New variants, new accessories, new games and even new prices

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A more puzzle focused party for two.

A popular PC puzzle series is coming to Switch this year.

Three games in the "We Were Here" series - We Were Here, We Were Here Too, and We Were Here Together - will be available on Switch sometime this year. Whether they will come together or separately has not been announced; the original game is also free for download on Steam so it may be available that way on Switch.

So there's still time to backdoor into an inexpensive Legends Z-A and the upgrade to Switch 2.

A perk of Switch Online which was already not to be available on Switch 2 will soon be departing for the original Switch as well.

Nintendo's FAQ page for the Switch Online Game Vouchers has updated to indicate that the program will be discontinued on January 31, 2026 at 2:59 a.m. EST (January 30,... Read more...

The publisher of this week's big game (and their compatriots) need to realize the only things that support infinite growth are the Switch 1's release count and cancer.

It's a great week for retro compilations this week, including one featured in a Direct around the start of Nintendo's current fiscal year, with a couple of great games in one package with whomp-ass music. Coming out Friday is... Patapon 1+2 Replay!

No? OK, what about the System Shock 2 anniversary... Read more...

Hopefully a better effort than the December to Dismember-esque WWE game on the original Switch.

WWE will enter the Switch 2 squared circle in just a few weeks.

Preorders went live earlier today for the first WWE-licensed game on a Nintendo console since 2017, with WWE 2K25 launching on July 23. Three versions will be available: a standard edition for US$69.99, a $99.99 "Deadman" edition featuring... Read more...

And as expected, it's going up.

Canadians were warned to expect price "adjustments" on Switch 1 hardware/software and other services yesterday, but it appears the eShop has already lifted the curtain on the new Switch Online pricing.

Attempting to renew or purchase a Switch Online subscription via the eShop automatically reveals renewal pricing due to enabling automatic renewal, which has revealed the intended pricing for at least NSO. The prices are:

Don't blame the Go Fest walking and exhaustion, blame the fear of a leak in the News Editor's apartment.

The first week of Q3 is always a quiet one (thanks to Canada Day and to a lesser extent July 4) but this one seems especially slow. There's no Switch 2 releases this week before we go on a bit of a run, and what we have on the OG is kind of slim. There's a new Irem Collection on Wednesday, something... Read more...

They blame "market conditions" because it wouldn't be right to attribute it to "living next door to a drunken elephant".

The continued financial uncertainty between Canada and the United States is going to cause increases on Switch 1 games, hardware, and services north of the 49th parallel at some point, according to a press statement from Nintendo of Canada.

In the statement, it is announced that "Pricing for the... Read more...

...it's still weird that the latter of those is tax deductible.

Capcom's summer showcase today, although not entirely focused on new Switch 2 software (that we know of) did provide some updates on Switch 2 games already launched.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess has added a new free update for "Otherworldly Ventures", a game mode in which random upgrades are... Read more...

Guaranteed to have better officiating than your average CONCACAF match.

The Switch 2 is scoring a brace with the first addition to the GameCube library next week.

Nintendo has dropped a trailer tonight confirming that Super Mario Strikers (2005) will take to the NSO pitch on July 3. It isn't clear if the GameCube library will have the same update cadence as with the other NSO libraries, where the update would fall the night before in North America. Regardless, the trailer is below:

You thought it was Hotel Dusk, but nope - it's a little more subdued than that.

A summer showcase from Arc System Works has dropped some new Switch family announcements.

ASW will enter the adventure genre this summer with Dear me, I was..., a rotoscoped adventure game that uses the Switch 2's mouse controls at points to tell the story of a woman's life. The preview trailer, showing off the technology and some bits of gameplay, is below:

Roll out

Nintendo has confirmed via their Nintendo Today app that Drag X Drive will be released on August 14, 2025. For the moment Drag X Drive is only listed as a digital title. It was previously shown off during Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. It is a wheelchair based basketball game controlled via the Switch 2's mouse mode.

Featuring a game with a playable character who racked up massive school debt and became a mercenary, which I think we can all relate to.

For the second week in a row we have a cross-gen game from a 3rd party with no apparent upgrade path beyond "full price, sucka" - Raidou Remastered last week, now Tamagotchi Plaza. Except Raidou was the same price on both, and though Switch 2 pricing isn't confirmed for Plaza outside Japan, it's still markedly more expensive for Switch 2 there, so... maybe?

An odd rock? Nope, just a mayor who can really belt one out.

The Donkey Kong Bananza Direct has dropped new details for next month's destructive platformer.

The "Oddrock" character originally shown at the game's reveal was actually Pauline, who will accompany DK during the bulk of the adventure as a singer. DK's powers were shown, including transformations into other animals, and the game's villains (the "Void Corp" with three evil Kongs) were also revealed.

But perfection - at least for now - comes with a cost.

Pokemon Go is adding an often-demanded mainline game feature next week.

Hyper Training, a function introduced in 2016's Sun and Moon which allows a Pokemon to have the maximum possible stats for its level and base stats, will be added to Pokemon Go next week. The option to max out a single Pokemon... Read more...

Oh! Direct

Announced via the Nintendo Today! app, Donkey Kong Bananza will be getting its own Nintendo Direct this Wednesday, June 18. The presentation will be roughly 15 minutes long and will air at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Donkey Kong Bananza itself is scheduled to release next month on July 17.

Definitely not featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series (tm).

The first release for the Switch 2 since launch lands this week in the potnetially-relevant-to-my-interests Raidou Remastered: Mystery of the Soulless Army - and it's on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 with no upgrade path. SEGAAAAAAAAA~! (derogatory) If you'd like to have the other part of the Persona... Read more...

So I guess we can put those Switch 2 Pro rumors on ice for an Olympiad.

Whether due to tariff fears or pent-up desire for the first new Mario Kart in more than a decade, the Switch 2 is off to a flying start.

A press statement from Nintendo this evening has confirmed that the first four days of Switch 2 saw "more than" 3.5m systems sold. This represents the fastest any Nintendo system has sold: for comparison, Switch 1's opening month of sale (March 3 - 31, 2017) was 2.74m units.

Also Splatoon 3 is getting a Switch 2 update.

Nintendo has announced a spinoff from the popular Splatoon franchise entitled Splatoon Raiders. Unlike the mainline multiplayer series, Splatoon Raiders will be a single-player adventure set in the world of Splatoon where players will explore the Spirhalite Islands. It features several of the characters from Splatoon 3, including musical group Deep Cut.

The Summer Game Fest taketh, the Summer Game Fest giveth back.

Last week saw the greatest expansion to the planning sheet ever with the two consoles combining for 96 releases in North America - and only 30 of them on Switch 2 including upgrade packs for Switch 1 games. Seriously, how did Switch 1 more than double the launch list of the Switch 2? This week is honestly more along the lines of what I expected, with around 20 games in the post-Summer Game Fest lull.