This game’s title is a mouthful, to say the least! It’s been about two years since we’ve received a new Kirby game, and Nintendo has decided to release an upgrade pack for Kirby and the Forgotten Land. When it first launched in 2022, it was met with critical acclaim. Not only is the game considered one of Kirby’s best, it’s up there as one of the greatest 3D platformers – perhaps not on par with your Super Mario Odyssey or Donkey Kong Bananza, but up there nonetheless. The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land promises performance bumps and twelve new levels with Star-Crossed World.

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Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar review for Nintendo Switch / Switch 2

Posted on 1 month ago by Taioh in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments

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?

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Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution review for Nintendo Switch

Posted on 1 month ago by Richard in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments

System: Switch
Release date: August 19, 2025
Developer: WayForward
Publisher: WayForward

After twenty years of trying, WayForward’s loveable half-genie hero’s lost adventure has finally made its way to consoles in Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. Originally in development almost immediately after the completion and release of the original Shantae on Game Boy Color, Risky Revolution was intended to be the second entry in the series, but due to mitigating circumstances, the GBA-developed title was put on indefinite hiatus. A lot of ideas and concepts from this game were reused in future additions to the series, like Risky’s Revenge and Half-Genie Hero, but series creator Matt Bozen always maintained his hope and desire to see it make its way to release. Now in 2025, we finally get to see what we had missed out on decades ago.

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Best retro Nintendo games to play on Switch 2 and Switch

Posted on 2 months ago by Ethan in Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

When you think of Nintendo Switch 2, you’re probably thinking of all the new games confirmed for the system – and that’s completely understandable. Generally speaking, Nintendo releases one new major title per month to spread them out. If you’ve played tons of Nintendo Switch games and finished the latest Switch 2 game, what are you supposed to play in the time between? That’s where Switch Online’s Nintendo Classic range comes in.

Nintendo has added a lot of games to their NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance platforms, and it’s a great idea to try out some older titles while you wait for the next new one. Their lineup of retro games is about to get a whole lot better, too: not only are GameCube games starting to release on the system, but it’s also got a built-in microphone, which theoretically makes Nintendo DS games possible as well. So today, we’re going over some of the best offerings on Nintendo Switch Online plus some new games Nintendo could realistically add over the Switch 2’s (hopefully) long lifespan.

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[Let’s Talk] Kirby Air Riders Direct reactions

Posted on 2 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch 2 | 0 comments

It was a busy week for gaming news, which included the proper reveal for Kirby Air Riders with a Nintendo Direct lasting close to an hour. Director Masahiro Sakurai went into detail about the game, revealing its various features. We saw stages, playable characters, the return of City Trial mode, and more. On top of that, we now have a release date of November 20, 2025. Catch up on everything shown here.

Following the Direct, how are you feeling about Kirby Air Riders so far? Do you plan on picking it up this holiday? Let us know in the comments.

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Kirby Air Riders Direct live stream

Posted on 2 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch 2, Videos | 0 comments

With the Kirby Air Riders Direct beginning soon, we have a new dedicated post for the live stream. The fun begins at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

As previously confirmed, the broadcast will be about 45 minutes long. Masahiro Sakurai, the game’s director, will act as host and will finally give us our first look at the Nintendo Switch title. Other than that, we don’t have much to go on, but expected a big blowout here.

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How Nintendo could fix Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Posted on 2 months ago by Ethan in Features, Switch | 0 comments

November 2024 marked the grand return of the Mario & Luigi series after almost ten whole years without a new game. As someone who’s 100 percent completed the game (and spent well over 60 hours doing so), this is an incredibly polarizing RPG. On one hand, the visual style is excellent – the characters are expressive, the core gameplay of the series remains mostly intact, and the story, while nothing groundbreaking, is solid. On the other hand, Brothership is held back by its awful pacing, disappointing technical performance, and a large amount of filler content between its main story beats.

Fifteen years down the line, I’m not sure that Nintendo could actually fix any of Mario & Luigi: Brothership’s biggest problems via a traditional remake. Many of its greatest issues are baked into its story and presentation in such a way that it would require significant retooling of plot points and gameplay. But today, we’re going to go over a list of changes that would help cement Mario & Luigi: Brothership as the best entry in the series. We’re not banking on these changes ever being implemented, but it’s fun nonetheless. Do keep in mind that we’ll be discussing spoilers, so you might want to bookmark this post and come back later if you’re still trying to avoid them.

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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – August 2025

Posted on 2 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk | 0 comments

A new month started up not too long ago. Now that we’re in August, we want to know what you’ve been playing.

Have you been giving Drag x Drive a chance on Nintendo Switch 2? Maybe you’re playing through the shadowdrops from the recent Indie World Showcase? No matter the case, let us know in the comments.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown review for Nintendo Switch

Posted on 2 months ago by Richard in Reviews, Switch eShop | 0 comments

System: Switch
Release date: August 14, 2025
Developer: Strange Scaffold
Publisher: Strange Scaffold

The heroes in a half-shell have a storied history in gaming, and are back on that scene once more. This time, they are going through a bit of family turmoil and in a new genre for the ninja boys. Tactical Takedown is a strategic turn-based, board game-like beat ’em up where the goal is to get your mutant teen to the end of the stage with three lives and a loadout of different abilities to help you knock out the foot clan as you traverse the rooftops, sewers, and streets of NYC. Everyone has come across the TMNT at some point in their lives, either through their cartoons, movies, video games or comics, so what does this Turtles adventure do to stand up against some of its franchise peers?

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Examining Nintendo Switch 2’s launch two months later

Posted on 2 months ago by Ethan in Features, Switch 2 | 0 comments

A little while ago, we talked about the pros and cons of Mario Kart World two months after its original release. That’s not the only thing we’re looking at two months later, though – today, we’re remembering and evaluating the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch period (even though it hasn’t been all that long just yet).

Needless to say, it’s been a very long time since all-new Nintendo hardware has launched. Sure, we’ve seen things like Alarmo, but Nintendo Switch 2 was the first major hardware the company had released in eight years. And as you probably remember very well, the lead-up to release was crazy, to say the least. In 2024, it was pretty clear that Nintendo was going light to prepare resources for the new console. A big chunk of the new games were remasters or remakes – Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are a few notable examples.