Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has commented on the launch lineup for Switch 2, which he seemed to be a bit puzzled by at first.
The Game Business‘ Christopher Dring was speaking about the initial wave of games for the console in comparison to its predecessor. On Switch, within the system’s first few months, Nintendo came out with megahits like Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. We also saw a new IP in Arms, Splatoon 2 which did very well (especially in Japan), and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – one of Nintendo’s best-selling games ever.
Information about Pokemon Pokopia is tricking out, and one of the big tidbits making the rounds is that it’ll be a game-key card.
That information comes from a new video Nintendo put up today. In it, the company explains the differences between a game that’s fully on the cartridge and a game-key card. Pokemon Pokopia was used as an example of the latter.
Heads up for Nintendo Switch 2 owners: updates are available for the Pro Controller, Joy-Con 2, and official camera.
Everything can be done over in the system settings. For all of the devices, access the “Controllers & Accessories” tab. There’s one option to “Update Controllers” and another for “Update Nintendo Switch 2 Camera”. It should only take a few seconds for the process to complete.
August 12: Today, Humble Games and Dead Mage made it official that Wizard of Legend 2 will be appearing on Nintendo Switch. A release is planned for later in 2025.
Wizard of Legend 2 is a fast-paced action-roguelike. It follows the original game, which came to Nintendo Switch way back in 2018.
A bunch of details about the sequel can be found in the following overview:
JanduSoft, along with K148 Game Studio, today announced Detective: Rainy Night for Nintendo Switch. It’ll be out on December 4, 2025.
Detective: Rainy Night is a narrative adventure game with some psychological horror elements. As a police officer, you’ll be investigating strange disappearances in the area.
Further details can be found in the following overview:
The Pikmin 4 content update, which is version 1.1.0, is now available.
This was announced a little while back. As a reminder, it includes new difficulty options, the ability to take pictures with the “Field Camera” item, Decor Pikmin, and more.
The full rundown is as follows:
The next Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch firmware update was just released with version 21.0.0.
Compared to some of the more recent patches, there’s quite a bit here. There are subtle additions like software symbol icons on the home menu to designate between physical and digital software. Elsewhere, we see that new Nintendo Switch to Switch 2 transfers have been given options to disable downloading software and album transfers.
The full rundown is as follows:
For those looking for a complete list of all games included and supported in Nintendo Music, that’s where this post comes in.
Nintendo Music only came with a few songs at launch. However, since then, a few more have been added. Nintendo has also indicated that additional music is coming in the future. Currently it seems that we can expect at least one new title to be brought to the service each week.
Nintendo has just announced that a direct for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will premiere on November 12. The upcoming presentation is set to feature the first full trailer for the film. Note that there will be no game news here.
The presentation will air at the following times:
Following the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, we’re putting together a complete list of Nintendo Switch 2 games with a game-key card release.
This is a new approach to physical media, which has seen a mixed reaction. In a way, it’s a hybrid between a true physical release and a download code. Each box comes with a cartridge, but there’s nothing really included. Rather than coming with all content, you’ll need to download the game first. After that you don’t need to connect online, but you need to insert the card each time you play.
