Aw, shoot.
Leave it up to Kazutaka Kodaka to come up with one of the weirdest stories in gaming, huh?
Following on from the outrageously ambitious The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy, the creator has now joined forces with developer Neilo on the new visual novel Shuten Order. I say ‘visual novel’, and that’s absolutely the overarching genre, but it also manages to feature five distinct sub-genres within its surprisingly lengthy story. Wild stuff.
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Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick.
Nintendo of America is back at it again with yet another eShop sale to round out the summer.
Yes, the ‘Blockbuster Sale‘ is now live on the North American eShop, and will be bringing discounts aplenty to a bunch of sweet Switch 1 titles (and a Switch 2 game or two) until 10th September at 11:59pm PT.
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Fix this, insect.
Following the rollout of a new patch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC last week, the same has now been applied to System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster on the Nintendo Switch.
Patch 1.2 offers up a healthy batch of fixes and improvements, including gameplay tweaks, visual updates, and quality-of-life additions such as a separate save slot for quick saves. It’s all very welcome, and should go toward making an already-excellent game even better.
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But it will still add games to the voucher catalogue.
It’s been incredibly busy in the land of Nintendo recently with the arrival of the Switch 2, and in case you missed the initial announcement in July, Nintendo announced it would be discontinuing Switch Online Game Vouchers.
It has now issued another notice about this via its customer support social account for Japan – reminding Switch users that these vouchers will no longer be sold after 30th January 2026. It has also shared a notice about how the software currently listed for the voucher program does not include Switch 2 titles.
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“The guild authorizes a special collaboration”.
Recently, it was Street Fighter 6 content appearing in Monster Hunter Wilds, and now Capcom is flipping this crossover around.
The developer will be bringing the hunt to its latest Street Fighter entry, dressing the fighters up with new EX colours, “new gears” and more. This limited-time event will be taking place between 1st September 2025 and 30th September 2025.
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Punched-out.
Nintendo has announced that Fitness Boxing 2 will be taken off of the eShop later this year.
On 23rd November 2025 at 23:59, it will no longer be possible to buy the Nintendo-published game from the digital storefront. If you already own the game digitally, you’ll be able to redownload it.
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Bounty hunting for a date.
Over the last week or so, we here at Nintendo Life have been having a few spirited debates about when Metroid Prime 4: Beyond might actually launch. By all accounts, it’s still scheduled for 2025, but time’s ticking by quickly, and we’re still very much in the dark.
Frankly, after literal years of waiting, it feels good to finally talk about Prime 4’s release date without feeling the need to plaster our faces with clown makeup (yeah, it’s not just you, Silksong fans). But here’s the thing: Nintendo’s schedule over the next few months is looking reasonably healthy, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World launching today, Pokémon Legends Z-A following on 16th October, and finally Kirby Air Riders on 20th November. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is also due in Winter, but this rather broad window means it could potentially come out in January or February 2026.
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You almost feel bad for them…
The latest boxed charts from Japan are now available thanks to Famitsu, and as expected, Nintendo’s first-party line-up for Switch 2 is doing particularly well.
Specifically, Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza remain unchanged at the top, selling a further 30,202 and 8,424 copies respectively. We’d like to see those lifetime sales for Bananza climb a little higher, but it’s a solid performance, at least.
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Plush, figures and more!
To celebrate the arrival of Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Switch 2 this week. Nintendo has recently extended its Kirby line on the My Nintendo Store in Australia and New Zealand.
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Available now.
Nintendo has recently extended its Kirby line on the My Nintendo Store in Australia and New Zealand, and it adds all sorts of new items and products.
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