No, it’s not 1992. New Mario and Sonic games this week.

All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
Release data sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores .

⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available

• The Microsoft Activision Blizzard acquisition finally closed this week , nearly two years after first being announced. Call of Duty on Switch when?
• Xbox head Phil Spencer, speaking on the Activision deal , says ” whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or mobile, you’re always welcome here ” — what that means in practice, who knows.
• There’s a new PAC-MAN ‘competetive eating’ battle royale coming next year.
• The surreal 1993 Mario movie is getting a 4K worldwide ‘Trust the Fungus’ release .
• Minecraft has now sold over 300 million copies.
• The LEGO Animal Crossing launches in March next year.
• A new version of Catan is coming to Switch , sweetning the deal with online and cross-play.
• The Frog Detective trilogy of games is coming to Switch later this month.
• A video explainer on why retro games look way different on a CRT TV.
• Somebody bought a new boxed Wii U at retail last month.
• Mario streamer GrandPooBear just plonked himself on a chair in the middle of an aisle in Target in order to try the Wonder demo.
• This wooden Wind Waker box is beautiful.
• Only Way Up is a vertical parkour simulator that’s out now — just like the viral hit Only Up from earlier this year.
• ICYMI: SanDisk are about to release a huge 1.5TB microSD card .
• Last week’s most read article: ‘Switch 2’ doesn’t really need backwards compatibility.