Alliteration is in the name of the game.

Following its release in Japan earlier this year, the West will soon have its opportunity to say farewell to BoxBoy.

Nintendo's UK news page lists "Bye-Bye BoxBoy!" as releasing on 23 March for 3DS. The entry currently goes to a 404 (file not found) page when clicked.

As of yet, no details have been announced for North American release, nor the status of the retail collection of the three eShop titles and a BoxBoy Amiibo.

Nintendo past and present collide in this custom amiibo giveaway!

Nintendo World Report wouldn't be here and wouldn't be able to do what we do without you, our fans, readers, and fellow Nintendo enthusiasts. Your support and patronage keeps us going and keeps us passionate.

By way of thanks, and sharing that all consuming passion even more, we're continuing... Read more...

This week is more in flux than most.

We wish you a merry Switchmas, and hope you didn't go bankrupt buying the system and a Pro Controller so you can still pick up some games. There's a full lineup for the Switch of course, with the final game of that first Wii U Direct in 2013 finally hitting shelves as The Legend of Zelda: Wild Stalllions.... Read more...

One lucky winner could be hugging their very own egg-shaped Pikachu standing cushion!

It's April 2017 and spring is in the air! This month's giveaway prize is a genuine egg-shaped Pikachu standing bead cushion that's over a foot tall!

If you're backing us on Patreon (at any level) you're already automatically entered! We'll run the random drawing at the end of the month, so if you're not already a backer why not check out our Patreon page and consider backing us at a level that you feel comfortable at?

Farm at launch, fight at the end of spring.

Two more Switch games have confirmed dates, and one is an opening day option.

Capcom has announced that Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers will launch on May 26 worldwide for $39.99 US/$49.99 CDN/€39.99. The "final" version of the 1991 arcade and 1992 SNES fighter appears to have a physical release as well as appearing on the eShop.

The multiplayer ground-pound territory control game is being developed by Overfence Co. Ltd.

Project MEKURU, a multiplayer game for the Nintendo Switch whereby players ground-pound on tiles to capture territory on the stage, has just been revealed by Nintendo of America's Damon Baker.

Taking advantage of the the day's Nintendo Indie Showcase event, the reveal video showcased four-player... Read more...

microSD cards 'round the world weep.

Nintendo made several major announcements today as part of their indie games showcase, with some big timed or full exclusives.

Gotta catch 'em all... especially the party hat Pikachu!

The Pokémon Company is commemorating their 21st anniversary this week with special promotions and events for Pokémon Day. While not as flashy as last year's milestone event, fans will have plenty to do to celebrate their favorite series.

Pokémon Go has released special party hat Pikachu into the wild. From now until March 6, any caught Pikachu will keep its festive hat forever, similar to December's Santa hat Pikachu.

Interested parties should look into Japanese eShop accounts.

The Switch launch in Japan will feature the first Switch game that cannot play on a TV.

VOEZ, a port of a mobile rhythm title, will be available in the Japanese eShop on March 3; other shop releases have not been announced. A touch-based rhythm game with over 1200 songs, the game will only play in portable or tabletop modes.

An exclusive expansion will be along for the ride.

It's official: Two Tribes's RIVE is the latest title to switch out of a Wii U release.

Two Tribes announced the game would come to the Switch this year, with an exclusive expansion. The title was originally announced for Wii U and was the last game from the 2015 Nindies @ Home program to release on a Nintendo console, but the Wii U version couldn't reach a satisfactory framerate.

Don't disable the disc drive just yet.

Another Wii U indie hit will be getting a disc release soon.

Developer Thomas Happ has announced a deal with BadLand Games to create a physical version of Axiom Verge for the Wii U, as well as the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4. No release date has been given for the new version, which will retail for $29.99/€29.99/£24.99.

Cuts through the red tape.

All territories will be seeing some unique Nintendo-published eShop action on March 3.

Snipperclips - Cut It Out, Together has been confirmed to be coming to the Switch eShop in all territories on the system's launch day for US$19.99/€19.99/equivalent. A free demo of the title will also be available.

The final week of a two-system economy.

This week's downloads mark the end of an era, as next week we welcome a new console to the list (and they will be ALL OVER the thing). But the existing systems aren't going quietly, unless you're a 3DS owner in Europe. The Wii U has a pretty big deal with the release of forma.8, the last Nindies @ Home game to launch before the Switch. Longtime friend of the site and new NWR staffer Casey Gibson reviewed it for us, so check that out.

Also, feel free to load up on eShop cards now.

The Switch will have major indie love on opening day.

Nintendo has confirmed in a press statement that both Shin'en Multimedia's FAST RMX and Yacht Club Games's Shovel Knight will launch with the system in North America on March 3. Shovel Knight will include the Treasure Trove collection, as well... Read more...

Grab yours now before ZeldaFan1986 is gone.

Nintendo quietly added User IDs to their account system over the weekend. Users can now log on to their Nintendo Accounts at any time to claim one.

IDs must be a minimum of six characters and can be edited after you've locked in your initial choice. Better hurry and choose yours now since, as with most online systems, duplicates will not be accepted.

Step 1: Greenhouse. Step 2: ? Step 3: PROFIT!

An often-requested rare title from the Nintendo 64 will hit Virtual Console for Wii U in both North America and Europe this week.

Harvest Moon 64 will release on Thursday for standard N64 Virtual Console pricing ($9.99 in NA, €9.99/£8.99 in Europe/UK). The US version will release on both stores, and this Wii U release will be the first time the game launched in Europe.

Prepare for about ten thousand hours of level grinding.

NIS America announced a few upcoming titles at a press event this evening in Los Angeles.

In a stunning development Culdecept Revolt, the 2016 card battling game published by Nintendo in Japan, will be localized by NISA this summer. This is the first Culdecept title to release outside Japan since the Xbox 360 version came out in 2008.

A lot of role playing in the 3DS top 10.

A light January for Nintendo releases and supply issues caused a bit of a hardware slump in the January US sales survey issued by the NPD Group.

In hardware, supply constraints for the 3DS and the Wii U in the wake of the Switch announcement actually caused the NES Classic (itself supply constrained)... Read more...

A broken street date means we have new details on the Switch's operations.

A retailer inadvertently breaking street date on the Switch has resulted in a video of the system OS surfacing.

The video, first posted by a user on the NeoGAF (post 592) message boards, shows the setup process for the system and a few options.

Notably, the eShop requires a system update to function and the system appears to support full RGB output (2:25).

All the #GreatestTankBattles, but without Auston Matthews waiting at the end.

Your big game for the week in both North America and the PAL regions is Tank Troopers. The six-player local multiplayer (I find your lack of online disturbing...) tank combat game featured the Codename STEAM semi-memorial sing-along trailers, but will probably outsell Intelligent System's title when it's all said and done.