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[Surely if Danhausen can uncurse the Knicks to a championship he can uncurse the Nintendo Classics with enough human monies.]

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TalkBack / First Two Weeks Of August Add Lost Virtual Boy Games, Super Mario Sunshine To Nintendo Classics

« on: Yesterday at 05:20:15 PM »

Surely if Danhausen can uncurse the Knicks to a championship he can uncurse the Nintendo Classics with enough human monies.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76607/first-two-weeks-of-august-add-lost-virtual-boy-games-super-mario-sunshine-to-nintendo-classics

Expansion Pack-level subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online will be getting some lost media and some burnable media in the first two weeks of August.

The first update on August 4 will see the previously unreleased Zero Racers and D-Hopper come to the Virtual Boy library. Originally announced in January, the games will accompany the promised update to allow for color customization instead of the standard Virtual Boy red.

Following that on August 13 will be Super Mario Sunshine, leaving Pokemon Colosseum as the last of the original announced games for the GameCube library. The oft-reviewed by Nintendo World Report (as Planet GameCube) 3D platformer was previously re-released in the temporary Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection in 2020, with controls adapted to account for the lack of analog triggers on the Switch controllers.

[Bulbasaur is loving this Northern Hemisphere summer because it's been perpetually humid.]

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TalkBack / First Part Of Pokemon Pokopia Expansion Pass Dives In August 5

« on: July 29, 2026, 05:19:39 AM »

Bulbasaur is loving this Northern Hemisphere summer because it's been perpetually humid.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76604/first-part-of-pokemon-pokopia-expansion-pass-dives-in-august-5

The Pokemon Pokopia expansion pass announced last month has some new details and a first drop date.

A new town "Bubbly Basin" will be available on August 5, alongside a software update for all players that enables underwater exploration. The town will focus on aquatic (not necessarily Water-typed) Pokemon and building out an environment for them, alongside deep-sea exploration.

The second part of the pass will be out "late 2026', and though it will not add a new town - the other town in the pass will come next year - the ability to have Pokemon wear accessories will be enabled.

[Featuring a game that, much like Drake, likes to strike a chord and that chord is...]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - July 30, 2026

« on: July 27, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Featuring a game that, much like Drake, likes to strike a chord and that chord is...

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76599/nintendo-downloads-july-30-2026

There was a time in preparing this week's listing that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was the lowest ranked Switch 2 game by revenue - sadly, that was in the North American eShops where the rankings are based on revenue and the only part of the game listed for sale on Switch 2 is the upgrade pack. If the entire world were to change, and XC2 were to remain behind a g-d Truxton game in this chart, however, I would be most pleased. Also on Switch 2 and Switch this week: a pair of otome games based on the Prince of Tennis games and published by KONAMI of all people, Blue Reflection Quartet, and one of the first Switch 2 games to get announced after launch in Constance.

Not much awaits on the OG Switch beyond a reminder that ACAB may not apply to time-displaced animals but it definitely applies to Maple Leafs goalies.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: In a three Archives week, the cross-platform release of ARMADILLO RACING is the standout. There's also a Switch 2 version of SOMA and a fighting game based on a soon-to-be-crippled franchise whose Switch version will need languages patched in later. And if you haven't heard on our Discord, that's not the worse fate: the Xbox editions being delayed two hours before launch IS.

North America

Switch 2

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (US$69.99/C$99.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game ($54.99/$73.49)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More ($54.99/$73.49)

Blue Reflection Quartet ($49.99/$66.99)

Truxton Extreme ($24.99/$33.99)

Ira ($21.95/$31.00)

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel ($19.99/$29.99)

Constance ($19.99/$25.99)

Valkyrie Saga ($7.99/$9.65)

Bokura ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition75983 ($9.99/$14.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game ($4.99/$6.99)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More ($4.99/$6.99)

Switch

Blue Reflection Quartet ($49.99/$66.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game ($49.99/$66.99)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More ($49.99/$66.99)

Paw Patrol: Dino World ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Kugayama Shiori's Death Quartet ($24.99/$not released)

Verho - Curse of Faces ($24.99/$29.99)

Neko Odyssey ($19.99/$25.99)

The King is Watching ($14.99/$19.49: Wednesday)

Lily Fantasia ($14.99/$17.99: Wednesday)

Get Fit: Beach Resort ($14.99/$19.99)

Kusan: City of Wolves ($14.99/$18.99)

Tome of the Damned ($12.49/$17.49)

Volcano Princess ($10.99/$13.99)

Turnip Mountain ($10.49/$12.99)

Drive Horizon Story ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Truck Parking Simulator 2026 ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Case Solved: The London Files ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Cento ($9.99/$12.99)

Leafy Corner ($9.99/$11.99)

Ocean Shark Survival - Float Home Builder Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Titanic Survival Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Dungeon Antiqua ($8.99/$11.76: Wednesday)

Mechaconda ($7.99/$10.99)

Sizeable ($6.99/$6.99: Wednesday)

Eden Coil ($6.99/$9.99)

Radiation Caterpillar ($6.99/$9.99)

Shard Squad ($6.99/$8.99)

Wake Up, Lia! ($4.99/$6.49: Wednesday)

Bowling in a Skate Park ($4.99/$6.99)

Cute Animals ($4.99/$6.99)

Pixel Warrior ($4.99/$6.99)

Solitaire Paradise - Anime Bikini Babes ($4.99/$6.99)

Be Kind Rewind ($4.99/$5.99)

Bee With Gun ($4.99/$7.99: Friday)

Bicycle Quiz & Riding ($4.00/$6.00)

Cyber City: Science Crime Mystery ($3.99/$5.39)

One-Move Checkmate: Chess Brain Trainer ($3.99/$5.39)

Something That Shouldn't Be There Is Visible ($3.99/$5.39)

The Person Living Next Door ($3.99/$5.39)

Meow Moments: Celebrating Frost and Flora ($2.99/$4.19: Wednesday)

Word Hive ($2.99/$4.49: Friday)

Escape Game Room15 ($1.00/$1.38)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is on record (62%) sale until August 6. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (€69.99/£58.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (€54.99/£44.98)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (€54.99/£44.98)

Blue Reflection Quartet (€49.99/£39.99)

Truxton Extreme (€22.99/£20.69)

Ira (€22.45/£19.45)

Constance (€19.99/£16.75)

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel (€19.99/£17.99)

Valkyrie Saga (€7.99/£6.99)

Bokura (€5.19/£4.59: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition75983 (€9.99/£7.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (€4.99/£3.98)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (€4.99/£3.98)

Switch

Blue Reflection Quartet (€49.99/£39.99)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (€49.99/£39.98)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (€49.99/£39.98)

Paw Patrol: Dino World (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Verho - Curse of Faces (€24.99/£22.49)

Kugayama Shiori's Death Quartet (€19.75/£16.75)

Neko Odyssey (€19.50/£17.59)

Lily Fantasia (€15.49/£13.75)

The King is Watching (€14.99/£12.79: Wednesday)

Get Fit: Beach Resort (€14.99/£13.49)

Kusan: City of Wolves (€14.99/£12.99)

Tome of the Damned (€12.49/£12.49)

Volcano Princess (€10.79/£9.29)

Turnip Mountain (€10.49/£8.99)

Case Solved: The London Files (€10.25/£9.09: Wednesday)

Truck Parking Simulator 2026 (€9.99/£9.99: Tuesday)

Drive Horizon Story (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Lootbag Tactics (€9.99/£8.99)

Leafy Corner (€9.99/£8.49)

Ocean Shark Survival - Float Home Builder Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Castaway (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Titanic Survival Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Cento (€9.75/£8.69)

Dungeon Antiqua (€8.99/£6.68: Wednesday)

Mechaconda (€7.99/£7.19)

Eden Coil (€6.99/£6.29)

Radiation Caterpillar (€6.99/£6.29)

Shard Squad (€6.89/£5.89)

Sizeable (€6.71/£5.99: Tuesday)

Wake Up, Lia! (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Bowling in a Skate Park (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Pixel Warrior (€4.99/£3.99: Wedbesdat)

Cute Animals (€4.99/£4.99)

Bee With Gun (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Be Kind Rewind (€4.95/£3.99)

Anime Video Puzzle (€3.00/£2.69)

Bicycle Quiz & Riding (€3.00/£2.69)

Meow Moments: Celebrating Frost and Flora (€2.99/£2.69: Wednesday)

Word Hive (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Cyber City: Science Crime Mystery (€2.49/£2.24)

One-Move Checkmate: Chess Brain Trainer (€2.49/£2.24)

Escape Game Room15 (€1.00/£0.89)

Japan

Switch 2

Honokurashi no Niwa (¥9020)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (¥8250)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (¥8250)

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (¥7578)

Blue Reflection Quartet (¥7480)

Truxton Extreme (¥4070)

Ira (¥3850)

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel (¥2600)

Constance (¥2300)

Valkyrie Saga (¥1050)

Bokura (¥710)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition75983 (¥1000)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (¥550)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (¥550)

Switch

I'm Lost in You, Drowning in You (¥8580)

Honokurashi no Niwa (¥7920)

The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival Eternal Passion Tiebreak Game (¥7700)

The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival <3-40 And More (¥7700)

Blue Reflection Quartet (¥7480)

Culdcept Begins (¥4950)

Verho - Curse of Faces (¥3575)

Kugayama Shiori's Death Quartet (¥3400)

Aretha II: Ariel's Wonderful Journey (¥3080)

Aretha The Super Famicom (¥3080)

Rejoice -Beyond the Kingdom of Aretha- (¥3080)

Captain Soda (¥2500)

Neko Odyssey (¥2200)

Tome of the Damned (¥1999)

Drones Attack (¥1990)

Kusan: City of Wolves (¥1900)

Lily Fantasia (¥1900)

The King is Watching (¥1700: Wednesday)

Ocean Shark Survival - Float Home Builder Simulator (¥1599)

Titanic Survival Simulator (¥1599)

Truck Parking Simulator 2026 (¥1599)

Case Solved: The London Files (¥1350: Wednesday)

Volcano Princess (¥1300)

Eden Coil (¥1250)

Leafy Corner (¥1200)

Mechaconda (¥1176)

Dungeon Antiqua (¥1000)

Superdog (¥999)

Cento (¥980)

Cute Animals (¥800)

Shard Squad (¥800)

Bowling in a Skate Park (¥749)

Pixel Warrior (¥749)

Bee With Gun (¥680: Friday)

Wake Up, Lia! (¥600)

Be Kind Rewind (¥580)

Bicycle Quiz & Riding (¥500)

Meow Moments: Celebrating Frost and Flora (¥350)

Word Hive (¥299)

Escape Game Room15 (¥100)

[At least Square can't put THIS on a Game Key Card... oh crap, they just quoted Pierre Trudeau. ("Just watch me.")]

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TalkBack / Final Fantasy XIV Logs Into Switch 2 On August 4

« on: July 25, 2026, 07:31:00 AM »

At least Square can't put THIS on a Game Key Card... oh crap, they just quoted Pierre Trudeau. ("Just watch me.")

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76517/final-fantasy-xiv-logs-into-switch-2-on-august-4

It turns out Final Fantasy XIV will arrive on Switch 2 early in August.

As part of a fan festival in Germany for the popular MMO, it was confirmed that the Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV would go live on August 4. The game's eShop listing confirms a file size of 117 GB, though it cannot be downloaded yet: monthly subscriptions will be required following a roughly 1 month trial period.

Currently, four packages are on sale, with the last three offering a 30% launch discount until August 12:

• A "Starter Edition" for $19.99, which covers the base game "A Realm Reborn" and the three expansions Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers + 30 days of play time
• The most recent expansion Dawntrail is available for $39.99 with a collector's edition offering additional ingame items for $59.99
• A "Complete Edition" for $59.99 combines the Starter Edition and Dawntrail packages including the 30 days of playtime
• A "Complete Collector's Edition" with all of the expansions and multiple bonus items for each one costs $139.99

[Can't do much to make the acquisition of blades, the characters, or the plot better but at least it looks passable.]

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TalkBack / Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 Edition Details Confirm New Blade, Resolution

« on: July 23, 2026, 06:37:00 PM »

Can't do much to make the acquisition of blades, the characters, or the plot better but at least it looks passable.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76516/xenoblade-chronicles-2-switch-2-edition-details-confirm-new-blade-resolution

The RPG we don't talk about is getting a Switch 2 edition next week, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is getting another -saga Blade in the package.

An overview trailer for the game has been released claiming the July 30 patch (October 1 for a physical edition) will run at 4k resolution / 60 frames per second docked or 1080p / 60 FPS in handheld mode. Brief footage of the Merc Assault mode was also shown.

As part of the package, there will be new outfits for Pyra and Mythra, as well as a new rare blade in Momo (originally from the Xenosaga series) who can switch their outfits as well as their elemental affinity. The 14-year old joins KOS-MOS and T-elos as reference to the prior form of Xeno- from Monolith Soft.

[Finally, a reason to check Nintendo Today daily beyond hoping they spotlight the January 2002 Nintendo Power.]

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TalkBack / Meet Your Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Cast

« on: July 23, 2026, 04:18:56 PM »

Finally, a reason to check Nintendo Today daily beyond hoping they spotlight the January 2002 Nintendo Power.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/76510/meet-your-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-cast

With a couple of months and an unfortunate Switch 2 price increase before the release of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the character reveals have started to drop in the Nintendo Today app.

The participants in the Heroic Games are being rolled out seemingly in the order of which team they're joining, with the four named leaders introduced in the September 2025 Nintendo Direct going first, then seemingly the alternate captains (the Dedue, Hubert, or Hilda [good]* roles in Three Houses) and who knows from there.

But through nine picks of the draft, there's been quite a bit of information dropped about the characters - so we'll have your scouting reports right here. Do you want to know where the bow lord is? Anyone else think magic is everything?

We will continue to update the profile pages as more characters are posted to NT ahead of the September 17 release, so be sure to check back often.

[A single player focused Splatoon? In this economy?]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - July 23, 2026

« on: July 20, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

A single player focused Splatoon? In this economy?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76506/nintendo-downloads-july-23-2026

All three regions in our tracking reached the age of majority in Switch 2 release count last week (Japan was over 20), and yet it's easy to argue that they're not as big combined as this week's major release. Splatoon Raiders blows out the single player mode of Splatoon, and at this point between the comics and the Direct we should all be well versed in how it plays at this point. If you need something a little bit more violent, there's the Prinny-fueled musou Disgaea Mayhem getting localized, or yet another crack at Final Fantasy X/X-2 (of course, no upgrade which was plenty litigated last week).

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Part of that litigation was due to Star Ocean: The Second Story R. We also got the late Switch 2 release of Starbites from NISA, and another example of "free to play game with a Switch 2 upgrade" in Disney Speedstorm. The Archives had another Heracles game (not localized) and Taito's 1988 shooter Sylvalion.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: It's another version of Dragon Slayer so that's a no.

North America

Switch 2

Disgaea Mayhem (US$59.99/C$74.99)

Splatoon Raiders ($49.99/$69.99)

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster ($49.99/$59.99)

Pit Panic ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story ($13.99/$16.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story ($1.99/$2.24)

Switch

Disgaea Mayhem ($59.99/$74.99)

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest ($24.99/$32.39)

Seven Deadly Sins: Anime Boys Fantasy Love ($24.90-/$34.90-)

Seven Deadly Sins: Anime Girls Fantasy Love ($24.90-/$34.90-)

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante ($19.99/$22.79: Monday)

Gurei ($19.99/$24.99)

Solateria ($19.99/$25.99)

Twofold ($19.99/$23.99)

High Times ($19.99/$not released)

Pit Panic ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Tolem ($14.99/$20.99)

Yog-Sothoth's Yard ($14.99/$19.99)

Helix: Descent and Ascent ($14.99/$17.99)

Bob The Mad Rabbit ($14.99/$21.29: Friday)

Club Soko ($13.99/$17.99)

Car Parking Simulator 2026 ($12.99/$18.19: Friday)

Royal Pit ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story ($11.99/$14.25)

Square Brain Puzzle ($11.99/$14.99)

Torii ($9.99/$13.99)

Viral Reload EX ($9.99/$14.99)

Football 26 League Superstar ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Papercraft Tactics ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Driving School Sim ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Castaway ($9.99/$11.99: Saturday)

Cozy Battle Royale 2026 ($7.99/$11.99: Tuesday)

Bone Marrow 2 ($7.99/$11.50-)

Coloring Pixels: Colleciton 7 ($7.59/$9.95)

Momoka (wo) Wasshoi ($7.40-/$10.52)

Super Goldfish Scooping ($7.00-/$9.66)

To The Basement: Before ($6.99/$9.99)

EggConsole Dragon Slayer Level 2.0 PC-8801 ($6.49/$7.34)

Bomcat ($6.23/$8.57)

Flip-Flip Jigsaw Girls ($5.40-/$7.46)

Blast'n Bounty ($4.99/$6.49: Wednesday)

Cubic Riders ($4.99/$6.99)

In The Dark Collection ($4.99/$6.99)

Zumba - Marble Jungle Adventure ($4.99/$6.99)

Twofold: First Snow ($4.99/$5.99)

Cave Looters ($4.99/$4.99: Friday)

Chilling Urban Legends ($3.99/$5.39)

Learn Through Riddles! Masterpieces of the World ($3.99/$5.39)

The Chilling Moment You Realize It: Creepy Meaning Psychological Test ($3.99/$5.39)

Steam Girls ($3.40-/$4.66)

You All Know! Arm Tank Volley ($2.99/$4.49)

Silent Cleaning ($1.29/$1.79)

Puzzle Girls: Seductive Nights ($0.99/$1.29)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

SOMA ($29.99/$39.99)

Dungeon Village 2 ($17.99/$24.00)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Dungeon Village 2 ($3.99/$6.00)

SOMA (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Armadillo Racing ($16.99/$23.44)

The Conveni ($11.99/$16.63)

Mouser ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game ($29.99/$38.99)

Girls Wars 1939 ($23.00/$29.00)

Mad Taxi Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Drones Attack ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Home Makeover: Hidden Object ($6.99/$7.99)

Green Thicket ($4.99/$7.00)

Hunted ($4.99/$6.99)

Zombie War ($4.99/$6.29)

Farming Homestead ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

The Seven Crystal Petals: The Blossom Realm ($4.95/$4.95)

Traffic Survivors ($2.99/$: Friday)

Pet World ($1.99/$2.99)

Blast Dash ($1.49/$1.99: Saturday)

Korean Drone Flying Tour: Okgyecheon ($1.00/$1.42: Friday)

Anime Codex: Whispered Lips ($0.99/$1.29)

Switch Archives

Armadillo Racing ($14.99/$20.71)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Suikoden remasters are 50% off (new record) until July 30 and near the end of JRPG July. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Disgaea Mayhem (€59.99/£49.99)

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (€49.99/£44.99)

Splatoon Raiders (€49.99/£41.99)

Pit Panic (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (€13.99/£12.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (€1.99/£1.74)

Switch

Disgaea Mayhem (€59.99/£49.99)

Seven Deadly Sins: Anime Boys Fantasy Love (€24.90-/£22.50-)

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

High Times (€19.99/£18.99)

Gurei (€19.99/£17.99)

Twofold (€19.99/£17.75)

Maid-Sama Cafe: Anime Girl Services In Cute Outfits (€19.90-/£17.90-)

Solateria (€19.50-/£16.75: Wednesday)

Pit Panic (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Tolem (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Helix: Descent and Ascent (€14.99/£13.49)

Yog-Sothoth's Yard (€14.99/£12.99)

Bob The Mad Rabbit (€14.99/£14.99: Friday)

Club Soko (€14.49/£12.49)

Car Parking Simulator 2026 (€12.99/£12.99: Friday)

Royal Pit (€12.99/£12.99: Friday)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (€11.99/£10.75)

Viral Reload EX (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Square Brain Puzzle (€9.99/£9.99)

Football 26 League Superstar (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Papercraft Tactics (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Driving School Sim (€9.99/£7.99: Saturday)

Torii (€8.49/£7.49)

Cozy Battle Royale 2026 (€7.99/£6.99: Tuesday)

Bone Marrow 2 (€7.99/£7.19)

Coloring Pixels: Colleciton 7 (€7.29/£6.59)

Super Goldfish Scooping (€7.00-/£6.02)

To The Basement: Before (€6.99/£6.29)

Momoka (wo) Wasshoi (€6.51/£5.89)

EggConsole Dragon Slayer Level 2.0 PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Bomcat (€5.29/£4.79)

Blast'n Bounty (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Cubic Riders (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Zumba - Marble Jungle Adventure (€4.99/£4.99)

Twofold: First Snow (€4.99/£4.59)

In The Dark Collection (€4.99/£4.49)

Solitaire Paradise - Anime Bikini Babes (€4.99/£4.49)

Cave Looters (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Flip-Flip Jigsaw Girls (€4.59/£4.09: Wednesday)

Steam Girls (€3.09/£2.79: Wednesday)

You All Know! Arm Tank Volley (€2.99/£2.69)

Anime Uni 3D: Hot Vacay (€2.50-/£2.29: Wednesday)

Learn Through Riddles! Masterpieces of the World (€2.49/£2.24)

Something That Shouldn't Be There Is Visible (€2.49/£2.24)

The Chilling Moment You Realize It: Creepy Meaning Psychological Test (€2.49/£2.24)

Silent Cleaning (€1.29/£1.09)

Puzzle Girls: Seductive Nights (€0.99/£0.89)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

SOMA (€28.99/£24.99)

Dungeon Village 2 (€15.99/£13.00: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Dungeon Village 2 (€2.99/£3.00: Wednesday)

SOMA (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Armadillo Racing (€16.99/£14.99)

The Conveni (€10.99/£9.89)

Mouser (€8.99/£7.49)

Switch

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (€29.99/£24.99)

Girls Wars 1939 (€25.00/£22.00)

Drones Attack (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Mad Taxi Simulator (€8.99/£7.59: Friday)

Zombie War (€6.99/£6.99)

Home Makeover: Hidden Object (€6.99/£6.29)

Ore Klast (€4.99/£4.99)

Green Thicket (€4.99/£4.44)

Hunted (€4.99/£4.44)

Farming Homestead (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Klondike Classics (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

The Seven Crystal Petals: The Blossom Realm (€4.95/£4.95)

Traffic Survivors (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Pet World (€1.99/£1.79: Wednesday)

Blast Dash (€1.99/£1.99: Saturday)

Anime Codex: Whispered Lips (€0.99/£0.89)

Switch Archives

Armadillo Racing (€14.99/£13.49)

Japan

Switch 2

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (¥6688)

Splatoon Raiders (¥6480)

Pit Panic (¥1900)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (¥1500)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (¥300)

Switch

Sorayume (¥8580)

Seven Deadly Sins: Anime Boys Fantasy Love (¥3990)

Seven Deadly Sins: Anime Girls Fantasy Love (¥3990)

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest (¥3500)

Universal Flight Simulator 3 PVP (¥2999)

Monochrome Echoes White Edition (¥2800)

Gurei (¥2499)

Twofold (¥2450)

Bob The Mad Rabbit (¥2420)

Tolem (¥2400)

Solateria (¥2300)

Car Parking Simulator 2026 (¥2080)

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante (¥2050)

Yog-Sothoth's Yard (¥1980)

Pit Panic (¥1900)

Viral Reload EX (¥1840)

Club Soko (¥1800)

Torii (¥1490)

Cozy Battle Royale 2026 (¥1299)

Papercraft Tactics (¥1299)

Memory of Memoire: A Chill Story (¥1200)

Momoka (wo) Wasshoi (¥1200)

Coloring Pixels: Colleciton 7 (¥995)

Bomcat (¥990)

EggConsole Dragon Slayer Level 2.0 PC-8801 (¥880)

Flip-Flip Jigsaw Girls (¥800)

Zumba - Marble Jungle Adventure (¥790)

Cubic Riders (¥749)

Super Goldfish Scooping (¥700)

Twofold: First Snow (¥600)

Blast'n Bounty (¥600)

Steam Girls (¥500)

Checkmate In One Move: Chess Brain Training (¥420)

Crime Mystery In A Futuristic City (¥420)

Match The Outfit (¥420)

Puzzle Girls: Seductive Nights (¥399)

Silent Cleaning (¥200)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten: Memorial Vacation (¥6380)

SOMA (¥3700)

Armadillo Racing (¥1800)

The Conveni (¥1200)

Mouser (¥1100)

Switch 2 Upgrade

SOMA (¥100)

Switch

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten: Memorial Vacation (¥6380)

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (¥3410)

Street Uni X (¥2150)

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante (¥2050)

Mad Taxi Simulator (¥1615)

Driving School Sim (¥1599)

Football 26 League Superstar (¥1599)

Armadillo Racing (¥1500)

Bone Marrow 2 (¥1420)

To The Basement: Before (¥1240)

G-Mode Archives+ Lost Chronicle (¥800)

Hunted (¥730)

Blast'n Bounty (¥600)

Extremely Difficult Japanese One-Stroke Calligraphy: Asura Edition (¥550)

You All Know! Arm Tank Volley (¥500)

Traffic Survivors (¥490)

Anime Codex: Whispered Lips (¥399)

Anime Uni 3D: Hot Vacay (¥380)

Blast Dash (¥299)

Pet World (¥299)

[One game in particular could see the News Editor team with a player he traded with this past weekend.]

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TalkBack / Pokemon Championship Series Overhauls Games For 2026-27

« on: July 15, 2026, 06:31:42 PM »

One game in particular could see the News Editor team with a player he traded with this past weekend.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76426/pokemon-championship-series-overhauls-games-for-2026-27

Although the 2026 Pokemon World Championships are still a month and a half out, we already have details on the 2027 schedule and one of the usual Elite Four games is getting bounced.

The biggest change in the program is the removal of Pokemon Unite from the circuit, with a standalone World Championship event for the MOBA to be held in Japan in March of 2027 and qualification to be announced. Unite competitors were hit particularly hard with travel restrictions for the 2025 World Championships in Anaheim, CA due to current US government policies, though this was not officially given as the reason for the removal. With this, the 2027 Worlds will run three circuits: trading card game, video game championships (VGC), and Pokemon Go.

The Go tournament at 2027 Worlds will also have a new format, as qualified players will be placed in teams of three for the tournament. The announcement does not mention if the competitors will be placed into teams based on home country or if the draw will be truly random.

Despite the recent release of Pokemon Champions on mobile platforms, the 2027 series will require competitors to play on Switch or Switch 2.

[Which is to say, full price sucka.]

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TalkBack / Star Ocean: The Second Story R Out On Switch 2, Standard Square Enix Upgrade Policy Applied Again

« on: July 15, 2026, 06:18:57 PM »

Which is to say, full price sucka.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76424/star-ocean-the-second-story-r-out-on-switch-2-standard-square-enix-upgrade-policy-applied-again

For the second time in 72 hours Square Enix has shadow dropped one of its better received Switch RPGs on Switch 2, but is doing its previous buyers no favours.

A Switch 2 version of 2023's Star Ocean: The Second Story R was published on the eShop a short time ago for US$49.99 or equivalent. Web store links are down as of press time but it is available on console. As with prior Square Enix Switch 2 reissues, there is no upgrade option or ability to move a save over from the Switch version.

Neal Ronaghan gave the original Switch release high marks in his 2023 review: "Star Ocean: The Second Story R is a great remake of a less heralded PlayStation RPG."

[Just missed Wimbledon, and too early for Montreal / Toronto. Shame.]

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TalkBack / Mario Tennis Fever Adds GameShare Support, New Court In Update

« on: July 15, 2026, 06:07:29 PM »

Just missed Wimbledon, and too early for Montreal / Toronto. Shame.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76423/mario-tennis-fever-adds-gameshare-support-new-court-in-update

Mario Tennis Fever is rallying support with a new free update.

The version 1.1 update is heavily themed around Super Mario Galaxy, with the addition of a new "Galaxy Court" which introduces black holes which randomly absorb shots - or players - that end up in range. Special matches using Prankster Comets from the Galaxy endgames are also available on the court, and there are new color options when playing as Luma.

Additionally, GameShare support (via GameChat) is now available.

[There's sixteen paths and this release strategy has annoyed people on all of them.]

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TalkBack / Octopath Traveler I And II To Come To Switch 2 On October 1, With No Upgrade Or Save Transfer

« on: July 13, 2026, 06:27:06 PM »

There's sixteen paths and this release strategy has annoyed people on all of them.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76418/octopath-traveler-i-and-ii-to-come-to-switch-2-on-october-1-with-no-upgrade-or-save-transfer

It was eight years ago that Octopath Traveler released on the original Switch, and Square Enix has decided to observe the anniversary with a pair of controversial release strategies.

A digital version of Switch 2 versions of Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II has appeared on the Japanese eShop today, with western releases scheduled for October 1. The Switch 2 versions promise a higher framerate and resolution, with the target appearing to match the PS4 version's 1080p / 60 frames per second settings.

As with the upcoming Switch 2 version of Dragon Quest XI S and Final Fantasy X/X-2, the Octopath releases will not feature an upgrade or an option to transfer save from the Switch version. (The US version is priced at $59.99 and the Canadian at $79.99.) As well, although physical versions are planned, they will use the Game Key Card format.

[Including something that hasn't occurred since Switch 2 week 1.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - July 16, 2026

« on: July 13, 2026, 06:17:00 PM »

Including something that hasn't occurred since Switch 2 week 1.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76417/nintendo-downloads-july-16-2026

After a weekend of grinding out my perfect Mewtwo trio (and not having to appear in an advertisement to get it) it's an overstuffed week of releases already. For one thing, the Switch 2 is hitting double digits BEFORE the Archives releases for the first time since week 1 with 11 games (12 in Japan, though that is buoyed by the Monday morning drop of the Octopath Traveler duology the rest of the world gets in October, more on that shortly). There's a first party release technically (Fitness Boxing 3 NS2 edition, with the big one next week), the return of Culdcept, a couple of sequels in Heave Ho 2 and Tangle Tower followup The Mermaid Mask, DenshAttack finally gets out of the blocks, Annapurna drops D-Topia... and there's even a rescue from the VR morass in the Moss duology getting a solo release. Heck, we have five upgrades packs already, which might be a record?

The OG Switch gets some of the love too: the only game of the last paragraph that isn't multiplatform is DenshAttack.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: The tastefully titled Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, alongside an Archives release of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. And that appears to be playable in English.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: Harry Fox looks like a Japanese adventure game, and based on a video from friend of the column SeafoamGaming on our Discord it is. But the other deciding factor is that the game is maybe 15 minutes long?

North America

Switch 2

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (US$59.99/C$84.99)

Culdcept Begins ($54.99/$75.99)

Go-Go Town! ($32.99/$42.99)

Outlaws + Handful of Missions ($29.99/$38.99)

D-Topia ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Denshattack! ($19.99/$24.99: Wednesday)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit ($19.99/$23.99: Wednesday)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic ($19.99/$25.99)

The Mermaid Mask ($19.99/$23.99)

Teeto ($17.99/$23.49: Wednesday)

Heave Ho 2 ($9.99/$11.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Culdcept Begins ($10.00-/$14.00-)

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer ($9.99/$14.99)

Go-Go Town! ($3.00-/$4.00-)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (no cost: Wednesday)

Outlaws + Handful of Missions (no cost)

Switch

Sins of Kaleido ($49.99/$69.99)

Culdcept Begins ($44.99/$61.99)

70s Style Robot Anime Geppy-X ($39.99/$51.99)

Go-Go Town! ($29.99/$38.99)

Instant Sports 2 ($29.99/$38.99)

Dreamin' Her ($24.99/$33.99)

Kawaii Anime: Cute Boys Magic World ($24.90-/$34.90-)

D-Topia ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit ($19.99/$23.99: Wednesday)

Assoluto Racing ($19.99/$27.99)

K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut ($19.99/$26.99)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic ($19.99/$25.99)

Streetdog BMX ($19.99/$24.99)

The Mermaid Mask ($19.99/$23.99)

Teeto ($17.99/$23.49: Wednesday)

Farlands ($17.99/$18.99)

Nom Nom: Crazy Forest Cafe ($14.99/$19.49: Wednesday)

Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room ($12.99/$18.49)

Wild West Survivors ($12.99/$17.79: Friday)

Take Me To The Dungeon!! ($10.99/$13.99)

SuperDog ($10.00-/$10.00: Saturday)

Castaway Survival in Ocean: Build Your Own Raft, Craft ($9.99/$15.99: Tuesday)

Lootbag Tactics ($9.99/$13.99)

Biomechanical Toy (QuByte Classics) ($9.99/$12.99)

Heave Ho 2 ($9.99/$11.99)

Science Trivia Quiz 100 Wonders ($8.99/$11.49)

Barda: Backpack Roguelike ($8.99/$11.79: Friday)

A Little Horror Story ($7.99/$10.99: Tuesday)

The Abyss's Last Breath ($7.99/$10.99)

Japan Stigmatized Property ($7.99/$10.49)

Tinny Strays ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

EggConsole Harry Fox PC-8801 ($6.49/$7.34)

Ultra Pixel Survive 2 ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Kami 2 ($4.99/$4.99: Wednesday)

Jack in Space ($4.99/$6.99)

Zombie Legion ($4.99/$6.99)

Letter Swap: Term Challenge ($4.99/$4.99)

Brawl Snakes ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

100 Korean Hidden Cats ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Dorothy's Magical Journey in Oz ($4.95/$6.95: Monday)

Brainrots Evolution ($3.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

99% Can't Spot It! Common Sense Battle ($3.99/$5.39)

Basic Kanji Meaning Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Decide in 5 Seconds: Who is the Culprit? ($3.99/$5.39)

Detective Mind Training: Mystery Choices ($3.99/$5.39)

Mystery at Rainy Night Manor: The Missing Invitation ($3.99/$5.39)

Whys and Wonders: Secrets of our Bodies ($3.99/$5.39)

Ninja Teleport ($2.99/$4.99: Wednesday)

Banana Blood ($2.99/$4.99)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Starbites ($54.98/$65.98: Tuesday)

Star Ocean: The Second Story R ($49.99/$66.99: Wednesday)

Xenotilt: Hostile Pinball Action ($19.99/$26.00-)

Decollate Decoration ($8.99/$12.59)

Disney Speedstorm (free to start: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Starbites ($4.99/$5.99: Tuesday)

Disney Speedstorm (free to start: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Sylvalion ($9.99/$13.72)

Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Ghost Strike ($24.99/$32.99)

Sir, You Are Being Hunted ($19.99/$29.99)

Looking for Fael ($19.99/$23.99)

Hidden Pleasures: Deeper and Deeper ($19.99/$19.99)

Puzzle Girls: Inner Flame ($19.99/$19.99)

Universal Flight Simulator 3 PVP ($19.99/$24.99: Friday)

Escape Game The Locked Elevator ($9.99/$12.49)

Bad Capybara ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

The Convenience Store ($6.16/$8.69)

Wabisabi: Sushi Derby ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Dead Echo ($4.99/$6.99)

Scary Shawarma Shop ($4.99/$7.09: Friday)

Klondike Classics ($4.99/$6.95: Saturday)

Romy & Max and the Hidden Rainforest ($4.98/$4.98: Friday)

Knot My Job ($4.95/$6.95: Wednesday)

Doria and the Tide Song ($4.95/$4.95)

The Unwoven Unicorn ($4.95/$4.95)

Runic Curse ($2.99/$3.99)

US Conflict - Tank Battles (free to start)

Switch Archives

Sylvalion ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: An Aksys Games sale until July 27 includes a discount on the criminally underrated Jack Jeanne (40% off). PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (€59.99/£49.99)

Culdcept Begins (€54.99/£44.99)

Go-Go Town! (€29.99/£26.99: Wednesday)

Outlaws + Handful of Missions (€27.99/£24.99)

The Mermaid Mask (€20.49/£17.75)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Denshattack! (€19.99/£15.99: Wednesday)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic (€18.99/£15.99)

D-Topia (€18.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Teeto (€16.99/£14.39: Tuesday)

Heave Ho 2 (€9.99/£8.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Culdcept Begins (€10.00-/£8.99)

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (€9.99/£7.99)

Go-Go Town! (€1.00-/£2.00: Wednesday)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (no cost: Wednesday)

Outlaws + Handful of Missions (no cost)

Switch

Sins of Kaleido (€49.99/£44.99: Wednesday)

Culdcept Begins (€44.99/£35.99)

70s Style Robot Anime Geppy-X (€38.99/£33.50-)

Go-Go Town! (€29.99/£24.99)

Instant Sports 2 (€29.99/£26.99)

The Mermaid Mask (€20.49/£17.75)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Assoluto Racing (€19.99/£16.99)

K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut (€19.99/£16.99)

Princess Date Diaries: A Fairy Tale Love (€19.90-/£17.90-)

Street Uni X (€19.50-/£16.99: Saturday)

D-Topia (€18.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic (€18.99/£15.99)

Farlands (€17.99/£15.99)

Teeto (€16.99/£14.39: Wednesday)

Nom Nom: Crazy Forest Cafe (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Streetdog BMX (€14.99/£14.99)

Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room (€12.99/£11.49)

Wild West Survivors (€12.99/£12.99: Friday)

Take Me To The Dungeon!! (€10.79/£9.69)

Biomechanical Toy (QuByte Classics) (€9.99/£8.99)

Heave Ho 2 (€9.99/£8.99)

A Little Horror Story (€7.99/£7.99: Tuesday)

Science Trivia Quiz 100 Wonders (€7.99/£7.99)

The Abyss's Last Breath (€7.99/£7.99)

Tinny Strays (€7.99/£6.99: Friday)

Japan Stigmatized Property (€7.79/£6.69)

Ultra Pixel Survive 2 (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

EggConsole Harry Fox PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Kami 2 (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Zombie Legion (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Jack in Space (€4.99/£4.99)

Brawl Snakes (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

100 Korean Hidden Cats (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)

Dorothy's Magical Journey in Oz (€4.95/£4.95: Monday)

Letter Swap: Term Challenge (€4.49/£3.99)

Brainrots Evolution (€3.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Ninja Teleport (€2.99/£2.99: Wednesday)

Banana Blood (€2.99/£2.69: Wednesday)

Anime: Fantasy Uni 3 (€2.50-/£2.29: Wednesday)

99% Can't Spot It! Common Sense Battle (€2.49/£2.24)

Basic Kanji Meaning Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Chilling Urban Legends (€2.49/£2.24)

Decide in 5 Seconds: Who is the Culprit? (€2.49/£2.24)

Detective Mind Training: Mystery Choices (€2.49/£2.24)

Hero Rescue Agency (€2.49/£2.24)

Mystery at Rainy Night Manor: The Missing Invitation (€2.49/£2.24)

Whys and Wonders: Secrets of our Bodies (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Starbites (€54.98/£49.48: Tuesday)

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (€49.99/£44.99)

Xenotilt: Hostile Pinball Action (€19.99/£17.99)

Decollate Decoration (€8.99/£8.09)

Disney Speedstorm (free to start: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Starbites (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Disney Speedstorm (free to start: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Sylvalion (€8.99/£7.49)

Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Ghost Strike (€24.99/£22.49)

Looking for Fael (€19.99/£17.99)

Hidden Pleasures: Deeper and Deeper (€19.99/£17.99)

Puzzle Girls: Inner Flame (€19.99/£17.99)

Sir, You Are Being Hunted (€19.99/£14.99)

Universal Flight Simulator 3 PVP (€19.99/£19.99: Friday)

Escape Game The Locked Elevator (€8.99/£8.09)

Barda: Backpack Roguelike (€8.79/£7.89: Friday)

Bad Capybara (€5.99/£5.29: Friday)

The Convenience Store (€5.29/£4.79)

Wabisabi: Sushi Derby (€5.19/£4.59: Wednesday)

Dead Echo (€4.99/£4.44)

Scary Shawarma Shop (€4.39/£3.79: Friday)

Romy & Max and the Hidden Rainforest (€4.98/£4.98: Friday)

Doria and the Tide Song (€4.95/£4.95)

The Unwoven Unicorn (€4.95/£4.95)

Runic Curse (€2.99/£2.69)

US Conflict - Tank Battles (free to start)

Switch Archives

Sylvalion (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Kyoto Xanadu (¥8070)

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (¥7678)

Culdcept Begins (¥7480)

Octopath Trqveler (¥5478: Monday)

Octopath Traveler II (¥5478: Monday)

Go-Go Town! (¥3900)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (¥2600)

Denshattack! (¥2420)

D-Topia (¥2300: Tuesday)

Teeto (¥2100: Wednesday)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic (¥2300)

Monster Girl and the Mysterious Adventure Remastered (¥1280)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Culdcept Begins (¥1100)

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (¥1100)

Go-Go Town! (¥550)

Kyoto Xanadu (¥150)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (¥100)

Switch

Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- 2nd Period (¥8580)

Sins of Kaleido (¥8580)

Kyoto Xanadu (¥7920)

Culdcept Begins (¥6380)

Reptilian Rising (¥4800)

70s Style Robot Anime Geppy-X (¥4400)

Go-Go Town! (¥3400)

Dreamin' Her (¥3200)

K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut (¥3190)

Streetdog BMX (¥3000)

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (¥2600)

D-Topia (¥2300: Tuesday)

Moss: The Forgotten Relic (¥2300)

Assoluto Racing (¥2200)

Teeto (¥2100: Wednesday)

Wild West Survivors (¥2040)

Roots (¥2000)

Nom Nom: Crazy Forest Cafe (¥1800)

Biomechanical Toy (QuByte Classics) (¥1620)

Lootbag Tactics (¥1599)

Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room (¥1500)

Take Me To The Dungeon!! (¥1300)

A Little Horror Story (¥1299)

Tinny Strays (¥1299)

Square Puzzle (¥1280)

Love Eternal (¥1200)

EggConsole Harry Fox PC-8801 (¥880)

Japan Stigmatized Property (¥800)

Brawl Snakes (¥799)

Jack in Space (¥790)

Letter Swap: Term Challenge (¥780)

Ultra Pixel Survive 2 (¥780: Friday)

Zombie Legion (¥749)

Kami 2 (¥580)

Banana Blood (¥559)

Chilling Reflected Images (¥420)

Diagnose Your Inner Darkness (¥420)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (¥5478)

Outlaws + Handful of Missions (¥3900)

The Mermaid Mask (¥2600)

Xenotilt: Hostile Pinball Action (¥2500)

Heave Ho 2 (¥1350: Friday)

Sylvalion (¥1100)

Decollate Decoration (¥990)

Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou (¥800)

Disney Speedstorm (¥free to start)

Switch

Hidden Pleasures: Deeper and Deeper (¥2999)

Puzzle Girls: Inner Flame (¥2999)

Ghost Strike (¥2800)

The Mermaid Mask (¥2600)

Heave Ho 2 (¥1350: Friday)

Bad Capybara (¥1135)

The Convenience Store (¥990)

Sylvalion (¥838)

Scary Shawarma Shop (¥810)

100 Korean Hidden Cats (¥799)

Dead Echo (¥730)

Wabisabi: Sushi Derby (¥709)

Hidden Girls: Secret Puzzle (¥399)

Anime: Fantasy Uni 3 (¥380)

US Conflict - Tank Battles (¥free to start)

[The white flag is out for the mobile racer / DLC source.]

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TalkBack / Mario Kart Tour Announces End Of Service 30 September

« on: July 08, 2026, 05:18:00 AM »

The white flag is out for the mobile racer / DLC source.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76343/mario-kart-tour-announces-end-of-service-30-september

Another mobile Nintendo game is about to end service.

The website for Mario Kart Tour has posted a FAQ page announcing the shutdown of the game on September 30, 2026 at 2 a.m. ET. The game's premium content - the Gold Pass and "rubies" used for early unlocks of content - have been discontinued as of today, though all players who play between August 5 and the shutdown will get the Gold Pass benefits.

The FAQ page confirms no offline version (a la Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp) will be available, but some of the courses were added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe via its Booster Course Pass.

[One of these feels way overdue.]

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TalkBack / Three Game Boy Games Added To Nintendo Classics Library Alongside Puzzle Pack For GBA

« on: July 07, 2026, 05:24:08 PM »

One of these feels way overdue.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76342/three-game-boy-games-added-to-nintendo-classics-library-alongside-puzzle-pack-for-gba

A new update for the Nintendo Classics Game Boy and GBA apps tonight has brought three new Game Boy games and a single release with two different games for the Advance library.

Game Boy

• Fortified Zone (1991) is a top down shooter starring a pair of mercenaries who have to navigate through maze-like environments. It was previously released on the 3DS Virtual Console in July 2011.
• Sword of Hope II (1992-96) is an early dungeon crawling RPG that previously saw release on the 3DS VC in 2012.
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) is the major game of the update, as the only first party Game Boy game in the update and the first game to star Wario following his turn in the backdoor pilot Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. A side scrolling platformer with more traditional structure compared to the Game Boy Color sequels, it was also released on 3DS VC in 2012.

Game Boy Advance

* Dr. Mario and Puzzle League (2005) is, as the name implies, a combination of two Nintendo puzzle staples in Dr Mario and Puzzle League (similar to a Tetris and Dr Mario compilation on the Super Nintendo a decade prior) with enhanced visuals and new music. The Puzzle League portion is unbranded in much the same way it appeared in the 2003 Nintendo Puzzle Collection for the GameCube.

[Warning: The anime content this week is about 1.2 Crunchyroll.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - July 9, 2026

« on: July 06, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Warning: The anime content this week is about 1.2 Crunchyroll.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76337/nintendo-downloads-july-9-2026

We knew this was happening as of the Partner Showcase in February, but this week features so much anime - and possibly the eventual fate of Fire Emblem Heroes. Granblue Fantasy ReLink and Digimon Story: Time Stranger (both Switch 2 and Switch) are teaming up to bring so, so much shonen to Nintendo platforms this week, plus a side of Gunvolt compilation+new content (?), and even XSEED's getting in on the action with Story of Seasons meets Pokemon Ultra Moon in Moonlight Peaks.

And hopefully the week is quiet, since even though I'm off work I'm hanging out with friends for a work-week equivalent to beat down Mewtwo in their millions.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Botany Manor got a Switch 2 edition with an inexpensive upgrade, and an Archives double header with early 80s arcade game Lady Bug (Arcade, S2/S) and T.R.A.G. (Console).

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: Hydelos is a scrolling shooter so you're all set.

North America

Switch 2

Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok (US$59.99/C$79.99)

Digimon Story Time Stranger ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Moonlight Peaks ($39.99/$54.99: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection ($34.99/$48.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Moonlight Peaks ($5.00/$5.00: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection ($5.00/$7.00)

Switch

Digimon Story Time Stranger ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Moonlight Peaks ($34.99/$49.99: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection ($29.99/$41.49)

Kawaii Anime: Cute Girls Magic World ($24.90/$34.90)

Mythmatch ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Tower Dominion ($17.49/$24.49)

Dead Estate ($14.99/$17.49: Friday)

My Cozy Workspace ($12.99/$17.79)

Farm Pro 26 Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Roots ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Rage District - Humanity Armageddon ($7.99/$11.99: Tuesday)

Brainrot Card Market Simulator ($7.99/$10.99: Tuesday)

Wheelie Life Simulator ($7.99/$10.99: Saturday)

Make It! Shaved Ice ($7.00/$9.66)

Red Titans ($6.99/$9.57)

EggConsole Hydelos MSX2 ($6.49/$7.34)

Kitty Farm Island ($5.99/$8.49)

Card Party Showdown ($5.99/$8.35)

The Fissure ($4.99/$6.29: Wednesday)

Color Snake ($4.99/$6.99)

Quest Arrest ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Tilt it! Golf ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

Golfish ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Lingix Lingo ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Brain Boost! Basic Math 4-Choice Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Crime Scene: What's Wrong? ($3.99/$5.39)

Hidden Clues: Mystery Scene Challenge ($3.99/$5.39)

Memorize The Evidence: 1-Minute Memory Mystery ($3.99/$5.39)

Place & Learn 19x19 Mental Math ($3.99/$5.39)

Whys & Wonders Secrets of the Universe ($3.99/$5.39)

Your Intelligence Will Be Exposed: Mystery Observation Challenge ($3.99/$5.39)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator ($19.99/$25.99)

Escape The Backrooms ($12.99/$16.99: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure ($14.99/$20.71)

Hyper Crash ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator ($19.99/$25.99)

Hidden Pleasure: More and More ($19.99/$19.99)

Puzzle Girls: Gentle Passion ($19.99/$19.99)

Escape from Umbra ($19.99/$25.99: Friday)

Street Uni X ($19.99/$24.99: Saturday)

Adventures of Kanjiro Chapter 1 ($15.00-/$15.00-)

Warhead Vanguard ($14.99/$20.99)

Doors & Loot ($11.99/$15.49)

Protean Fox ($9.99/$12.99)

My Supermarket Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Nora: In Search of Hidden Ingredients - Director's Cut ($8.99/$12.57)

Bench Simulator ($7.00-/$9.95)

Bike Food Delivery Simulator ($6.99/$9.95)

Numerous Ninjas ($4.99/$6.99)

Digging Simulator ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Color Attack ($1.49/$1.99: Saturday)

Hidden Girls: Secret Puzzle ($0.99/$1.29: Friday)

BarBarQ 2 (free to start)

Switch Archives

Hyper Crash ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Multiple Square Enix games are on sale until July 17 including a full 65% off FFVII Remake Integrade and the first sale on Rebirth. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Digimon Story Time Stranger (€69.99/£54.99: Friday)

Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok (€59.99/£49.99)

Moonlight Peaks (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (€29.99/£26.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Moonlight Peaks (€5.00/£5.00: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (€4.00/£3.60)

Switch

Digimon Story Time Stranger (€69.99/£54.99: Friday)

Moonlight Peaks (€34.99/£29.99: Tuesday)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (€29.99/£23.39)

Dino Evolution: Catch Dinosaurs and Raise Anime Primeval Girls (€24.90/£22.50)

Kawaii Anime: Cute Boys Magic World (€24.90/£22.50)

Mythmatch (€19.50/£16.75: Tuesday)

Tower Dominion (€17.49/£15.79)

My Cozy Workspace (€12.99/£12.99)

Dead Estate (€12.49/£11.29: Friday)

Farm Pro 26 Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Roots (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Rage District - Humanity Armageddon (€7.99/£7.99: Tuesday)

Brainrot Card Market Simulator (€7.99/£6.99: Tuesday)

Wheelie Life Simulator (€7.99/£6.99: Saturday)

Make It! Shaved Ice (€7.00/£6.02)

Red Titans (€6.99/£6.99: Wednesday)

Card Party Showdown (€5.99/£5.39)

Kitty Farm Island (€5.99/£5.39)

EggConsole Hydelos MSX2 (€5.59/£5.39)

The Fissure (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Color Snake (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Quest Arrest (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Tilt it! Golf (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Golfish (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Lingix Lingo (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Brain Boost! Basic Math 4-Choice Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Crime Scene: What's Wrong? (€2.49/£2.24)

Hidden Clues: Mystery Scene Challenge (€2.49/£2.24)

Memorize The Evidence: 1-Minute Memory Mystery (€2.49/£2.24)

Place & Learn 19x19 Mental Math (€2.49/£2.24)

The Person Living Next Door (€2.49/£2.24)

Whys & Wonders Secrets of the Universe (€2.49/£2.24)

Your Intelligence Will Be Exposed: Mystery Observation Challenge (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (€18.99/£15.99)

Escape The Backrooms (€12.99/£9.99: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (€14.99/£13.49)

Hyper Crash (€8.99/£7.49)

Switch

Hidden Pleasure: More and More (€19.99/£17.99)

Puzzle Girls: Gentle Passion (€19.99/£17.99)

Escape from Umbra (€19.99/£16.74)

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (€18.99/£15.99)

Warhead Vanguard (€16.99/£14.99)

Doors & Loot (€11.99/£10.79)

Protean Fox (€9.99/£8.99)

My Supermarket Simulator (€8.99/£7.59: Friday)

Nora: In Search of Hidden Ingredients - Director's Cut (€7.75/£6.70-)

Bike Food Delivery Simulator (€6.99/£5.99)

Bench Simulator (€6.00-/£5.39)

Numerous Ninjas (€4.99/£4.44)

Digging Simulator (€4.49/£3.79: Friday)

Color Attack (€1.49/£1.49: Saturday)

Hidden Girls: Secret Puzzle (€0.99/£0.89: Friday)

BarBarQ 2 (free to start)

Switch Archives

Hyper Crash (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Digimon Story Time Stranger (¥7920)

Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok (¥6930)

Moonlight Peaks (¥5940)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (¥4980)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (¥590)

Moonlight Peaks (¥550)

Switch

Crazy Cha!n -Elpis's Chain- (¥8580)

Digimon Story Time Stranger (¥7920)

Moonlight Peaks (¥5390)

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection (¥4390)

Kawaii Anime: Cute Boys Magic World (¥3990)

Kawaii Anime: Cute Girls Magic World (¥3990)

Magical Girl Witch Trial (¥3500)

Tokyo Valkyrie (¥2980)

My Cozy Workspace (¥2080)

Tower Dominion (¥1950)

Brainrot Card Market Simulator (¥1299)

Wheelie Life Simulator (¥1299)

Rage District - Humanity Armageddon (¥1290)

Red Titans (¥1101)

Card Party Showdown (¥960)

Kitty Farm Island (¥899)

EggConsole Hydelos MSX2 (¥880)

Golfish (¥799)

Lingix Lingo (¥780)

Color Snake (¥749)

Make It! Shaved Ice (¥700)

Tilt it! Golf (¥699: Friday)

Bubble Shooter Piratey (¥690)

4 Choice Quiz For Learning Common Kanji (¥420)

5 Seconds to Decide (¥420)

99% Can't See Through It - Detective's Common Sense Battle (¥420)

Detective Training Their Thinking (¥420)

Everyday Science Quizzes: 100 Mysteries (¥420)

Hero Dispatch Center (¥420)

Rainy Night Mansion Mystery: The Missing Invitation (¥420)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (¥1500)

Escape The Backrooms (¥1400: Tuesday)

Hyper Crash (¥1100)

Switch Archives

Hidden Pleasure: More and More (¥2999)

Puzzle Girls: Gentle Passion (¥2999)

Froggy Hates Snow (¥2400)

Escape from Umbra (¥2299)

Warhead Vanguard (¥1800)

My Supermarket Simulator (¥1615)

Adventures of Kanjiro Chapter 1 (¥1520)

Animal Lover (¥1500)

Nora: In Search of Hidden Ingredients - Director's Cut (¥1454)

Protean Fox (¥1199)

Bike Food Delivery Simulator (¥1129)

Bench Simulator (¥980)

Hyper Crash (¥838)

Digging Simulator (¥805)

Numerous Ninjas (¥730)

Color Attack (¥199)

BarBarQ 2 (free to start)

[Big Man seems to be in charge of the big lore of the Splatoon-verse.]

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TalkBack / Splatoon Raiders Confirms Systems And Teases Endless Area In Direct

« on: June 30, 2026, 06:32:44 AM »

Big Man seems to be in charge of the big lore of the Splatoon-verse.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76264/splatoon-raiders-confirms-systems-and-teases-endless-area-in-direct

The Splatoon Raiders Direct has just wrapped and showed off a lot of the gameplay.

Among the features were the customization of The Mechanic's kit, including the ability to equip "gadgets" based on a type of tank (Power, Speed, Technical) in use. It will be possible to augment the gadgets through use and unlock new ones from finding rare relics in the environment.

The Amiibo support for the game - including new ones based on the Deep Cut trio - will unlock special outfits.

Multiplayer (1 - 4 player local / online) was already confirmed, but it will also be possible to request a single player's help for missions on a cooldown. Players who jump in will receive special rewards.

A foggy area was shown at the end, teasing a possibly endless tower.

[Get ready for the longest Salmon Run shift of your life.]

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TalkBack / Splatoon Raiders Direct Time Confirmed, Treehouse Live To Follow

« on: June 29, 2026, 06:15:06 AM »

Get ready for the longest Salmon Run shift of your life.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76262/splatoon-raiders-direct-time-confirmed-treehouse-live-to-follow

Nintendo has confirmed the usual time for the Splatoon Raiders Direct announced on the 9th.

The Direct will run tomorrow (June 30) at 10:00 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1500 CET / 11:30 in Newfoundland,, and will run for 15 minutes. A Treehouse Live will follow on the American feed for 30 minutes.

[I got rhythm, I got a foot infection...]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - July 2, 2026

« on: June 29, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

I got rhythm, I got a foot infection...

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76261/nintendo-downloads-july-2-2026

For the second week in a row, Nintendo's got a major release - though discounted - with their last announced first party Switch OG game in Rhythm Heaven Groove. (Bluetooth headphones definitely NOT recommended.) Grab the demo now and be ready to tap the weekend away with the music of Tsunuku.

Apart from that, High on Life already got a sequel and it's on Switch 2 for Canada Day - the most important national celebration of the week - and a multiplatform game called Momento.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Apart from the return of the embattled Sonic Frontiers there was a late drop of Destroy All Humans and the big one, Arcade Archives 2 Tekken among a trio of Archives games (a new one, a Archives 2 version of an existing release, and a Console Archive).

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: I would think an action game would be, just don't expect to follow whatever plot exists.

North America

Switch 2

High on Life 2 (US$59.99/C$77.99: Wednesday)

Momento ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Switch

Rhythm Heaven Groove ($39.99/$54.99)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Boys ($24.90-/$34.90-)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Girls ($24.90-/$34.90-)

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Momento ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Virballs ($14.99/$20.50: Friday)

Hunter Desert Simulator: Sniper Rfile ($12.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia ($9.99/$12.90: Wednesday)

Bacterium ($9.99/$9.99)

In Fair Spirits ($8.99/$12.99: Friday)

Rooster: Princess Rescue ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence ($8.99/$11.99: Friday)

Hyperwired ($7.99/$12.99)

Lofi Witch Hatch ($7.99/$10.99)

Parking Simulator: Retro Car Driving ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

Lost Little Things ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

A Good Place To Die ($7.99/$10.99: Saturday)

EggConsole Relics MSX2 ($6.49/$7.34)

Crayon Jungle ($6.10-/$8.30-)

Shy Dogs Hidden Orchestra 2 ($5.99/$8.29)

Lunadra: Luna Awakens The Legendary Dragon ($4.99/$6.49: Wednesday)

Grids of Thermometers ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

The Boys Escape ($4.99/$6.99)

Noodlebound ($4.99/$6.83)

Tanky Tanks Reloaded ($4.99/$6.49)

Do You Really Know About Soccer? ($4.99/$6.83: Friday)

Bubble Shooter Piratey ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

Full Color Tiles ($4.00-/$5.60-)

Common Sense National Championship ($3.99/$5.39)

Dress the Part: Outfit Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Once You Understand The Meaning These Comics Become Scary ($3.99/$5.39)

Relax & Learn World Heritage ($3.99/$5.39)

Slot and Learn Hangul ($3.99/$5.39)

Heavy Machinery vs Shumai ($1.99/$2.60-)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Botany Manor ($24.99/$29.39)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Botany Manor ($3.99/$5.49)

Switch 2 Archives

T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group ($11.99/$16.63)

Lady Bug ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Car Simulator: Driving School ($19.99/$27.99)

Bad Girls: Wild Desire ($19.99/$19.99)

Puzzle Girls: Sweet Romance ($19.99/$19.99)

Padel Pro World Tour ($14.99/$19.99)

Little Number Daycare - Learn, Count, Say, Play for Toddlers ($12.99/$18.50)

Darkstone Bay ($9.99/$13.99)

Alice and the Looking-Glass ($8.95/$12.95: Tuesday)

Reposition Defense ($7.99/$11.20)

Tabletop Foosball ($7.99/$7.99: Satruday)

Yuru-eto Card Battle ($7.00/$9.00)

Kyra the Hunter ($6.99/$9.99)

Home Designer: Home Sweet Home ($6.99/$7.99)

Hone Designer: Living Room ($6.99/$7.99)

Funny Folks Cafe ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Seishin ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Souvenirs ($6.00/$8.00)

Thunder Trucks: Heavy Racers ($5.99/$8.37)

Founding Paws: How America Began ($5.95/$8.95: Wednesday)

Wild West Nightmare ($4.99/$6.66: Wednesday)

Money Factory Tycoon ($4.99/$7.99)

Sorcerer's Refuge ($4.99/$6.99)

Fearbound ($4.99/$6.88)

Sky Reach ($3.99/$3.95: Tuesday)

Aether Keepers ($2.99/$3.35)

The Legend of Fireball (free to start: Friday)

Switch Archives

Lady Bug ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Nintendo's summer sale (until early morning of July 8 EDT) . PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

High on Life 2 (€36.49/£30.49: Wednesday)

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Momento (€19.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Switch

Rhythm Heaven Groove (€39.99/£33.99)

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Boys (€24.90-/£22.50-)

Momento (€19.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands (€19.49/£14.99: Tuesday)

Hunter Desert Simulator: Sniper Rfile (€12.99/£11.99: Tuesday)

Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Rooster: Princess Rescue (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Bacterium (€9.95/£8.45)

In Fair Spirits (€8.99/£8.99: Friday)

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence (€8.99/£8.09: Friday)

Hyperwired (€7.99/£7.19)

Parking Simulator: Retro Car Driving (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

Lost Little Things (€7.99/£6.99: Friday)

A Good Place To Die (€7.99/£6.99: Saturday)

Lofi Witch Hatch (€6.99/£6.29)

Shy Dogs Hidden Orchestra 2 (€5.99/£5.39)

EggConsole Relics MSX2 (€5.59/£5.39)

Crayon Jungle (€5.50-/£4.99)

Quantum Beast (€5.09/£4.59)

Grids of Thermometers (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Lunadra: Luna Awakens The Legendary Dragon (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

The Boys Escape (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Tanky Tanks Reloaded (€4.99/£4.99)

Noodlebound (€4.99/£4.49)

Bubble Shooter Piratey (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Do You Really Know About Soccer? (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Quiet Evidence: A Detective Mystery Case (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Common Sense National Championship (€2.49/£2.24)

Dress the Part: Outfit Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Manga English Native Phrase Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Mind Detective Psychology Test (€2.49/£2.24)

Once You Understand The Meaning These Comics Become Scary (€2.49/£2.24)

One Question and You'll Want To Share It! 1000 Trivia Quiz Questions (€2.49/£2.24)

Professor Neumann's Adult Certification Test (€2.49/£2.24)

Relax & Learn World Heritage (€2.49/£2.24)

Slot and Learn Hangul (€2.49/£2.24)

Something's Off In This World: Era Anomaly Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Spot It in the Picture Worldwide Knowledge x Academic Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Too Accurate to Be Scary: Your True Feelings Revealed By This Image (€2.49/£2.24)

Heavy Machinery vs Shumai (€1.62/£1.39)

The Legend of Fireball (free to start: Friday)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Botany Manor (€24.99/£22.49)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Botany Manor (€3.99/£3.59)

Switch 2 Archives

T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group (€10.99/£9.89)

Lady Bug (€8.99/£7.49)

Switch

Bad Girls: Wild Desire (€19.99/£17.99)

Car Simulator: Driving School (€19.99/£17.99)

Padel Pro World Tour (€14.99/£13.49)

Little Number Daycare - Learn, Count, Say, Play for Toddlers (€12.99/£11.69)

Alice and the Looking-Glass (€8.90/£8.90: Tuesday)

Tabletop Foosball (€7.99/£5.99: Tuesday)

Reposition Defense (€7.99/£7.19)

Darkstone Bay (€6.99/£6.99)

Home Designer: Home Sweet Home (€6.99/£6.29)

Hone Designer: Living Room (€6.99/£6.29)

Kyra the Hunter (€6.99/£6.29)

Thunder Trucks: Heavy Racers (€5.99/£5.39)

Funny Folks Cafe (€5.99/£5.29: Friday)

Seishin (€5.99/£5.29: Friday)

Founding Paws: How America Began (€5.95/£5.95: Wednesday)

Yuru-eto Card Battle (€5.00/£4.50)

Souvenirs (€5.00/£4.49)

Sorcerer's Refuge (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Wild West Nightmare (€4.99/£4.44: Wednesday)

Fearbound (€4.99/£4.44)

Switch Archives

Lady Bug (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

R-Type Dimensions III (¥6930)

Momento (¥2310)

Switch

Rhythm Heaven Groove (¥6500)

R-Type Dimensions III (¥5940)

Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo (¥5478)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Boys (¥3990)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Girls (¥3990)

Momento (¥2310)

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands (¥2300)

Hunter Desert Simulator: Sniper Rfile (¥2099)

Bacterium (¥1500)

In Fair Spirits (¥1320: Friday)

A Good Place To Die (¥1299)

Lofi Witch Hatch (¥1299)

Parking Simulator: Retro Car Driving (¥1299)

Hyperwired (¥1210)

Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia (¥1000)

Rooster: Princess Rescue (¥1000: Friday)

Lost Little Things (¥999)

Shy Dogs Hidden Orchestra 2 (¥960)

EggConsole Relics MSX2 (¥880)

Crayon Jungle (¥850)

The Boys Escape (¥749)

Grids of Thermometers (¥669)

Full Color Tiles (¥645)

Lunadra: Luna Awakens The Legendary Dragon (¥500)

Do You Really Know About Soccer? (¥499)

Intelligence Revealed - Mystery Observation Test (¥420)

Remember the Evidence: 1 Minute Memory Mystery (¥420)

Heavy Machinery vs Shumai (¥300)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains (¥4180: Tuesday)

T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group (¥1200)

Lady Bug (¥1100)

Switch

Monopoly Star Wars: Heroes vs Villains (¥4180: Tuesday)

Bad Girls: Wild Desire (¥2999)

Puzzle Girls: Sweet Romance (¥2999)

Car Simulator: Driving School (¥2980)

Little Number Daycare - Learn, Count, Say, Play for Toddlers (¥2080)

Darkstone Bay (¥1600)

Reposition Defense (¥1410)

Kyra the Hunter (¥1250)

Funny Folks Cafe (¥1119)

Seishin (¥1119)

Yuru-eto Card Battle (¥1000)

Tabletop Foosball (¥990)

Thunder Trucks: Heavy Racers (¥960)

Lady Bug (¥838)

Sorcerer's Refuge (¥799)

Fearbound (¥730)

Wild West Nightmare (¥730)

MiniGolf Rush (¥650)

Hexara (¥500)

Noodlebound (¥499)

Quiet Evidence: A Detective Mystery Case (¥480)

Fishcutter (¥400)

Aether Keepers (¥305)

The Legend of Fireball (free to start: Friday)

[Somehow, WinBack made the list and other revelations.]

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TalkBack / Rapidly Analyzing The United States’s 200 Best Selling N64 Games

« on: June 23, 2026, 04:29:31 PM »

Somehow, WinBack made the list and other revelations.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/76193/rapidly-analyzing-the-united-statess-200-best-selling-n64-games

Welcome to your dirty thirties, N64.

The venerable console and its three-prong controller released in Japan thirty years ago today (June 23) and immediately changed the world. Launching alongside - but not including - Super Mario 64, the console also represents the high point of Nintendo’s pre-”Switch is selling all of the copies” western third party support at the expense of Japanese third parties who balked at cartridge format’s costs and lower storage capacities. Hi, Squaresoft.

As a result, only 296 games were released in North America during the N64’s life. And in celebration of the N64’s birthday, Circana (previously known as NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella posted a thread earlier counting down the 200 best selling games for the N64 in its strongest market - the United States. Since NPD started tracking game sales alongside the PlayStation launch in 1995, they’d have the numbers. Of course, numbers were not provided, just the ranking, but we take what we can get without shelling out all of the human monies or the cost of a Steam Machine.

So let’s run down the list and see what interesting nuggets we can find here.

Notable Omissions

• Not present on the top 200 but in an N64 Classics app near you: Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls, Tonic Trouble - both of which were probably throw-ins for more relevant games like Extreme G (78th) and Rayman 2 (90th). This is obviously not counting the originally Japan-exclusive Sin and Punishment.
• The first game in chronological release order to fall outside the top 200 for North America was FIFA Soccer 64 (March 27, 1997)
• Personally upsetting to me is International Superstar Soccer (aka Winning Eleven and eFootball) not appearing on the list at all.

And now, some snappy commentary on various parts of the list:

• Shoutout to mediocre racing game California Speed for bringing up the rear at 200.
• Buck Bumble at 199 makes sense, unfortunately the only people who bought it are people who enjoy the opening theme unironically.
• The “power” of Atlus before the Persona 4 Endurance Run: Snowboard Kids is the lowest ranked snowboarding game on the list at 178 and Jackpot James Jones’s Ogre Battle 64 is nowhere to be found.
• …but Snowboard Kids is BARELY beaten out by Body Harvest at 177. I thought this was proto-GTA?
• Of the eight games in the launch Nintendo Classics library that released in North America, WinBack is the lowest at 170 which honestly I would not have bet on making the list at all.
• Nice to see WCW Nitro as the lowest ranked licensed wrestling game on the list at 165. That game was the Dino Bravo of wrestling games on N64: it was the WORST. (ECW even beat WCW at something since Hardcore Revolution is 162.)
• Mischief Makers in the top half of sellers on the N64 in the US (130 of 296)? There’s hope yet.
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies is still too high at 110, but it’s the lowest ranked MK game at least. If only we got “Street Fighter Alpha 2 without load times” on N64, because the six face button arrangement is a godsend for SF-style fighters.
• Honestly, Dr Mario at 107 feels like an upset (complimentary) given what it came out between (Pokemon Stadium 2 and a Mario Party before Nintendo cut everything off).
• If you wondered why Pokemon Puzzle League died as a concept in the N64 era, a Pokemon game at 100 has to be a massive disappointment for Big Pikachu.
• Quest 64 beat Doom 64 95 - 96. And yet Doom got the re-release in 2020.
• Doom into Quest into Blast Corps into Beetle Adventure Racing is a bit of a Murderer’s Row.
• Resident Evil 2 at 91 if you wondered how really expensive miracle ports did.
• 2001 release alert: Madden 2002 at 89.
• Conker’s Bad Fur Day at 69? Either somebody fudged the numbers for that ranking or it’s kismet. Either way, leave your jokes in the Talkback or on our Discord (please keep them SFW).
• Another funny number: Mortal Kombat 4 at 67.
• Another ironic ranking: Pilotwings 64 at the coveted rank 64.
• Somehow I doubt Tony Hawk 3 would make the cut, but at least 2 popped in at 63. (The original was 18th.)
• Killer Instinct Gold (59th) getting beaten by Paper Mario (58th) is kind of based.
• John’s beloved Army Men top out at rank 51 with Sarge’s Heroes.
• Top 50 ranking for Glover? Really now?
• Hey You! Pikachu at 39 means a lot of people got a crap microphone.
• Three WWF games in five slots - and WCW Revenge at 13 - shows what the Monday Night Wars meant for N64 adoption.
• So much violence in the low 20s - Turok 2, WCW/NWO World Tour, Mario Party 2… and look at Yoshi’s Story splitting the list at 23.
• Impressive that Majora’s Mask was 14th despite coming out in North America the same day as the PlayStation 2, though that system was also incredibly undershipped at launch and Majora’s was the sequel to the best non-Fata Morgana game of all time.

Lastly, unfiltered commentary on the top 10:

#10: Pokemon Snap - Does Circana/NPD track sales to rental places? I once rented the game at about 2:30 in the afternoon and was done by dinner time.

#9: Donkey Kong 64 - You might as well have bought it to go along with the Expansion Pack, but the fact that the EP had to be packed in because of a memory leak Rare was either unwilling or unable to fix made this a harbinger of the modern “known shippable” culture of games.

#8: Star Fox 64 - The originator of force feedback controllers and a relatively replayable game.

#7: Diddy Kong Racing - I know it was the holiday game for 1997, but the fact that this outsold Star Fox 64 is kind of shocking. Also the first of two residents of the top 10 that aren’t in the Nintendo Classics as of press time.

#6: Pokemon Stadium - I put about 150 hours into the game and got to the point that I could 1v1 round 2 Mewtwo with Jolteon thanks to fixing some of the bugs in the first generation battle system. But I never mastered Clefairy Says.

#5: Super Smash Bros - The other non Nintendo Classics entry, and the best crossover party game you could get on the N64.

#4: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Still my favourite 3D Zelda game. Yeah, I said it. The holiday 1998 game, and part of an insane North American big four with Pokemon Red/Blue, Half-Life, and Metal Gear Solid: I prefer 1995 as the best year ever but I’ll at least hear the arguments for 1998.

#3: Mario Kart 64 - The codifier of so many Mario Kart tropes we still have today (including the blue shell) and the only N64 game someone in my family stayed up until 4 a.m. playing. And it wasn’t me: it was my MOTHER.

#2: Goldeneye 007 - Honestly, this position on the chart makes me wonder if it made more money than the film it’s based on in the US. Not the best FPS of its era, but certainly one of the most important since it held the crown as the big console FPS until Halo came around four years later.

#1: Super Mario 64 - Quelle surprise. The N64 was the first system to not come with a pack-in game and for the first couple of years of the system if you were buying a N64 it was for Super Mario 64. It says a lot that in the summer between the Japanese and NA launches of the N64 I spent more than a few weeks of allowance playing Mario 64 five minutes at a time at the local Microplay.

[The second biggest cluster*radio edit* shadowdrop in Sega history, but it's a looooooong way off number 1.]

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TalkBack / Sonic Frontiers Switch 2 Version Now Available

« on: June 23, 2026, 10:53:33 AM »

The second biggest cluster*radio edit* shadowdrop in Sega history, but it's a looooooong way off number 1.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76191/sonic-frontiers-switch-2-version-now-available

It's the fifth anniversary of Sonic's 30th Anniversary and Sega is bringing back a Switch hit on Switch 2.

The embattled Sonic Frontiers is now available on the Switch 2 in a "Definitive Edition" version that rolls up all of the game's content updates as well as most of the downloadable content (some Japan-exclusive DLC is not available). The MSRP is $49.99 or equivalent, and there is no discount upgrade option.

Although the Switch 2 version has appeared at multiple retailers around the world as well as several ratings bodies including the ESRB (North America) and PEGI (Europe), the game was not mentioned in any of this month's prior presentations.

[Try a couple before you buy.]

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TalkBack / Demo For Rhythm Heaven Groove's On Switch eShop

« on: June 22, 2026, 05:50:12 PM »

Try a couple before you buy.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76189/demo-for-rhythm-heaven-grooves-on-switch-eshop

The big buy of the week now has a demo if you're curious about how it'll play.

A demo for Rhythm Heaven Groove, the July 2-launching rhythm game for Switch, is now available: although the web store hasn't updated as of press time it can be downloaded on the console.

The demo contains the first round of the Remix mode with five minigames, including the single-player "Hoop Trundling", and a multiplayer game in Rhythm Tweezers, among the roughly 80 single-player games to go along with 30 co-op games.

[The haters said that Star Fox (2026) was an N64 game with furry V-Tubers. And they were correct. Honestly, a tremendous call by the haters.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - June 25, 2026

« on: June 22, 2026, 06:56:00 AM »

The haters said that Star Fox (2026) was an N64 game with furry V-Tubers. And they were correct. Honestly, a tremendous call by the haters.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76102/nintendo-downloads-june-25-2026

This week offers a major first party release for Nintendo as the preloads come online for Rhythm Heaven Groove... oh, Star Fox is coming too. Given how much warning we got for its Nintendo Direct, I kind of forgot. Switch 2 also gets some good games with Matt Walker's Devil May Cry 5, the multiplatform adventure game Wanderstop and Switch 2 releases of the Citizen Sleeper games. Another Namco-licensed puzzle game will also hit the eShops with NAMCO Legendary Mountains.

Apart from the multiplatform games, the Switch gets the cute exploration game Deer & Boy.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: An Archives duo of the multiplatform early Taito shooter Space Cyclone and NES action game The Legend of Kage (pronounced "ca-geh" or "kayj" depending on geography).

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: Too much Japanese on an ingame menu to say yes for First Queen IV.

North America

Switch 2

Star Fox (US$49.99/C$69.99)

Devil May Cry 5 ($39.99/$54.99: Tuesday)

Wanderstop ($24.99/$32.49: Tuesday)

The Necromancer's Tale ($24.99/$32.99: Wednesday)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector ($24.99/$32.50)

Citizen Sleeper ($19.99/$25.19)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains ($19.99/$23.99)

The Drifter ($19.99/$23.99: Monday)

Kokutoto ($7.99/not releasing: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

The Drifter (no cost: Monday)

Citizen Sleeper (no cost)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (no cost)

Switch

Mamiya -A Shared Illusion of the World's End- ($53.86/$74.93)

Wanderstop ($24.99/$32.49: Tuesday)

Wantama*Life ($24.99/not releasing)

Love Island: Forbidden Boys Temptation ($24.90/$34.90)

Love Island: Forbidden Girls Temptation ($24.90/$34.90)

The Drifter ($19.99/$23.99: Monday)

Stuck Together ($19.99/$31.84: Tuesday)

Deer & Boy ($19.99/$24.99: Tuesday)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains ($19.99/$23.99)

RACE: Rocket Arena Car Extreme ($19.99/$26.99)

The Artifactory ($19.99/$25.99)

Saeko: Giantess Dating Sim ($16.99/$22.49)

Mousebusters ($12.99/$15.75: Wednesday)

Mini Airways ($12.99/$15.75)

Dark Scrolls ($9.99/$11.99: Monday)

Tow Truck Police Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Truck Simulator Drive 2026 ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Get Fit - Beach Boys ($9.99/$14.99)

Get Fit - Beach Girls ($9.99/$14.99)

Escape from VLogger: Runaway ($9.99/$14.49)

Dragon of Illusion ($9.99/$10.99: Friday)

Acorn Avengers ($9.99/$9.99: Friday)

Let's Aim! Crane Game ($8.00/$11.03)

Clock Rogue ($7.99/$8.99)

Medieval Castle Siege Defense vs Invaders ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

EggConsole First Queen IV PC-9801 ($7.16/$9.54)

Gion Corridor:Re ($6.23/$8.57)

Run, Sandwich, Run! ($5.99/$8.49)

Quantum Beast ($5.99/$8.19)

Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra 2 ($5.99/$8.29)

Axel Quest ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Catto's Post Office ($5.49/$6.99)

Rat Protocol ($4.99/$6.29: Wednesday)

Death Run ($4.99/$6.99)

Sands and Relics ($4.99/$6.83)

Hexara ($4.99/$5.59)

Hako Maze ($4.99/$4.99)

Can You Make The Cut? Worldwide Common Sense Check ($3.99/$5.39)

Manga English Native Phrase Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Mind Detective Psychology Test ($3.99/$5.39)

One Question and You'll Want To Share It! 1000 Trivia Quiz Questions ($3.99/$5.39)

Professor Neumann's Adult Certification Test ($3.99/$5.39)

Resort Beauties: H Photo Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Something's Off In This World: Era Anomaly Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Spot It in the Picture Worldwide Knowledge x Academic Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Too Accurate to Be Scary: Your True Feelings Revealed By This Image ($3.99/$5.39)

Cash Movers ($3.99/$5.49: Saturday)

Mitake Tatatari's Cult Village Stream ZP ($2.99/$3.99: Wednesday)

Murder on the Disorient Express ($2.99/$3.99)

Pixel Blaster DX ($2.99/$4.49: Friday)

Escape Game Room14 ($1.00/$1.39)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition ($49.99/$66.99: Tuesday)

Destroy All Humans ($39.99/$53.49: Tuesday)

Gecko Gods ($19.99/$27.00)

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ($17.99/$24.00)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ($3.99/$6.00)

Switch 2 Archives

Tekken ($16.99/$23.44)

Moon Shuttle ($9.99/$13.72)

Bokosuka Wars ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Hidden Language: Closer and Closer ($19.99/$19.99)

H Project 67 ($19.99/$19.99)

Triple Trouble: Private Lesson ($19.99/$19.99)

StrangeLand ($14.99/$16.99: Wednesday)

Captain Soda ($14.99/$20.99)

Wacky! Deer and Munk Adventure ($14.99/$20.99)

Make It Cozy ($14.99/$20.89)

123 Early Learning Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies - Language ($12.99/$18.50)

Pixel Game Maker Series Arcanion: The Mekanos Invasion ($12.99/$15.75)

Waterpark Manager Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Tune My Car - Tuning Studio & Mechanic Simulator 2026 ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

YinYang Street Ultimate Edition ($8.99/$10.75)

An Alt Girl for Skoof ($7.99/$7.99)

YinYang Street: Separate Ways ($7.99/$9.65)

Dig Out Of Prison ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Machine of Madness ($4.99/$6.66: Monday)

Dragon Soul ($4.99/$6.99)

Retro Asylum ($4.99/$6.88)

Quiet Evidence: A Detective Mystery Case ($4.99/$4.99)

Stompy's Big Adventure ($4.95/$6.95: Monday)

FlipRide Rush ($4.95/$6.66: Tuesday)

MiniGolf Rush ($3.99/$5.99: Friday)

Hyper Thruster ($1.49/$1.99: Saturday)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is on sale until February 2. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Star Fox (€49.99/£41.99)

Devil May Cry 5 (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (€24.99/£20.99)

Wanderstop (€23.99/£19.99: Tuesday)

The Necromancer's Tale (€23.99/£20.99: Wednesday)

Citizen Sleeper (€19.99/£17.99)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains (€19.99/£17.75)

The Drifter (€19.50/£16.75: Monday)

Gecko Gods (€19.50/£16.75: Wednesday)

Kokutoto (€7.79/£6.99)

Switch 2 Upgrades

The Drifter (no cost: Monday)

Citizen Sleeper (no cost)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (no cost)

Switch

Mamiya -A Shared Illusion of the World's End- (€46.68/£40.68)

Dangerous Superheroes After Dark: Heroines Behind The Mask (€24.90/£22.90)

Love Island: Forbidden Boys Temptation (€24.90/£22.50)

Wanderstop (€23.99/£19.99: Tuesday)

The Drifter (€19.50/£16.75: Monday)

Deer & Boy (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Stuck Together (€19.99/£14.99: Tuesday)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains (€19.99/£17.75)

The Artifactory (€19.49/£17.59)

RACE: Rocket Arena Car Extreme (€16.99/£14.99)

Saeko: Giantess Dating Sim (€16.79/£14.99)

Mousebusters (€13.49/£12.00: Wednesday)

Mini Airways (€13.49/£12.19)

Dark Scrolls (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Truck Simulator Drive 2026 (€9.99/£9.99: Monday)

Tow Truck Police Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Get Fit - Beach Boys (€9.99/£9.99)

Get Fit - Beach Girls (€9.99/£9.99)

Escape from VLogger: Runaway (€9.99/£8.99)

Acorn Avengers (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Tune My Car - Tuning Studio & Mechanic Simulator 2026 (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Let's Aim! Crane Game (€8.00/£6.88)

Medieval Castle Siege Defense vs Invaders (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

Clock Rogue (€6.99/£6.29)

EggConsole First Queen IV PC-9801 (€6.15/£5.49)

Run, Sandwich, Run! (€5.99/£5.39: Wednesday)

Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra 2 (€5.99/£5.39)

Axel Quest (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

Catto's Post Office (€5.49/£4.99)

Gion Corridor:Re (€5.29/£4.79)

Machine of Madness (€4.99/£4.44: Monday)

Rat Protocol (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Death Run (€4.99/£4.99)

Sands and Relics (€4.99/£4.49)

Cash Movers (€3.99/£3.59: Saturday)

Full Colour Tiles (€3.00/£3.00)

Murder on the Disorient Express (€2.99/£2.69)

Pixel Blaster DX (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

Mitake Tatatari's Cult Village Stream ZP (€2.49/£2.29: Wednesday)

Can You Make The Cut? Worldwide Common Sense Check (€2.49/£2.24)

Handsome Matching Face Memory Challenge (€2.49/£2.24)

Phrase Passport Japan A Travel Japanese Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Resort Beauties: H Photo Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

True or False: The World (€2.49/£2.24)

Escape Game Room14 (€1.00/£0.89)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition (€49.99/£44.99: Tuesday)

Destroy All Humans (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (€15.99/£13.00: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (€2.99/£3.00)

Switch 2 Archives

Tekken (€16.99/£14.99)

Moon Shuttle (€8.99/£7.49)

Bokosuka Wars (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Wantama*Life (€29.99/£24.99)

Hidden Language: Closer and Closer (€19.99/£17.99)

H Project 67 (€19.99/£17.99)

Triple Trouble: Private Lesson (€19.99/£17.99)

Wacky! Deer and Munk Adventure (€16.99/£14.99)

Captain Soda (€14.99/£14.99: Wednesday)

StrangeLand (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Make It Cozy (€14.99/£13.49)

Pixel Game Maker Series Arcanion: The Mekanos Invasion (€13.49/£12.19)

123 Early Learning Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies - Language (€12.99/£11.69)

YinYang Street Ultimate Edition (€9.19/£7.99)

Waterpark Manager Simulator (€8.49/£7.49: Friday)

YinYang Street: Separate Ways (€8.15/£7.15)

An Alt Girl for Skoof (€7.49/£6.79: Wednesday)

Dig Out Of Prison (€5.99/£5.29: Friday)

FlipRide Rush (€4.99/£4.44: Tuesday)

Hexara (€4.99/£4.49)

Dragon Soul (€4.99/£4.44)

Retro Asylum (€4.99/£4.44)

Stompy's Big Adventure (€4.95/£4.95: Monday)

MiniGolf Rush (€3.99/£3.59: Friday)

Hyper Thruster (€1.49/£1.49: Saturday)

North America

Switch 2

VillionCode (¥9680)

Star Fox (¥5480)

Devil May Cry 5 (¥3990: Tuesday)

Wanderstop (¥2900: Tuesday)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (¥2800)

Citizen Sleeper (¥2570)

The Necromancer's Tale (¥2570)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains (¥2480)

Kokutoto (¥920)

Switch

Senjyushi: Rhodoknight (¥8800)

Blackish House sideZ: Retour (¥8580)

VillionCode (¥8580)

Lovepical Poppy (¥8239)

Mamiya -A Shared Illusion of the World's End- (¥7480)

My Merry May With Me (¥6380)

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution (¥5500)

Medabot Card Robattle RB Kabuto (¥5478)

Medabot Card Robattle RB Stag Beetle (¥5478)

Love Island: Forbidden Boys Temptation (¥3990)

Love Island: Forbidden Girls Temptation (¥3990)

Wantama*Life (¥3960)

The Day I Became A Bird (¥3500)

Wanderstop (¥2900: Tuesday)

Deer & Boy (¥2500)

NAMCO Legendary Mountains (¥2480)

Saeko: Giantess Dating Sim (¥2090)

Mini Airways (¥1700)

Tow Truck Police Simulator (¥1599)

Truck Simulator Drive 2026 (¥1599)

Dark Scrolls (¥1550: Tuesday)

Kiyo - Bunny Tyranny (¥1520)

Mousebusters (¥1500)

Escape from VLogger: Runaway (¥1499)

Medieval Castle Siege Defense vs Invaders (¥1299)

EggConsole First Queen IV PC-9801 (¥980)

Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra 2 (¥960)

Gion Corridor:Re (¥990)

Ultimate Wobble Run (¥950)

Quantum Beast (¥940)

Death Run (¥900)

Clock Rogue (¥890)

Let's Aim! Crane Game (¥800)

Axel Quest (¥800: Friday)

Catto's Post Office (¥640)

Cash Movers (¥629)

Rat Protocol (¥600)

Hexara (¥500)

Mitake Tatatari's Cult Village Stream ZP (¥500)

Sands and Relics (¥499)

Inspiration Training: Elementary School Math Multiple Choice Quiz (¥420)

One Question and You'll Want To Share It! 1000 Trivia Quiz Questions (¥420)

Something's Off In This World: Era Anomaly Quiz (¥420)

Spot It in the Picture Worldwide Knowledge x Academic Quiz (¥420)

Who Will Be The King of Common Sense? (¥420)

Pixel Blaster DX (¥399)

Escape Game Room14 (¥100)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition (¥5990: Wednesday)

SnowRunner (¥4980)

Destroy All Humans (¥4780: Tuesday)

Gecko Gods (¥2100)

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (¥2000)

Tekken (¥1800)

Moon Shuttle (¥1100)

Bokosuka Wars (¥800)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Game Dev Story - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (¥500)

Switch

Stuck Together (¥3681)

Bad Girls: Tempting Night (¥2999)

Hidden Language: Closer and Closer (¥2999)

H Project 67 (¥2999)

Triple Trouble: Private Lesson (¥2999)

Make It Cozy (¥2400)

123 Early Learning Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies - Language (¥2080)

Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker (¥1860)

Wacky! Deer and Munk Adventure (¥1800)

Pixel Game Maker Series Arcanion: The Mekanos Invasion (¥1700)

Tune My Car - Tuning Studio & Mechanic Simulator 2026 (¥1599)

Waterpark Manager Simulator (¥1599)

Platform 9: No Way Out (¥1218)

YinYang Street Ultimate Edition (¥1150)

Dig Out Of Prison (¥1119)

YinYang Street: Separate Ways (¥1050)

Money Factory (¥900)

Run, Sandwich, Run! (¥899)

Dragon Soul (¥730)

Machine of Madness (¥730)

Retro Asylum (¥730)

Opera King (¥600)

Hako Maze (¥500)

Hyper Thruster (¥199)

[Bonuses for at least two members of the NWR staff.]

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TalkBack / Switch And Switch 2 System Software Updated, New Languages And Dark Mode For Switch eShop Included

« on: June 15, 2026, 06:05:03 PM »

Bonuses for at least two members of the NWR staff.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76096/switch-and-switch-2-system-software-updated-new-languages-and-dark-mode-for-switch-eshop-included

Another system software update has come to the Switch family, and somehow the Switch is the primary beneficiary.

The version 22.5 update can now be downloaded from the Settings menu, and makes a few changes in addition to the usual stability updates.

The Switch version of the update increases the speed of the eShop, almost to the level of the Switch 2's, and the eShop now respects the system theme: if the Switch uses "Basic Dark" as the theme, the eShop now uses it.

The Switch 2 now has support for Dutch and Russian to the accessibility settings.

Both systems now have the ability to set a PIN for situations where authentication is requested such as logging into the eShop or using saved payment information.

[Before we get the REAL Final Fantasy XVI in HD-2D, they're trying their hands at a Zelda.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - June 18, 2026

« on: June 15, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Before we get the REAL Final Fantasy XVI in HD-2D, they're trying their hands at a Zelda.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76093/nintendo-downloads-june-18-2026

Well after THAT happened, what do we have for an encore this week? Well, it starts with The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tale, the first game you can truly quibble the definition of "RPG" for with the HD-2D art style before they go back to whole-hog turn based later this year with Final Fantasy XVI... er, Resonance. For those who are on the outs with Squenix, possibly due to their use of Game Key Discs on PS5, there's also DenshaAttack from the last Partner Showcase (demo out, price TBD) and a Switch 2 version of and Roger because childhood trauma needed to run at 4k/60, or a new Observer (Bloober Team alert).

The Switch actually has a couple of neat finds buried among the slop this week with R-Type Tactics getting localized, Steam racing hit Parking Garage Rally Circuit, and a new version of the old Wii U game Scram Kitty and his Buddy On Rails.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: We already talked about the Direct, so a reminder that Xenoblade Chronicles got a double colon with a Switch 2 Edition of the Definitive Edition (apart from Rise of the Tomb Raider and Snowrunners).

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: The western eShop screenshots for Zodiac don't have any text at all. Which for a Japanese adventure game means "absolutely not".

North America

Switch 2

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales (US$59.99/C$79.99)

Observer: System Redux ($39.99/$54.94)

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked ($29.99/$40.99: Tuesday)

Junkster ($9.99/$12.99: Tuesday)

The Last Salvage Squad ($9.99/$12.99)

and Roger ($4.99/$6.49: Wednesday)

Denshattack! ($?/$?: Wednesday)

Switch

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos ($49.99/$59.99)

UsoNatsu -The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie- ($27.99/$37.99)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Boy ($24.90/$34.90)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Girl ($24.90/$34.90)

Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny ($19.99/$27.99)

Drive Rally ($19.99/$25.99)

The Coma 3: Bloodlines ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Whipser of the House ($14.99/$19.49: Wednesday)

Strays POV Tales ($14.99/$20.49: Friday)

Space Dragons ($12.99/$17.79)

Speed Dates Summer Edition ($11.99/$16.00)

Auto Shop Simulator ($9.99/$13.99; Tuesday)

Super Scram Kitty ($9.99/$13.00)

Parking Garage Rally Circuit ($9.99/$12.99)

Soccer Kids Collection (QuByte Classics) ($9.99/$12.99)

The Last Salvage Squad ($9.99/$12.99)

Inversion: The Single Path ($8.99/$12.19)

Dungeon Raze ($8.99/$8.99)

Dialoop -Roguelite Puzzle- ($7.99/$10.49)

Offroad Craft Runner 4x4 Simulator ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

EggConsole Zodiac PC-8801 ($6.49/$7.34)

Car Guys ($6.00/$6.00: Tuesday)

Ultimate Wobble Run ($5.99/$8.25)

Grand Vegas Casino ($4.99/$6.29: Wednesday)

Planet Divers ($4.99/$6.99)

To Bee Jazz ($4.99/$6.83)

Alien Cat 2 - Retro Collectathon ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Immunuzzle ($4.99/$6.83: Friday)

Oni Station ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Dead End Escape ($3.99/$5.39)

Handsome Matching Face Memory Challenge ($3.99/$5.39)

Phrase Passport Japan A Travel Japanese Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

True or False: The World ($3.99/$5.39)

Fruits Slot Machine ($3.99/$4.99: Friday)

Fairy Tale Fighters ($3.00/$4.00)

Just. Press. The Button. ($2.99/$4.99)

P.I.S. File ($2.99/$3.59)

Kokoro Appliqué ($1.28/not released)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos ($54.98/$65.98)

Switch 2 Upgrade

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos ($4.99/$5.99)

Switch 2 Archives

Space Cyclone ($9.99/$13.72)

The Legend of Kage ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Bloons TD 6 ($29.99/$39.99)

What Have You Done, Father? ($19.99/$24.99: Tuesday)

H Puzzle Simulator 3 ($19.99/$19.99)

Triple Trouble: Midnight Club ($19.99/$19.99)

Girls Force 2: Rising Academy ($14.99/$20.99)

lumen ($14.99/$19.99)

Serious Carnage - Adrenaline Shooter ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Pixel Art 2: Coloring Book ($9.99/$13.99)

Sportal ($9.99/$12.79)

Cornfield ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Pip's Big Discovery ($8.95/$12.95)

Clay&Cats ($7.99/$11.04)

Pixel Cross Stitch: Miniatures ($7.85/$10.84)

Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 11 ($6.99/$7.99: Tuesday)

Weekend Solitaire Summer Village ($6.99/$7.99: Tuesday)

Weekend Solitaire Voygage ($6.99/$7.99: Tuesday)

Motorhome: Travelling North America 4 ($6.99/$7.99)

Real Car Parking Simulator ($5.99/$8.00: Friday)

Astrophidia ($4.99/$6.49)

Another Day? ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Lumeera and the Glow Reefs ($4.95/$6.95: Monday)

The Magic School ($4.95/$6.95: Tuesday)

Switch Archives

Space Cyclone ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Draknek puzzle games are on sale until July 2 (reminder/disclosure: contributor Syrenne McNulty is a producer at the studio). PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales (€69.99/£54.99)

Observer: System Redux (€39.99/£35.99)

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (€28.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Junkster (€9.99/£9.99: Tuesday)

The Last Salvage Squad (€9.75/£8.50)

and Roger (€4.99/£4.29: Wednesday)

Denshattack! (€?/£?: Wednesday)

Switch

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos (€49.99/£44.99)

Anime Feet Boys: The Charm Finder Quest (€24.90/£22.50)

Anime Feet Girls: The Charm Finder Quest (€24.90/£22.50)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Boy (€24.90/£22.50)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Girl (€24.90/£22.50)

Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny (€19.99/£17.99)

Drive Rally (€19.50/£16.75)

The Coma 3: Bloodlines (€14.99/£11.99: Tuesday)

Strays POV Tales (€14.99/£14.99: Friday)

Whipser of the House (€14.79/£12.79: Wednesday)

Space Dragons (€12.99/£12.99: Wednesday)

Speed Dates Summer Edition (€11.99/£10.99)

Auto Shop Simulator (€9.99/£8.99; Tuesday)

Soccer Kids Collection (QuByte Classics) (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

The Last Salvage Squad (€9.75/£8.50)

Inversion: The Single Path (€8.99/£8.99)

Super Scram Kitty (€8.99/£8.49)

Parking Garage Rally Circuit (€8.99/£8.09)

Dungeon Raze (€8.15/£7.15)

Offroad Craft Runner 4x4 Simulator (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

Dialoop -Roguelite Puzzle- (€7.79/£6.69)

Car Guys (€6.00/£5.00: Tuesday)

Ultimate Wobble Run (€5.99/£5.39)

Real Car Parking Simulator (€5.99/£5.30: Friday)

EggConsole Zodiac PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Grand Vegas Casino (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Planet Divers (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

To Bee Jazz (€4.99/£4.49)

Alien Cat 2 - Retro Collectathon (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Immunuzzle (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Oni Station (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)

P.I.S. File (€3.15/£2.49)

Just. Press. The Button. (€2.99/£2.99: Wednesday)

Dead End Escape (€2.49/£2.24)

Road to Jonin: The 3-Choice Ninja Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Spot the Impossible With Common Sense! (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos (€54.98/£49.48)

Switch 2 Upgrade

R-Type Tactics I+II Cosmos (€4.99/£4.49)

Switch 2 Archives

Space Cyclone (€8.99/£7.49)

The Legend of Kage (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Bloons TD 6 (€29.99/£26.99)

H Puzzle Simulator 3 (€19.99/£17.99)

Triple Trouble: Midnight Club (€19.99/£17.99)

Girls Force 2: Rising Academy (€16.99/£14.99)

lumen (€14.99/£14.99)

What Have You Done, Father? (€12.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

Pixel Art 2: Coloring Book (€9.99/£9.99)

Sportal (€9.99/£8.99)

Cornfield (€8.59/£7.49: Friday)

Clay&Cats (€7.99/£7.19)

Pip's Big Discovery (€7.95/£7.95)

Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 11 (€6.99/£6.29: Tuesday)

Weekend Solitaire Summer Village (€6.99/£6.29: Tuesday)

Weekend Solitaire Voygage (€6.99/£6.29: Tuesday)

Motorhome: Travelling North America 4 (€6.99/£6.29)

Pixel Cross Stitch: Miniatures (€6.99/£6.06)

Money Factory (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Cannibal Tales (€4.99/£4.49)

Another Day? (€4.49/£3.69: Friday)

Lumeera and the Glow Reefs (€4.95/£4.95: Monday)

The Magic School (€4.95/£4.99: Tuesday)

Fruits Slot Machine (€3.99/£3.99: Friday)

Fairy Tale Fighters (€3.00/not released: Wednesday)

Switch Archives

Space Cyclone (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales (¥7480)

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (¥4510: Tuesday)

The Last Salvage Squad (¥1500)

Junkster (¥1450: Tuesday)

and Roger (¥600)

Switch

UsoNatsu -The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie- (¥4300)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Boy (¥3990)

Tokyo Yakuza Idols: Save the Heart of a Rebel Girl (¥3990)

Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny (¥3300)

Strays POV Tales (¥2360)

Drive Rally (¥2300)

Space Dragons (¥2045)

Auto Shop Simulator (¥1599)

Dragon of Illusion (¥1999)

Whisper of the House (¥1700)

Parking Garage Rally Circuit (¥1600)

Super Scram Kitty (¥1500)

The Coma 3: Bloodlines (¥1900)

The Last Salvage Squad (¥1500)

Inversion: The Single Path (¥1400)

Hellbrella (¥1399)

Offroad Craft Runner 4x4 Simulator (¥1299)

Club Activity Girl Gacha Simulator (¥980)

Dungeon Raze (¥980)

Dialoop -Roguelite Puzzle- (¥980)

EggConsole Zodiac PC-8801 (¥880)

Emoji Battlefield: Sky Massacre (¥800)

Oni Station (¥799)

Planet Divers (¥749)

Immunuzzle (¥499)

To Bee Jazz (¥499)

Handsome Matching Face Memory Challenge (¥420)

Images Reveal True Feelings (¥420)

Learn Business English With Manga (¥420)

Professor Neumann's Adult Certification (¥420)

Fairy Tale Fighters (¥400)

P.I.S. File (¥400)

Kokoro Appliqué (¥200)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Space Cyclone (¥1100)

The Legend of Kage (¥800)

Switch

H House: Mystery Rooms (¥2999)

H Puzzle Simulator 3 (¥2999)

Triple Trouble: Midnight Club (¥2999)

Beat The Champions (¥2500)

lumen (¥2380)

What Have You Done, Father? (¥1999)

Girls Force 2: Rising Academy (¥1800)

Soccer Kids Collection (QuByte Classics) (¥1620)

Cornfield (¥1599)

Clay&Cats (¥1274)

Pixel Cross Stitch: Miniatures (¥1179)

Speed Dates Summer Edition (¥990)

Space Cyclone (¥838)

G-Mode Archives Pac-Man (¥800)

Another Day? (¥799)

[If the lot of you can't be normal on the forums or Discord about one game in particular, Donald will shoot you with a gun.]

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TalkBack / Other Announcements From The June 9 Nintendo Direct

« on: June 09, 2026, 09:19:00 AM »

If the lot of you can't be normal on the forums or Discord about one game in particular, Donald will shoot you with a gun.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/75959/other-announcements-from-the-june-9-nintendo-direct

Other announcements from the Nintendo Direct today:

• Bloober Team's newest horror game Observer: System Redux will land next Thursday (June 16).
• Fitness Boxing 3 will get a Nintendo Switch 2 edition on July 16.
• Popular PC friend walking sim Big Walk will come to Switch 2 on August 4 with cross-platform play and mouse support.
• Pinocchio-themed masochism action game Lies of P alongside its DLC will come to Switch 2 August 4, with a physical version two months later.
• The second Metal Gear Solid Master Collection sneaks onto Switch 2/Switch August 27.
• The Runescape series comes to Nintendo platforms for the first time with Runescape: Dragonwilds September 15 (Switch 2).
• Rayman Legends Retold made its Direct debut following last week's State of Play announcement and ahead of its October 1 launch.
• The Tales remasters go from the 2D era now as Tales of Eternia: Remastered will be available on October 16 (Switch 2/Switch).
• Bandai Namco and Kairosoft have teamed up for strategy game One Piece: Grand Gourmet on Switch 2 and Switch October 23.
• Hello Kitty gets her Mario Party on in Hello Kitty Party Land Oct 29 (Switch 2/Switch).
• Action RPG Lords of the Fallen II will slash into Switch 2 in the fall.
• The first game in poncle (Vampire Survivors)'s Survivaton line of licensed games is the 8-player competitive Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton on Switch 2 later this year.
• Warhammer 40k unloads Space Marine II on Switch 2 this holiday.
• The Microsoft-owned Minecraft will get a native Switch 2 version in 2026 with map carryover from the original Switch version.
• Stellar Blade, the high speed character action game previously released on PC and PS5, will blast onto Switch 2 this year.
• PC smash DayZ is making its way to Switch 2 this year.
• Ninjala 2: The Uncharted Planet will stick to Switch 2 next year.
• A remake of Wii cult hit Muramasa: The Demon Blade, called "Muramasa: Revenant Blades" will be available from Vanillaware in early 2027 (both Switch 2 and Switch).
• Devolver Digital announced Pikuniku 2 would come to Switch 2 next year.
• The next Atelier series will start with Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories for Switch 2 in earily 2027.
• Farming game Everbloom will be available for Switch 2 next year.