A shorter project from a well known independent designer.

March 1 will see a well-known independent developer's return to Nintendo consoles.

Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell will release a new version of his recent PC release Subsurface Circular on Switch March 1. The futuristic adventure title will cost US$5.99.

Bithell has described the title... Read more...

Some might say a better game than Breath of the Wild is coming to 3DS.

The 3DS will have the entire SteamWorld series on it next week.

SteamWorld Dig 2 has been tabbed for release on the 3DS on February 22. The cost of the game will be the same as it is on Switch: US$19.99/€19.99/equivalents.

Image & Form has stated that the 3DS version of Dig 2 will run at 60 frames per second, regardless of model and even with the 3D set to maximum.

Not quite shutting down, but we have a schedule until around generation 14.

After three years of operation, Pokemon Shuffle has dramatically shifted its update schedule.

Traditionally updates have held 1-2 weeks of special stage data, with 3-4 weeks given for holiday periods, but yesterday's update (version 1.5.7 for 3DS) has released 24 weeks worth of information that... Read more...

Complete with a PG mode. You know, for kids.

The Switch will get a little ultra-violent next month with a new edition of a recent cult hit.

Slayaway Camp, the isometric adventure from former PopCap developers, will come to the Switch in March as Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut. The voice actors for the title include Mark Meer (male Shepard from the Mass Effect series) and Derek Mears (Jason from Friday the 13th (2009)).

100 pages of tips for becoming the best kid/squid on the block included.

Following the announcement of the Marina and Pearl Amiibo, Nintendo is continuing to juice Splatoon 2.

A "Starter Edition" of the game will release on March 16, for the same suggested retail price as the current game ($59.99). The new edition will include two pages of stickers and a 100-page strategy guide.

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.

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