on it.

It's seemingly not a modern console if it can't play Skyrim natively, and now the Switch 2 is getting in on the action.

Bethesda has announced that the Skyrim Anniversary Collection - which includes a host of user-created tools from an official creator's club as well as the base game's expansion... Read more...

And yet a roguelite is somehow easier to beat than the Dam level in the original NES game.

Next week will see pizza time on Switch 2 with a recent Turtles game getting an upgrade.

Super Evil Megacorp, the developers of 2024 co-op roguelite action game TMNT: Splintered Fate, have confirmed the game will receive a Switch 2 version next Tuesday. A faster framerate, improved visuals, and GameChat/GameShare support will all be part of the package.

...so you're saying it'll be possible to get Stonjourner without a $1500 round trip ticket from YHZ to LHR?

One of the last local-only options in Pokemon Go will soon be available remotely, but you have to work at it.

A new update rolling out worldwide today will unlock the ability to make remote trades in Pokemon Go. The trades will be tied to a friendship prestige level called "Forever Friends" (previous... Read more...