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So the rumor was true: Pauline is in Donkey Kong Bananza
A Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo is officially on the way!
Nintendo announces Donkey Kong Bananza Direct for Wednesday, June 18th
The Switch 2 has sold 3.5 million units in its first four days of sales
Splatoon 3 spinoff ‘Splatoon Raiders’ announced for Switch 2
Guide – How to unlock every character in Mario Kart World

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    With the summer season in full swing, it’s high time we all took a vacation. While that isn’t really feasible for most people due to the truly abysmal economy right now, at least we have Splatoon to occupy our time. On the official Splatoon Twitter account, Nintendo announced the next…

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    June 20th, 2025

  • Capcom announces the next ‘Capcom Spotlight’ for this month, with a focus on upcoming new games and updates

    Summer Game Fest has come and gone, but that’s not stopping publishers from announcing their own livestreams to update players on new games. Capcom is the latest to throw its hat into the fray, with a new 40-minute “Capcom Spotlight” stream announced for June 26th, 2025. As you can expect,…

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    June 19th, 2025

  • Third-party games on Switch 2 are reportedly off to a slow start sales-wise

    While fervor around the Switch 2 launch is at a pretty big high, it seems as if only Nintendo is really benefitting from the release of new hardware. A report from The Game Business states that other than Cyberpunk 2077, third-party games have had an incredibly slow start on the…

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    June 19th, 2025

June 13th, 2025

Cyberpunk 2077 runs decently well on Switch 2, supports keyboard and mouse controls

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: Switch 2, News

The folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at what many consider an impossible port for the Nintendo Switch 2, Cyberpunk 2077. Announced as one of the premiere third-party launch titles for the system (and one of the only third-party games with the full game on a cartridge),…

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June 13th, 2025

Sony CEO addresses Switch 2 launch affecting its business, believes ‘PS5-level performance’ is required for big screen games

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

Since the Nintendo Switch 2 is the hot new thing in gaming right now, it only makes sense that other companies would be worried about the device eating into their sales. As one of Nintendo’s two main rivals for the past 30 years, Sony has gone head-to-head with Nintendo’s consoles…

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June 13th, 2025

Switch 2 is reportedly outselling the original console by 2-to-1

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

The launch week for the Switch 2 has seen Nintendo’s latest device put up some incredible numbers by any measure. With the device becoming the fastest-selling console of all time and even launching in Japan to nearly one million units (which might be higher if we take My Nintendo Store…

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June 12th, 2025

Mario Kart World tops Japanese sales charts for its launch week, Switch 2 sells 947,931 units

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

With the Nintendo Switch 2 becoming the fastest-selling console of all-time in just one weekend, it should be no surprise that its marquee game, Mario Kart World, has also been lighting up the sales charts. While we don’t have concrete global numbers, Famitsu recently published the Japanese sales charts for…

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June 12th, 2025

Hershey’s and Pokémon are teaming up to release collectible Pokémon chocolates

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: News, Merchandise

When thinking about Pokémon, the first thing that comes to mind for many is good childhood fun. From the days of being on the playground playing with friends, trading cards, and sharing rare finds, it’s hard to match that feeling. What better way to recapture that than with a collaboration…

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June 12th, 2025

Nintendo announces the Splatoon 3 North American League with brief teaser

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch, Switch 2

Despite having just launched the Switch 2, Nintendo news is pretty dry at the moment. With the summer almost upon us, it seems Nintendo is letting its already massive library of Switch 1 titles do the heavy lifting while it prepares more next-generation experiences. That’s what makes this 16-second teaser…

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June 11th, 2025

Wild Hearts S producer believes the Switch 2 is closer in power to an Xbox Series S rather than PS4

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Switch 2

In an interview posted by WCCFTech on Wild Hearts S, Koei Tecmo producer Takuto Edagawa stated that he believes the Nintendo Switch 2 is closer in power to the Xbox Series S than the PlayStation 4. While he didn’t elaborate on how or why he thinks that, having just developed…

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June 11th, 2025

Guide – How to unlock Mirror Mode in Mario Kart World

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: Guides, Switch 2

Going into the release of Mario Kart World, a change that caught the attention of many was the absence of some modes from previous games. With only 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc available to start, it seemed as if Mirror and 200cc were just absent. That proved to not be entirely…

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June 11th, 2025

The Switch 2 is now Nintendo’s fastest-selling system in the UK

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 has been criticized for a fair amount of things since its full reveal in early April, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo console in the United Kingdom. According to NielsenIQ, the Switch 2 outpaced the original switch by more than double, and beat…

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June 11th, 2025

The Switch 2 has sold 3.5 million units in its first four days of sales

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Featured, Switch 2

Nintendo has confirmed that over its debut weekend, the Switch 2 moved 3.5 million units globally. That not only makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware of all time, but the fastest-selling video game console ever. A press release from the company doesn’t really detail much of anything, but this achievement…

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June 11th, 2025

Guide – Where to get every costume in Mario Kart World

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: Guides, Switch 2

Among the long list of additions fans were hoping to see in the next Mario Kart game, one of the most common was certainly the addition of more costume options. While previous entries did feature some basic palette swaps for some characters, there hadn’t been that much customization potential otherwise….

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June 10th, 2025

Hands-On – LEGO Party brings new ideas to a familiar genre

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Features, Switch

Look, I have been playing Mario Party for a long time. Longer than nearly any other game series I keep up with. We all know the pain of stars being stolen or a poorly rolled dice block. Yet for some reason, even when Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing, its…

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