Category: Nintendo

Get a grip.

Nintendo launched its dedicated GameCube NSO pad alongside the Switch 2 last year, undoubtedly providing the best experience for docked play. However, much like the N64 pad before it, the controller doesn’t do much to help with handheld play, where the Joy-Con 2 button layouts simply can’t capture the feel of the original hardware.

Enter abxylute’s N9C, a Switch 2 grip that launched on Kickstarter today and was almost immediately fully funded, which looks as close as we’ll ever get to a GameCube pad built for handheld play.

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He fights for the Users.

Entropy, a scientific concept defined by randomness and disorder, is a fitting name for a roguelike.

Since BlazBlue began as a fighting game series it’s seen a multitude of spin-offs, now finding itself in the realm of 2D platform action and roguelike principles. Its whopping assembly of eighteen-playable-characters helm from various BlazBlue entries, including Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chrono Phantasma and Central Fiction. And, impressively, each has a completely independent and idiosyncratic combat style, even if the actual inputs you utilise are fairly samey across the board.

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Get a free Phoenix Wright outfit.

Remember last September when Among Us teamed up with Capcom to promote the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection?

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Update: Following reports of a Switch 2 release.

Nintendo formally announced the Switch 2 last week and while some developers appear to have already locked in their support, other studios are still gauging whether or not to release certain titles on the Switch’s successor.

One of these developers happens to be Moon Studios, with the CEO Thomas Mahler asking on social media if fans of the studio (as well as Ori games and Nintendo platforms) would be interested in the team’s new release, No Rest for the Wicked on Switch 2.

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15, LOVE.

It has felt like a long old wait since Mario’s last sports outing, but last week, Mario Tennis Fever finally arrived on the Switch 2 court.

It’s tennis, again, but with a Fever Racket gimmick that gives the whole thing a fun party twist. With a 38-character roster — the biggest in series history to date, no less — and 30 different rackets to try out, there’s an impressive amount of variety on display here, and we can see it cropping up at its fair share of game nights down the line.

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(Yes, you can, with a Switch 1).

Virtual Boy has finally arrived on Nintendo Switch Online, if you’re a subscriber to the Expansion Pack tier – and if you’ve got the $100 accessory from My Nintendo Store or the still-pretty-pricey cardboard alternative.

If $25 for the cardboard viewer required to see the 3D visuals as intended still feels like an ask, you may be wondering if it’s possible to play these games without the official accessories. The app is free to download for all subscribers, after all, so is there any practical way to play them?

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And they’re right around the corner.

With the Dead Cells team on development duties, we knew it was only a matter of time before The Rogue Prince of Persia landed even more content, and what do you know, there are two major updates right around the corner.

Evil Empire recently shared a blog post on the game’s Steam page, revealing the Spring 2026 roadmap with all of the new additions we can expect in the coming months. Alongside the new ‘Flaming Horses’ tool (out now), the team announced the ‘Breathless Update’, which will arrive in April, and the ‘Endgame Update, which’ll launch in May.

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Update: Digital launches this week.

If the news of the Nickelodeon Splat Pack release date earlier this week wasn’t enough cartoon nostalgia for you, Limited Run Games has revealed that it has even more in the pipeline for Switch, in the shape of the Ren & Stimpy Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy Collection.

This is a seven-game compilation title, collecting together a handful of the Nickelodeon duo’s SNES and Game Boy adventures. The titles included in this one are The Ren and Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventures (Game Boy), Veediots! (SNES and Game Boy), Buckeroo$! (NES and SNES), Time Warp (SNES) and Fire Dogs (SNES) — yes, that does mean Quest for the Shaven Yak and Stimpy’s Invention are missing, unfortunately.

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Pre-orders open next week.

Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and it appears First 4 Figures will be joining in on the fun.

In a new announcement this week, the statue maker has given its followers on social media and YouTube a “sneak peek” of a new Tears of the Kingdom – Link statue. If it looks familiar, it’s because the standard edition is already available at “GameStop and other major retailers”.

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Including cross-play network testing.

Ahead of next month’s release of Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage on the Switch 2 this March, Sega is running an open beta test.

Yes, in case you missed this news, it starts this week from 18th February 2026 and will run until 23rd February 2026. To join the fight, you’ll need to an active Switch Online membership. There’s also support for “arcade stick-type” controllers, which have been officially licensed by Nintendo.

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