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It isn't a big week for any Nintendo platform, but some of you might be happy that the entire first season of Minecraft: Story Mode is now available on Switch. Also on Switch is the Jackbox Party Pack 1, Jackbox Party Pack 2, Magician ...   read

I was thinking of writing something about the general success of the Switch eShop and how it's persuaded more developers than the Wii U did even this early on, but this seems like as good a time as any. A friend directed my attention to the...   read

Kirby, the lovable pink... thing, known for inhaling his enemies and frowning whenever he visits America, turned 25 years old this month. How time flies.It seems like only yesterday I had my head buried in my Game Boy, furiously playing Dre...   read

Note that the big release for Switch (Sonic Mania) isn't actually out today, but rather August 15 -- it's just included in this week's Nintendo Download issue! Also on Switch you'll find Severed, Flip Wars (August 10), Ironcast, NeoGeo...   read

Well, it's an easy breezy week for the Switch, but after some big releases, it makes sense. Retro City Rampage DX completes its domination of every platform under the sun today as it's hitting the Switch, in addition to NeoGeo Aero Fig...   read

It's a big day for the 3DS, and a port kind of day for the Switch. Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star is out for the latter, as well as Qbics Paint, Ultra Hyperball, Overcooked! Special Edition, Namco Museum, and NeoGeo: Super Sidekicks. Air Zon...   read

It's a big week for the Switch, as one of its most anticipated games is out tomorrow in Splatoon 2 -- at this point, Mario Odyssey is its biggest yet-to-be-released heavy hitter. Also on Switch is Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown, Fate/EX...   read

Nintendo is approaching this week a bit differently, headlining two demos for 3DS. One is a taste of Miitopia called Casting Call, and the other is for Hey! Pikmin. The 3DS is getting a bunch of indies today too, including Asdivine Cro...   read

Its a fun, cute day for the 3DS, as Kirby's Blowout Blast headlines the eShop offerings. That's in addition to Stack 'em High and Table Tennis Infinity. The Switch has a big day today too, with Metal Slug 2, Bulb Boy, Implosion, S...   read

Zelda has been selling like hot cakes physically, but what about the digital front? Well, there's four other games above it in Japan according to Nintendo. Based on an official ranking from Nintendo's site, their top five best seller l...   read

It's an absolutely packed Nintendo Download for smaller releases, capped off by RPG Maker FES, 6180 the moon, and Mighty Gunvolt Burst on 3DS. The Switch is hosting De Mambo and Gonner (finally) and the Master Trials DLC...   read

[Header courtesy of Deviantart user Krukmeister] If you remember from earlier in the year, HAL Laboratory announced that Kirby would be getting three 3DS games this year. While one was merely an upgraded, standalone release of a mini-game ...   read

The 3DS is still alive! Yes, it's allegedly going to be around "past 2018," a fact that remains to be seen, but for now it is still kicking with Ever Oasis and RPG Maker Fes. The Switch is getting ACA Neogeo Fatal Fury 2 and Ocean...   read

Nintendo has a big week ahead of it as Arms is finally hitting the Switch. Mighty Gunvolt Burst also arrives on the eShop, in addition to Cave Story+ (on June 20) and NeoGeo Sengoku. The 3DS version of Mighty Gunvolt Burst&nb...   read

Man, after last week, anything new would be a welcome change of pace, but admist a lot of old stuff there is a newcomer. The Switch is getting Cars 3, on top of Neogeo Shock Troopers Second Squad and the long awaited Shantae: Half-Genie Her...   read

As the final announcement of Nintendo's Pokemon Direct today, they unveiled a new line of Virtual Console iterations -- Gold and Silver. Good news, since they're the Best Generation™. Although we still have the relatively fresh r...   read

This is without a doubt one of the least eventful weeks since the Switch launched. More Fire Emblem Echoes DLC is on the way (Rise of the Deliverance Pack), as well as Of Mice And Sand. The Switch is getting ACA Neo-Geo Last Resort, an...   read

Did you know that Spacewar!, arguably the first video game ever made, had a simulated black hole? Years later Asteroids didn't even feature anything that advanced but is more widely known. Astro Duel Deluxe is a multiplayer spirit...   read

It is crazy, to me, how River City Ransom was an overlooked title its in day, but has now spawned this huge collection of sequels that keep releasing year after year. While I was initially delighted to see a sequel with Underground and even...   read

As an easy-on-the-eyes golf game for Nintendo Switch, Golf Story looks promising. But there's more to it than that, and I think that's how it'll be able to win over folks who aren't typically into sports games -- say, for example, people wh...   read

The Switch keeps up its momentum this week with Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers -- as a Switch exclusive it's a pretty big get, though Capcom notes that it could come to other platforms eventually. Disgaea 5 Complete is ...   read

I still remember the day I bought Cooking Mama for the Nintendo DS. It was a hot September afternoon in the Bay Area. My best friend at the time and I visited the Best Buy in Sausalito and each purchased a copy. Giggling like the schoolgirl...   read

Some of you have already taken the time to hop on over to the Nintendo Switch eShop and nab the files for the limited-time Arms demo, but I'm not quite so proactive. I'm only now getting to it, not that there's a rush or anything -- the eve...   read

It's a big day for the 3DS, as Fire Emblem Echoes, a remake of the second game in the series, is out. Strangely you can also opt to buy the Season Pass, which is $5 more than the $40 retail game. Also on 3DS is Drancia Saga, Mysterious Star...   read

[Edit: The original version of this article stated that the world size was only 12% larger that last generation in error, and has since been corrected to 12 times larger.] "The reports that Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition is the bes...   read