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A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Nintendo Switch eShop. This includes the lowest price ever for Fuga: Melodies of Steel 1 and 2, Worms W.M.D, and more.

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A bunch of gameplay is in for the just-released Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics. All twelve titles in the package are showcased here.

The collection has the following to offer:

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

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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:

Nintendo has updated the Japanese Switch release schedule on Nintendo eShop for the week of May 1, 2025. The lineup includes The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and more.

Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:

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.

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One final trailer is in for Maliki: Poison of the Past to go along with the game’s launch. Ankama Games and Blue Banshee are celebrating the launch of their adventure RPG, which came to Nintendo Switch this week.

Everything you need to know can be found in the following overview:

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.

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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.


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