Category: Nintendo

“I’m doing my part”.

Yesterday, Arrowhead Game Studios shell-shocked the games industry – announcing it would be bringing its PvE third-person shooter Helldivers 2 to the Xbox. Yes, the Sony-published game exclusive to PlayStation on consoles, is now making its way to Microsoft’s hardware.

Given the timing of all this, there are now (unsurprisingly) some Helldivers calling for a Switch 2 port, with threads on Reddit and social media popping up – asking the folks at Arrowhead to “let everyone in”, in reference to Nintendo players:

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Tony Hawk! Donkey Kong Bananza! Patapon 1+2!

After last month, we bet you thought July was cooling off a little, right? Well… a little, but not much.

The Switch 2 has been here for a month now, and we’re swimming in games old and new on the new platform. And look, we all know what’s top banana for many of you this month, and a new Switch 2 Edition is also on the agenda, but there’s 13 (ish… there’s a couple of bundles here!) other fabulous looking games coming out on both hybrids.

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10 games, 4 now playable on NS2.

Switch 2 brought some long-awaited GameCube games into the fold along with the other Nintendo Switch Online retro libraries when it launched.

With The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, and SoulCalibur 2 joining the system’s launch lineup, Super Mario Strikers made it a foursome this week, and Nintendo has six other games announced for the service coming sometime in the future.

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Funding for its unannounced FPS has been “cancelled”.

Romero Games, the studio co-founded by DOOM co-creator and his wife, John & Brenda Romero, has been hit with layoffs after funding for an unannounced FPS was “cancelled”.

VideoGamer reports that the upcoming shooter was being funded by Microsoft, specifically Bethesda — which works on the current iteration of DOOM. Most of the studio’s output was on PC and mobile, but it did release the strategy RPG Empire of Sin on Switch back in 2020. And it goes without saying that John Romero is one of the most influential figures in the industry.

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Yes, up, not down.

Nintendo of Canada recently announced that it would be raising the price of pretty much all of its products and services excluding the Switch 2, with more concrete details to follow on 1st August 2025.

The thing is, eagle-eyed fans have already discovered what the new pricing structure for Nintendo Switch Online will be, since specifics have already been divulged via the Switch eShop.

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DK…Donkey Kong!

We’re now just weeks out from the smashing arrival of Donkey Kong Bananza on the Switch 2 and Nintendo has now released a overview trailer.

It uploaded plenty of these in the leadup to key releases during the Switch generation and this trend continues with eight minutes of footage for the new Switch 2 exclusive. It highlights DK and Pauline’s abilities, transformations, boss battles, and much more.

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Fingers crossed.

Bandai Namco ended its latest showcase with another look at Digimon Story: Time Stranger. If you were wondering about the possibility of a Nintendo release, there’s reportedly been a new development.

As highlighted by multiple sources, a new listing has popped up on the EAN database in Europe which includes a code for an apparent “Switch 2 version”. These codes are used by retailers to identify products at sale.

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Lighter than air.

Like the Switch 1 before it, the Switch 2 will no doubt play host to dozens of third-party controllers over the course of its (hopefully) long lifespan. First out of the gate is PowerA with its Advantage Wired Controller, which I received in a rather jovial Mario Time theme. You can also get a Mushroom Kingdom themed variant along with a standard black design – y’know, if you’re boring (joking!).

Boasting a similar layout to Nintendo’s official Pro Controller, the Advantage pad features offset analogue sticks, two mappable ‘AGL’ and ‘AGR’ buttons on the backside, and a handy headphone jack on the bottom. Really, the only major change in terms of layout is the placement of the start, select, home, GameChat, and capture buttons, which are all housed beneath the d-pad and right analogue stick.

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“Switch 2 punches well above its weight”.

Switch 2 arrived with a bunch of titles that had to perform well if they were going to be worth your time. Arguably, none were more in need of a silky smooth frame rate than Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition, which had to be top notch if it was ever going to appeal to the fighting fans.

We had a blast with the title in our review last month, with the performance in all modes (apart from World Tour) being a particular highlight. But for those who want the specific numbers, the experts over at Digital Foundry have finally joined the fight to give a detailed rundown of all the tech specs in Capcom’s latest.

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Just like the classics.

Atari and developer Choice Provisions have provided a new update for Breakout Beyond on Switch. It’s good news for those who weren’t keen on the new landscape orientations – you can now play in TATE Mode!

With the new update applied, all you need to do is head into the options, navigate to ‘Layout’ and change the playfield to ‘Veritcal’. Et voilà! You can now play the game vertically, just like the original arcade classic.

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