Category: Nintendo

Fun in the sun.

It’s looking like it’ll be a hot one this weekend, and while gaming may not be the first thing that comes to mind, you know we’re all going to need some time chilling in the shade at some point.

Before we get into this week’s What Are You Playing, let’s recap the major news from the past seven days. The biggie was a tasty slice of Donkey Kong Bananza info from a new IGN interview, where we learnt the game’s director and producer, its Switch 1 origins, and how the team got its DK inspiration. Only one week to go!

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Launching in Japan this month.

The Switch 2’s packing a lot more horsepower than the original system, and as a result, a lot of games and series can now ship with higher resolutions and improved performance. With this in mind, the upcoming release Ys X: Proud Nordics will apparently support up to 120fps on Nintendo’s new hybrid system.

This information comes from Japanese outlet Inside Games (via RPG Site), with the source reporting there’ll be a special mode to prioritise performance, where players can apparently experience “smoother movements” thanks to the higher frame rate. The default performance is said to be 60fps.

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Available at select retailers in Canada.

We’re now less than a week out from the arrival of Donkey Kong Bananza and Nintendo has announced it’s releasing more playable demos into the wild.

If you happen to be located in Canada, Nintendo of Canada has revealed there will be playable demos of the new game at select EB Games and Costco stores. You’ll be able to go ‘hands on’ with DK’s new outing between 18th – 19th July at Costco Canada, and you can experience the new game at EB Games Canada between 19th – 20th July.

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It’s selling “pretty well” at this point.

Back in May, we reported how The Hundred Line developer Too Kyo Games was “on the brink” of collapse. Fortunately, the strong sales of the game appear to have turned the company’s future around.

Speaking to Bloomberg, co-director (and Danganronpa creator) Kazutaka Kodaka has revealed the title is “selling pretty well” at this point, and although no figures are attached, he goes on to mention how he no longer sees “bankruptcy as a serious future” for the team. The studio also has a brand new game in the pipeline.

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Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Oi, Oi, Oi!

I have to admit, I was really nervous about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. I played the first ‘1 + 2’ collection back in 2021 and absolutely loved it, but my early teenage years were shaped by the Birdman’s third and fourth console outings. So to say that a lot was riding on Iron Galaxy’s remake would be an understatement, and early concerns regarding THPS4’s shift in structure definitely rattled me.

Thankfully, I can wholeheartedly say that this latest nostalgic revisit to what I would argue was the peak of the Tony Hawk’s series is a success – albeit with a few caveats.

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“I believe it could continue for a long time, just like The Simpsons”.

At the time of writing, we’re now just a few short weeks away from the launch of No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES for the Switch and Switch 2 on 25th July 2025.

It’s the third entry in the AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series following the launch of the original game in 2019 and its direct sequel, nirvanA Initiative, in 2022. The series so far has been met with widespread acclaim, and the developers over at Spike Chunsoft seemingly have no desire to stop anytime soon – happy days for us, then!

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Well, that escalated.

Repair firm iFixit has performed a full teardown of the Switch 2’s Pro Controller, delivering a scathing review of the repairability and potential durability of the accessory. Ultimately, it calls the Pro Controller a “p**s-poor excuse for a controller”.

But why? Well, watching the video reveals just how tricky it is to actually get into the Pro Controller, with Nintendo applying adhesives to the front faceplate, lots of hidden screws, and thumb-grips that need “an uncomfortable amount of force to remove”. Essentially, iFixit believes that the work required to simply reach the controller’s battery for potential replacement is far too difficult for the average consumer.

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No ROMs for you!

A major Switch ROM site – ‘nsw2u’ – has been seized by the FBI as part of a ‘law enforcement operation’.

As reported by Kotaku, nsw2u was one of the better-known repositories of Switch ROMS, which allowed users with hacked Switch consoles to download emulated games at will. In other words, then, it’s a website that Nintendo was probably keen to vaporise quicker than Thanos snapping his fingers.

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Here’s a teaser trailer.

If you need more of the Atelier series in your life, Koei Tecmo has today announced it will be releasing the Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe pack digitally for the Switch 2, original Switch, PlayStation and Steam platform.

This “definitive collection” trilogy will be arriving at some point in 2025 and will come with new content – including new playable characters and new story elements for each of the three titles.

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It’s also on the way to the Switch.

Following Azure Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced getting confirmed for a worldwide release yesterday, Inti Creates has now lifted the lid on its 30th anniversary project Majogami.

It will be coming to the Switch and Switch 2 on 30th October 2024 and is described as a new paper craft “2D action experience”. You can see the official premiere in the video above, and below this is some PR to go with it.

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