With the Switch, Nintendo can reintroduce many of their great but unappreciated franchises to a new audience. It's perhaps why re-releases of games like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker have found new life on the console, after being relegated to hardware that hardly captivated mass audiences. It's part of the reason why sequels to established franchises can feel so fresh, and Luigi's Mansion 3 is no exception. There are small refinements here and there, but so far this sequel looks and feels like more of what made the previous two titles so great, and a perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with it.

Perhaps the first thing that stuck me during my brief time with Pokémon Sword and Shield was just how familiar it felt. As someone who only recently started playing modern mainline entries such as X and Y, I was expecting Sword and Shield to immediately feel different from the formula Nintendo had established on 3DS. Not radically different, but unique in a way that made it appearance on a home console again feel special. Based on the single gym I got hands-on time with, that might not be in Sword and Shield's mission statement.

Speaking during the Treehouse livestream after yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, producer Junichi Masuda revealed that there would be some transfer limits in place for Pokemon Sword and Shield.

Crash Team Racing is almost unbelievably faithful to the original PlayStation 1 kart racer from Naughty Dog. Whipping my kart around the long corners of Tiny Arena felt like I was a kid again, experiencing arcade kart racing for the first time again while mastering all the right jumps and angles for efficient boosts and drifts. But like both the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro Trilogy remasters before it, Crash Team Racing using more powerful hardware to make these remakes stand out in new ways. With Crash Team Racing that’s clearly evident in its more effects heavy and detailed races, but modern enhancements are taking hold off the track too.

Ever since Nintendo and Game Freak kicked off Pokémon properly on the Nintendo 3DS, each new generation has introduced a new mechanic to the standard four-move limit of the franchise. Pokémon X and Y had Mega-Evolutions that allowed players to transform their pocket monsters into powered-up behemoths that could shift elemental stats on the fly, while the later Omega Ruby …

Darksiders Genesis is an action/adventure that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Genesis gives players their first look at the world of Darksiders before the events of the original game, as well as introduces the horseman Strife.

It’s official! The latest chapter in Pokémon doesn’t just have a release date, but also a brand new peak at new pocket monsters, legendary mascots and details on the new Dynamax system that will see trainers duke it out with kaiju-sized Pokémon! Here’s a quick breakdown of all the new information that Nintendo just unveiled for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

There’s a Nintendo Direct dedicated to Pokémon Sword and Shield that’ll be broadcast later today, but like a typical millennial, I can’t wait that long dammit. Fortunately, not even the seaworthy SS. Nintendo is safe from leaks and it looks like that mighty vessel may have an insider poking holes in the hull and allowing some delicious spoiler cargo to be lost in an ocean of hungry fans.