Category: Nintendo

And original Switch, of course.

Nintendo has released its end-of-year financial update and, as per the norm, it has reconfimed release dates/windows for its major upcoming titles.

It’s a little bit different this time, of course, since we’re now also factoring in Nintendo Switch 2, so the schedule is undoubtedly looking a bit more stacked than we’ve been used to the last year or so. Headliners include Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, with Switch 2 leveraging third-party support with the likes of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Street Fighter 6, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, and more.

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Launching in Japan this August.

SNK has announced another two ACA NEOGEO collections. ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 and ACA NEGO Selection Vol. 2 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on 7th August 2025 in Japan. There’s no mention of a local release.

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“You think Mario Kart competes with a game like this”.

Rockstar Games blew up the internet this week with the second official trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI and it’s led to all sorts of discussion about the current state of the industry including the future pricing of games (yes, it’s come up again).

Former Rockstar animator Mike York, who previously worked on Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, has now chimed in with comments about how the “detail” and amount of “realism” in the new GTA will justify its price point while throwing shade at the new Mario Kart World game and its pricing – suggesting Nintendo’s game simply can’t compete:

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David Hayter, Matt Mercer, and more.

Sega has announced the English voiceover cast for the upcoming Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut on Nintendo Switch 2, launching on 5th June 2025. In addition, the new theme song “Bubble” by Shōnan no Kaze has been introduced in a new trailer, which you can view above.

Headlining the cast is YouTuber and voice actor Yong Yea, who will be providing the voice for protagonist Kazuma Kiryu. Meanwhile, Topher Ngo will take care of singing duties during specific minigames. We’ve also got the likes of David Hayter, Matt Mercer, Kaiji Tang, Risa Mei, and more.

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You’ll need a Silver Will to make it.

Falcom has shared the release date for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, the remake of the first game in the Trails series. And it’s landing on Switch (no Switch 2 version revealed, yet) on 19th September 2025, as announced in Weekly Famitsu (thanks, Gematsu, Ryokutya2089).

The upcoming remake is being published by GungHo Entertainment in the West, but the big news is that the game is getting a simultaneous worldwide release. So we can expect some follow-up confirmation from GungHo relatively soon.

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Now Japan’s 7th largest business.

Regardless of the drop-off in Switch sales in recent years, we knew that this generation had been a good one for Nintendo’s financials. It has been so good, in fact, that the House of Mario has just surpassed another massive milestone in its latest Japanese market valuation (thanks, NintendoWire).

According to the market capitalisation tracker CompaniesMarketCap, Nintendo has now surpassed the $100 billion line in market valuation. This is the first time that the Big N has reached 12 digits, and, with a current estimated value of $100.16 billion, it’s quickly closing in on the title of the sixth-largest Japanese company in the world — currently held by Fast Retailing on $100.91 billion.

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Get a closer look at the Arsenal’s capabilities.

In case you missed it, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is bringing the battle to Switch 2 this September.

In an update, Marvelous USA has now shared a “combat basics” trailer – giving fans a closer look at the Arsenal’s capabilities for “fast-past combat, and a glimpse of some of the titanic bosses waiting to challenge players’ skills”.

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Available July 29.

Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game will release digitally on the Switch this July and today it’s been confirmed there’ll be a physical release arriving on the same date.

This was announced by ‘iam8bit’ and there’ll be a standard retail edition (including a fold-out map and digital soundtrack) and an exclusive edition including a cover sleeve, as well as those other mentioned goodies.

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Koroks and Inklings and ‘mon, oh my!

The Nintendo Today! app is back with another tasty little nugget of Switch 2 news, this time showcasing the launch line-up for the console’s profile icons — and it’s a pretty beefy list.

According to the app, Switch 2 will launch with an impressive 258 user profile icons, with series like Zelda, Mario and Pokémon all getting a healthy boost in the avatar department. Highlights will differ depending on your favourite franchises, but we’ll give a shoutout to the three Tears of the Kingdom Koroks to choose between — ya-haha indeed.

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Feeling the squeeze.

If there’s one thing we can all agree on in 2025, it’s that gaming is becoming a pretty expensive hobby. Not that it was ever ‘cheap’, of course, but recent price hikes have caused quite a stir within the community, perhaps most notably that of Mario Kart World on the upcoming Switch 2. With the physical edition set at $80 in the US, £75 in the UK, and €80 in the EU, it’s certainly on the higher end of the scale when it comes to game pricing.

It’s not just Mario Kart World, though – far from it. With the Switch 2 specifically, pretty much everything has gone up in price from the OG Switch. The Joy-Con, the Pro Controller, the dock, the charging grip… In the UK, the new wireless GameCube controller is priced at £58.99 on the My Nintendo Store, making it almost £20 more expensive than the N64 equivalent.

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