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Pokemon Scarlet Violet Mystery Gift codes

We’ve started up a new post containing all Mystery Gift codes for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. This hub will be updated throughout the lifecycle of the two games with all codes and other distributions as they’re announced.

Codes and distributions can provide all sorts of things. Redeeming them will give you special Pokemon offered in distributions, certain items, and more.

Super Robot Wars Y release date

April 20: In its latest announcement for Super Robot Wars Y today, Bandai Namco confirmed the game’s release date. It’ll be out for Nintendo Switch on August 28, 2025. Also confirmed is that SSSS.Dynazenon and Godzilla Singular Point will be represented.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of March 2025.

Most of the list is comprised of new releases. For Nintendo Switch games, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition places the highest at nearly 90,000 copies sold. Yu-Gi Oh! Early Days Collection and Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster are also here for new releases.

Here’s the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of March 2025:

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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. This week, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream appears for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between April 2 and April 8.

Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Switch demos

Thousands of games are currently available on Switch, and there are a ton of demos out there for many of them. Not just Nintendo, but also third-parties are offering demos. We’ve now put together a comprehensive list of what’s out there.

Since our reader base is English-speaking, that’s what we’re focusing on here. In other words, we’re highlighting Switch demos that you can find in North America and Europe. Japan has a few extra demos on its end, but a majority of them are for titles that are not currently being sold in the west and are only playable in Japanese.

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Going along with the game’s release, we have a launch trailer for Rusty Rabbit. Nintendo Switch received the side-scrolling action adventure game this week.

A bunch of information about it is available via the following rundown:

Pokemon Scarlet Violet Rillaboom distribution

As a way of celebrating the Pokemon Asia Master Ball League championships, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players can partake in a new distribution to obtain Rillaboom.

This Rillaboom was used by Wei Chyrto to win the previous event. The creature has the moves Grassy Glide, Wood Hammer, U-Turn, and High Horsepower. Its Tera Type is Grass and is holding the Choice Band item.

Follow these steps to nab this Pokemon distribution:

More worst Shiny Pokemon

A few months back, we covered some of the worst Shiny Pokemon of all time. Most of the time, they’re considered poor because they’re barely different from the original. But we only listed about 20 Shiny Pokemon there, and today we’ve got a fresh batch of even more horrible Shiny Pokemon. This is a subjective list, of course, but we’ll try to keep it as objective as possible – especially in cases where the Shiny form looks almost identical to the original.

Star Wars Episode I Jedi Power Battles update

Aspyr started distribution of a new update for Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, which is live on Nintendo Switch.

No new content or features have been added. However, a ton of fixes have been implemented, all of which Aspyr outlined in the patch notes.

The full rundown is as follows:


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