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Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar review

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?

Shantae Advance review

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.

Best retro Nintendo Switch Online games

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.

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.

A new leak for Pokemon Legends: Z-A has apparently happened, with images showing showing brand new Mega Evolutions.

We’ll be posting both shots after the break. Keep that in mind before proceeding.

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The very first footage of Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Nintendo Switch 2 has arrived, showcasing ten minutes of action from the RPG. This comes courtesy of a playable demo at Gamescom 2025.

All of the footage is in handheld mode, and a quick glance shows that the game holds up pretty well. The only downside is that the video is off-screen as direct-feed is not available.

The very first footage is now in showing Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition running on Nintendo Switch 2.

It seems that the game is playable at Fan Expo in Canada this week. We have docked footage, showing around 14 minutes of gameplay in total.

Some sort of extra content is in the works for Hollow Knight: Silksong that will be added after launch. That’s according to Ari Gibson and William Pellen, co-founders at Team Cherry.

The two were speaking with Bloomberg about the game’s development and the future. In that report, we hear that Team Cherry has “big plans to add extra content to Silksong in the months and years to come.” However, specifics have not been shared at this time.

Pellen and Gibson said:

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection MK Mythologies, MK Special Forces

August 20: Two more games are joining Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, with Mortal Kombat Mythologies and Mortal Kombat Special Forces now having been revealed.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, an action adventure game, originally came to the N64 and PlayStation in 1997. Mortal Kombat: Special Forces is also in the same genre and launched in 2000, but only on the PS1.

Why Hollow Knight Silksong took so long

The team behind Hollow Knight: Silksong has spoken about why it’s taken so long for the game to launch.

After years of anticipation, the title is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch in just a couple of weeks. Team Cherry revealed today that the release date is set for September 4, 2025.


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