Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of April 27, 2025 is now available.
Two more sessions are planned for the coming days. Along with one period for the Nintendo eShop on Switch, there’s be some downtime involving online play.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of April 27, 2025:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Nintendo Switch games. These include Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, Captain Blood, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
If you’re deep into the Nintendo discourse sphere online, you might sometimes hear people say “Kirby has no bad games”. And to an extent, that’s definitely true – Kirby’s highs and lows aren’t as far apart compared to other Nintendo franchises. But is it really true that Kirby doesn’t have any bad games? A “bad game” could mean something different depending on who you talk to. It could mean that the game isn’t fun to play, or it could mean that the game is poor by Kirby standards, but not terrible objectively.
Regardless, today we’re looking at some of the less-loved entries in the Kirby series to see how they hold up today. One thing is true: Kirby doesn’t have any bad main series games. Even Kirby Star Allies, which is regarded as one of the weaker recent titles, isn’t bad – it’s inoffensive at worst. In other words, the Kirby games we’re talking about today aren’t main series games, but the smaller ones that tend to fly under the radar.
Over on the Nintendo eShop, a listing has appeared for a new Kairosoft game on Switch: Skating Rink Story. The game is scheduled for May 1, 2025.
Keeping true to Kairosoft’s nature, we have another simulation game on our hands. Skating Rink Story, as the title implies, is about managing a skating rink.
Although it probably won’t come as a surprise to many, Switch 1 won’t be compatible with the new dock Nintendo is making for Switch 2.
Nintendo posted that information this week. The company confirms that no model of the original Switch works. You cannot use a standard Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, or Switch OLED with the Switch 2 dock.
This week we have a simple question – have you pre-ordered Nintendo Switch 2?
Reservations began this week in the United States (and Canada). To say the least, it was an… interesting experience. Best Buy, Target, GameStop, and Walmart all seemed to experience their fair share of issues with each site hammered with traffic and other shenanigans taking place. Based on reports, the best experience may have actually been visiting a local GameStop and pre-ordering there.
Regardless of where you are in the world, are you locked and loaded for Nintendo Switch 2 with a pre-order? Have you reserved any games? Let us know in the comments.
Klei started distribution of a new version 1.18.0 update for Balatro on Nintendo Switch, which brings along a Balatro collaboration.
Players can claim the Fools Crown skin for the Bee Queen crown. They may also run into Jimbo himself wandering around the Constant. There’s even a Balatro mini-game to experience now as well.
Here’s the full rundown of what’s included in this week’s update:
