Gotta snap... about a third of 'em.

The last of the announced N64 games for the Switch Online Expansion Pack will be out on a very busy day.

1999's Pokemon Snap will be released on June 24 (or late June 23 in North America based on prior releases). The original Poke-photography game only received a sequel on Switch last year.

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As far as reunions go, this is one of the better ones.

The 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII is going to have part of its celebration on Switch.

Square Enix have announced a remastered version of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core will be released on Switch this winter. Known as "Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion", the game remasters the 2007-08 PSP RPG which focused on the story of Zach prior to the events of the original FF7.

For those wondering why a certain game gets re-released, well...

A slow month for new releases all around meant surprising strength for recent Nintendo releases in the latest NPD survey results for the United States.

All data based on dollar sales from May 1 - 28 unless otherwise noted; digital sales for third party titles are counted but not Nintendo first party.

The news desk is currently having flashbacks to the 4 Ultimate endgame

Capcom's showcase has given some new information about the June 30 Sunbreak expansion for Monster Hunter Rise, including an opportunity to try the new features out early.

A demo for Sunbreak will be available tomorrow on the eShop which will include training modes and four monsters to fights including... Read more...

Mikey has the best pair of nunchucks that don't involve chaining two religious teachers together.

Things we missed last week: The parade of shows brought us Lost Ruins and LumbearJack.

Since we don't have trade shows to deal with for this week, some pretty big titles have chosen to come out instead. The pair of headliners - which we found out about last Thursday, thank you Geoff - are speedrun... Read more...

The 2023 release might be closer to Devil Survivor in inspiration.

Although not as rich as last year, there was one major item for Switch at the 2022 PC Gaming Show.

Developer Necrosoft (Gunhouse) and publisher Ysbyrd (YIIK) have announced Demonschool at the show. A "school life" RPG with tactical RPG combat, the battle system will feature rewinds in combat and an expansive story with side quests and daily planning.

And since we know the source, we can narrow that range down slightly.

Minecraft has announced its second spinoff, this time a take on action and strategy games.

During the Microsoft showcase, a trailer ran for Minecraft: Legends - the spinoff followup to Minecraft Dungeons. It will launch in 2023 on Switch among its other platforms, according to the YouTube description for the game's trailer (below) with a target of the first half of 2023.

And there's your obligatory Xbox event news post for the year.

Microsoft of all people has helped narrow down the release window for one of the most demanded titles for every Nintendo video presentation.

During their June showcase today, Microsoft ran a trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and later confirmed that every game shown in the presentation was slated... Read more...

That first date is probably the most painful of them all.

A rising star in voice acting - including several prominent Nintendo roles - has died.

Billy Kametz died on Thursday (June 9) at the age of 35. He had recently taken a sabbatical from voice acting due to stage IV colon cancer, and donations can be made in his name to the Colon Cancer Coalition.

This might be a longer article than the Downloads article for this past week.

The Wholesome Direct traditionally has featured two things; almost no violence, and an abundance of Switch content. The same was true for the show earlier today, which immediately followed the Guerrilla Collective show. The full list of titles, genres, and release windows as available for strictly Switch titles is below: more information on the games is linked from the Wholesome Games website.

If you were looking for the Future's future's etc., Devolver was a couple of days ago.

Since its 2020 debut, the Future Games Show has had a few items of import for Switch owners at its June show, and 2022 was no different.

Another brisk show from the old MIX team.

The summer of game presentations continued this morning with the first Guerrilla Collective indie show of the year (the second to follow on Monday), which hosted more than a dozen Switch game announced.

The NWR community says goodbye to one of our founding members.

Nintendo World Report has a relatively long history on the internet, but even so, it feels far too early to be saying goodbye to one of our founding staff members. Mike Hrusecky passed away on May 24th at the age of 44. Several of our former staff members reached out to share their grief and a few... Read more...

What exactly does the future's future's future hold?

As is their tradition, Devolver Digital aired a mini-movie lampooning the game industry today that also snuck in a couple of Switch announcements.

Devolver will publish The Plucky Squire, the first game from new studio All Possible Futures, in 2023. The studio is a two-person team consisting of... Read more...

Some big names in the indie scene are coming on strong here.

Following the Summer Game Fest, the annual Day of the Devs brought a spotlight to several upcoming independent titles with forthcoming Switch releases.

They say next year will be in person. Sure, Jan.

With the power vacuum created by the death of E3, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest held its livestream for the third consecutive year today. Amongst the sea of space station-based immersive sims came several Switch announcements:

Who's up for Sophie's Choice again?

The second war for Fodlan is about to start.

A demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is now available on the eShop. The demo covers the first portion of the final game, and save data will carry over to the June 24 release.

A "Download Demo" link was spotted on the game's web store page as early as Thursday, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity featured a demo with carryover as well.

Vaya con dios, collectors.

Get your clicky fingers ready if you're looking to purchase the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 special edition: preorders open tomorrow.

In a post on the company Twitter account, Nintendo of America confirmed the package - with an art book and steelbook game case - would be open for preorder tomorrow. Similar announcements have been made by Nintendo's European and Australian branches.

There's something about a horse involved.

Nintendo has apparently developed a sequel to Switch's other launch title 1-2 Switch, but it may never see the light of day.

In reporting at Fanbyte, the title - apparently titled "Everybody's 1-2 Switch" - has been in development since the success of the original which shipped 3.45m copies. In... Read more...

And they said [redacted] would be digital only...

Limited Run Games held their sixth summer presentation earlier today, announcing a new slew of physical releases and some newly released titles.

New Switch Titles (all have physical limited releases)