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Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of August 3, 2025.

Currently just one new session has been scheduled. The main thing is for Nintendo Switch Parental Controls, which will affect both Switch systems and mobile. 

Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of August 3, 2025:

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls (Switch 2 / Switch / mobile)

List of Nintendo Switch price changes

We now have a list of every price increase Nintendo put in place for Switch (and some additional products as well).

To close out the week, it was announced that various products are going up in cost in the United States. Nintendo Switch 2 hardware is immune for now, but Switch 1 and other items are changing in price starting today. Some retailers will be faster to enact the new prices than others, but we should be seeing things roll out everywhere soon.

Below is the full list of price changes for Nintendo Switch and more.

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Mado Monogatari Fia and the Wondrous Academy trailer

Idea Factory has come through with a launch trailer for Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy. Although it has been available in Japan previously, it’s now receiving an English release in the west.

Tons of details can be found in the following overview:

The July 2025 Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase aired earlier this week, and following the event, we’re interested in hearing about what you thought of the show.

This wasn’t a general Nintendo Direct, meaning the Big N itself wasn’t really present here. We did get to see Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, but that was all. Third-parties did show up with their own announcements – Monster Hunter Stories 3, Octopath Traveler, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, Persona 3 Reload, Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2, and Once Upon A Katamari were shown. You can catch up on everything that was featured here.

So what’d you think of the July 2025 Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase? What were your highlights? Let us know in the comments.

Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Aqua Forest

Another track reveal for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and today, SEGA showed off Aqua Forest. A clip of the stage was shown off on social media.

We’ve seen plenty of forest tracks in racers before, but SEGA indicates that this one is like a rollercoaster through the forest. The company also teased: “Nail your timing on the water jumps and something special awaits…”

Under Night In-Birth II SysCeles Izumi release date

Today, Arc System Works shared the release date for Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes DLC character Izumi. Nintendo Switch will be receiving the content on August 20, 2025 (it’ll be August 18 elsewhere).

Izumi is the “Initiator” of the Final Act. She’s the final character in the Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes season pass. Uzuki first launched in July 2024 followed by Ogre this past February.

Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatibility fixes August 2025

This week, Nintendo issued its latest backwards compatibility fixes for a few Switch 1 games on Switch 2 stemming from the latest firmware patch. It’s not as large a batch as the previous wave, but this shows that the company is committed to further improvements where possible.

The latest list is as follows:

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Capcom Fighting Collection 2 title update 2

A big free title update was just announced for Capcom Fighting Collection 2. It will be going live on August 7, 2025.

The package is set to receive a variety of new content and improvements. These include quality of life upgrades, brand-new artwork, and remix tracks from CAP-JAMS. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper is also getting Maki, Yun, Eagle, and Ingrid.

Noctuary trailer

A fresh launch trailer is in for Noctuary, a visual novel RPG. Nintendo Switch secured the game this week.

Thanks to the Nintendo eShop listing, we have the following details:

Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact season pass

A new Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact trailer has dropped showing off the game’s season pass. The video was just shown off at EVO 2025.

Pito – or Neferpitou – was previously announced as DLC. Silhouettes for the remaining three characters have now been shared. It seems that the rest of the lineup is Phinx, Shizuku, and Zeno. They should all be officially announced and shown off later – as of now we don’t have specific release dates for any of the characters.


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