A brand-new game in Bandai Namco’s cult-favorite Katamari series – the first new mainline entry in 14 years – has just been announced for Nintendo Switch. A reveal trailer for Once Upon a Katamari, featured in today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase presentation, shows the typical Katamari roll-and-gather formula across various levels…
Revealed during the Japanese Partner Direct today, Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest III HD-2D will be receiving a Switch 2 upgrade today for owners of the Nintendo Switch port. A free upgrade that increases the resolution output and performance, this upgrade comes just a few months ahead of Dragon…
Rounding out the end of today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase presentation was the reveal of a new title from Square Enix. The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is presented in a similar visual style as Octopath Traveler and Live a Live. However, unlike those turn-based titles, this new RPG features…
When Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 earlier this year and revealed its new GameChat feature, one of the key elements to making that whole thing work was a new webcam for the console. Plugged directly into the console via USB-C, the camera wasn’t anything special and didn’t require any additional…
Update (6/6/25): Over on Twitter, GameStop has released a statement addressing the issue with staples ruining the screens of newly purchased Switch 2 units. Noting that it was isolated to one location (in this case, the Forest Avenue Staten Island store), the company posted a clip from Mike Judge’s “Office…
The Switch 2 is finally out in the wild and people are discovering a bunch of hidden features Nintendo didn’t reveal ahead of launch. One such is that those brand-new wireless GameCube controllers actually have more functionality than originally advertised. As spotted by Wario64 on Bluesky, the new GameCube pads…
With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 nearly here, the excitement among the gaming community at large is palpable. Not just for the console itself either, as the arrival of the Switch 2 also marks the arrival of the latest and greatest new entry to the Mario Kart series,…
Earlier today at Sony’s State of Play, Final Fantasy: The Ivalice Chronicle was officially revealed — a full remake/remaster of the legendary Final Fantasy Tactics from the original PlayStation era. And here’s the big news: it’s not just coming to PlayStation. The Ivalice Chronicle is launching on both the Nintendo…
Original Nintendo Switch titles Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will see significant upgrades on Switch 2 via a free update. The team at Pokémon news website Serebii were invited to The Pokémon Company International’s headquarters for an exclusive 75-minute hands-on demonstration. Webmaster Joe Merrick uploaded a video reporting his experience with…
The long-awaited release of the Nintendo Switch 2 is now just one day away! With a myriad of titles for the original Nintendo Switch getting updates in preparation for the system shift, it’s looking like the transition is going to be very smooth. That being said, a handful of games…
With the Switch 2 only a day away, it makes sense that Nintendo has begun to roll out all kinds of updates for previous games and patches for new ones ahead of the console’s launch. The most significant of these updates has to be the Day One firmware patch for…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 launching tomorrow, many gamers are going to not only be digging into brand-new experiences, but some past ones thanks to the console’s backward compatibility feature. While most of those games won’t have major improvements (if any), certain games are getting new compatibility patches and others…
We’re just about 24 hours away from the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo has dropped updates for more than 15 classic Switch titles. These patches include everything from performance enhancements and visual upgrades to bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. So without further ado, here’s a full breakdown…
As one of the final “Creator’s Voice” videos before the Switch 2 releases this week, Nintendo has invited Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in to talk about the unique new features of its latest console. Most of the video is stuff we already know about the device, such as how it…
Footage showing completion of 1-2-Switch’s most challenging minigame has been posted online, with the user claiming to be the first in history to actually “beat” the game. Reddit user Elfilin uploaded footage of the end of the Plate Spin minigame, which has seemingly never been documented online before. “Most players…
