They come in big waves

More challengers are about to enter the Pokken Tournament arena.

Today's Nintendo Direct featured the announcement of two new playable Pokémon as well as four assist Pokémon in a paid Battle Pack. Aegislash and Blastoise will be full fighters, while Mega Rayquaza, Mimikyu, Mew and Celebi will be Assist Pokémon.

What a wonderful world this is.

One of Square Enix's biggest cult hits will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a Switch release.

The World Ends With You, the Jupiter-developed RPG which used every single DS system function when it released in 2008, will release a "Final Remix" version on Switch. No release date was given for the former Radio Free Nintendo Retroactive title.

Or roughly 2,523 deaths from now.

Another often-rumored RPG series is about to spread death on the Switch.

Bandai Namco has confirmed that a remastered version of Dark Souls will launch on May 25. Originally released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011, the Switch version will bring the series to a portable console for the first time. According to Nintendo the Switch version will also feature an improved frame rate, and run at a higher resolution than previous releases.

High speed action on the waves.

As we approach the end of the winter, we'll have a chance to break out the jetskis.

Aqua Moto Racing Utopia has been tabbed for a February 2018 release on Switch. Originally planned for Wii U, the game promises more than 50 races and up to four player split-screen races.

A new trailer for the game has been released:

As if the backlog wasn't big enough.

A few of the Switch eShop's finest will be on sale for the next week.

The discounts will be live until January 15 and will apply for the North American, European and Australian eShops. The games and discount percentages are below:

The first downloads of 2018 feel a lot like 2016.

On the second week of Nintendo's holiday release break - before normal service resumes next week - we've got a very light slate. The biggest Switch release for North America this week already dropped last week in Europe, in the form of Stikbold: A Dodgeball Adventure. Always remember to dodge, dip,... Read more...

Nintendo now has the top two slots.

The Switch's first ten months have put Nintendo into a Wii position.

Nintendo confirmed today that 4.8 million Switches have been sold in the United States in the first ten months, a 20% increase over the Wii that previously held the record. The numbers are based on Nintendo internal tracking.