Launching this November.
Although there are no current plans for Kirby Air Riders DLC, during the recent broadcast, game director Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed there will be a day one update.
Yes, like many other games nowadays, this patch will apparently be adding some of the “things” discussed during the latest broadcast. We don’t know the exact specifics, but when Nintendo shares the patch notes, we’ll provide an update.
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Space Age DLC also confirmed.
Since the launch of the Switch 2 in June, many developers have been announcing upgrades for existing Switch releases.
With this in mind, the construction and management title Factorio will be getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. This title was originally released on the Switch in 2022, and the Switch 2 version will be a free upgrade for existing owners.
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All the gear, and a great idea.
Imagine, if you will, an alternate timeline where 3D graphics never happened.
Instead, Sega’s ‘Super Scaler’ concept — popularised in games such as Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run and After Burner — evolves to the point where 2D sprites can not only be scaled without any degradation in visual fidelity, but are capable of filling the entire screen. That future is basically what you’re looking at when you play Night Striker Gear, a sequel to Taito’s 1989 coin-op, which has been developed by M2 and its ShotTriggers team.
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“Breath of the Wild was hugely influential”.
Even just a handful of months after its launch, the Switch 2 is proving to be a particularly compelling console for third-party developers. One of the biggest surprises was the announcement that not only would Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade launch on 22nd January 2026, but it would be followed by both Rebirth and the currently untitled third entry in the Remake Trilogy.
To find out more about the process in bringing the games to the Switch 2, we recently spent some time with series director Naoki Hamaguchi. We talk over how he got into game development, how Remake was optimised for Nintendo’s new console, and how the team was influenced by a little game called Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
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“Together, we’re opening new creative frontiers”.
Electronic Arts (EA) has already caused some controversy in recent weeks when it announced it had been acquired by the PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for a cool $55 billion.
Now, the company is back at it again. In a new announcement, Stability AI (of which acclaimed movie creator James Cameron is part of its board of directors) has confirmed that it has entered into a new partnership with EA to “co-develop transformative generative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower EA’s artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how games are made”.
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“A brand new, original story-led adventure”.
Bluey, the popular Australian animation for children, is getting a new video game on the Switch and Switch 2 in 2026.
It’s officially titled Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen and is an “original story-led adventure game” by the show’s creator Joe Brumm. Halfbrick – the Fruit Ninja studio based in Bluey’s hometown of Brisbane – will be bringing this title to Nintendo platforms and other systems in partnership with PM Studios.
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Approximately half of the sales were for Switch 2.
The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A has sold a total of 5.8 million copies worldwide in its first week.
This includes the combined sales of the Switch and Switch 2 physical releases as well as digital downloads. According to the official press release, approximately half of these sales are for the Switch 2. In comparison, Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 6.5 million copies worldwide in its first week.
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Also, he’s not planning to make it an “ongoing series”.
So many games nowadays come loaded with DLC, or at least plans for some other paid content drop in the future, but when it comes to the upcoming Switch 2 release Kirby Air Riders, you’ll be getting the full package on release.
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Save those caps.
Today’s Fallout Day Broadcast delivered a very nice surprise to Switch 2 owners: Bethesda is bringing Fallout 4 to the hybrid console in 2026 in the form of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition.
The Anniversary Edition includes the base game and all six official add-ons — Automatron, Far Harbor, Nuka-World, and the three Workshop expansions. Plus there’s over 150 pieces of Creation Club content to discover. New weapons, different breeds of Dogmeat (that’s your dog companion in-game, in case you’ve never heard of this good boy), new quests… it’s a big ol’ package, let’s just say.
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New features also get a release date.
As we approach the one-year anniversary of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, The Pokémon Company has lifted the lid on a brand new expansion that will be arriving in the app next week.
The “Mega Rising’ expansion bursts onto the scene one week today, on 30th October, and, as the name suggests, it’ll bring a Mega Evolution twist to proceedings. Mega Gyarados, Mega Blaziken and Mega Altaria take to the covers of this new set, and all users will receive one of each on launch day for free.
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