Nintendo has already confirmed an increase on accessory prices.
The price of Switch 2 accessories in the US has officially been adjusted by Nintendo “due to changes in market conditions” and there are now claims this could impact amiibo next.
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Free faller.
Falling. It hurts, right? We’ve all tripped up over nothing while walking and scraped our knees, or tripped up the stairs and landed face-first. It’s not fun. It’s embarrassing, it’s painful, and it stands as a persistent reminder that I am the most clumsy of human beings. There’s a reason we can’t jump off of buildings and cliffs and live to tell the tale – we’re just flesh and bone.
That’s what video games are here for, then. They allow us to do the impossible, the unthinkable, and the absolutely ridiculous consequence-free, for the most part. Jumping off of platforms and high places is completely normal, and you don’t need to be good at parkour to do it.
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Whatever will we Pik?
You wait six months for a Nintendo Direct and then three come along in a matter of weeks! There’s no rest in the world of Nintendo at the moment, and we’re excited about it.
This week’s showcase put Mario Kart World in the spotlight. The presentation didn’t have all that much newness to show, but we got a better idea of Free Roam, had Battle Mode confirmed and saw some sweet new tricks — alongside a bunch of fresh screenshots, of course.
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GameCube will be available for Switch 2’s ‘Expansion Pack’ tier.
The Nintendo Today! mobile app has been sharing additional footage of the GameCube games on the way to the Switch 2’s online expansion pack at launch, and the latest video is a look at SoulCalibur II.
This Namco fighter originally made its debut on consoles in 2003, with each version featuring guest characters. PlayStation 2 got Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, Xbox got Spawn, and GameCube as you might recall got Link from The Legend of Zelda. You can see him in action in the footage above (thanks, Universo Nintendo).
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Update today.
Lara Croft returned earlier this year on the Switch and multiple other platforms with Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.
Now, a few months later, this collection has received its very first patch which includes visual touch-ups, general fixes, new outfits unlocked, and much more. Here are the full patch notes shared on Aspyr’s website:
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You got a star!
Sorry, everyone! We were a little distracted by yesterday’s Mario Kart World Direct and had to push the latest numbers from Famitsu aside for a little while. But have no fear, we’re back to provide the latest look at the Japanese charts.
Much like last time, it has been a pretty quiet week in the wake of Nintendo opening the floodgates on Switch 2, but Super Mario Party Jamboree has still managed to find itself on top with an additional 6,146 sales — just imagine the numbers once the + Jamboree TV expansion drops.
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Okay… what?
Just when we thought we were starting to get a grip on what would and would not be on Switch 2 cartridges, publisher Marvelous comes in with another bombshell (thanks for the heads up, @Wario64).
In a recently published Q&A section regarding the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, Marvelous started to unpack what the game’s physical copy actually entails. According to the site, the red Switch 2 cart contains the full Switch 1 game and the Switch 2 Upgrade Pack, but it can be inserted into and played on either console.
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But “accessories will experience price adjustments”.
Switch 2 will remain at the previously announced price of $449.99 USD ($629.99 CAD) for the base hardware and $499.99 ($699.99 CAD) for the Mario Kart World bundle in North America, Nintendo has announced.
Prices for Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Bananza will also remain unchanged at $79.99 USD ($109.99 CAD) and $69.99 USD ($99.99 CAD), respectively. Retailer pre-orders in the US and Canada will begin on 24th April.
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Backup break up.
Just when you thought the messaging around Nintendo’s ‘Switch 2 Edition’ games couldn’t get any more confusing, another discovery comes along to stir things up even further. Looking at the game’s store pages, it seems some upcoming titles won’t support the Nintendo Switch Online Cloud Save feature — or maybe they will, it’s all a bit confusing (thanks for the heads up, Eurogamer).
As was pointed out in a recent Resetera thread by user RandomlyRandom67, the Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch 2 Edition page on Nintendo’s website houses the following disclaimer: “Please note: this software does not support the Nintendo Switch Online paid membership’s Save Data Cloud backup feature”.
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‘A Pirate’s Fortune’ DLC shown off, too.
Star Wars Outlaws is on the way to the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year and in case you missed it, it’s also getting some new “story pack” DLC.
Apart from ‘Wild Card‘ (originally released last year) there’s the upcoming story ‘A Pirate’s Fortune‘. The development team has now confirmed this DLC pack will be arriving on 15th May 2025 for other platforms. So, by the time the Switch 2 version arrives, it will have already been released.
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