Hello Kitty and Friends Freeze Tag Party is heading to Nintendo Switch, Nighthawk Interactive and Imaginer announced today. The title launches on November 6, 2025.
Hello Kitty and Friends: Freeze Tag Party is an action game in which players can chase, dash, and dress up their favorite Sanrio favorites. Over 35 characters are included.
Here’s an official overview with more details:
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending August 23, 2025 is now available.
It’s a good week for Nintendo with two Switch 2 exclusive leading the way. Mario Kart World maintains its lead from last week, but right behind is Donkey Kong Bananza, which moves up a spot.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending August 23, 2025:
IO Interactive has come out with the first notable update for Hitman World of Assassination on Nintendo Switch 2.
A number of notable fixes are included, such as loading auto save files resulting in the title crashing, brightness issues, performance issues around large mirrors, and quality-of-life issues. A notable addition is the “Frame Rate” option to help stabilize performance, locking the action at 30 FPS.
The full rundown is as follows:
DMM Games and Too Kyo Games has released a new, “Final” trailer for Shuten Order. The title will release for Nintendo Switch on September 5, 2025.
Here’s an overview to refresh you on the game:
A new launch trailer is available for Discounty. The game, which is about managing a discount supermarket, released on Nintendo Switch this week.
Lots of details can be found in the following rundown:
As part of Nintendo’s new “My Mario” campaign, a series of stop motion videos for the well-known character have now been released.
As of now three videos have been published. Each one is about a minute long, focusing on a different scenario. Nintendo previously said that the short length was decided “so that young children can enjoy them.”
Today, Nintendo announced the 49th Maximus Cup for Tetris 99.
There won’t be a new theme this time around. However, it is a chance to catch up on previous ones you missed. Specifically, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby’s Dream Buffet, and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe are getting the spotlight.
DeadPixel is gearing up for the release of Machick 2 on Nintendo Switch 2, the developer shared today. It’ll be out on September 10, 2025. Nintendo Switch 2 was also mentioned in the announcement, but we believe this simply refers to backwards compatibility.
Machick 2 is a magical, chaotic roguelike survivor game. Players will come up with a magical build as they take on enemies on the battlefield.
More information can be found in the following overview:
System: Switch [reviewed], Switch 2
Release date: August 27, 2025
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher: Marvelous
The Story of Seasons series has always lived in this cozy niche between farming sim and life sim, where your day-to-day rhythms matter just as much as your long-term goals. Grand Bazaar originally released on the Nintendo DS back in 2010 under the Harvest Moon label, and now it’s been rebuilt for a modern audience on Nintendo Switch. This remake stays faithful to its unique spin on the formula – putting the weekly town bazaar at the center of everything – while smoothing out some of the rougher edges from the DS era. But how well does it hold up in 2025, now that farming sims are practically their own genre?
We’re a few months behind the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, but apparently getting development kits hasn’t gotten any easier.
Digital Foundry shared its latest findings following Gamescom 2025 last week. The outlet’s John Linneman, after speaking with various developers, has heard that Nintendo is encouraging teams to simply ship their games on Switch 1 and “rely on backwards compatibility.” The interest from teams is there, but access to development kits are still limited. The reasoning for that isn’t clear – only Nintendo would have the answer.
