Category: Nintendo

Shovel Knight arrives in both NecroDancer games soon.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that at some point in an indie game’s lifecycle, it will be graced by a Shovel Knight crossover. That even applies if your indie game is a decade old, it seems.

Brace Yourself Games has announced that 2015’s Crypt of the NecroDancer (which arrived on Switch a few years later) is getting a Shovel Knight DLC all of its own. The new package throws the indie icon into the roguelike rhythm game as a new playable character with his own moveset, weapons, and shortcut potentials.

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Just in time for Halloween.

Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have announced a new “October Update” for the horror-themed puzzle-platformer, Little Nightmares III.

This title was released earlier this month and the upcoming patch, due out on Nintendo’s devices on 31st October 2025, will include improvements to the gameplay, online, graphics, UI & UX. Here’s the full rundown (via Bandai Namco):

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Go on, tell us.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 Edition next January, and alongside this, Nintendo will be releasing the next major update for the game, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0.

Now that everyone has had time to absorb all of the news, it’s got us wondering what you’re most excited for – is it the Switch 2 upgrade in general, or are you excited about a particular update that’s on the way to your island? So, tell us, by voting in our poll and leaving a comment below.

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The timing…

Hello Kitty Island Adventure made its debut on the Switch 2 earlier this year, and if you’ve been hanging out for a Switch 2 Edition, it seems you might be in luck.

A new classification for Hello Kitty Island Adventure Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has been recently spotted on the Entertainment Software Rating Board. It’s received ‘E’ for ‘Everyone’ and comes with the attached rating summary:

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Out today on Switch and Switch 2.

Square Enix has dropped a day one patch for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, which is out now on Switch and Switch 2.

The patch is a pretty small one, admittedly, but it does make a few small tweaks — adding in a few more voice lines, adjusting enemy AI behaviour, and the usual “bug fixes”. It’s available to download now on all platforms, so make sure you grab it ASAP.

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Nook and see.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and the accompanying Ver. 3.0 update arrive on 15th January 2026, and there’s a lot packed into them.

Below, we’ve listed everything included in the ACNH 3.0 update — which is coming to the base Switch 1 game too — and outlined all of the Switch 2 Edition additions (heh), so you can see all of the new stuff at a glance.

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One game per system.

As you’ve no doubt seen, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting another massive update early next year, along with a Switch 2 Edition with the expected enhancements (Mouse Mode, wooo). But amongst all the Bells and whistles announced, you might have missed the news that retro Nintendo games are also returning to the series. Hurrah!

Yes, you will once again be able to play 8-bit and higher-bit classics in Animal Crossing, just like you could in the original game back on GameCube! However, there are some caveats.

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Step by step.

We had a good time with Biped — the robo co-op platformer all about putting one foot in front of the other — when it arrived on Switch back in 2020, and what do you know, META Publishing has got even more up its sleeve.

Biped 2 is set to step onto Switch on 5th November, and it looks every bit as full of Nintendo charm as its predecessor. Once again, the main gimmick here is to do with controlling a sweet little robot’s left and right feet independently to get them walking in a straight line, but there are obstacles, drops, and platforms to contend with along the way.

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“We hope you look forward to it”.

WayForward’s Shantae series has been expanded with all sorts of games over the years, and following the recent revival of the lost GBA title, the series director Matt Bozon has now shared a major update.

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Here’s what you can expect, trainers.

Pokémon Legends Z-A has been out for a few weeks now and during this time The Pokémon Company and developer Game Freak have identified some issues.

In response to this, a response has been issued about the “current known issues and planned fixes” on the way. The fixes will be rolled out in a “future update” that’s currently planned for November. For now, this is what you can expect, courtesy of the official Pokémon Legends Z-A news page.

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