Semi-normal service should resume next week.

Switch 2 is surprisingly popping this week with a couple of games coming over: Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Star-Crossed World DLC opening the door for a Switch 2 edition, plus Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, a port of Exit 8 (with an inexpensive upgrade), and even an Archives 2 title that is somewhat old school in nature.

Not as much gaga as a bed of nails and someone returning from Mount Coronet, but it works.

The next Mega Evolution for Pokemon Legends: Z-A is a candidate for the Rey de Voladores title.

A video was posted today confirming Mega Hawlucha would be available in Z-A. The luchador-inspired Fighting / Flying type sports a more ornate mask with gold trim, as well as larger wings.

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Ironic that something with Prankster in the main series jumped the gun.

The next major weekend for Pokemon Go will cap a season focused on transformation.

The second "Wild Area" event has been announced with two components: an in person event in Nagasaki, Japan on the 8th and 9th of November, and a worldwide event the following weekend. The spotlighted Pokemon will be of the Dark and Fairy types, with the head being the Pokemon Go debut of the Impidimp evolution line. Full details are on the game's website.

Only takes nine years to double the level cap.

Pokemon Go is blowing out the level cap for trainers in October.

An announcement on the game's website today has announced a change to the way levels for trainers are determined will happen on October 15, with the key effect being the raising of the maximum trainer level from the current level of 50 to 80. Levels of Pokemon - normally capped at the lesser of 50 or (trainer level + 10) will maintain their cap.

If you enjoy physical GBC games, Mega Cat Studios has you covered.

Mega Cat Studios, publisher of The Meating among others, is bringing another retro-styled physical game to life in 2026: Gumball in Treat-or-Treat Land, developed by Adam Lewis Graf of Exquisite Laundry Pet LLC. This looks to be a charming RPG featuring turn-based combat, plenty of subquests, and... Read more...

If it's getting posted on the title date, you know stuff has gotten bad.

Live from the QEII - and not the cruise ship - in Halifax, it's this week's release list, thankfully Silksong free or else I would have had a conniption. Anyway, things this week are relatively light with just a few games on the dock: Herdling and Discounty (reviews by John and Allyson respectively)... Read more...

Finally.

The Silksong will be cued up in two weeks.

Team Cherry's "Special Presentation" was actually the launch trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong which will launch on all platforms September 4, including Switch 2 and Switch.

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The byproduct of found footage horror from the crew of You Can't Do That On Television.

The second new Mega Pokemon for Pokemon Legends: Z-A might ring a bell.

A new "found footage" trailer called "The Case of the Sweet Scent Incident" was used to reveal the second of the new Mega Evolutions for the game, Mega Victreebel. The Mega has a more bulbous base and was portrayed as constantly firing acid everywhere.

A Geoff Keighley show with a Bubsy announcement is the most on-brand thing you can imagine.

The last Western trade show standing, Gamescom held a "kickoff" show tonight EU time with some new announcements for both Switch 2 and the original.

At which point the sign can finally rest.

After a protracted development, an appearance at the last E3, and more begging in Indie World social posts than should be allowed by law, we may FINALLY have news on Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Team Cherry have posted a video on their YouTube channel that will go live on Thursday (August 21) at 10:30... Read more...

It's been a while, was Smash Run always just City Trial?

Other items of note from today's Kirby Air Riders Direct:

We're just out here breaking all the rules today. You don't even have to shake anything to Plasma.

Kirby Air Riders will allow other racers to enjoy the privileges Kirby has enjoyed for more than three decades.

During a demo of Kirby's ability to inhale enemies, it was confirmed that the other available characters will have a functionally identical "Capture" ability to use abilities from monsters that spawn in the environment. The abilities will be tied to the B button rather than the controversial Y button.

A move the game's creator describes as "unfortunate".

In a Nintendo Direct focused purely on the upcoming Kirby Air Riders for Nintendo Switch 2, creator Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the sequel to the Gamecube original would feature a second button function. In addition to the B button which is used for the game's drift mechanic (similarly to A in the original Kirby Air Ride), Y now allows you to use a new charge ability.

The coveted "pre-American Thanksgiving" slot has returned.

We now have a date and a developer for Kirby Air Riders from today's dedicated Direct.

The Direct's last scene showed that the green flag will fall on November 20 for the racing game. It was also confirmed during the Direct that Masahiro Sakurai's Sora Ltd would be reuniting with Bandai Namco (in lieu of HAL Laboratories) to develop Air Riders as well, following the collaboration for the last three Smash Bros. games.

The Dreamcast, independent Sega, crowdfunding for AAA games... Everything Ryo touches dies.

Everything coming to Switch apparently includes Lucky Hit.

Publisher/distributor ININ Games have announced that an enhanced version of 2019's Shenmue III would release on a version of the Switch alongside the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series releases. No date was given but more details are expected at this week's Gamescom event.

Sakurai just cannot resist the siren call of a long show.

The third Nintendo presentation in four weeks has been announced and it's a single game show for something we know little about.

Kirby Air Riders 2 will be getting a dedicated Direct tomorrow (August 19) at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT. The notice posted in the Nintendo Today app confirmed the show would be 45 minutes long.

Dodged a blue-coin shaped bullet there.

The GameCube library for NSO Expansion Pack subscribers with a Switch 2 is getting another drop next week.

Nintendo posted a trailer tonight for Chibi-Robo revealing the game would be added in an update on August 21. As a reminder, the drop occurs worldwide simultaneously in a way that it should appear the evening of the 20th for North America.

Live from somewhere in the 905.

There shouldn't be any question as to the biggest game of the week - for the first time since Wii U day 1, we can ask if you're ready for some football as Madden NFL 26 comes to Switch 2. Yes, even more than a first party game in Drag x Drive, in Nintendo's relatively inexpensive attempt to try something different with mouse controls on the S2.

153 million consoles + paucity of dev kits = lots of original Switch games.

The original Switch will still be picking up games into next year from independent developers as shown in today's Indie World.

The first Indie World had a few more things come over from the home office in Japan.

Although the Indie World did have an expected focus on original Switch games, some developers were able to secure Switch 2 dev time for games.