Category: Nintendo

“Available while supplies last”.

This week marks the return of DK in a brand new 3D outing, and as part of the celebrations, the My Nintendo Store in North America is now offering a new themed reward.

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Includes four new cars.

Cd Projekt Red has announced a new update for Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on Switch 2, adding in four new cars and a boatload of improvements.

There’s no release date for the update at the time of writing, but we’d wager it probably won’t be too far off. It’s hitting the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC tomorrow (that’s 17th July 2025). We’ll let you know as soon as we get more details on the Switch 2 release.

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That’s right, no Game-Key Card!

Sega has just earned itself a big win by confirming that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on the Switch 2 will not be a Game-Key Card when it launches physically in early 2026.

In a press release, the company confirmed that Crossworlds will launch digitally on Switch 2 in Holiday 2025 and physically in Early 2026, with two versions available for digital purchases. The standard is priced at £64.99 and the Digital Deluxe is priced at £74.99. It’s not known at this time how much the physical version will cost.

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A smash hit?

Well folks, the reviews are now in for Donkey Kong Bananza; Nintendo’s first proper 3D platformer for the Switch 2. So, what’s the verdict?

At the time of writing, the game is sitting at 90 on Metacritic, though it’s worth considering that new reviews will likely make themselves known in the coming days, so this might change in either direction. Regardless, it sounds like DK’s first 3D outing in decades has been worth the wait.

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Say hello to Link and Zelda.

NIntendo has announced its first casting choices for the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie.

As revealed via the Nintendo Today! app and on social media, the role of Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason, while Link will be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth. The movie itself is scheduled to release on 7th May 2027.

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It’s supposedly “back to the drawing board”.

The future of Arc System Works’ fighting game series Guilty Gear has apparently been setback, with a recent report claiming a new entry (that was “yet to be officially announced”) has been cancelled.

According to Insider Gaming, anonymous sources say the title was cancelled within the “last couple of weeks”, but there’s no specific reason provided. The same outlet has reached out to Arc System Works for comment, but hasn’t heard back.

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Donkey Kong is here!

We’re in the second month of the Switch 2’s life, and this week marks the release of Donkey Kong Bananza.

After hearing so much about this new DK game in the lead up to the big release, it’s finally launching on 17th July 2025. As part of this, the first review has now been released by the famous Japanese publication Famitsu, so what’s the final verdict?

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Try out Drag x Drive before its release.

As we get closer to August, Nintendo has announced it will be hosting a special Drag x Drive ‘Global Jam’ demo event.

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Grip it real good.

Skull & Co. released a very nice NeoGrip for the OLED Switch back in 2021, which we reviewed at the time, coming away with the impression that, beyond a fiddly holding tab that could potentially get lost, the grips helped make long portable sessions much more comfortable.

With this Switch 2 update, the Savage Raven by Skull & Co. NeoGrip for Nintendo Switch 2, which falls under the same ‘Savage Raven’ banner as the company’s excellent Switch 2 carry case (which we’ve also reviewed!), not much has really changed.

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Devs started thinking about moving to Switch 2 in 2021.

In a recent interview, developers Kenta Motokura and director Kazuya Takahashi from Nintendo confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza was originally intended for the Switch 1.

In a new Ask the Developer feature, fresh screenshots have been shared that shows the visual difference between Switch 1 and Switch 2 for Bananza, with Kenta Motokura, Wataru Tanaka, and Daisuke Watanabe all providing more context as to why development was shifted over to Nintendo’s new console.

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