We're not going into a RFN recording straight after - right, James?

There is nowhere where the Switch 2 Direct could be considered an April Fool's joke.

Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 Direct on April 2nd will air at 9 a.m. Eastern, 6 a.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. Central European time, and 11:00 Japan Standard Time. A total time was not provided.

For comparison, the comparable Switch event - the last live Nintendo press event - was held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan at 11 p.m. ET.

It all depends on your skill - face it straight!

Capcom held a stream event earlier today which included a couple of announcements for the Switch.

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - originally announced in last August's Partner Showcase for Switch release in "2025" - received a confirmed date of May 16. The second collection includes a pair of Capcom vs SNK titles, the Power Stone duology, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper among its included games.

It's never good to have to revise estimates down after the holiday quarter, but what did you expect?

Nintendo issued their financial results for the 4th calendar quarter of 2024 at the close of business in Japan today, and what would be a high mark for any other quarter is deflated by the fact that it was the Switch's eighth holiday quarter.

All figures quoted in yen (¥), for comparison the US$ figures are listed based on a rate of ¥155.32 = $1.

The only thing more painful than recording this week of releases is streaming an impossible game for 306 days and getting screwed by an undocumented bug at the finish.

Things we missed last week: Man's ultimate weapon dodged the tariffs and came to North America after hitting Japan then Europe, and Taito's Thunder Fox was the obligatory Archives launch.

This week is a light one, and hopefully it remains as such - but with a results call when I wake up tomorrow... Read more...

Editor's note: We have deleted the references to giant enemy crabs and $600 systems for your sanity.

The N64 library in the Expansion Pack has offered a very PlayStation-oriented update tonight.

Ridge Racer 64 is now available in the N64 library. Originally released in 2000 and never released in Japan, the arcade racer was actually a Nintendo-internal product developed under license from Namco, with the development led by Nintendo Software Technologies.

And it is free!

The Video Game History Foundation has today officially launched their digital library of research materials in early access. At launch the library already consists more than 1,500 text searchable out-of-print video game magazines including those rarely available to the public, previously unseen game developement materials, artwork, press kits, promotional materials, and more.

In what should be a week for mid-major RPGs it's an indie sequel stealing the show.

Things we missed last week: Final Star Force was the Archives game, and Greg can once again fire man's ultimate weapon on Switch as the Cho Aniki Collection had dropped on Switch in Europe the day he mentioned it on RFN.

Although there's some big releases in the price realm - including something... Read more...

We got rarity, a fighter, and Culture Brain.

Nintendo has dropped a trio of retro games into the SNES Switch Online library this evening. The new additions:

Oh Arceus, please bless the water horse and all those who need the water horse for their Pokedex...

After announcing a double box mascot run-in and a battle pass, the details for the period in between the in person and worldwide "Unova Tour" events have been revealed.

The "Road to Unova Tour" event will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Monday and run until the global Unova Tour commences on Saturday... Read more...

"Here's the pitch for a 'Better eShop'... just a bit outside."

Things we missed last week: Konami's Escape Kids in the Archives, and Europe for some unfathomable reason added 44 games between Monday and Saturday. Most of which was shovelware in the actual sense (as opposed to the "Better eShop" shovelware sense, shoutout to Connor).

This seemed like a quiet... Read more...

The most long awaited sequel in Nintendo history: what appears to be an actual new Mario Kart.

After years upon years of speculation, Nintendo has finally confirmed the Switch's successor is officially the Switch 2.

An update video has released showing the new system, which bears a larger screen than even the Switch OLED, as well as new larger Joy-Con controllers that have a single, small... Read more...

Now we just need Keldeo, though as a Water type they might be more useful at one of the in-person event sites.

The Unova Tour event is going to have some additional rewards, and ponying up could result in victory.

A "Unova Tour Pass" has been announced for the global event on March 1 - 2 that will offer rewards for play during the week of the event. Levels in the pass can be gained through normal gameplay... Read more...

No, they're not adding "sploosh" to the Alarmo.

A couple of update items for Switch Online members tonight:

There's a remaster of an early 2010s classic, and also Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.

Things we missed last week: Namco's "Family Tennis" in its arcade Vs incarnation was the Archives release, and another release of Ys II in the EggConsole link. We also got a surprise release of roguelike dungeon crawler Overdungeon. Which is by Pocketpair. Yes, THAT Pocketpair, since to borrow a quote from the Discord, it's the only Pocketpair game that isn't in some form of Early Access.

So we just need Keldeo and Victini at this point?

Pokemon Go's Unova Tour event just got a new headline attraction.

It has been confirmed that the box mascot Pokemon of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, "White Kyurem" and "Black Kyurem", will be appearing in Pokemon Go for the first time as part of celebrations of the fifth generation of Pokemon. The... Read more...

As normal service slowly restarts, the news editor notes that "million year prison sentence" is a synonym for "job".

Things we missed last week: The belt slicer Castle of Dragon from Athena joined the Arcade Archives.

Normally the first full week of the new year has me grasping at straws trying to find what's worth calling out above the fold. This week made it pretty easy, however as a pair of action RPG remixes... Read more...

Here's to a happy new year - and may she be a damn sight better than the old one.

Things we missed last week: A localization of the puzzle game Platform 4, but the big movers were in Japan with the release of the latest from Onion Games (Moon) with Stray Children and a seemingly-exclusive Arcade Archives release of Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Take a wild guess why that is.

As this is officially for Boxing Day, there's a few devs I'd personally love to punch in the face.

Things we missed last week: Former Indie World game Quilts and Cats of Calico launched out of nowhere, and North America also got a new Dodonpachi bullet hell shooter (Saidaioujou). Taito's Warrior Blade was the Archives this week.

You know, I'm spending the holidays at my parent's home, which... Read more...

The Trails details include an unexpected publisher.

Nihon Falcom has gotten out ahead of this weekend's Jump Festa event with a couple of announcements today.

The remake of the Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky First Chapter announced in the August Partner Showcase has received a new trailer, along with a confirmation of simultaneous worldwide... Read more...

Hey, which branch of the Zelda timeline lets the News Editor get a T99 win for the first time since Splatoon 2 was the hot theme?

Although there appears to not be an update to the NSO libraries tonight, there are a couple of items for basic subs.

What will likely be the last Tetris 99 Maximus Cup of 2024 will run this weekend, with the 44th cup offering a Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom theme. The competition will begin at 2 a.m. ET on Friday and run through 1:59 a.m. on December 24.