Ship shape.
Another week with a sliver of official ‘Switch 2’ news? Gosh, Nintendo, you really do know how to spoil us!
Yes, accompanying Nintendo’s quarterly financial report this week, company president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the Switch successor will be backwards compatible and the Nintendo Switch Online service will carry over too. It ain’t much, but it’s something.
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“On at least fifty occasions in the last two years”.
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against an individual who apparently “repeatedly streamed pirated and emulated” Switch games while also promoting “Switch emulators and other piracy tools” to his audience.
As highlighted by 404 Media, Jesse Keighin (known online as ‘EveryGameGuru’) reportedly “got under Nintendo’s skin” after he refused to comply with the video game giant.
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Update now.
Nintendo Music has been out for just over a week now and apart from a few new soundtracks, it’s now been updated on Android and Apple devices to Version 1.0.1.
This update includes some fixes to enhance the overall experience after users were reporting some issues:
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Switch On.
A couple of months ago we reached out to Nintendo Life readers with our Switch Summer Survey, a chunky questionnaire designed (with your help) to assess the state of all things Nintendo and Switch as the console cruises through its eighth year – and as our thoughts inevitably turn to its successor.
This 70-question blowout covered everything from the Switch eShop to Joy-Con drift, your past Nintendo consoles to your hopes for the future, not to mention a selection of posers about your favourite Nintendo-focused website. Since summer ended, our data monkeys have been crunching the numbers and it’s time for the results!
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Nintendo and TPC seek 10m Yen in damages.
News on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair had gone quiet over the past few weeks, but a new statement from the latter studio has shed some more light on the complaint — specifically, the patents Nintendo claims have been infringed upon and the prescribed fine.
In a new post on the Pocketpair website titled ‘Report on Patent Infringement Lawsuit’, the studio reveals that Nintendo’s claim pertains to three specific patents (7545191, 7493117 and 7528390), all of which were applied for between February and July 2024.
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Cheeky cheeky.
With the launch of Nintendo Music, fans now have a legitimate opportunity to check out some of the very best soundtrack’s from Nintendo’s storied history. Yes, it’s a bit barebones at the moment, but we’ve no doubt it will be expanded upon significantly in the coming months and years.
It seems that The Big N is pretty keen on newcomers diving into its new app, too. According to a couple of accounts from Matthew Reynolds on Bluesky and user Jolemei96 on Reddit, Nintendo is actually hosting advertisements for Nintendo Music over on the streaming service Spotify.
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A “baby tomato” skin is available now.
Marvelous launched its new action RPG Farmagia on the Switch last week and it’s now been announced the title will be receiving some free DLC skins the month.
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“How many packs have been opened, then?”.
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket and unsurprisingly it’s already pulling in some absolutely massive numbers across Android and Apple devices.
After reaching a whopping 10 million downloads in its first 48 hours, after just over a week it’s now surpassed 30 million downloads worldwide.
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“I never count Nintendo out”.
Nintendo this week put the rumours to rest (well, kind of) with the announcement its Switch “successor” would support backwards compatibility. So, how are third-party partners reacting to this?
GamesIndustry.biz asked Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick what he thought and he’s all for it:
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Mario & Luigi! Tetris Forever! Angel at Dusk!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Nintendo, 7th Nov, $59.99) – Help Mario and Luigi repair the fractured world of Concordia in this brand-new seafaring adventure! Set sail on Shipshape Island and explore a variety of islands, from bustling cities to tropical rainforests. Unleash the mighty power of the duo’s brotherly bond to overcome adversity and thwart foes, and meet friends along the way – some new, some familiar! – Read our Mario & Luigi: Brothership review
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