All-star brawl.
Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Before we get onto this week’s very special one-off battle, let’s see how things went down last time. We looked at Tomodachi Life to celebrate the newly-announced sequel for the Nintendo Switch, and it wasn’t even remotely close. North America absolutely killed it with 65% of the vote! Europe came second with 18%, and Japan third with 17%.
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The physical version, according to Nintendo’s customer support.
Nintendo earlier this week announced select games from the Switch generation would be getting ‘Switch 2 Edition’ releases.
A Nintendo customer service representative has reportedly shed light on the exact content included in the physical versions – claiming the Switch 2 Edition upgrade packs will be “download codes”.
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Get ready for 60fps, crossplay and exclusive modes.
Street Fighter 6 is on its way to the Switch 2 and if you’re wondering how it compares to certain other versions, we’ve now got a side-by-side comparison.
This upload, shared by the YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits, shows the Switch 2 version running alongside the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions of the game.
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“We’re still improving the performance”.
Cyberpunk 2077 is on the way to the Nintendo Switch 2 this June and more details about it are beginning to surface.
Firstly, CD Projekt Red has confirmed the Nintendo release will be “fully cross-progression compatible” with versions on other platforms.
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Say goodbye to red spines.
We’ve had an absolute overload of information about the Switch 2 this week and somehow fans keep finding all sorts of new and exciting details.
If you haven’t already noticed, Switch 2 game cases are now slightly different (and seemingly a bit bigger). Instead of transparent plastic borders, they’re now red. Perhaps most interestingly though is how the box art wraps around the case, over the spine. In other words, you’ll no longer be looking at red spines with mostly just plain text on them.
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Two months to go!
Well, that was a week, wasn’t it? We Nintendo lifers finally got an influx of info, a deluge of details about Switch 2 and the games we can expect to be playing on it. And soon!
Yep, 5th June is exactly two months away, and we’re champing at the Joy-Con Strap to get our hands on the launch lineup. We’ve had a taste, but we’re hungry for more.
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2 takes.
Now updated with video impressions!
After years of speculation, Switch 2 finally exists. It’s got a launch date, a price, a bunch of accessories, and — most importantly — a lineup of games large and small, all showcased in an hour-long Direct which answered a lot of questions.
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And Bowser Jr. already has the new system!
The Switch 2 generation is upon us and Nintendo has been updating all sorts of things including its Parental Controls video animation featuring Bowser Jr and his Dad.
This new video is quite the facelift – with Bowser’s Switch swapped out for a brand-new Switch 2 (yes, he’s already playing it) and Mario Kart World now featured in all of the gameplay footage. And noticably Bowser has updated his Peach wallpaper…to another photo of Princess Peach.
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More features, systems and games.
Following the announcement GameCube titles would be coming to Switch Online, Nintendo’s Treehouse event provided an update about what exactly is on offer across both tiers.
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It’s not looking good for collectors.
Nintendo this week announced “Game-key cards” for the Switch 2, which are described as “different” from regular game cards as they don’t contain the “full game data” and are instead used as a “key” to download the title onto your system via the internet.
As fans are quickly finding out, a lot of third-party titles scheduled for the launch window of the Switch 2 will be using these game-key cards, and now it seems like Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition by FromSoftware will be joining this list.
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