Lasers, fire bars, spikes... just another commute, then.

The eShop's international flavour is about to be enhanced.

The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, best known for their puzzle game Tumblestone, have announced that they will begin publishing titles from other developers. Their first game under this new initiative is Almost There, a simplisticly-designed platformer from Bangladesh-based developer Bony Yousuf; Almost There is the first title from a Bangladeshi developer on Switch.

"I got West of Loathing!" "I got Lumines!" "I got a rock..."

Next week will see North America attempt to juice Nintendo's digital numbers.

Beginning next Friday, Switch systems in North America will include a $35 eShop credit code with a system purchase. The program is being advertised for a limited time, but no end date was given.

Nintendo has offered shop credit previously with systems, such as when launch models of the DSi came with 1000 points for the DSi Shop in 2009.

Two fantástico games in one delicioso physical bundle.

Physical Nindie collectors should be happy to hear that two fabulous games will soon be available to sit alongside their collection. Coming May 28th (to both Switch and PS4), both Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition and Guacamelee! 2 will arrive in a physical box and will also include some goodies as well.

The only limit is your imagination.

The Switch's portfolio of artistic platforms already had crafts coming in March, and now it's got clay.

Claybook, a platformer created by Second Order (founded by former Trials series developers at Ubisoft), is coming to Switch in March. The game features a rewind function, online leaderboards, and a sandbox mode that features level sharing - including levels created on other consoles and PC.

Let's keep the salt in the sumo ring.

The Switch Online NES games for February will have a whole lot of dreaming.

Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby's Adventure will come to the subscription service on February 13. Super Mario 2 originally released in 1988, while Kirby's Adventure becomes the second newest game on the NES service with its 1993 release.

Nintendo will still use their solution, but 3rd parties now have a choice.

A new voice chat solution has been announced for a wider Switch release, and it'll be in use in some big names.

Vivox, who were recently acquired by Unity and developed the voice chat solution used in Fortnite, have announced a full software development kit (SDK) will be available to any third... Read more...

All the fun of airships, with random generation and reality television thrown in for flavour.

The skies are about to get a little more violent this spring.

Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing is a new action-focused, randomly generated strategy title which will land on Switch in April. As an airship captain competing on a reality television program, the player will be tasked with surviving the rowdy skies, hunting treasure, and engaging in aerial combat.

This is Super Rare Games' 13th release on Switch.

Toxic Games' First-Person Puzzler Q.U.B.E. 2 is hitting the Switch eShop later this month, and Super Rare Games is publishing a short batch of 4000 physical copies alongside it's launch.

While the original Q.U.B.E. was released for the Wii U, in this sequel "players step into the shoes of Amelia... Read more...

Maybe there'll be a way to get achievement points on something besides Minecraft.

Having taken a foothold into the Switch with Minecraft, Microsoft is looking to expand the availability of Xbox Live on Switch among other platforms.

A session at the upcoming Game Developer's Conference presented by the principal program manager and a senior engineer at Xbox is set to discuss... Read more...

Coming off a Feh weekend, because that's the most superb owl in the Nintendo realm.

So you're busting out the 3DS this week?

Well, Etrian Odyssey Nexus and Yo-Kai Watch 3 (Made in the USA edition) are coming out this week, so that's a potential 200 hours or so of RPG right there. The Switch has a few big ones of its own too, both in price (BlazBlue) and file size (Observer, which looks cool but is EIGHTEEN GIGABYTES). Away, a game that's been around for a while at various PAXes, is also out this week.

The frontline of Makoto, Chie, and Persona 3's female main character is officially known as "The Best Girls".

After its Australian rating, Persona Q2 has a confirmed release date for the rest of the world.

The crossover dungeon crawler will release outside Japan on June 4. Two editions will be available: the standard edition for US$39.99 that comes with pins of the four Persona protagonists represented in the game, or a "Showtime" edition for $69.99 that will add playing cards and a 5" plush of Persona 3's pet Koromaru.

Nintendo NY now has a sister store.

Nintendo held their shareholder briefing following this morning's earnings release today, and made a couple of announcements during the presentation.

In collaboration with... *checks* the makers of their favorite messaging app.

Mario is going to have a busy summer on phones.

Nintendo has announced Dr. Mario World will be available this summer on smart devices. The title will be a free-to-play title with microtransactions; the nature of them has not been disclosed.

Continuing their trend of moving beyond their initial... Read more...

Always helps to get the quality up.

Mario Kart Tour's release just got hit with a Bullet Bill, a blue shell and lightning.

Nintendo confirmed in their earnings release today that the mobile Mario Kart was now targeting a summer 2019 release. Ensuring game quality was cited as the reason for the delay.

The sixth Nintendo mobile title has been talked about in multiple financial reports and earnings meetings, but has not yet been shown publicly.

Did somebody order Wii-like profits? Because we got 'em.

At the close of business today in Japan, Nintendo released their earnings and other results for the first nine months of the 2018 fiscal year. The results were largely focused on the third quarter (October 1 -> December 31), the busiest season for Nintendo all year.

All figures quoted are in yen. A comparison based on current market rates to US$ is provided for convenience, Nintendo assumed ¥111 to $1 during this period.

Curse you, Petey the potted Piranha Plant!

Smash Ultimate version 2 is now live, bringing a host of adjustments and a new challenger.

The update, available now from the eShop, brings Piranha Plant to the game for those who have entered the code received when registering the game or purchasing it digitally. A multiplayer option has also... Read more...

Some big news for our readers in (or from) Southeast Asia.

A Switch system update is now available that makes the system more of a polyglot.

The 7.0 update adds Korean language support to the console, as well as Simplified and Traditional Chinese (the latter referred to as "Taiwanese" in Nintendo's update notes). Switch was sold for nearly 14 months in South Korea before the language support was added.

There will be a test at the end, by the way.

OK, so Dragon Marked for Death comes out this week, but what's the deal with it?

Let's see... there's two versions of the game coming out Thursday. Of the four playable characters, two are playable in the different versions and the other two can be bought as DLC. There's a physical edition coming March 26, and that has all four in it. Clear?

How about a nice bombshell for your Friday morning.

Metroid Prime 4 is headed back to the drawing board.

Nintendo's senior managing Executive Officer Shinya Takahashi has made the announcement on Nintendo's video channels that due to difficulties with the project, Metroid Prime 4 has reset development. Series producer Kensuke Tanabe will be working with Retro Studios, who developed prior Metroid Prime titles in a previous incarnation, to create the game.

European indies dropping bombs over here.

Nintendo of Europe and prominent independent developers made a host of announcements in today's Indie Highlights video.