Taking the Final Fantasy Legend to its illogical extreme.

2020 will see the release of an RPG where you truly are what you eat.

Bite the Bullet, a previously announced for PC shooter with procedural generation, will come to Switch early next year as well. After filling enemies full of lead, the playable character can eat the remais which has a dramatic effect on their stat growth.

...are the evil team really just fanboys and fangirls?

The latest trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield has revealed new Pokémon and the evil group that will be dogging your adventure in the Galar region.

Pokémon

Some existing Pokémon will have Galar-specific forms, similar to the Alolan forms of the Sun and Moon games. A Galarian Weezing was shown, with giant smokestacks emerging from it, and a Poison/Fairy typing with the traditional Levitate ability.

What is it with these small towns?

An intriguing looking horror game has picked up a veteran publisher ahead of its Switch release later this year.

Wired Productions (GRIP: Combat Racing, Vostok Inc) have announced their status as the publisher of Those Who Remain. Developed by British studio Camel 101, the game stars a man named Edward who has to survive exploration in the town of Dormont.

This one came around in January.

Oriignally shown in January's Nintendo Indie Showcase, Children of Morta will be hitting the eShop in a couple of months.

Set on Mount Morta, the randomly generated RPG has been announced for a Switch release on October 15. A new trailer (below) shows off more of the game.

Children of Morta's eShop price will be US/€21.99, and a physical version will be distributed by Merge Games at the same time.

The shiny digital future claims another victim.

Not even the Number One Dime will let you get the remastered Ducktales after Friday.

Capcom have announced that the 2013 Wii U release Ducktales Remastered will be removed from the eShop sometime during the day on Friday. 4:59 PM PT is the quoted removal time. It will be available for 75% off (US/C$3.74) until the delisting occurs.

Straight list today due to a weekendus horriblus.

Switch eShop

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition (US$49.99/C$62.99)

Tactics V: Obsidian Brigade ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil ($19.99/$25.19: Friday)

Quench ($19.99/$24.99: Wednesday)

Damsel ($16.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

If the game in North America is 1-2-Switch, we riot.

Nintendo of Europe has announced Switch Online trials similar to the one for Captain Toad in Japan, and it's a game that would actually use Switch Online.

From 7 - 13 August, European region (including Australia) Switch Online members will be able to download and play all of Mario Tennis Aces. The trial is on the eShop now for download.

A welcome surprise for RPG fans.

This morning, Nintendo announced that the Obsidian developed sci-fi RPG, The Outer Worlds, will be ported to Switch following the release on other platforms.

The Outer Worlds was announced shortly after the acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment by Microsoft near the end of 2018. The port will be handled by Virtuos whose recent history with Switch includes both Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Dark Souls Remastered.

It's all about the details.

Heroes will be approaching later today.

Smash Bros Ultimate DLC pack 2 will be available today, featuring the heroes of the Dragon Quest series. Dragon Quests XI, III, IV, and VIII will be represented, with voice acting for the latter 3 for the first time ever.

Eight music tracks from across... Read more...

This one should be new to Nintendo players.

It's going to be a quick turnaround for the next Sniper Elite title on Switch.

Sniper Elite 3, a 2014 cross-generation release, will land on Switch October 1. The Switch version will include all of the original game's downloadable content, including World War II themed missions that involve protecting Winston Churchill and assassinating Adolf Hitler.

Rrrrready for virtual adventure!

We've got some unexpected news on the Captain Toad beat.

A new update for the Switch version has added Labo VR support to the Switch version of the game. Four levels will be playable in the VR mode.

Additionally, Japanese Switch Online subscribers will be able to play Captain Toad: Treasure... Read more...

Did saving all the energy for the end really help Nintendo?

At the close of the Japanese business day earlier today, Nintendo released their financial results for the first fiscal quarter of the 2019-20 fiscal year.

All monetary figures reported in yen, with comparisons to the US dollar based on a market rate of $1 = ¥108.571 provided for comparison only.

*site director intensifies*

The week before Pokémon has now tripled in release intensity.

In separate announcements today, Disney Tsum Tsum Festival and New Super Lucky's Tale both were announced for release on November 8. They join the remaster of Layton's Mysterious Journey for Switch in releasing one week before Pokémon Sword and Shield.

T-2 weeks until the news editor can go HAM on Fire Emblem.

So what'd we get up to last week?

The 40s, and I'm not just talking about the temperature either. But who expected the entire classic Doom trilogy to drop? Anyway, a word of advice to the Mutant Year Zero devs: we understand you wanted to avoid Super Mario Maker 2, but you walked into the wake of Fire Emblem. Good luck.

A video approaches. Command?

We won't have long to wait for the launch date of Hero in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

A video presentation will be airing on Tuesday at 9 a.m. Eastern time (6 a.m. Pacific). Hosted by Masahiro Sakurai, the presentation will focus on the moveset of "Hero" and will include the release date for the character.

Today at QuakeCon... DOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

This week was busy enough, but now it's gone to hell.

Listings have appeared on the European eShop for the first three Doom games, all of which will launch today. Doom and Doom II will be €4.99/£3.99, while Doom 3 is priced at €9.99/£7.99.

Listings haven't appeared in North America yet, but the annual QuakeCon (referred to as DoomCon this year due to Doom Eternal) is this weekend.

Will the change get locked in for the Lunatic difficulty update, or will they wait for the next round of DLC? UPDATED: Received statement from Nintendo of America

Following confessions of emotional and physical abuse, the voice of the male player character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses has been recast.

As discussed on last night's Nintendo News Report, Chris "Kirbopher" Niosi was originally cast as the voice of the male version of Byleth in Three Houses.... Read more...

Now you can make The Lost Levels instead of just the original Super Mario Bros.

Heavy Super Mario Maker 2 level uploaders just got a lot more room to maneuver.

A notice sent to the game tonight announced a new limit for level uploads of 64: this doubles the previous total of 32.

One more increase to the cap is planned for a future date; the magnitude of which has not been disclosed.

Nintendo reportedly is set to take action through free repairs without proof of warranty.

Nintendo is taking steps to solve the Nintendo Switch “Joy-Con drift” issue, according to internal documents.

The steps being taken, according to documents obtained by VICE Games, include instructing customer service to issue repairs for affected Joy-Cons “at no-charge”.

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Sometimes the Venn diagram of church and cult is a perfect circle.

The Church In The Darkness will be opening up on the Switch next week.

Fellow Traveler have announced the adventure game will release on Switch next Friday, day and date with other consoles and PC. Players will take the role of Vic, a retired police officer whose nephew is taken to a cult compound in South America.