Category: Nintendo

Playing favourites.

We’re on the cusp of a new console generation and naturally thoughts are turning to games we know are coming and games we know must be coming. News flash: Nintendo is making another one of those Mario games. They seem to go down well?

So far, only Mario Kart and Donkey Kong have been confirmed for brand new, Switch 2-specific instalments with World and Bananza, although Metroid Prime 4‘s cross-gen launch means that Samus fans will be bounty-hunting on Nintendo’s next machine. And we’ve got a confirmed Kirby ride, too, as well as a return trip to a Forgotten Land.

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Marinara sauce, that is.

Brace Yourself Games’ long-awaited follow-up to Crypt of the NecroDancer, Rift of the NecroDancer, was every bit as cheesy as you would hope to see from a Guitar Hero-style rhythm puzzle adventure game (rolls off the tongue, eh?), and its upcoming DLC is going to get things even cheesier.

The beloved Wario Land-inspired indie Pizza Tower will soon be bringing the sauce to Rift of the Necrodancer, with an upcoming DLC pack containing a handful of tracks from Peppino’s high-octane platforming perils. This one arrives on Switch on 21st May (5th May on Steam), so make sure that you work up an appetite in the next few weeks.

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No, not that one.

Donkey Kong Bananza looks as if it could be filled with all sorts of DK (and Mario) lore from across the decades, and now a new video on the Nintendo Today! mobile app may have teased another detail.

New footage showing off DK’s various facial animations is backed by what appears to be the Rambi theme music, which dates back to the N64 outing Donkey Kong 64. There’s been no official announcement about DK’s buddy returning in his new outing just yet, but there’s mounting evidence.

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No docking.

The Switch 2 is getting a new dock and if you have been wondering whether you’ll be able to use your original Switch with it, apparently not.

According to a listing on Nintendo’s Japanese website (via Nintendo Everything), the original Switch systems seemingly can’t be used with the Switch 2 docking station. This includes the Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED devices.

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“I’m sure eBay will be very happy hearing about this”.

The Nintendo Switch 2 may be on the horizon, but millions of original Switch consoles remain in active use—and that means there’s still demand for accessories such as the Joy-Con Charging Grip.

Sadly, picking up one of these accessories comes with some serious risks; examples of counterfeit grips have been reported online. Along with the obvious potential dangers that fake and unregulated electronics bring with them, it would seem that these products often arrive in a completely non-functional state.

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In Saudi Arabia.

Colour us a little bit surprised that a Dragon Ball game hasn’t been announced for the Switch 2 yet. The legendary anime and manga series from the late Akira Toriyama has proven hugely popular on the current Switch, with both Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot both getting ports to the console.

Well, it seems like we will be getting Goku and friends on the Switch 2, namely in the form of the latest fighting game featuring the Saiyans — Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. A Switch 2 version has been rated by the Saudi General Authority of Media Regulation, as spotted by the GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit.

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Accessorise up.

Well, the Switch 2 pre-order circus came to town, and it was predictably calamitous.

It feels like the same story every time a console launches these days, with demand vastly outstripping supply and the frenzy to secure a unit at launch generating joy and disappointment in equal measure. We hope those of you who weren’t able to get a Switch 2 pre-order in yet will be able to in the coming weeks.

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New bosses incoming.

Inti Creates has today released the first major update for the Castlevania-inspired character-swapping adventure Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark.

This one brings the game up to ver. 1.2.1 (a small follow-up accompanied the “major” part of the update) and adds a handful of new features like a fresh ‘Arena’ event, new boss fights, an in-game achievement system for Switch and more.

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Who do SKU think you’re kidding?

An Emmy award-winning audio engineer has taken to social media in order to call out his local GameStop store, which he claims has been attempting to force expensive Switch 2 bundles on its customers in an attempt to cash in on the high demand for the console in the US.

As first reported over at The Shortcut, Elea Tsentzelis, who has worked as an audio engineer on the likes of MTV’s recent Family Legacy, and won an Emmy as part of a sound team on ‘The Daily Mail’, posted that his local GameStop in Astoria, New York, was forcing unwanted screen protectors and other such accessories on customers who had rocked up hoping to secure one of a small amount of units available at the location.

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Pre-orders are now live.

Although Nintendo’s first-party titles for the Switch 2 won’t take up much space, it seems the early batch of third-party games will.

Following details about multiple file sizes for a bunch of games earlier this week, Nintendo’s official website has now listed the game file size for EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 and it’s apparently 62 GB.

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