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Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition

Natsume is making Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition for Nintendo Switch, the company has announced. It will be available later in 2025.

Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition previously came to mobile. Fans will now be able to play the game on consoles for the first time, and new features are planned such as Doc Jr. as a permanent resident, characters from The Winds of Anthos, and new cutscenes.

Lots of additional details are available in the following overview:

Patapon 1 + 2 Replay

March 27: Patapon 1 + 2 Replay is on the way to Nintendo Switch, it’s been revealed. The collection of action rhythm games are due out on July 11, 2025.

Today’s announcement comes as a surprise given its ties to PlayStation. Now, however, Bandai Namco will be publishing the re-release with new features such as three difficulty options.

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

Donkey Kong Bananza Pauline

Pauline is officially in Donkey Kong Bananza, it’s been revealed. This news comes as part of today’s Nintendo Direct for the game.

Pauline is the true identity of Odd Rock. In the game, she’s looking for a way back home to the surface. Pauline, who is thirteen years old, sets off together with Donkey Kong on a quest in the Underground World to reach the Planet Core where a wish can be granted.

Donkey Kong Bananza live stream

The next game-specific Nintendo Direct is almost here with the Donkey Kong Bananza presentation happening soon, and we’re sharing the official live stream. You’ll be able to tune in at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

If you have any sort of interest in the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 title, you may want to watch the event. Nintendo will be sharing more information during the 15-minute live stream. 

Fear Effect physical

Limited Run Games today pulled back the curtain on its Fear Effect physical release for Nintendo Switch.

All fans will be able to grab the title standalone, but there’ll also be a Deluxe Edition. Those choosing the latter will receive the soundtrack, double-sided poster, game case keychain, and loading screen pin as extras.

The Legend of Heroes Trails beyond the Horizon Switch 2

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon will release on Nintendo Switch 2, NIS America and Falcon just announced. This is in addition to the previously-confirmed Nintendo Switch version.

All versions of the RPG are also seeing a delay. The game heads to all platforms in January 2026.

Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo said of the news:

Minecraft Chase the Skies update

Starting today, Minecraft players can access a brand new “Chase the Skies” update, and it’s pretty massive. Everything is available with the version 1.21.90 update.

Chase the Skies has a lot that’s new. It includes a new Happy Ghast flying mount, Dried Ghast block, harness item, and much more. Note that there’s also a Vibrant Visuals graphics refresh, but this is not in the Nintendo Switch version.

The full rundown is as follows:

When Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles arrives later this year, content from the War of the Lions version won’t be included. Square Enix has now explained why.

The War of the Lions came to the PSP back in 2007. It features quite a bit of additional content, including new characters and jobs, new pre-rendered cutscenes, and multiplayer features. Unfortunately, these aspects will be missing in The Ivalice Chronicles.

Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment Switch 1 development

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment was originally planned as a game for the original Nintendo Switch. Yosuke Hayashi, studio head of AAA Studio (Koei Tecmo), revealed that information in a new interview.

Hayashi said that plans for the project shifted midway through the development. He didn’t say what the turning point was, but ultimately Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is now a Nintendo Switch 2 game. Hayashi feels that the move only made the game “more fun” and there were improvements to the amount of enemies on screen as well as the frame rate.

Donkey Kong Bananza Direct

A new Donkey Kong Bananza Direct will air this Wednesday, June 18, Nintendo just announced. The presentation will air at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

News about the Direct was just posted on Nintendo Today, the Big N’s official app for news updates and more. The message only mentions that the event will be about 15 minutes long. We’ll be covering the presentation as it happens and will pass along any notable information that’s shared.


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