Nintendo Switch Online confirms GameCube games for Switch 2, first games revealed [update: controller pre-orders]
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
April 2: Nintendo Switch Online made a major announcement today with GameCube games now confirmed for the platform. It will be available alongside launch.
This is the first time that Nintendo will be offering these titles as part of its classics service. During the Virtual Console days, support stopped with the N64. GameCube games have only been sold as individual releases, sometimes as updated remasters.
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Borderlands 4 confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 [update: Creator’s Voice]
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
April 2: Support for third-party Nintendo Switch 2 announcements continue, and we now know that Borderlands 4 is on the way. The game will be available later in 2025.
Borderlands 4 is a looter shooter in which players can take on outrageous enemies and acquire killer loot on the dangerous new planet of Kairos. The game features an arsenal of weaponry, the ability to glide, dodge, fixed-point grapple, and more.
Famitsu sales (4/21/25 – 5/4/25) – initial sales revealed for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
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Fast Fusion could get post-launch update with 120 FPS mode
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Fast Fusion may receive a 120 FPS performance mode after launch. That’s according to Manfred Linzner, who shared the news in an interview with Nintendo Everything.
Fast Fusion will run at 60 frames per second with a 4K resolution at launch. That alone is very much impressive. However, we could see an even higher level of performance in the future.
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What we could see out of a Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Definitive Edition
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
You might be wondering: isn’t it too early to be thinking about a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 remaster? The answer might surprise you: not really! The original Xenoblade Chronicles released in Japan in 2010, and in America in 2012. It then received a Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch in 2020. If Xenoblade Chronicles 2 were going to receive a remaster on the same timetable, getting it this year wouldn’t be out of the question. That said, given how Monolith Soft released Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition in March, that clearly isn’t happening. In fact, we think we’ll probably see a Xenoblade Chronicles 4 before a potential Xenoblade Chronicles 2 remaster, but after that, we think it’s possible that the studio will eventually revisit the game. So today, we’re going through a full list of changes we would want to see in a hypothetical Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch 2. There are spoilers ahead, so be warned if you’re still trying to avoid them all these years later.
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[Let’s Talk] Which Nintendo Switch 2 games are you picking up at launch?
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5, so we’re less than a month away from release. Compared to other Nintendo console debuts, there will actually be a significant amount of games to choose from immediately.
Nintendo itself will ship Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. There’ll also be the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Many third-party games will be available, including Cyberpunk 2077, Street Fighter 6, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster, Split Fiction, Fast Fusion, and more.
Which game – or games – will you be picking up for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch? Maybe you’re someone who’s actually not planning on grabbing anything right away? No matter the case, let us know in the comments.
Bayonetta creator shares his plans for the series had he stayed with PlatinumGames
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has shared some extensive thoughts about his plans for the series had he stayed on with PlatinumGames.
Kamiya left the company at the end of 2023. He has since founded the new studio Clovers and is teaming up with Capcom on an Okami sequel.
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The next Smash Bros. game needs these new and returning features
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Previously, we discussed a list of characters we could potentially see in the next Super Smash Bros. game on Nintendo Switch 2. Continuing from that idea, new fighters alone might not be enough to differentiate it from Ultimate, which is part of why we think the next Smash game will be all-new rather than an enhanced port. A new Smash would need to retain Ultimate’s focus on high-quality gameplay and movement options, but it would also have to include plenty of new and returning modes to set itself apart as a wholly different experience from the Nintendo Switch title.
Here are some of the modes and features we’d like to see added to the next Smash Bros. game. While we don’t have an announcement of any sort right now (nor any confirmation that a new game is even in development), one would think that there’ll eventually be an announcement, even if it’s far in the future.
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot reveals Daima – Adventure Through The Demon Realm DLC [update: release date]
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
October 17: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is getting even more DLC, and Daima – Adventure Through The Demon Realm DLC has been revealed. This comes in celebration of the new anime that recently started.
As of now Bandai Namco is keeping quiet on the details. However, it looks like there’ll be at least two parts to the DLC. It also looks like players will be able to explore the new Demon Realm.
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Nintendo president discusses Switch 2 sales expectations, aiming for Switch 1-like start
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has provided further insight into the company’s initial sales expectations for Switch 2.
As part of yesterday’s financial results, we heard that Nintendo is forecasting 15 million units sold for the first year. Following up on that, during the Q&A portion of the company’s briefing, an investor brought up that this seems to be a somewhat conservative number.
