Directs are always like timeshare presentations, but this one's literal.

We're about to get the hard pitch for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

An Animal Crossing Direct presentation will air on Thursday, February 20 at 9 a.m. Eastern time, 6 a.m. Pacific, and 1500 CET. It will run for approximately 25 minutes.

Tune in on February... Read more...

Toss a coin to the absolute madmen.

The Witcher 3 has added a beefy new set of features in an update now available worldwide.

Full patch notes are available on the official Witcher 3 website, though the biggest deal is the ability to import save data from the PC versions of the game. The Switch will accept Steam saves as well as saves from the GOG service (owned by CDPR).

Next is the green one, after this one effectively prints money.

Nintendo's fiscal year will kick off with a new color for the Switch Lite.

A "Coral" color will join gray, yellow, and turquoise in the Lite lineup on April 3 in North America. Japan will get the new system on March 20 to coincide with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, while no date has been announced for Europe / Australia as of yet.

Mixing fast-based card-battling with roguelite design, this Kickstarter success will debut on Switch soon.

One Step From Eden is launching on Switch on March 26, 2020.

Developed by Thomas Moon Kang and published by Humble Bundle, this deck-building roguelite draws heavy inspiration from the combat mechanics found in the Mega Man Battle Network series. The emphasis is on quick card-based combat using... Read more...

I'll get you, Red Baron!

The Switch will get first crack at an arcade shooter that harkens back to the early days of aerial combat.

Red Wings: Aces of the Sky has released a new trailer for the World War I-themed shooter, with specific emphasis on the using of the Joy-Cons for flight.

The Switch version will launch first, though no release date has been given beyond 2020.

Imagine using the hookshot at Ludicrous Speed.

Graffiti Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming 3D platformer Cyber Hook.

The trailer shows off the running gameplay and the cybernetic art style, as well as the use of the grappling hook and enemies.

Cyber Hook is slated for a Q2 release at the moment.

A solo developer is going to get MediEvil on us.

The fourth quarter will see a new 3D platformer with a very dark atmosphere.

Headup have announced an agreement to publish Pumpkin Jack on Switch, with a targeted release window of October-December of 2020. A one-man project, Pumpkin Jack is a run and gun 3D platformer that takes inspiration from Sony's MediEvil and Jak and Daxter franchises.

When gravity is a rule of thumb and not a law.

It might be late for Valentine's Day, but a new co-op experience is coming to Switch in a couple of weeks.

ibb & obb has been confirmed for a March 5 launch on Switch for US$14.99 with a 15% presale discount. Ibb and Obb are green and pink (respectively) characters who have to navigate a world divided by a horizon that inverts gravity.

It's likely to spread around the world.

UPDATE: Warface has rolled out worldwide. Original story follows.

Another free-to-play shooter has jumped onto the Switch, starting in the land down under.

Warface, the Crytek developed free to play first-person shooter, is now listed on the Australian eShop. It is a 7.2GB download and has English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone.

Pretty sure the date for this should actually say February 21, given how many Friday releases there are this week. And it'll be a fighting Friday, with the headliners of Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] (coming soon to an EVO near you) and the Double Dragon/Kunio bundle serving as headliners, unless... Read more...

Found: A Friday morning release. Lost: The 3DS charts.

The NPD Group has released their survey of US console sales for January, showing a surprising bounceback for one of the Switch's most expensive titles.

All rankings based on revenue from the period of January 5 - February 1, unless otherwise noted.

Hardware

All systems were down year over... Read more...

On a week in which a live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie launches, can we really talk about love?

Despite the best efforts of Nintendo to bring down the eShop again on Tuesday night / Wednesday morning with Pokémon Home, the eShop has updated this week with a motley crew of releases. Although The Snack World is finally coming to the West so we can try to see Level-5's latest forced meme, perhaps the most interesting release of this Valentine's week is Florence from Annapurna Interactive.

It wasn't official before, but now two people can get bloody.

Capcom is making sure Devil May Cry 3's Switch version is truly a Special edition.

Devil May Cry series producer (and former Nintendo World Report staffer) Matt Walker made the announcement on Twitter today that co-op play will be available for the Bloody Palace mode, letting two players battle through with Dante and Vergil. Co-op was a hidden option in prior DMC3 versions, but is now wide open upon completing the first mission.

Packed with bunch of new features and game modes.

Developer Red Blue Games continues to support it's Action-Adventure title Sparklite, with another brand new update available. This Update 1.5 has a host of new features, upgrades and even game modes, including:

• New! Casual Game Mode - For an easier experience • New! Champion Game Mode - For the hardcore gamer looking to challenge themselves

More roguelike shoot 'n slash action.

The developers of 20XX have announced a sequel for release next year.

30XX is scheduled to launch in 2021 for Switch, and will have a playable version at PAX East. The two playable characters Nina and Ace will have different abilities, with Nina able to mix and match powers to create 64 different weapons and Ace able to chain techniques.

There's some odd ducks in this set.

Switch Online subscribers will get their next hookup of games on February 19.

Western audiences will receive Pop 'n Twinbee, the sixth in the series of cute scrolling shooters, and Smash Tennis, a 1994-in-Europe tennis title, for the SNES library. Both games have never released in North America... Read more...

If the eShop is a tad slow right now, this is probably why.

The Pokémon Home client for Switch is now available for download.

Although an update is required for Pokémon Bank to use the 3DS transfer functionality, the listing for the mobile apps have gone live in North America.

Players who successfully log into Home will receive a special gift Pikachu, while logging in on the mobile version will allow for a free Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle.

The former Nindie Showcase game will bring its Hotline Miami-esque style to close the month.

Bloodroots is coming to Switch on February 28 according to developer Paper Cult.

First announced for Nintendo's platform just under a year ago, Bloodroots stars Mr. Wolf who seeks vengeance against the villains who left him for dead. The hook is that everything (and we mean everything) can be Mr. Wolf's weapon, be it sword, barrel, or carrot. The flow of levels is evocative of Hotline Miami, especially with the quick die-retry mechanic.

Choose your system wisely.

The preloads for Animal Crossing: New Horizons have launched worldwide, and confirmed the handling of saves for the game.

New Horizons save data will not be transferable to other Switch consoles, according to the North American and European eShop listings. Similar restrictions have been used in... Read more...

Concerns regarding the coronavirus have led Private Division to push the Virtuos-developed Switch release to beyond March.

According to Outer Worlds publisher Private Division, the Switch version of The Outer Worlds has been delayed. In a tweet earlier today they stated that the coronavirus is "impacting the Virtuos team working on the port". Due to this the game is being delayed to presumably give the team some time off before resuming work. It has not been revealed if the virus has spread to the Virtuos team or if this is merely a precaution.