Police dispatch sim Karma City Police hitting Nintendo Switch this week
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Ratalaika Games will publish a Nintendo Switch version of Karma City Police this week, the company has announced. Fans can grab it on July 18, 2025.
Karma City Police is a police dispatch sim made by Mecagames. As part of the adventure, you’ll talk to victims to discover their needs and fight in a unique pinball-based battle system.
Here’s an official overview:
Operation Night Strikers shares Nintendo Switch release date, new trailer
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Following the initial announcement earlier this year, we now have a release date for Operation Night Strikers on Nintendo Switch. The game is slated for August 7, 2025.
Operation Night Strikers was first unveiled back in May. As a reminder, the package includes Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, Night Striker, and Space Gun.
We have more information in the following overview:
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Donkey Kong Bananza lets player skip locations and parts of the story
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Thanks to the destruction in Donkey Kong Bananza, the game will let players skip locations and parts of the story.
That news comes from co-director Kazuya Takahashi. Speaking in an interview that went live today, he spoke about how the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive provides “leeway in terms of progression”. While games often block off sequence breaking, it’s allowed in Donkey Kong Bananza.
Takahashi noted in the interview:
Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree opening movie [update: guardian trailer #2]
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June 17: Bandai Namco and Brownies uploaded the opening movie for Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree. This follows the game’s reveal, which only just took place this month.
Here’s some information about the title shared by the Nintendo eShop listing:
Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny reveals Susie Carmichael from Rugrats
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Susie Carmichael from Rugrats is joining Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny, GameMill confirmed today.
Susie will be appearing as an enchantress. Her lineup of moves include Fireball, Toy Bricks, Jack-in-the-box, Unicorns of the Sea, Spike Stampede, Healing Spell, and Reptar’s Roar.
Donkey Kong Bananza producer hoping the game leads to 2D and 3D branches, similar to Mario
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In a new interview, Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura shared that he’s hoping the game leads to separate 2D and 3D branches of the series, similar to what we’ve seen with Mario.
Mario clearly has a subset of 2D and 3D games. With Donkey Kong, however, things are murkier. Part of that is simply due to a lack of games. We’ve seen a good amount of 2D Donkey Kong titles, but 3D has been underrepresented – fans know that Donkey Kong 64 was the last time there’s been something in the 3D space.
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Nintendo explains how Donkey Kong Bananza was upgraded on Nintendo Switch 2
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In an interview published today, Nintendo went into detail as to how the team behind Donkey Kong Bananza was able to take advantage of Switch 2.
We recently heard that the game was initially in the works for the original Nintendo Switch. However, Kenta Motokura said the team “ran into some challenges” and started thinking about moving to the new console around 2021.
John Wick Hex to be delisted on the Nintendo Switch eShop
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In just a couple of days, John Wick Hex will be delisted on the Nintendo Switch eShop.
That news comes from publisher Big Fan Games. On July 17, the game will no longer be available for purchase. Note that if you bought John Wick Hex as a digital download previously, it’ll still work and it can be accessed at any time. The physical copy will continue to work as well.
2D platformer Ion Shift heading to Nintendo Switch [update: release date]
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April 28: Flynn’s Arcade has picked up Ion Shift for publishing on Nintendo Switch, the company has announced. A release window was not provided.
First released at the end of last year, Ion Shift is a hardcore 2D platformer with a sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. Electro Soul Games was the original developer behind the project.
Additional information is available in the following rundown:
Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening announced for Switch [update: new trailer]
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September 10: Publisher Microids and developer Magic Pockets are bringing Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening to Switch, the two sides announced today. The game launches in 2025.
Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening is an action platformer based on the famous anime series. Players will need to get to the bottom of a a mysterious threat hanging over the entire universe with their loyal partner Lady Armaroid.
Here’s some additional information:
