Category: Nintendo

Physical pre-orders are now live.

The Switch 2 has officially locked in a release date and while a lot of games have already been confirmed for the platform, it looks like we might have one more.

It seems Konami will be releasing its Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster package on the Switch 2, with listings for this game already popping up on sites like Play-asia. It will apparently be made available alongside the launch of the system on 5th June 2025 and it’s priced at $34.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) with pre-orders now live.

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Grander Prix.

Mario Kart World looks to be the most ambitious game in the series to date, with 24 racers per course, more game modes, open-world driving and a host of other fresh features.

But after a decade of Mario Kart 8, we’re most excited for a fresh batch of courses. Nintendo is yet to lift the lid on every track at our disposal in the Switch 2 launch title, though we have combed through the trailers, screenshots and Treehouse Live footage to bring you the following list of every track confirmed so far.

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HD Rumble in the Jungle.

The whirlwind reveal and showcase of the Switch 2 hardware and software was a complete blowout. So many ports! A brand new Donkey Kong game! The C button actually does something! Sure, there were some pretty big issues in the fine print, but I think there’s something that Nintendo massively undersold and didn’t even really talk about much until we got some hands-on time with the games.

How many people actually leave the rumble or vibration on? With the Switch, I think I turned it off long ago because I’m always worried about the battery life of the console or the Joy-Con. The Pro Controller is different, but I also have it turned off there. It’s just how it’s always been, and since controllers have largely gone wireless, that’s how I’ve always been. Apart from the haptics of the PS5 Dual Sense, which, poor thing, has been more susceptible to drift and quick-draining battery than any other controller I’ve owned in my life.

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“We tried something cute for a change”.

FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has been speaking to Nintendo about The Duskbloods, a surprise Switch 2 exclusive which was revealed during the recent Nintendo Direct.

While the title shares many similarities with previous FromSoftware games such as Bloodborne and Dark Souls, one of the most notable elements in the trailer was a rat-like character seen at the end of the footage.

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Feast your eyes!

Nintendo followed up its jam-packed Switch 2 Direct with an equally jam-packed Treehouse presentation focused solely on gameplay reveals.

The first of two livestreams took us through a whole bunch of titles and features heading to Switch 2 at some point this year but, at a little over four hours long, there’s every chance that you didn’t catch every reveal on first watch. Below, we have provided a breakdown of every gameplay section, so you can pick and choose what you’d like to watch.

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There’s no time to rest, Link.

If you’re not a fan of the load times in some titles on the Switch, they might be worth revisiting on the Switch 2.

During its Treehouse event, Nintendo showcased the load time of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition alongside the original Switch version. The outcome? It’s faster!

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It’s set to be the biggest lineup in Mario Kart history.

Mario Kart World has now been officially revealed and it’s easily on track to becoming the biggest Mario Kart game ever. This includes what looks to be an absolutely huge roster of playable racers.

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DLSS and “real-time ray tracing” also confirmed.

Nintendo’s technical specs chart for the Switch 2 officially confirms the system is powered by a “custom processor made by Nvidia”. Now, in an update, Team Green has shared some insight – claiming the new hybrid system has “10x the graphics performance” of the original Switch.

It elaborates on the power of Nintendo’s new hardware in a blog post – explaining how the custom processor features an Nvidia GPU with “dedicated RT cores and Tensor Cores” for “stunning visuals and AI-driven enhancements”.

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Say it loud.

We were completely amused at the reveal of the Switch 2 Camera. It felt like a very Nintendo thing to couple with the new GameChat button on the Switch 2 Joy-Con, but also something that’s 20 years too late. The EyeToy and Kinect have been and gone over the past two decades with mixed results. So what will make Nintendo’s camera worth it, aside from video calls? Super Mario Party Jamboree! Nintendo Switch Edition + Jamboree TV.

This enhanced release of what we think is already the best Mario Party game ever has leaned into the daftness and stupidity of Mario Party with its new Switch 2 peripheral and the new Mouse Mode in the Joy-Con. We’re back to the microphone of Mario Party 6 days, except things work a lot better here. It’s also surprisingly really fun.

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“There’s a lot of advancements that have been made”.

Months of rumours and leaks meant that yesterday’s announcement that Nintendo Switch 2 will come with an LCD screen wasn’t all that big of a surprise. We had been preparing to say goodbye to the OLED for a while now, but Nintendo is keen to point out that the change isn’t a decision that the team took lightly.

During a roundtable discussion with Kouichi Kawamoto, Takuhiro Dohta and Tetsuya Sasaki at yesterday’s Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on event in New York, Sasaki admitted that “There’s been a lot of advancement that has been made in LCD screen technology” since the release of the Switch 1, and the team “took a look at the LCD technology that is available to us now” during Switch 2 development.

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