Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac Switch And Switch 2 Performance & Resolution Detailed
Here’s the official rundown
- by Liam Doolan
Pac-Man is back next week in Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, and ahead of the big launch, the game’s Japanese website has shared an official comparison chart.
It shows how the game will perform and look on the Switch and Switch…
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Mailbox: Switch Game Pricing, Shovelware, Self-Nerfing
And here we are again, entering the last third of the year, kicking furiously to keep our head above the water as the deluge of big new video games washes in. What’s that floating like a flotsam-y life raft on the surface? Why, it’s the
Poll: Box Art Brawl
Look & Vote
- by Jim Norman
We’re back with another clash of the covers as we embark on this week’s Box Art Brawl!
Last time, it was the Game Boy’s Operation C (or Probotector, depending on…
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Reveals New Distribution
Update #3 : As we get closer to the launch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the Switch and Switch 2 next month, another distribution has been announced for Japan. This one is a little different, as it’s celebrating…
Opinion: Resident Evil Requiem Represents A Turning Point For Switch 2
Ever since the first big blowout Direct for the Switch 2 back in April, I’ve been itching to see an announcement for Resident Evil on the new console. It’s possibly my favourite series of all time, after all, so I’m eager to play the recent entries on a…
Review: Earthion (Switch) -Bit Shooter That’s Bold, Inventive & Hugely Enjoyable
While not entirely dormant for the last 30 years, Yuzo Koshiro’s Ancient Corp — responsible for Streets of Rage II, Story of Thor, and the Master System’s superb Sonic the Hedgehog — is finally back in the public eye…
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th September)
Nothing to dread, here
Well hello there. Welcome. It’s the weekend, and that means you’re keen to see what we’re going to be playing over the next couple of days while divulging your own plans. Before you do so, however, let’s just recap…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Teases New Playable Character
And a “major title update”
- by Liam Doolan
The radical roguelike Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is getting another DLC character in the future.
The big reveal is scheduled for 23rd September 2025, with this new character joining the turtles and Casey Jones. Alongside this, the team…
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Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Here’s what the critics had to say
- by Liam Doolan
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is out next week on multiple platforms and the first lot of reviews have now gone live.
If you are curious to know how this new experience generally holds up,…
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Devolver Digital’s Slick-Looking ‘Skate Story’ Kickflips Onto Switch 2 Later This Year
“How beautiful, a divine quest so unobtainable…”
- by PJ O’Reilly
Devolver Digital certainly has form when it comes to bringing us original indie games that go about things just a little bit differently than your usual fare, and with Skate Story, by developer Sam Eng, it seems the…
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Another Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Collab Appears To Have Been Revealed
Racing onto Switch “soon”
Physical copies of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (which aren’t meant to be available to the public until 25th September 2025) have reportedly “leaked” upcoming Season Pass and DLC collaborations.
If you don’t want any spoilers, you might want to navigate away from this page now….
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Nintendo Music “Special Release” Adds Tracks From Donkey Kong Bananza Today
Two updates in one week
The Nintendo Music app for Switch Online subscribers typically gets one update per week, but this week is a little bit different.
Following the shadow drop of DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC on the Switch 2 last week, Nintendo has now…
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New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Now Available
Add a Shiny Chi-Yu to your party
The Pokémon Company is still rolling out regular distribution events for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet on the Switch.
This time it’s a Shiny Chi-Yu and it’s available to claim via Mystery Gift between now and 30th September 2025….
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SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 And Vol. 10 For Switch
Arriving in Japan this December
SNK has announced it’s releasing ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 and Vol. 10 for the Nintendo Switch.
It will arrive in Japan on 18th December 2025. There’s no local release mentioned, but the previous collections have included English-language support.
Here’s what each volume…
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Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Switch Online Icons Revealed
Three waves starting next week
Super Mario’s 40th anniversary is now underway and Nintendo’s been promoting it with all sorts of announcements and reveals.
As part of the ongoing celebrations, next month Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is returning for Switch. Ahead of this,…
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Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Gets A Seven-Minute Overview Trailer
Update: English version now available
Update : Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Nintendo has now launched its earlier Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer in English, so you can get the translated rundown of both games. You’ll find…
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Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s GBA Library With Two More Titles
Two Namco games join ‘Nintendo Classics’
Nintendo has today announced it will be expanding its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service with two more games for the Game Boy Advance library.
They include the Namco titles Mr. Driller 2 and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, and they’ll be arriving next week on 25th…
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Marvel Beat ‘Em Up ‘Cosmic Invasion’ Reveals Two More Playable Characters
Coming to Switch platforms later this year
The arcade-style beat ’em up MARVEL Cosmic Invasion is on its way to the Switch and Switch 2 later this year.
Ahead of release, Dotemu and Tribute Games have slowly been revealing new playable characters. This week, a new trailer has dropped for Black Panther and…
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R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos Confirms Switch 2 Version Alongside 2026 Launch
Local release date TBA
- by Liam Doolan
Update : We’ve finally got an update about the development status of R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos, with Granzella this week announcing it will now be arriving…
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Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Achieves 500,000 Sales In less Than A Month
Well that’s just grand
Marvelous Europe has announced that Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar has sold over 500,000 copies since its launch on 27th August 2025.
Specific figures across Switch, Switch 2, and PC have not been confirmed, but we’ve reached…
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Pre-Orders For ‘Simon The Sorcerer Origins’ Open, Featuring Chris Barrie & Rick Astley
How magical
- by PJ O’Reilly
Simon the Sorcerer Origins, ININ and Smallthing Studios’ prequel to the classic 1993 point and click adventure, is finally and thankfully up and available for pre-order on Nintendo Switch.
Priced at £22.49 / $24.99 for the standard edition or £31.99 / $34.99…
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Raidou Remastered Updated On Switch And Switch 2, Here Are The Patch Notes
Quality-of-life improvements aplenty Sega and Atlus have released a new update for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army on Switch and Switch 2, bringing the game up to version 1.10. The update brings a whole bunch of quality-of-life improvements…
Opinion: Metroid Prime 4 Reminds Me Of Gears 5, And It’s Making Me Nervous
I’m starting to feel nervous about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Let me explain. During the most recent Nintendo Direct, the long-gestating game finally received a release date for 4th December 2025 on Switch and Switch 2. That’s not all, though; the accompanying trailer also revealed that Samus would now be rocking her very…
Turbo Overkill: Ultimate Edition Gets A Surprise Release On Switch
The chainsaw leg returns!
- by PJ O’Reilly
We love ourselves a bit of Apogee Entertainment’s Turbo Overkill, going so far as to award it an 8/10 in our review back in February of this year, where we concluded that “Johnny Turbo’s chainsaw-sliding, wall-running and grappling combine…
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Review: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong didn’t need to do much; it just needed to be ‘more Hollow Knight‘. That’s a huge task in itself; a slightly bigger, slightly better version of an already amazing,…
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Borderlands 4 Goes Down Well With Critics As Gearbox Acknowledges FOV Issue
As everyone and their donkey knows by now, Gearbox’s latest FPS extravaganza, Borderlands 4, is shooting its way onto Switch 2 on 3rd October, a few weeks after other platforms, and judging by the game’s reception on the old aggregator sites, we are in for quite the…
“It Was A Bit Of A Perplexing Experience”
Sequel launched in 2022
Bayonetta 3 launched on the Switch in 2022 and received high praise from critics, but it’s fair to say that the reaction from long-time fans was decidedly more mixed. Criticism was raised against the title’s more…
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Review: Strange Antiquities (Switch) – A Wicked Good Occult Puzzler & Sequel
In 2022’s Strange Horticulture, you ran a little shop of horrors, dealing plants with an occult edge to the inhabitants of a mysterious dark town. Now, Bad Viking and Iceberg Interactive’s follow-up, Strange Antiquities, takes us back to Undermere….
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Opinion: 10 Years Old Today, Undertale Has Been A Constant Source Of Fun & Learning Between Me & My Kids
It’s hard to believe that Undertale is 10 years old, innit. A game that released just a year after the birth of my eldest son, and two before my youngest arrived on the scene. What is time? It’s all going so quickly. I bring my kids up here,…
Poll: Box Art Brawl
Mission Scrap
- penned by Ollie Reynolds
Howdy folks, and greetings to the newest round of Cover Clash!
Seven days ago we sized up Forsaken for the N64—admittedly not the most electrifying pair of covers. Still, North America clinched victory…
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