Famitsu’s most wanted games – July 13, 2025 – Donkey Kong Bananza continues to rise
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. Donkey Kong Bananza is now at #2, which is its highest position thus far.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between June 25 and July 1.
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Splatoon 3 Summer Nights Splatfest 2025 results
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We now have the results for the Splatoon 3 Summer Nights Splatfest 2025 event, including a breakdown for every category. This time, players were asked if they prefer to travel by land, sea, or air.
Similar to previous events we’ve seen, things were looking close at halftime. It was largely a three-way tie. At halftime, the results were 33.78 for Team Sea, 33.18 for Team Car, and 33.04 for Team Air.
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Nintendo maintenance schedule – July 13, 2025 – 6 sessions planned for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch
Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch, Switch 2, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of July 13, 2025.
There’s a lot happening as six different sessions are planned, with everything effecting Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch. The good news is that much of it is happening at once and won’t be terribly long.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of July 13, 2025:
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Nintendo pre-order updates – July 13, 2025
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[Let’s Talk] Which Level-5 Nintendo Switch / Switch 2 game are you most looking forward to?
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After a few rough years, Level-5 might finally be back on track. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time launched a couple of months ago and has been a smash hit.
At a few points, things felt a bit dire for Level-5. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road went through multiple year-long delays and overall output slowed to a crawl. But now Fantasy Life i could just be the start of Level-5’s comeback tour. The company has a few games in the pipeline. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Decapolice, Inazuma Eleven Re, and Holy Horror Mansion are in development and are planned for Nintendo Switch / Switch 2. Some are closer than others, and while there have been plenty of concerns about Level-5, there are signs of life.
Out of Level-5’s upcoming slate, which game are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition interview – Aspyr on bringing back the classic RPG, Nintendo Switch 2, more
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Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition will be launching on Nintendo Switch very soon, but ahead of the release, we caught up with Aspyr to talk about the return of the classic game. Producer manager Jordon Reese fielded a few questions from us.
Neverwinter Nights 2 is Obsidian Entertainment’s classic game that first launched in 2006. Now the RPG is making a comeback, and with some new features to boot.
Our full Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition interview is available below.
Here’s where you can get a physical copy of Patapon 1 + 2 Replay on Nintendo Switch
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We have a quick heads up for for Patapon 1 + 2 Replay fans: a physical release is available on Nintendo Switch, but with a caveat.
The collection just came out this week, though for the most part, it’s digital-only. However, a full physical release just went out in Japan and Asia.
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FBI takes down big Nintendo Switch piracy site [update: FBI statement]
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July 10: Today, it was revealed that the FBI has taken down Nsw2u, a website connected with piracy on Nintendo Switch.
Nsw2u housed plenty of ROMs for games on the console. If you had a hacked Nintendo Switch or a working PC emulator, some could download content from the site and play those titles without legally purchasing them.
Switch 2 Nintendo Switch Online GameCube analysis shows latency issues
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Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off its launch with GameCube games on Switch Online, but unfortunately, it’s not entirely perfect with some issues having been noticed – particularly with latency.
Right now the emulation Nintendo has in place isn’t up to snuff compared to the original GameCube releases. Everything available right now – F-Zero GX, Zelda: The Wind Waker, Soulcalibur 2, and Super Mario Strikers – is affected.
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NBA 2K26 coming to Nintendo Switch 2 [update: Switch version, release date, trailer]
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July 8: 2K made it official today that NBA 2K26 will be appearing on Nintendo Switch 2. A release is planned for this fall.
Plans for the NBA 2K franchise were announced for the new console during a Nintendo Direct earlier this year. However, now we know that the system will be getting the latest entry in the basketball series.
