First Approvals Of 2020
China approves 27 games including Brawl Stars, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
16 mobile games, six PC games and five console games
Fundraising 101
Update: PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101: Remastered smashes initial goal, fights its way to $2.2 million
Former Wii U title now making its way to Switch
"i Like Apple"
Shigeru Miyamoto talks working with Apple, Pokemon GO and why the Switch was helped by smartphones
Quotes taken from Japanese magazine Famitsu
Switch Turns Three
Three years on, Nintendo's Switch remains brilliant - but it has a tough road ahead
As it approaches the middle of its life, can the Switch keep going strong?
Neo Cab Nod
Sayonara Wild Hearts nabs two BAFTA 2020 nominations
Awards take place on April 2nd at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London
Stock Shortage
Nintendo Switch global production output hit by coronavirus
China outbreak affecting Vietnam assembly
Pikachu, We're Home
Update: Pokemon Home rolls out on mobile and Switch for $15.99 a year
Free version offers 30 Pokemon while premium goes up to 6,000
Epidemic
Update: Nintendo confirms coronavirus has impacted Switch production
Pokemon event in Hong Kong cancelled too
Financials
EA's mobile digital net revenue decreased by $51 million last quarter
Company still "conscious" of Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Q3 2019 Financials
Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES
Over 300 million software sales in less than three years
Home Turf
Nintendo Switch Lite passes 1 million sales in Japan
Console launched in September 2019
E3's Big Players
Microsoft confirms E3 attendance as Sony bows out for second year
What does this mean for mobile?
Famitsu Charts
Nintendo Switch accounted for 26 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan
Pokemon Sword and Shield continues to capture audiences
Exit Strategy
Enter the Gungeon shoots past three million units sold
Follow-up mobile title Exit the Gungeon being ported to PC and console
Tres Bien
Nintendo Switch surpasses 3.3 million units in France
Pokemon Sword and Shield rank as best selling games
Giganta-update
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon plus Sword and Shield expansion pass revealed in Direct
Pokemon Home will launch in February
This Seems Familiar
CES 2020: Alienware and Razer take inspiration from Nintendo's Switch for new device and controller
Razer Kishi and Concept UFO take the spotlight
Port-astic
Nintendo insider claims two further Wii U ports destined for Switch in 2020
Super Mario 3D Worlds? Star Fox Zero? Paper Mario: Color Splash?
Space Pirates
Nintendo wins injunction against Californian man for modding and selling pirated games on Switch
No fines and 10 unnamed defendants dismissed
Switch Sales
Nintendo Switch outsells Xbox One worldwide
Mario Kart 8 is the console's top-selling title
Nindies
Sports Story, Dauntless and Axiom Verge 2 headline Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase
16 games shown off during the December direct
Super Jump
Nintendo's stock price jumps to 19-month high following China Switch launch
Console is region-locked however
No Turkey
Thanksgiving 2019 boost Switch's US sale to best ever
Country total now 17.5 million
Switching Up
Tencent’s version of Nintendo Switch launches in China on 10 December
Priced at $300
It's Not Me
New update is coming to Super Mario Maker 2
Hyrule's greatest warrior Link joins the party
Gigantamax
Selling 6 million, Pokemon Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s fastest-selling Switch game
Includes physical and digital copies
Storming
Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 1.3 million copies in Japan within first three days
Third biggest UK launch in Nintendo’s history
Roster-rific
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time
Move over Street Fighter II
Huge Suck-cess
Luigi’s Mansion 3 hoovers up the competition to become Switch’s biggest launch of 2019
Places second in overall charts to Call of Duty
Switching Up
Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor
Console and handheld strategy
Complementary
Switch Lite not cannibalising Switch sales, says Nintendo
Shuntaro Furukawa was speaking to analysts
Super Smashed It
Switch sells over 41 million as Nintendo's profits jump 53%
The power of Switch Lite
Publishing Rights
Tencent is set to publish Switch version of Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe in China
The company is also bringing Monster Hunter World back to the shelves
Vroom Vroom
Asphalt 9: Legends does 1 million downloads on Nintendo Switch in launch week
Full game available for $20
Best Seller
Switch surpasses 15 million sales in North America
The consoles have exceeded 10 million units in Europe
Big Seller
Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe
Over 36 million copies of games published by the Japanese company have been sold
Golly
Cuphead has shifted five million copies in two years
Hardcore run and gun platformer has sold 2 million units since August 2018
Share For Success
Why Apple’s attitude to title exclusivity will make or break Apple Arcade
It’s time to join in
Wheelie Good Time
Sayonara Wild Hearts set to sparkle as Apple Arcade launch title
Also coming to PS4 and Switch
Dream Land
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mashes the competition at Japan Game Awards 2019
All-star fighting title took top honour among several other awards on the night
Fitness Games
Nintendo positions Switch as home exercise product with accessory-led Ring Fit Adventure
Strap on your joy-con and squeeze
Winning In Court
Nintendo wins court case to block piracy sites
“The UK High Court found the sale and distribution of circumvention devices for the Nintendo Switch unlawful"
Nintendo Direct
Switch Online SNES games, Deadly Premonition 2 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons headline Nintendo Direct
Growing library of SNES titles will be available to subscribers from September 5th
Smashing
Nintendo Switch games dominated Amazon for the month of August
Six of the top 10 best-selling games for the month were attributed to the console
$$$$
GPU revenue down 20% year-on-year at Nvidia
While games revenue saw a 27 per cent drop from 12 months ago
Coming To China
Tencent and Nintendo reveal plans to localise Switch games in China
The companies appeared at a conference together in Shanghai
Mobile Up
Nintendo Switch sales continue to be strong as hardware reaches 36.87 million
Software builds to 210.13 million with Mario Maker 2 selling 2.42 in three days
Didn’t You Get The Memo?
Nintendo offers free Joy Con repairs as firm is struck with class action lawsuit
“We are aware of recent reports that some Joy-Con controllers are not responding correctly”
Switch China
Tencent and Nintendo to host joint Switch press conference in China
Press event will take place in Shanghai on August 2nd
Npd Numbers
Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June
“Nintendo Switch is the only platform showing year-on-year growth”