You got boost power!
Nintendo has kept the F-Zero spirit alive over the past few years with all sorts of retro revivals and game updates, and this week it’s rolled out Version 1.6.0 of its online battle royale F-Zero 99.
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Capcom also brings ‘Hell Mode’ to Onimusha 1.
Capcom is gearing up for the remaster of Onimusha 2 next month, and as part of this, it’s now announced a special digital bundle. If you haven’t played the first or second game, you’ll also have the option to pick up the “Onimusha 1+2 Pack“.
This will be arriving on the same day as Onimusha 2 Samurai’s Destiny on 23rd May 2025. This pack cannot be pre-ordered but early purchasers will still receive an album selection pack as a bonus, which is the same bonus as the one included with Onimusha 2. The price for this pack hasn’t been revealed just yet, and there’s no mention of a physical version of this pack.
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“I think there’s an opportunity there”.
Blizzard’s Diablo series is tailor made for the Switch. Both Diablo II and Diablo III are fantastic on the hybrid console, and there are rumours out there that the latest entry — Diablo IV — may well be coming to Switch 2.
And, in an interview with host of GamerTag Radio Danny Peña, series manager and former producer of the Gears of War series Rod Fergusson has said that the prospect of Diablo IV on Switch 2 is “something to look at.” (via Nintendo Everything).
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Born to Play… on Switch 2.
Despite somewhat meagre sales when compared to the rest of the Nintendo console line-up (Wii U notwithstanding), the GameCube is widely considered to be one of the very best in terms of its games catalogue.
Indeed, several titles from the GameCube – including Metroid Prime, Pikmin, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Resident Evil 4, and more – have already been ported or revamped for the Nintendo Switch, all of which remain as enjoyable today as they were back in the early ‘00s.
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Grid and bear it.
It has been a long old time since we’ve seen a Madden game on a Nintendo system (you have to go right back to the Wii U’s Madden NFL 13 to find the last one, in fact), but this week, that all could change.
As reported by VGC, the rumour mill has started a-churning about this year’s entry in the American football series, suggesting that a release date will be revealed this week. Normally, this wouldn’t interest us Nintendo fans, but let’s not forget that EA has promised the series is heading to Switch 2. Might Madden NFL 26 finally be the entry we see back on Nintendo systems?
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Yeah, that’s a lot.
With the recent addition of the GBA title Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion, the paid service now boasts a total of 300 playable titles in the West.
So to be clear, this count excludes SP titles, Japanese exclusives, and the upcoming line-up of GameCube titles for the Switch 2. And yes, just to address the elephant in the room, we would have already hit 300 titles if it weren’t for the removal of Super Soccer back in March.
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“It made me nostalgic in all the right ways”.
If you haven’t seen the new Nintendo Switch 2 commercial featuring Paul Rudd, where have you been? It’s a delightful throwback to one of the Ant Man and Anchorman actor’s first ever acting roles, a SNES commercial from 1991. It’s daft, it’s silly, and we didn’t think we could love Rudd anymore.
Following the commercial’s release, IGN published an interview with the actor who talked about reuniting with Nintendo 34 years after their first partnership.
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I am compelled—I must approach it.
Captain’s log, stardate 202504.21. Following our last Catch-up Crew mission to Shadow Moses Island, the crew has enjoyed extended shore leave having (re)acquainted ourselves with Metal Gear Solid.
Our new assignment takes us to the M-class world of PNF-404. However, ship instruments indicate that we haven’t left Sector 001. I’ve asked senior staff to join me in Stellar Cartography to ascertain our precise position, but in the meantime, the crew has been preparing for the away mission.
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The ones that got away.
We’re approaching a brand new hardware generation, so naturally, it’s time to look back and stress about all of those great Switch 1 games we haven’t played. Yep, it’s time for us to ask you lovely lot to tell us about the Games We Missed.
With backwards compatibility coming to the Switch 2, and a whole host of gems on the eShop, there’s no reason to hold off on picking up some new games. So we want you to tell us what your Switch favourites are from games we haven’t reviewed. We do this twice a year, and last time you managed to provide us with 41 excellent-looking titles such as Touhou Luna Nights, Arco, stitch., and Satryn DX
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“We have a long, long catalogue”.
We’ll admit it, we all thought a new 3D Mario game would be the star of the show in Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal. Donkey Kong Bananza took that spot instead, but that’s not to say that Nintendo hasn’t been cooking something up for its prized plumber. At least, that’s what Nintendo of America’s Doug Bowser seems to be teasing.
The NoA president has been in and out of interviews since the upcoming console’s announcement, and in a recent conversation with CNN, he made a passing comment about the next mainline Mario. It’s a tiny tease, we’ll admit, but it was enough to get us excited, nonetheless.
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