Just like last week, Mario Kart World is #1. Elsewhere Cyberpunk 2077 has slides into second and Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time moves up a bit.

Below are the full Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of June 14, 2025:

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Here’s what we could see in Kirby Air Riders

Posted on 3 months ago by Ethan in Features, Switch 2 | 0 comments

2025 is a great year for racing games! Everybody’s talking about Mario Kart World right now, but the new Kirby Air Riders is also coming out sometime in 2025. It’s directed by Masahiro Sakurai, and it’s actually the first Kirby game he’s directed since the original Kirby Air Ride on GameCube over 20 years ago. Though Kirby Air Ride was met with mixed reviews on launch, it’s since become something of a cult classic. It’s beloved for its addictive City Trial mode, and the crazy part is that the entire game was developed in three and a half months. According to Sakurai, Kirby Air Riders has been in active development since April 2022, which means it’s had over three years to cook. In other words, Kirby Air Riders might be a bigger game than we realize – which makes sense, given it’s had over ten times the development time of the original game!

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Nintendo Switch 2 has an important HDR setting many don’t know about

Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments

HDR is new for Nintendo on Switch 2, but there’s an important setting tucked away in the system settings that you should know about.

If you’ve connected your console to a TV at all and it’s compatible with HDR, you’ve probably already gone through the setup process. But you’ll want to head on over to the settings and then visit the “Display” tab. After that, head all the way down and select the “Adjust HDR” option.

Nintendo Switch 2 sets U.S. gaming record with over 1.1 million units sold at launch, best-selling physical games revealed

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We have more news about the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States with the system setting a new record for the gaming industry.

For the week ending June 7, 2025, the new console sold over 1.1 million units. That’s more than any other system has managed to do in the U.S. previously, and that’s without counting sales from the My Nintendo Store. PlayStation 4 previously held the record.

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Mario Kart World 150cc Knockout Tour guide – how to easily win

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Today, we’re going over some tips and strategies on how to more easily win in Mario Kart World’s new Knockout Tour mode.

In order to unlock all the content Mario Kart World has to offer, you’ll have to earn 3 stars on every single cup in both Grand Prix and Knockout Tour. We’ve already covered tricks for Grand Prix via our corresponding guide, but today we’re focusing on strategies that apply specifically to Knockout Tour. Compared to Grand Prix mode, Knockout Tour places a much higher emphasis on straight pathways – which means the Speed stat is incredibly important here.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution

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Digital Foundry shared another technical analysis for a Nintendo Switch 2 game, this time going in-depth with Cyberpunk 2077 and covering the latest tidbits like frame rate and resolution. CD Projekt Red has delivered an impressive port in many ways, though it’s not without some drawbacks. The Phantom Liberty expansion in particular is where there are more struggles.

Here’s the full roundup of details:

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Sony responds to concerns about Nintendo Switch 2 impacting PlayStation’s business

Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments

Following the recent Nintendo Switch 2 launch, Sony has responded to investor concerns that the system could have a negative impact on its PlayStation business.

The gaming industry is more collaborative than it used to be, but there’s still ultimately competition. Consumers only have a certain amount of money and time to spend on different platforms. And now here comes Nintendo Switch 2 – which seems to be off to a hot start and has significantly better technical specs than its predecessor.

Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Hideaki Nishino first addressed investor concerns about increased competition for PlayStation and third-party relationships given Nintendo Switch 2’s improved specs. Regarding that, he said:

Famitsu software sales (6/2/25 – 6/8/25) – Top 30

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 782,566 / NEW
2. [NSW] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – 45,703 / NEW
3. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 17,180 / 111,904
4. [NSW] Natsume’s Book of Friends: Hazuki no Shirushi – 16,865 / NEW
5. [PS5] Elden Ring Nightreign – 12,064 / 54,822
6. [NS2] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 10,877 / NEW
7. [NS2] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,992 / NEW
8. [NS2] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,529 / NEW
9. [NS2] Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut – 7,486 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 6,771 / 1,317,174

Video: Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch 2 vs. Switch comparison

Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Switch 2, Videos | 0 comments

A new video has emerged comparing Splatoon 3 on Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Switch.

Yesterday, a special 10.0.0 update was released for the game. While there’s a ton included such as additional content, there are specific improvements for those playing on the new console. Nintendo promised more detailed visuals, an improved frame rate in certain areas (essentially now everything is 60 frames per second), and more. Now we get to see

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Mario Kart World online play and more down due to huge Google Cloud internet outage [update: back up]

Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

Original: No, it’s not just you – online play for Mario Kart World is down, along with other Nintendo services and plenty of other things across the internet.

The culprit seems to be a massive outage with Google Cloud. Mario Kart World’s online play uses this, so online is currently broken. The game will try searching for players, but will eventually time out with a server communication issue and the error code 231-4608 given.