Category: Nintendo

Star-crossed lovers.

Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 Edition release is almost here. Ahead of the catchily-titled Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World *inhales* arriving on consoles tomorrow, the reviews are in… and they’re looking pretty strong.

As a reminder, this is the same base game as the 2022 3D platformer, with a bunch of new content in the shape of additional ‘Star-Crossed’ levels, new Mouthful Modes and more. It also makes the most of the Switch 2’s boosted power, offering crisp 60fps gameplay, no matter which mode you play.

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All will be made available on “new platforms”.

Atari and Ubisoft have announced that Atari has acquired the IP rights to five Ubisoft-published games with a view to make them available on new platforms.

The games in question are Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home, and Grow Up. Notably, none of these have ever seen a release on Nintendo consoles, but with Atari’s focus on multi-platform titles in recent years, it’s reasonable to assume that some (if not all) may gain new life on the Switch and/or Switch 2.

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80 is the new 50.

Niantic’s popular augmented reality mobile game Pokémon GO will be getting an update in October, raising the level cap from 50 to 80.

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Cash in those Bells.

The day has finally arrived! After being revealed last month, Crocs has today launched its new Animal Crossing collection of clogs and Jibbitz on its North American site (they go live in Europe at 8am BST tomorrow morning).

For Croc heads like this writer, this is a cause for celebration. You see, the collection looks awesome. The standard clog is available in both adult and kids’ sizes, and will set you back $84.99 / $54.99 (£79.99/£54.99), depending on which size range you go for. For that hefty price, you get a pair of green platform clogs, decorated with iconic trees from the series on the main body, a sea pattern on the sole, and a sky pattern on the strap.

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A rebirth is afoot.

Publisher Acclaim, which was revived earlier this year after more than two decades of dormancy, is teasing some sort of announcement for next week.

It’s tough to know exactly what this entails at this stage, and the only clue within the above tease is a very quick cut to show some sort of digital, demonic face with power symbols surrounding it. We’ve screenshotted this and included it below for your perusal. Any ideas..?

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“Ready for the mega matchup of the millennium?”.

Another week, another Pokémon Legends: Z-A teaser. The Pokémon Company is teasing another YouTube Premiere for Thursday, 28th August 2025.

This is the second premiere in two weeks, following last week’s unveiling of Mega Victreebel. This time, the hook is a little more obvious – no purple goo, no darkly-lit areas, simply a piece of art (or video, from Instagram) showing a Hawlucha facing off against a Machamp.

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“47, your target is Frame Rate”.

IO Interactive has launched a new update for Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition on the Switch 2.

The key improvement here is the game’s frame rate, which at launch failed to maintain its 60fps target at frequent intervals. The patch adds in a ‘Frame Rate’ option to stabilise the performance, and this will be turned on by default, which perhaps just goes to show how terrible it was before.

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The Switch 2 Edition arrives this week.

In March of this year, the Nintendo Music app received an update adding songs from the Switch title Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

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Part of the ‘My Mario’ line launching today.

Apart from a new range of toys and even an interactive app, Nintendo’s new ‘My Mario’ line includes a series of stop motion shorts.

The first three episodes have now been uploaded to the ‘Play Nintendo’ channel on YouTube, and you can watch them right here. Below is the official summary:

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“They would love to do Switch 2 versions. They can’t get the hardware.”.

We’re almost three months on from the Nintendo Switch 2’s release, and while we have plenty of third-party games to come on the newer hybrid console, many developers say that they’re still having issues getting hold of dev kits.

This comes from the folks at Digital Foundry in response to a question from a listener during this week’s DF Direct (timestamped, 8:20). Part of the question focuses on Switch 2 kits, particularly pointing out Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, which runs at 30fps on the newer console (though it doesn’t have a specific Switch 2 version either): “Do you think Nintendo are regretting not sharing the dev kits wider, sooner?”

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