New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of August 2025.
Just like last month, Mario Kart World is still #1. And also just like the previous month, Donkey Kong Bananza is in second. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 did pretty well, selling nearly 100,000 copies at retail alone on Nintendo Switch.
Below is the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of August 2025:
Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2 launches next Friday, but for those wondering about the Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch versions, Bandai Namco has provided technical details which cover the frame rate and resolution.
Let’s start with the Nintendo Switch 2 version. The game will include a Performance Mode, which focuses on hitting 60 frames per second. This features a 1080p resolution when docked and when playing portably.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is in a somewhat strange position. After the game was announced years ago, the hype has been building over time. Depending on who you talk to though, that hype has been deflating since the proper reveal in June 2024. A couple of other trailers have been released since then, but the game hasn’t seen its true standout moment so far.
The latest Metroid Prime 4 trailer debuted during a Nintendo Direct last week. That revealed the existence of motorcycle gameplay and some sort of open area in a desert. We’ve seen the game a few times now, but there’s still time to showcase it further before the December launch.
Based on what we’ve seen from Metroid Prime 4, how are you feeling about it so far? Do you plan on picking it up at the end of the year? Let us know in the comments.
Forever Entertainment has issued a new update for The House of the Dead 2: Remake, bringing the game up to version 1.0.2.
A bunch of tweaks and fixes are included. Improvements are for animations, graphics, levels, and more.
The full rundown is as follows:
There’s an interesting tidbit about the newly-revealed Nintendo Switch 2 version of Resident Evil Requiem, which is that it looks like this version will be cheaper compared to other consoles.
Capcom just announced plans to bring the horror game over to Nintendo’s latest platform during a Direct last week. Retailers have now started putting up listings – which gives us a look at the price point.
Nintendo has updated the Japanese Switch and Switch 2 release schedule on eShop for the week of September 25, 2025. Various new titles are on the way, highlighted by Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Hades 2, and Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.
Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
The latest Nintendo Switch eShop charts for the week of September 20, 2025 are now available.
The official launch of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is technically next week, but thanks to strong sales of the Digital Deluxe Edition, that lands at #1. Meanwhile, as fans wait for Hades 2, that sneaks into the top three.
Below are the full Nintendo Switch eShop charts for the week of September 20, 2025:
Going along with the debut of Henry Halfhead, a new launch trailer has come in. This new sandbox adventure game just made it to Nintendo Switch.
Everything you need to know can be found in the following overview:
Today, we’re taking a look at the Genki Shadowcast 2, which is one of the more inexpensive capture cards on the market right now.
Streaming video games is an expensive hobby – or career! As someone who’s very experienced in not being a streamer, the Genki Shadowcast 2 is very appealing. As you can imagine, it’s an improved version of the Genki Shadowcast, a budget capture card that was first released a few years ago. It normally goes for around $50 USD, which is already much cheaper than other options – but it goes on sale for $30 every so often, which makes it a particularly enticing pickup. The Genki Shadowcast 2 hooks up to your gaming console’s HDMI port and essentially beams over the footage to your computer right away. Other capture cards have a delay, which often necessitates a dual-monitor setup so that you can play on one monitor and use your computer on the other. The Genki Shadowcast 2 aims to fix this with near-instant passthrough.
The Kirby series is well-known for being easy to pick up and play, but it’s also well-known for having tons of “implied lore” that actually gets pretty deep when you dive in and look for story tidbits. The new Star-Crossed World DLC is no exception – even though it’s only a few hours long, it contains many new lore additions that tack on to everything that the base game already introduced back in 2022. Today, we’re covering all of the new story details Star-Crossed World adds to the franchise – so come back later if you haven’t finished the main story just yet.
