With the release of the Nintendo Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, you can once more jump on Goombas while wearing green clothing!  Wart (ahem, "Mamu"), Shy Guys, Pokey, Goombas, Piranha Plants, and more guest star in this top-down remake!  (Let's just hope we can still slay Kirby...)  The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is out right now, on the Switch.

If you have an active Switch Online account, you'll be able to play a slew of SNES titles starting September 5th.  Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and Super Mario Kart will be playable online, with voice chat, freely available to anyone with an active Switch Online account.  In addition, you'll be able to purchase SNES-style wireless controllers as well, for $29.99 each.

Mario titles aren't the only SNES games being added to the Switch tomorrow; the full roster of SNES games includes The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Stunt Race FX, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Star Fox, F-Zero, Pilotwings, Kirby's Dream Course, and third party titles such as Brawl Brothers, Breath of Fire, Demon's Crest, Joe and Mac 2, Super E.D.F., Super Ghouls'n Ghosts, Super Puyo Puyo 2, Super Soccer, and Super Tennis.

If you're a Nintendo Online subscriber, you'll gain access to two more NES titles later this month: Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew come to the Nintendo Switch on July 17th, along with the ability to rewind your NES games.

Donkey Kong 3 is best remembered as the Donkey Kong sequel that didn't include Mario, or traditional Donkey Kong gameplay.  It's more of a shooter than anything else -- you control Stanley, shooting clouds of pesticide at the killer bugs Donkey Kong is sending down your way.  Spray DK's simian behind until he falls from... the roof of your greenhouse.  Truly, the Donkey Kong game everyone was waiting for back in the early 80s!

Wrecking Crew is notable for being one of the earliest "Mario" spinoff games, with the arcade version debuting before the release of Super Mario Bros.!  As Mario and/or Luigi, smash down the walls of the building and avoid the creepy monsters running all over the place.  Like all of the greatest Mario games ... you can't jump.  You can create your own levels, however!  Watch out for Foreman Spike ("Blackie" in Japan), and look out for the Golden Hammer -- star of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Source: Nintendo YouTube Channel: Nintendo Entertainment System - July Game Updates - Nintendo Switch Online

A closed beta for the smartphone-based Mario Kart Tour was announced on the official website. The beta test will run from May 22 through June 4 and is limited to Android phones in Japan and the US.

Applications are available now and close on May 7. To sign up, users must apply on the game's website using an Android phone with a Nintendo Account that is linked to a Gmail account that is also linked to Google Play.

The test is limited and if the number of applications exceeds the maximum number of participants, users will be selected at random.

Link: Mario Kart Tour website

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is being remade for the Nintendo Switch -- complete with Goombas!  More information to come in the future.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

Yoshi's Crafted World comes to the Switch on March 29th, and a free demo is being released on the Switch eShop today.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

Two player co-op mode is coming to the Switch version Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, available today.  In addition, paid DLC levels are coming to the game as well. 18 challenges spread over five new courses.  The new DLC content will be available on March 14, 2019, although one new course will be available starting today.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

Super Mario Maker 2 is coming to the Nintendo Switch this June.  More details to come...

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

If you are a subscriber to Nintendo Switch Online, Super Mario Bros. 2 is now available in the Nintendo Entertainment System application.  There's some other stuff available as well (Kirby's Adventure, special modes for Metroid and Blaster Master), but that's nothing compared to the power of Luigi's flutter jumps!

Today, several 3DS titles have been added to the $19.99 Nintendo Selects series.  Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, and Star Fox 64 3D are now available in stores or on the eShop for $19.99 each.

This summer, Dr. Mario World will be released for mobile devices running under Android or iOS.  The game will be released globally as a free-to-play title, with some sort of purchasing system for additional content.  Dr. Mario World is being released in partnership with Line and NHE.

Link: Nintendo Co., Ltd. Press Release

Earlier today, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate received an update.  At the same time, the DLC Piranha Plant character was added to the game.  Go chomp, spit, spin, and poison your way across the Nintendo universe!