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• Release Date: June 8th
• Price: TBA
• Link: TBA
• Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
• Description:

Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and explore distant islands with your own airship.

Use sunlight, wind and water to create an energy system and automate your processes like gathering resources and watering your plants.

New ratings for Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave have reportedly been spotted on Nintendo's European webpages.

The spin-off Splatoon Raiders now has a 'PEGI 7' rating, and the new Fire Emblem game has apparently been updated from a provisional rating to a 'PEGI 12' rating. According to Nintendo's official launch window schedule, Fire Emblem is due out at some point in 2026, and the release date for Splatoon Raiders is currently 'TBD'.

• Release Date: TBA
• Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
• Description:

Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - Gold Returns as a Remake!

Enhanced graphics bring the world to life like a beautifully crafted diorama!​

Enjoy refined gameplay and controls, with a brand-new mode planned that will let you step into the role of Chup, the anime's protagonist!​

• Release Date: TBA
• Link: https://www.holy-horror.jp/en/
• Platform: TBA
• Description:

LEVEL5's Largest Ever Cross-Media Project Kickoff

A heartwarming horror story about a mysterious family...

The young hero, who lives in a mansion atop the apartment building owned by his grandma, finds a camera in a locked room, encounters a ghost and gets caught up in all kinds of turmoil!

Switch carts are back on the menu 🤷‍♀️

For one, many of the Pokémon that have been shown off in the game's trailers are absent. In fact, on launch day, only around 180 'mons are actually programmed into the game. Now, we knew not every Pocket Monster would be available, but fewer than 200 is a bit of a surprise

Additional classic games for NES – Nintendo Classics are now available for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

PAC-MAN
You control everyone's favorite iconic PAC-MAN!

Navigate through mazes, gobbling pellets while simultaneously avoiding the devious ghosts. Warp from one edge of the maze to the other using the warp tunnels, or eat a Power Pellet to turn the tables and make the ghosts vulnerable! In order to clear the stage, you'll need to eat all the Pac-Dot pellets in the maze! See just how far you can get through the stages before losing all your lives! Fruit, like cherries and strawberries, will give you extra points to help you reach the highest score!

Mendel Palace
Flip panels to defeat enemies and rescue Candy!

This action game was released for the NES™ console in 1990 and features the protagonist Bon-Bon, whose best friend, Candy, has been trapped inside her own dream! To save Candy, he'll need to outsmart and overpower all of Candy's evil dolls. The toys that block his path can be defeated by flipping panels in the floors, pushing them into the walls. Some panels also have special effects that can be used to clear stages even more quickly!

THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
Control GIL, the hero, as he climbs the tower!

Starting from the first floor, pick up the key inside each maze and go through the door to advance to the next floor. To clear the game, you must defeat DRUAGA, the ruler of the tower, then advance to the top floor and save your beloved KI. Some foes need to land several hits before you lose a life—but many will kill you instantly! Failing to block a spell with your shield, touching fire, and running out of time will also cause you to lose a life. Run out of lives, the game is over. There are also secret tasks, one for each floor, that will reward you with hidden items, like a pickax that can destroy walls and boots that increase your movement speed. You will need some of these items to beat the game—missing key items will lead to certain death, or at least a dead end and a long return journey. Climb carefully!

Didn't play much this week. Just a bit of Pokémon Pokopia and Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains. No significant progress in either of them.

No Tom Clancy's The Division this week, but there shouldn't be much stuff left in main campaign so will try to focus on it a bit to finish it soon.

Have been thinking about starting Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed on PS this weekend. Got it as a PS+ game recently and it has been on my wishlist for a while, not to mention my nostalgia for Mickey Mouse. Depends on how much play time I get this weekend though.

What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?

Nintendo Will Change Game Prices for Nintendo Switch 2 in May 2026

Nintendo has officially revealed that it will change the pricing structure for video games on the Nintendo Switch 2. Starting from May 2026, the cost of digital and physical versions of new games will no longer be the same. The company clarified that this change applies specifically to games released exclusively for the Switch 2.

The first title to follow the new pricing policy will be Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. The changes will take effect as soon as pre-orders for this game open.

According to Nintendo, the price difference is driven purely by production and distribution costs. Physical copies require additional expenses for manufacturing cartridges, logistics, and storage.

At the same time, the company emphasizes that players will receive the same gameplay experience regardless of the format. In other words, the difference affects only the price—not the content or quality of the games.

It's not over yet, but it's inching nearer to the end.

According to Games Fray's Florian Mueller (via VGC), the non-final rejection — meaning Nintendo has two months to respond (or more if it choses) — the USPTO has rejected all 26 claims made in the patent, which essentially revokes it, unless Nintendo chooses to respond.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45018382

Play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate - Gold Edition now on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.

Intense ninja turtle action is back! Choose your favorite Turtle or one of the Casey Jones, Metalhead, or Alopex Character DLCs included in the Gold Edition. Grab your friends and jump into an roguelike adventure to save Master Splinter from the Foot Clan! After, play through the additional adventure of Casey Jones and the Junkyard Jam, available in both Campaign and Arcade modes.

I honestly was not expecting them to branch out into other IP beyond DK. With this introduction it does feel like they are heading towards a Smash Brothers movie. That aside, I would love a Star Fox franchise to exist again. Looking forward to the new rumored game.

Got busy today, so just making the post, will share my update in comment later.

What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book will sell for $60 in the eShop and will have an MSRP of $70 for the physical cartridge.

An opmist would say that it is $70 game and they are adding a $10 discount for buying it digitally. A pessimist would say that it is a $60 game and there is a $10 fee for the plastic cartridge.

Up until recently, I wasn't a fan of rogue-lites...rogue-likes? I played Hades 1 and 2, which I did enjoy, but I really started to like these kinds of games with Absolum. If you haven't played that yet, you're missing out.

I was kind of on the fence with Deadzone simply because it has one of those generic names that doesn't incite confidence, but dang, it is genuinely fun if you're into this sort of game. The elemental abilites make a huge difference and it's fun coming up with extremely overpowered combos with your team.

Fans are recommended to purchased the Nintendo Switch version as an alternative.

Nintendo Co. is cutting back the production of Switch 2 after demand for the $450 gaming console trailed the company’s expectations during the year-end holiday season, particularly in the US.

The company plans to make 4 million units of its flagship device this quarter, a third less than the 6 million it had originally planned to produce, people familiar with the matter said. The reduced output rate is set to continue in April, the people said, asking not to be named as the figures aren’t public.

After a record-setting debut in June, sales of the Switch 2 have failed to meet Nintendo management’s high expectations. Though demand for a lower-priced but unprofitable variant in Japan has remained strong, sales in the US haven’t met with similar continued success.

Nintendo shares fell as much as 6.3% in Tokyo, their steepest intraday decline since Feb. 4. The stock momentarily dropped to ¥8,835, erasing all gains from a rally earlier this month spurred by the surprise success of the new Pokémon Pokopia game, before paring some losses.

The successful launch of Pokémon Pokopia hasn’t prompted the management to again accelerate production of the Switch 2. Instead, it’s waiting to see if the hit game and other new titles have enough staying power to merit an output increase, the people said.

“This hardware shortfall in its first year, during its big holiday season, is awful news,” said Amir Anvarzadeh, Japan equity strategist at Asymmetric Advisors. “Clearly the software lineup has been poor, at least until most recently with Pokemon showing some hope.”

The output cut shouldn’t affect Nintendo’s ability to meet the average analyst estimate of about 20 million Switch 2 units sold in the fiscal year through this month, the people said.

The Switch 2 also faces cost pressures, including rising memory chip prices that has hit electronics manufacturers across the planet. While the higher semiconductor cost has led Nintendo to consider raising the device’s price — as reported by Bloomberg last month — it hasn’t played a role in the decision to curb output. The production cuts are driven by slower demand from consumers, the people said.

Nintendo representatives didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The weaker-than-expected momentum may push Nintendo to take steps to spur demand, such as introducing new hardware variations. A console’s second year on the market is critical to establishing long-term platform success, as a growing user base attracts developers and creates a virtuous cycle that draws in more players.

With 17.37 million units sold last year since its June 5 launch, Switch 2 is the most successful hardware debut in Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo’s history. Yet doubts persist about the Mario Bros. creator’s ability to produce games that keep consumers shelling out for its game console, with competition intensifying from rivals such as Sony Corp.

Nintendo has acknowledged softer demand. President Shuntaro Furukawa said on a Feb. 3 earnings call that “overseas sales were somewhat weaker than expected.” Japan outperformed expectations, helped by a domestic variant priced at ¥49,980 ($324).

A setback during the holiday season was the December release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the latest installment in one of Nintendo’s most popular US franchises. The title sold fewer than one million copies that month, a rare sluggish debut for a major Nintendo release. First announced in 2017, the game underwent a lengthy development process aimed at ensuring quality.

Shares of Nintendo fell 40% in the six months to mid-February as concerns over its titles and Switch 2’s long-term success intensified. This month, the stock had recouped some of the losses after Pokémon Pokopia proved a hit, selling more than two million units just in four days.

Nintendo typically begins each fiscal year with a conservative hardware sales forecast and revises it upward as momentum builds, particularly after the third quarter, which captures the crucial year-end shopping season. For the current fiscal year through March, the company initially projected sales of 15 million Switch 2 units and raised that target to 19 million in early November following the strong launch.

But Nintendo left the forecast unchanged when it reported third-quarter earnings in February — a point in the cycle when it has historically increased guidance if performance is in line with the internal plan. That decision suggests sales may have fallen short of expectations during the holiday period.

The 19 million-unit goal also appears cautious relative to analysts’ average estimate of about 20 million devices sold. While the revised production plan would still allow Nintendo to meet those estimates, the decision to scale back output suggests the company had previously been preparing for stronger demand than it’s now experiencing.

The company is analyzing the slowdown but remains confident in the console’s long-term prospects, the people said. One internal debate centers on whether ample inventory in the weeks and months after the Switch 2’s release may have brought forward demand that would otherwise have materialized later in the year.

The war in the Middle East is set to add logistics hurdles and expenses for exporters such as Nintendo. Such expected delays may cause Nintendo to again increase its Switch 2 output, the people said. The company plans to start selling a new battery-replaceable variant in Europe in the next fiscal year, and it wants to make sure adequate quantities will be available in a timely manner, they said.

Longer-term challenges include users’ increasingly fragmented attention and launches such as Grand Theft Auto VI from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. slated for November. The much-anticipated title is set to be available on multiple platforms, but Nintendo is yet to confirm if the Switch 2 is one of them.

For this year’s holiday season, “Nintendo is facing the GTA VI tsunami, not to mention higher memory prices which they may now need to swallow to keep hardware sales from plunging,” Anvarzadeh said. “I don’t think the market fully realizes how bad this is.”

— With assistance from Alice French