Here’s an interesting tidbit that may come as a surprise: Nintendo Pictures worked on the PS5 title Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. That information comes from the game’s credits.
You may have forgotten about Nintendo Pictures, which was officially established in 2022. The group was formed after Nintendo acquired the visual content company Dynamo Pictures. The original announcement mentioned that Nintendo Pictures would make visual content based on Nintendo IP, but Death Stranding 2 certainly isn’t that.
There’s another Arcade Archives game on the way, and now Hamster has announced Crazy Balloon for the lineup. A worldwide launch is planned for tomorrow, June 26.
Crazy Balloon was originally made by Taito. The action game has players moving a balloon through a thorny maze.
Here’s the official overview from Hamster:
January 29: BEEP have revealed that Cotton Reboot! High Tension!, a sequel to side-scrolling shoot-em-up Cotton Reboot! will be coming to Nintendo Switch. The game is due to release in Japan on July 24, 2025.
For some more information and a trailer, see below:
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour just went live with a version 1.0.1 update. This is the first post-launch patch for the title.
This appears to be a small update – no new features are introduced. Nintendo is keeping things vague, indicating that some issues have been fixed.
We have the full notice from Nintendo below.
Just a few moments ago, Nintendo started distribution of a version 1.4.1 update for Super Mario Odyssey.
Nintendo is still addressing a few remaining backwards compatibility issues on Switch 2. With today’s patch, that’s what’s tackled here. Nintendo says that issues have been addressed for Switch 2 players.
The official notice reads:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just received an update, with the game moving up to version 13.0.4.
Around the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, we heard that there were some issues with the Mii Fighter. The system’s recent firmware update addressed a part of this issue, but now it has been fully resolved.
Nintendo’s notice about today’s update reads:
Bullets & Brains will head to Nintendo Switch this week, No Gravity Games and Ajvar Studio have announced. It will be available this Thursday, June 26.
Bullets & Brains is a top-down 3D shooter. The action takes place in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by brain-hungry hordes of zombies, so it’ll be your job to survive waves of undead while collecting brains to level up and unlock devastating abilities.
Tons of additional details can be found in the following overview:
We have another announcement from the Little Nightmares universe as Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition was just announced for Nintendo Switch 2. It launches on October 10, 2025.
According to today’s announcement, Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition will run at 4K and 60 frames per second. There’ll also be enhanced graphics with volumetric lighting and more particles, ray-traced reflections, and gameplay optimizations with faster loading times, revised checkpoints, and traversal assistance.
The release date for Little Nightmares 3 was just announced, and fans can rest easy knowing that it’s coming before Halloween. Bandai Namco will be publishing it on October 10, 2025. News about the release date for Little Nightmares 3 just dropped during the Little Nightmares Showcase where a Nintendo Switch 2 version was also confirmed.
It’s been a longer-than-expected wait for Little Nightmares 3. Originally announced in August 2023, the project was planned to launch the following year. However, Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games ended up pushing things back to 2025 instead.
Here’s an overview of pricing plus details on the Deluxe Edition:
