More details will be “shared in the future”.
We’ve just had an update about the new battle-focused game Pokémon Champions at the World Championships, and apart from the news it will lead as the main title for the VGC next year, along with a Mega Evolution update, we’ve also got details about platforms and pricing.
According to the latest press release, it’s coming to not only the Switch and mobile devices in 2026 but also the Switch 2.
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Taking place in “downtown San Francisco”.
The major mystery reveal at this year’s World Championships event for Pokémon was the announcement of Pokémon XP.
This news was revealed alongside the confirmation of an “epic arena experience” for Championship Sunday next year at the Chase Center, San Francisco between 28th – 30th August, 2026, with passes going on sale on 17th September 2025.
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A SIWIQU by any other name.
Nintendo’s own dock is a non-nonsense device that just works. You slide your console in, crack the Joy-Con off, and boom, you’re off to the races. Given the larger size of Switch 2, though, its dock is a substantial slab of black plastic and various third-party firms have stepped in with offerings that are a little more portable.
Antank is one such company, and the S3 MAX TV Dock Station for Nintendo Switch 2 — also known as the SIWIQU Dock Station in some parts — is certainly smaller than the dock that comes with the console. Weighing in at 109 grams (compared to 383 grams), you’ll barely notice you’re carrying it in your satchel, backpack, or anywhere else you care to secrete your hardware.
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Pre-orders are now live.
Mattel has already released a whole bunch of Mario Kart vehicles and next up is a “special edition” Pauline release, which was originally revealed at San Diego Comic-Con this year.
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Super duper.
Hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last week, we looked at WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ for the GBA – a true classic and one of our favourites here at NL Towers. North America and Europe joined forced against Japan and, uh… Oh, poor Japan. The western design won with a whopping 91% of the vote! We quite like the Japanese design, there’s definitely something to it. Though if you said it was boring, we wouldn’t necessarily disagree. Hm.
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We’d give our right Joy-Con 2.
The first months of Switch 2’s life have seen plenty of multiplatform games arrive on Nintendo’s newest console — winners like Cyberpunk 2077, No Man’s Sky, Apex Legends, and Yakuza 0 to name a handful — and its extra power affords devs the chance to bring newer, bigger, more ambitious games to the platform where ports simply weren’t viable on the old Switch.
And yes, we’ve got things like Elden Ring, Persona 3 Reload, and Star Wars: Outlaws to look forward to before the year’s out, but we’re an insatiable bunch, always wanting more, more, moaaaaar. Honestly, we thought we’d see a few more big-name ports announced during the July Partner Showcase, and with zero announcements from Microsoft thus far, we’re expecting plenty MORE to come throughout the rest of the year.
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Get up, get up, get out of here!
Though it may feel like the ‘quirky’ branch of indie JRPGs has become a played out trope by now, it wasn’t too long ago that a confusing, humorous, and parodying take on the standard template was seen as a novel concept. One of the most significant examples of this was OFF, a simple freeware RPG Maker project that caught fire on Tumblr in the late 2000s and inspired the development of games like OMORI, Yume Nikki, and Undertale.
Now, developer Mortis Ghost (along with Fangamer) has put out a modestly tweaked remaster of the game for Switch and PC, introducing the classic to a new generation while also polishing up some of its rougher edges. I’m pleased to say that this remaster has largely stuck the landing—the original game feels like it’s barely aged a day, while the few additions genuinely enhance the overall experience.
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Excelsior!
The freakin’ weekend is finally upon us, and we’ve got games to play! Before we get into our plans, though, let’s recap the week.
It was a pretty quiet one in Nintendo Land, with not so much as a whiff of a Direct — which is weird, after the last three weeks of showcases. Nintendo revealed an all-new Mario Kart World event in Japan, announced that Chibi-Robo would soon be arriving on the GameCube NSO library and just maybe set up the social media account for Mario’s upcoming 40th anniversary. Oh yes, and we went hands-on with a little-known curio called Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
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“The game that never was”.
Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art and ultimately it didn’t go ahead.
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Playable at the World Championships.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A isn’t out until October, but this weekend there’s a Switch 2 demo at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships.
The first impressions are now rolling in, and we’ve put together some thoughts so far – starting with a ‘hands on’ from our senior video producer Zion Grassl. Although it might not be for everyone, we’re thinking the hardcore fans will be pleased with how it’s shaping up.
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