It’s about ensuring the “game experience” is at its best. Nintendo’s new GameChat function opens up new ways for Switch 2 owners to communicate with friends and families online, but the early showcase of other player screens showed some choppy framerates. It turns out this is an intentional decision to ensure GameChat saves system resources…
According to Nintendo’s Tetsuya Sasaki. Nintendo is launching a new physical game option for the Switch 2 (known as “game-key cards”) that don’t contain the “full game data” and are instead used as a “key” to download the game onto your system via the internet. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
It’s not a Switch 2 exclusive. Hollow Knight fans have been waiting over half a decade for Silksong and in that time, the game has bounced around from being a leading Xbox title to now a Switch 2 “2025” release. While the game is still coming to every major platform, there have been some concerns…
You got a…banana! You got a moon…sorry, a banana! Nintendo looks to be continuing its trend of not revealing the developers behind key first-party IP releases for the Switch 2 generation. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
And it wants to keep those players “engaged”. Nintendo’s future is very much focused on the launch of the Switch 2, but as we already know it will also be continuing to support the original system (at least until 2026). The company has already locked in some new Switch titles for next year and during…
“I can’t believe that other people are trying that”. Ahh, here we go, the Nintendo Switch 2 coverage you’ve been waiting for: the new red cartridges still taste bad. Finally, we can all rest now. GameSpot bravely put this question to Takuhiro Dohta, the director of the Switch 2 and Programming Management Group Senior Director….
Life’s a beach. Moving your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island from one Switch to another can be a pain. So if you’re someone (like this writer) who’s worried about making the move from Switch to Switch 2, you’re in luck, because it’ll apparently be pretty seamless. In an interview with Polygon, Programming Management Group Senior…
But Friend Codes are sticking around. Adding friends on Nintendo Switch isn’t our favourite thing in the world. Typing in a 12-digit unique code just so we can see what our besties are playing or join them in a quick game of Mario Kart feels a little antiquated, especially compared to PS5, Xbox, and Steam….
Mouse minigames! Nitrome, the developer behind the excellent Shovel Knight Dig, has announced Mouse Work for the Nintendo Switch 2, a game heavily inspired by the likes of Pico Park and Part Time UFO. There’s no release date at the time of writing, but Nitrome is hoping to get its latest title out shortly after…
Going it alone. It’s one of those things that we sort of forget is a big deal, the whole achievement aspect of video games as they are in modern times. Xbox has them, PlayStation and Steam too, and gamers really do embrace them as part of the culture, as a way to express and signify…