Category: Nintendo

Managing expectations.

After an exceptionally long wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on the Switch and Switch 2, and perhaps one of the most pleasantly surprising aspects of its launch is its price.

You’re looking at $19.99 / £16.75 / €19.99 / ¥2300 for the new release which, given the sheer length of its development and presumptions around its runtime, seems very reasonable indeed. Some folks, however, think that Team Cherry has legitimately priced the game too low, and therefore may be distorting players’ expectations regarding what a $20 game should look like (thanks, Eurogamer).

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And it’s seemingly got nothing to do with cost.

Star Wars Outlaws, released on 4th September 2025, is the latest in a long line of Switch 2 titles utilising the Game-Key Card physical release.

It’s safe to say that most folks are under the assumption that cost is likely the driving factor behind the use of the Game-Key Card medium, with Nintendo supposedly only offering 64GB cartridges to third-party developers.

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The first three movies are free to watch.

Back when Pokémon was taking off in the late ’90s, trainers around the globe were treated to the very first anime movie. It stars Ash, Pikachu and their friends, as well as a Pokémon battle “like never before” featuring Mew and Mewtwo.

If you’ve never got around to watching Pokémon: The First Movie, or just want to revisit it, the official Pokémon TV channel has now uploaded the entire film on YouTube. This will apparently be viewable for a “limited-time” and will be followed by Pokémon: The Movie 2000 and Pokémon 3: The Movie.

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Return to the island resort with Haru and Psyduck.

In case you missed it, the stop-motion series Pokémon Concierge has released a new batch of episodes on Netflix this week.

This includes episodes 5 – 8 and each one runs for around 20 minutes each. Here’s the official title of each one as well as a description:

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A shaw-fire hit early on?

No, you’re not hallucinating — that is Hollow Knight: Silksong live on the Switch eShop. After years of waiting, Team Cherry has delivered its Hollow Knight follow-up today (4th September 2025), with Hornet taking centre stage this time around.

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Cronos! NBA! Daemon X Machina!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region – it’s not just Silksong and the usual slop, you know! As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch 1 & 2 eShop – Highlights

Hollow Knight: Silksong (+ Nintendo Switch 2 Edition) – Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to an unfamiliar world, Hornet must battle foes and solve mysteries as she undergoes a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak. Journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.

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Your lack of faith is disturbing.

I find myself in a bit of an unusual position with Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 in that, having already played through the entire thing and reviewed it for our sister site Pure Xbox in 2024, I feel like I’m getting a quick second chance to see if my 8/10 score was justified. Spoiler alert: it was absolutely justified. So that’s that bit sorted.

I was a little surprised when the reviews dropped for Massive Entertainment’s take on the Star Wars universe because, for my money, they’ve actually outdone Respawn in a few critical ways. As much as I love the Jedi series, it does feel like a great big Star Wars rollercoaster that throws all the stuff you expect to see at you as you careen through at high speed. It’s like climbing and fighting on a big film set. And that’s fine.

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007-47?

Judging from the recent gameplay reveal, IO Interactive’s 007 First Light is looking pretty marvellous, and it’s heading to the Switch 2 on 27th March 2026.

Now, in speaking with IGN, game director Hakan Abrak has revealed that IO managed to secure the video game rights to James Bond in a rather amusing (albeit not entirely surprising) way. Essentially, the studio took the (digital) head of Daniel Craig, the most recent actor to portray Bond, and stuck it on Agent 47’s body from Hitman: World of Assassination.

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Update: Download this fresh new update today.

Nintendo’s been busy this week with the release of a new firmware update for the Switch and Switch 2, and now a Splatoon 3 patch has been announced.

This will bump the game up to Version 10.1.0 on both systems and includes multiplayer changes and a bunch of other adjustments. As mentioned at the very end of these patch notes, the update after this will apparently focus on changes to the balance of battles.

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New features, but no game update.

Switch Online’s ‘Nintendo Classics’ library has this week been expanded with Forsaken 64 and the Japan-only release, Magical Vacation. Although the GBA title hasn’t been made available locally, the app here has received an update, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0.

Firstly, the official banner and icon for this app have been updated – swapping out the ‘Switch Online’ branding for ‘Nintendo Classics’. Apart from this, there’s reportedly been some added “functionality” including button remapping options along with 1080p support in handheld mode on Switch 2.

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