Mr. Armstrong would be impressed by how much of a stretch "Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy" is.

The ill-fated Virtual Boy library for the Expansion Pack has dropped a full hand of new games tonight.

Although not officially cited, there's four things that can explain this move.

The inevitably execrable Legend of Zelda film adaptation has had its release date moved again, but this time it's actually moving up.

Nintendo creative fellow Shigeru Miyamoto took to Nintendo's social media channels a short time ago to confirm the Sony Pictures production would now launch on April 30, 2027. Originally planned for March 26, the film was bumped back to May 7 last year.

Get used to the bundle price.

The "game included" cost of a Switch 2 might be the base price in the fall, but it's offering a choice this summer.

Nintendo has announced the US$499.99 bundle for Switch 2 will offer a choice between three of Switch 2's biggest games - Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokemon Pokopia - beginning in early June. The games will be included as a digital download code.

What game will weave its way into a fortune in mid September to go along with it?

A surprise Nintendo Today drop has announced some post-Switch 2 price bump merch.

The posting has confirmed an Amiibo based on Mineru's Construct from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be available on September 17. The main feature of the new figure is articulated arms which can be posed in several different ways.

Did you know: You can get Star Fox 64K in its original form along with four other entire system libraries for a year for the cost of one game?

The Switch 2 is beginning to pick up the pace a bit on releases with a couple of Summer Game Mess / Indie World veterans in Call of the Elder Gods and Outbound, but perhaps the biggest thing coming this week is its Geometry Wars: the beloved PC twin-stick shooter Sektori is making its way to consoles with Switch 2 among them. And based on the way people who played it on Steam talk, this might be an all-timer.

Not bothering with year over year comparisons due to lack of a point.

Amid a flurry of announcements, Nintendo announced their fiscal results for the 2025-26 fiscal year overnight, the first annual results of the Switch 2 era.

All figures quoted in yen, with USD$ figures at market rates (US$1 = ¥156.7) provided for comparison only.

Financial results:

Revenue: ¥2,313bn (approximately $14.76bn) for the year, ¥407.117bn (~$2.6bn) in fourth quarter

Seems as though one of the original Super Mario Bros power trio is hanging up the keyboard.

One of the longest-tenured developers at Nintendo is about to enjoy a well-earned retirement.

A notice of "Personnel Change of Company Officers" (PDF link) issued today by Nintendo lists Takashi Tezuka as retiring from the position of Executive Officer at Nintendo on June 26, 2026. As Tezuka was largely retired from day-to-day operations at Nintendo, this signals his final retirement from the company.

Unfortunately, this isn't likely to change even if Musk v Altman ends in the meteor.

There's a lot of warning but the price of the Switch 2 is going up as feared.

Alongside their fiscal year financial statements issued this morning was a notice of price increases to begin on September 1st. The United States, Canada, and Europe will all see the price of the Switch 2 increase by... Read more...

As in "we got five minutes warning this was happening".

Following a Nintendo Direct with five minutes of warning on social media, a new treatment of Star Fox 64 has been announced for Switch 2. Simply known as "Star Fox", the game will release on June 25, with pricing TBD. The game's eShop listing has the game at US$49.99, C$69.99, €49.99, and ¥5480 for digital with commensurate increases for physical.

When "a light week" is still over 40 I'm beginning to think the Ripley Doctrine needs to come to the Switch eShop sooner rather than later.

So this is what a light week looks like, huh? Sure, the Switch 2 is quiet - a Switch 2 edition of the Blood (FPS) remake and Annapurna's Mixtape which you might recall from the March Indie World. Meanwhile, there's over 40 game-like substances on the Switch and yet I'm having a hard time finding one for your consideration beyond Kill It With Fire 2 from tinyBuild. Syrenne, help.

More story to not be represented on the silver screen.

Nintendo has dropped a late Super Mario Galaxy 2 update with a bit more to the story.

The 1.4 update includes a new story chapter to the storybook: earning a star after unlocking the "Final Chapter" in the book will show the story.

Updates to resolve issues on Switch 2 and Switch are also included in the patch.

And it's two hours longer in total, so the News Editor will be AFK that weekend.

The biggest Pokemon Go in person event is bringing a lot of bonuses out from behind a paywall for the game's 10th anniversary.

The global Pokemon Go Fest (this year on July 11 and 12) normally offers a paid ticket for shiny boosts, early access to debuting Mythical Pokemon, additional raid passes,... Read more...

Let the speculation commence about what exactly she's doing here. (If you know, you know.)

It looks like Nintendo films are accelerating their release cadence.

A schedule released by Universal Pictures Spain reveals an "UNTITLED ILLUMINATION/NINTENDO EVENT FILM (APRIL 2028)" scheduled to premiere on April 12. This will follow the Mario Galaxy movie on April 1 this year, and the Legend of Zelda movie on May 5, 2027: the Illumination partnership seems to indicate a Mario movie.

The genre that knocked it out of the number 1 spot in the US should've died with either "Walk Hard" or "Weird", take your pick.

The fourth weekend of the Mario Galaxy movie will see it hit some major marks, even if it didn't maintain its lead in the US for an entire month like the first one did.

In the US, the animated feature took in $21.2m for its fourth weekend, as its screens were reduced by a little over 10%. Its new... Read more...

Thank heavens for Golden Week, I might actually have a weekend off this time.

Golden Week begins later this week, so we might be spared a weekend of game-like substances. (You know we crossed 1,000 Switch games for the year LAST week?) The big games (apart from a relatively quiet Switch 2 week after a Switch 2 version of Amnesia: Rebirth) include: Ys Memoire: Revelations in... Read more...

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV and its expanded free trial where you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers expansions up to level 80?

It was announced at the Final Fantasy Fan Fest keynote today that Final Fantasy XIV will be releasing on Nintendo Switch 2.

The Switch 2 version will receive one month of early access, during which players will not require any monthly subscription. Unfortunately there was one big caveat: unlike... Read more...

Coming soon, the retro game themed puzzler, Lorelei and the Laseractive.

Annapurna is the latest publisher to announce their intention to heavily support Switch 2.

The indie publisher released a "Portfolio Trailer" earlier today which confirmed a pair of brand new Switch 2 editions available today: Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019 on original Switch) and Lorelei and the Laser... Read more...

Single player? In my Splatoon?

The summer just got a little fresher for Switch 2 owners.

Nintendo has posted a trailer in the Nintendo Today app for Splatoon Raiders, which confirms a July 23 launch. Originally revealed last year alongside a Switch 2 update for Splatoon 3, the game was largely radio silent until today.

The... Read more...

And we can probably make it $2.1b once it opens in Japan.

It's another weekend of beaucoup de bucks for the Mario Galaxy movie, and the Nintendo / Illumination partnership has reached another major milestone.

The US box office returns for the third weekend of the co-production totaled roughly $36.5m to be the top film at the box office, and the Super... Read more...

One of the better games this week isn't coming out in Canada, if you're wondering about my feelings about it.

There's one game that will drive the conversation this week as the maker of Vampire Survivors is pivoting to the deckbuilding roguelike, so expect to hear a lot about Vampire Crawlers from certain outlets later this week. Apart from that, we have a game which of course came out today in Jay and Silent... Read more...