Category: Nintendo

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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Along with whatever the third game will be called.

Nintendo has released a new Creator’s Voice video, this time focused on Naoki Hamaguchi at Square Enix for the upcoming launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.

Hamaguchi makes a couple of references to the ‘Final Fantasy VII Remake Series’ when talking about the Switch 2, which to us implies that Square Enix may not stop with the first entry. It’s likely, then, that we can probably expect Rebirth and the untitled third game to make their way to Nintendo’s upcoming new hardware in the future.

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“I hate it. I think it’s sort of lame”.

An awful lot of talk out of the Switch 2 Direct has focused on the console’s new Game Key Cards, whether they are a good thing for the industry and if anyone will actually buy the damn things. Now, in a new interview with VideoGamer, the Creative Director on Assassin’s Creed III and Far Cry 4, Alex Hutchinson, has shared his two-pence on the fresh-faced physical option — spoilers, he’s not all that keen.

The dev drew the comparison between the Switch 2 Game Key Cards and the similar approach taken by the Xbox One back in 2013, saying that Nintendo is going to “get away with it,” while fans were quick to criticise Microsoft. “It just shows you the power of nostalgia in our business that the way they will beat up Microsoft versus Nintendo is just not the same, especially in Europe,” Hutchinson stated, “It’s like, ‘oh, Nintendo’s doing it, alright we’re not gonna say much’”.

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Now how about a Switch 2 release?

Over the past year, Xbox has been publishing more first-party IP on other platforms, and in the latest update it’s now announced this mission is set to continue with Gears of War: Reloaded.

Not only is this remaster of the first game coming to Xbox and PC platforms, but it will also be getting an official release on the PlayStation 5 for the first time ever this August. This news has been shared after ongoing rumours – including one about Xbox potentially bringing the Halo series to other platforms in the future.

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Publisher asks fans to show their support.

With the Switch 2 just around the corner, some companies are already considering certain re-releases and updates to their existing eShop titles. It seems FDG Entertainment, the publisher behind Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom on the Switch, is another one.

In a post on social media yesterday, it put the call out to “Switch 2 players” asking if they would like to see an update to the 2018 2D platformer supporting 120fps. In the game’s current state on Switch, it already runs at a “smooth 60fps”, but this could be doubled!

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Not long to go now.

We’re now past 5th May (at least in some parts of the world) and you know what that means – there’s now less than a month to go until the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, with the new system set to make its worldwide debut on 5th June.

Since Nintendo announced the release date of the new hardware during its Direct broadcast in April, it’s detailed the new games on the way as well as the features and tech this new hardware is packing. It has also opened pre-orders for the device around the globe.

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“Something stirs beneath the surface”.

Move over, Gears of War — Ecco the Dolphin is finally getting a remaster. And not only the first game, but the sequel, Tides of Time, is also getting the remaster treatment.

Oh, and to top things off, a “new, third game” is also in the works, series creator Ed Annunziata has revealed. And where was this all announced? At the bottom of an Xbox Wire blog celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Opposable thumbs required.

We’ve given this list a little revamp and added the excellent Shotgun Cop Man. Enjoy!

Twin-stick shooters are ruddy good fun, right? It’s a genre that allows you to just switch off your brain for a few minutes at a time while you blast enemies into the abyss. All you need is a couple of analogue sticks and a thirst for destruction and you’re ready to go!

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Let the scalping commence.

The Pokémon Company has revealed that it will release a special Black and White-themed TCG set to celebrate the games’ 15th anniversary. Sounds fun, right? Well, aside from all that nostalgia, the set will also introduce a new level of rarity to the card game, something we’re sure the scalpers will behave totally normally over…

The ‘Black Bolt’ and ‘White Flare’ sets will be released in Japan on 6th June, containing all 156 ‘mon from the Unova region. While everyone will undoubtedly be chasing the usual full arts and ex cards, the set introduces a new ‘BWR’ rarity — the highest rarity in the collection — featuring Reshiram, Zekrom and Victini in some sweet single-colour designs.

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