A new Yoshi platformer is incoming, called Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. As the name suggests, it has a storybook theme and aesthetic, and it looks like a cozy little adventure. It’s out on the Switch 2 next spring.
Mario Tennis is back with the impressive looking new sports title Fever. Among the changes for the new game are specialized rackets that do things like shrink your opponents of freeze them with ice. Plus, there are 38 characters to play as. It sounds like it’ll be a hefty title when it launches on February 12th.
Well, not new exactly. But Nintendo announced that the classic 3D platforming games will both be making their way to the Switch (and Switch 2) with a bundled release launching on October 2nd. Perfect to get prepped for the upcoming Galaxy movie.
Nintendo Today was updated to version 2.0 today with a new Kirby theme and exclusive content for the Nintendo Live 2025 event in Tokyo. But it will only be accessible at the event using an inaudible sound broadcasted at the venue the app will listen for to verify attendance.
Nintendo has decided to give us all a welcome break from doomscrolling with its latest Direct livestream, which is happening very soon at 9AM ET. It’ll last around an hour, and you can watch it either via the YouTube embed below, or through Nintendo’s news app.
We’re rather fond of Mechanism accessories around here, and Siri’s latest is something I’ve never seen before: a credible, folding way to attach your handhelds to an airplane seatback without becoming a Reddit meme. Hopefully. $19, shipping today, or bundled with a Magsafe adapter for your phone for $25.
Everything about The Pokémon Company’s “My Friend Malamar” Pokémon Legends Z-A marketing blitz has felt unsettling as hell, but this new video spells it all out pretty clearly: the Dark/Psychic squid monster is using enhanced telepathy to warp people’s minds. Fun!
So soon after the Kirby Air Riders Direct, Nintendo has announced yet another presentation for Friday, September 12th at 9 AM ET, which will last around an hour. I think its safe to expect more info on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond or something celebrating the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros which launched on September 13th, 1985. Feel old yet?
Dragonite came first, then there was Victreebel, and now Hawlucha has joined the ranks of pokémon who are getting snazzy new Mega Evolution forms when Pokémon Legends: Z-A drops this fall. Sorry to this Machamp.
There isn’t really a cuter way to start your day than with this collection of animated shorts that Nintendo has been posting on its Japanese YouTube channel. Now I just need a game in this style.
According to market research firm Circana, Nintendo’s latest console has now sold more than 2 million units in the US since it launched in June. The firm says that the Switch 2 is “currently 75 percent ahead of the unit sales pace set by the original Nintendo Switch.”
The jury is still out on whether Entei, Suicune, and Raikou are based on cats or dogs, but the trio of legendary beasts are definitely the headliners for Secluded Springs, Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest set that’s dropping on August 28th.
Bananza is about the joy of smashing things; turns out those sounds are real! Punch an apple? That’s a real apple bite you’re hearing. But watermelons were more difficult, sound director Naoto Kubo reveals: he smashed the fruit all autumn, but had to wait for ripe ones the following year.
Horror survival has never really been the Pokemon franchise’s vibe, but Nintendo is teasing something about Legends Z-A that looks very Silent Hill-y.
Nintendo will preview Kirby AirRiders on Tuesday, August 19th at 9AM ET with game director Masahiro Sakurai. I’m so ready for a 45-minute look at the new game (and hopefully a revamp of my favorite vehicle, the Wagon Star).
We knew next year’s Pokémon World Championships would be taking place in San Francisco, but it turns out that the city will also be hosting the first Pokémon XP, a new Pokémon-themed convention that you’ll be able to buy tickets for beginning next month.
You’ll be able to find out when a color version of Panic’s game, which was previously released for Playdate, launches on Nintendo Switch and Steam on September 23rd.
Pokémon TCG Pocket was quick to remove the two cards from its latest set featuring art that appeared to be plagiarized, but the game has already been updated with new illustrations that you can ogle right now.
Attendees can play it there or at Microsoft’s booth. Now I’m really interested in watching Gamescom’s Opening Night Live show on August 19th.
Content Warning was one of the games featured during the Nintendo Indie World presentation, coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2 next year. In the game, you and three friends journey underwater to film spooky goings-on in order to go viral, but there’s a catch. You might die...horribly.
Content Warning blew up on Steam joining the likes of similar co-op chaos games including Phasmophobia and Lethal Company. The game will make extensive use of the Switch 2 gamechat features and I hope there’s a setting where, if you’re using a camera, you can put your friends actual faces on their avatars. We’ll see if my wish comes true when Content Warning launches next year.
During Nintendo’s Indie World showcase, we got a bunch of games coming out in the nearterm, like Herdling, out on August 21st. There are also games coming out in the nebulous future of 2026 like Neverway. But there were some games featured that are just coming out today like Is This Seat Taken?
Is This Seat Taken? is a cozy puzzle game where you arrange people according to their preferences. A set of clues tells you who likes what, and its your job to put them in the most appropriate place like the world’s most powerful wedding planner. And best of all, the game launches today on Nintendo Switch.
UFO 50 is the game that dares to ask, “What if there was one game, but in it, there were also 50 games?” And on top of those 50 individual games (that are not mere minigames) you got an overarching narrative about the lifecycle of a fictional console?
That’s UFO 50. Each game represents the journey of the hardware and you get to see how the technology and development skills develop over time just like they do across a real console’s lifetime. And what if I told you that you could play this collection of 50 games on the Switch today? Because you can.
In the thick of the Indie World presentation and I can’t help but be powerfully intrigued by Well Dweller. Well Dweller, created by the developer of Crypt Custodian and Islets, is a metroidvania (or search action game, if you like) with an interesting artstyle.
You play as a bird with a matchstick, sent out to save her species from an evil and queen and seeing all the platforming and progression unlocking weapons, I think this is the kind of game I’m looking for right now. But unfortunately, I’ll have to wait for its release sometime next year.
During the Nintendo Indie World showcase, Mina The Hollower was announced for the Nintendo Switch. Earlier this year the game got a notoriety boost with a demo being featured during Steam Next Fest. And the retro-style, A Link To The Past-looking game featuring a very cute sword-swinging mouse also has a demo out now on the Switch. Not too long to wait now, Mina the Hollower comes out on Switch and PC October 31st.
