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TalkBack / Other News From The September 9 Nintendo Direct

« on: September 09, 2026, 09:16:00 AM »

Weird they chose to honor the Dreamcast by sticking Sonic in a puzzle game.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77213/other-news-from-the-september-9-nintendo-direct

Other announcements from today's Nintendo Direct:

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will finally hit Switch 2 on September 18, about four months after it launched on other platforms.
A trailer for The Witcher 3 Remastered (Sept 29) went over specific Switch 2 features including gyro and mouse controls, and also reconfirmed the Songs of the Past final DLC would be available next year.
Action adventure / horror game Hell Is Us confirmed an October 8 Switch 2 release.
Ubisoft will publish a Switch 2 version of The Crew: Motorfest on October 8.
Rebuilding simulator (ripped off about 5000 times on the eShop) House Flipper 2 has scheduled a move-in date of October 15 for Switch 2.
The original co-op adventure It Takes Two will receive a Switch 2 version on October 15 and owners of the Switch version will be able to upgrade for free in most territories.
Free-to-start (developed by Gameloft) game Bluey's Happy Snaps based on the animated series will snap a Switch 2 and Switch release on October 15 as well.
The Saudi Arabia-owned SNK made a pair of announcements, with Cristiano Ronaldo's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves releasing October 22 (physical in January) and a collection of Metal Slug games programmed by M2 will be out next year which includes a location test version of the original and Metal Slug Advance.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy will make its Nintendo direct download debut in an Encore Edition on November 5 for Switch 2: it was previously a cloud release for Switch.
Stellar Blade Complete will release on November 5, and will be accompanied by a Bayonetta-themed outfit for maximum squick.
It's Sonic's 30th anniversary, and his crossover with Pico Park is coming on November 12 (Switch 2 + Switch).
The next expansion for Disney Dreamlight Valley called "The Keepsake Sea" will be out in November, and focuses on aquatic characters like Capt. Jack Sparrow and The Little Mermaid.
Hela: Of Mice And Magic is an open-world adventure starring a mouse which will burrow into the Switch 2 (including physically) on December 1.
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream will follow on December 3 for Switch 2: it is an adventure set in an early 1900s Nordic city and has touch screen and mouse control options.
They're giving Luke a gun in Professor Layton and the New World of Steam which will make 2026 barely (December 10): the next entry in the Yo-Kai Watch series is a remake of the Yo-Kai Watch 2 games called Haunted Domain and is confirmed to be in development but has no release window.
Free-to-play life sim Palia will have a Switch 2 Edition launch in December.
Shooter RPG The Ascent will also come to the Switch 2 in December with mouse control support and all prior DLC included (as an Ultimate Edition).
The partner rapid fire reel opened with the Switch 2 edition of 007: First Light which still has no date beyond 2026.
For unavoidable reasons, Danganronpa 2x2 (recently moved to a Game Key Card for its physical release) will hold its first class trials January 14.
An extended gameplay trailer for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (February 12) was shown during the Direct.
It's not card games on motorcycles (yet), but a remake of Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force (2006, PSP) will deal a Switch 2 and Switch release February 16. The game's eShop listing is live for preorders, and has a three line disclosure of generative AI used for some of the language translations (which ones are not specified).
Also due on February 16 is Romancing Saga 3: Destinies United for Switch 2 / Switch as recently spotted by the Brazilian ratings authority.
Eternal Anima is a new Marvelous-published RPG that will bring time travel and a timing-based combat system a la Grandia to Switch 2 on March 4.
Far Cry 3 and its highly 80s-tinged spinoff Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon will come to Switch 2 next spring.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will come to Switch with a Royal Edition next year including all of the previous DLC.
Ondeh Ondeh: Kaya's Tasty Tale is a music-focused action game that Bandai Namco will publish next year.
A rare handheld only Switch 2 game called Onyx: The Dark Grip from Bloober Team is due next year: the game makes heavy use of the touchscreen for puzzle solving.
Stage Fright is a new 3 player co-op action game scheduled for 2027: it is developed by Ghost Town Games (Overcooked) and published by Hello Games (No Man's Sky)'s publishing label.
Koei Tecmo and developer Gust will bring licensed mystery solving game The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother to Switch 2 and Switch next year.

TalkBack / Capcom Bringing New Mega Man Information And Trio Of Resident Evil Remakes

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:22:12 AM »

If you've lost count of how many ways you can play Resident Evil 2 on Switch 2, you are not alone.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77212/capcom-bringing-new-mega-man-information-and-trio-of-resident-evil-remakes

In addition to Monster Hunter, Capcom showed new details on an upcoming anniversary and is bringing a trio of modern remakes to Switch 2.

Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4, which all received modern RE Engine remakes over the last several years, will all come to Switch 2 on February 16. RE2 will be its Deluxe Edition and RE4 a "Gold Edition", both of which include all previously released DLC.

A quick trailer was also shown for Mega Man: Dual Overdrive which confirmed Proto Man will be playable, and the game celebrating the 40th anniversary of Mega Man will be available in spring of 2027. Alongside the Switch 2 and Switch releases will be Mega Man and Proto Man amiibo.

TalkBack / PC Hit Meccha Chameleon And Remake Of Original Mystery Dungeon Out Today

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:13:00 AM »

Along with a few demos for upcoming games.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77211/pc-hit-meccha-chameleon-and-remake-of-original-mystery-dungeon-out-today

Crisis Core and the Mario Kart World update aren't the only shadowdrops today.

Perhaps the biggest one is the first console release for smash hit PC game Meccha Chameleon. It is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game in which the hiders can cover themselves in spray paint in order to help stay away from the seekers.

A remake of the original Mystery Dungeon game, Torneko's Mystery Dungeon, is also available today: the titular Torneko is the shopkeeper character from Dragon Quest IV. The remake, in addition to support for languages beyond Japanese, also adds difficulty settings and is available on both Switch 2 and Switch.

New demos are out for action RPG Fading Echo (September 17), Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World (Dec 3), and PS5/PC climbing game Cairn's debut on Switch 2 ("early 2027").

TalkBack / Next Mario Kart World Update Out Now, Final Kirby Air Riders Amiibo Revealed

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:03:11 AM »

Will kicking it old school make Mario Kart World more palatable to those who prefer worlds closed?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77210/next-mario-kart-world-update-out-now-final-kirby-air-riders-amiibo-revealed

Two of the best selling Switch 2 games received new information today.

Mario Kart World's version 1.8 update is out now, and in addition to adding two more Knockout Tours a "Vs Race" option is available with ten courses based on courses from the original Super Mario Kart. The courses even use ? blocks that must be driven across on the ground in order to get items alongside the retro track designs.

The final rider/vehicle Kirby Air Riders amiibo were also revealed as Sword Kirby+Dragoon and Noir Dedede+Hydra, bringing the final count for the line to seven. The new amiibo will be available in 2027: before that, an event that "refreshes the menus" will be released.

TalkBack / Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Switch 2 Edition To Add Another New Mode And New Hero

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:57:06 AM »

A blond haired woman who can use Foresight? Nice to see Rex isn't the only Xenoblade protagonist who can have kids.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77209/xenoblade-chronicles-3-switch-2-edition-to-add-another-new-mode-and-new-hero

Details continue to pour in for Nintendo's last Switch 2 release of the year, the Switch 2 Edition for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

A new mode called "Heroes' Vault" was shown which sees the party attempt to defeat enemies and build a meter which can be expended for new skills or allies. The building is necessary in order to defeat bosses at the end of the road.

Additionally, a new hero named Shimmer will be available in the Switch 2 edition: she is an Attacker class hero with the Foresight ability.

TalkBack / Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Release Date Confirmed, Ascendance Expansion Also Due In 2027

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:51:04 AM »

The truest test of the RE Engine yet, though this version shouldn't have to check for owned DLC every minute.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77207/monster-hunter-wilds-switch-2-release-date-confirmed-ascendance-expansion-also-due-in-2027

If it's a pre-Tokyo Game Show Direct and there's a Monster Hunter to talk about, it's going to lead off a Direct.

After announcing the release of the 2025 hunting action RPG in June, Monster Hunter Wilds's Switch 2 version had its first footage today - alongside a release date of December 4. All of the updates made after the game's initial release on PC/PS/Xbox will be included, as well as a four player local multiplayer option.

The announcement also confirmed the "Ascendance" expansion will come to Switch 2 in 2027, which is the current date for all platforms: it isn't clear if the expansion will launch day and date on Switch 2 or if there will be a delay due to the delayed release of the base game.

TalkBack / Crisis Core Reunion Coming To Switch 2 Later Today

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:42:05 AM »

At this point the only parts of the compendium of FF7 we're missing are the movie, the mobile games, and Dirge of Cerberus.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77206/crisis-core-reunion-coming-to-switch-2-later-today

Final Fantasy VII: Revelation may be coming to Switch 2 in April, but there's another game they want you to play in the leadup.

A Switch 2 version of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion was revealed at the end of a recap trailer for Revelation, and will be out today. The remake of the PSP game originally launched on Switch in December of 2022, but the Switch 2 version will offer a higher framerate and resolution.

The availability of save transfer or an upgrade discount is unknown as of press time, but as Square Enix is publishing the game it is not expected.

TalkBack / Switch Sports Resort Adds Free-Roam, Island Crown Modes

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:34:28 AM »

Why go to Star Fox Adventures for bafomdads when you can do it on a beautiful island?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77205/switch-sports-resort-adds-free-roam-island-crown-modes

In a segment blissfully shorter than its unveiling, some new features were shown for Switch Sports Resort in today's Direct.

A free roaming mode was shown which allows for full exploration of Wuhu Island and the surrounding oceans, complete with the ability to find photos or other items that lead to new lookout points. A single player "Island Crown" mode was also shown, which has the player attempt to move up the ranks in a specific sport with "Island Legends" awaiting at the highest levels.

TalkBack / Pikmin 4 To Get Switch 2 Edition In November

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:28:34 AM »

More Oatchi! Yay!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77203/pikmin-4-to-get-switch-2-edition-in-november

2023 Game of the Year Pikmin 4 is getting some more love in November.

A Switch 2 edition of the strategy success will release on November 12 under the name "Pikmin 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy". The centerpiece of the update will be the Dandori Academy, a version of the Dandori mode in which players will have to complete maps as quickly as possible every weekend. There will be a total of 72 maps released over an undetermined period.

The Switch 2 version will also allow for the use of the Switch 2's microphone to give orders to Oatchi (as well as calling them a good dog).

TalkBack / Switch 2 To Get Next Two Persona Games

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:19:25 AM »

We had a feeling Jordan took that PAX demo for a reason.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77201/switch-2-to-get-next-two-persona-games

Once again, the Switch announcement of a group of Persona games was delayed but we're getting all of it.

The semi-main event for the Nintendo Direct was a twin reveal of the upcoming Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 getting Switch 2 releases. Revival, a full HD upgrade of 2012's Persona 4 Golden with new voice acting, will release on May 20 (compared to February 16 for other consoles).

The forthcoming Persona 6, announced at a Microsoft presentation in June, will also release on Switch 2 but no window was given nor is there any word on a delay for the Switch 2 version. Notably, the game's Steam achievements were inadvertently released last night due to a Steam API error.

TalkBack / Switch 2 Version Of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Revealed

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:12:00 AM »

It took 10 minutes into the first Direct after the Zelda one to get a Zelda announcement.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77200/switch-2-version-of-hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-revealed

The last game of the Calamitous 4 Zelda games is also getting a Switch 2 release.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity will receive a Definitive Edition on February 25, with preorders opening today. Players will be able to use their existing saves and a ~~to-be-determined discount~~ will be provided for owners of the 2020 Switch release.

The Switch version will include all of the content in the game's 2021 Expansion Pass, as well as enhanced framerate and resolution.

EDIT 6:55pm EDT: The game's eShop page is reflecting a 50% discount for owners of Age of Calamity on Switch (US$59.99 MSRP down to $29.99), which makes it the most expensive Switch 2 upgrade Nintendo has ever offered - possibly due to the Japanese version being published by Koei Tecmo, who traditionally do not offer upgrades for cross-gen releases at all.

TalkBack / Kirby Goes To The World Beyond Next Spring

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:05:19 AM »

This felt like Mario 64, so... so long, King Dedede

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77198/kirby-goes-to-the-world-beyond-next-spring

Kirby's 35th anniversary next year is going even further beyond than you might've thought.

The final announcement of today's Direct was the reveal of Kirby and the World Beyond, a full 3D action\adventure game due for launch in spring 2027. The trailer showed the traditional Kirby copy abilities getting massive power ups: at one point, Sword Kirby cut down an entire wall.

The game will be a part of the 35th anniversary of Kirby (originally released in 1992), with more celebration details forthcoming.

TalkBack / Ocarina Of Time Remake To Launch November 5

« on: September 08, 2026, 06:45:25 AM »

The amount of motion picture was kept to a minimum in the Zelda Direct.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77196/ocarina-of-time-remake-to-launch-november-5

The Zelda 40th anniversary had one job, and delivered in spades.

A supermajority of the presentation was devoted to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, which confirmed a November 5 release. There are some new designs for the dungeons, the day/night cycle will continue to pass even when in towns, and players will have free camera control and a jump button (instead of autojump). Also added for Switch 2 was an option for humming ocarina tunes into the microphone.

Ocarina will also support the Zelda Notes app used for Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom on Switch 2, and amiibo of young Link and Zelda will be available sometime in 2027.

A special Switch 2 with Zelda branding (including green Joy-Cons) will be available on October 29, and the first run of physical editions (while supplies last) will have "textured foil" cover art.

The show also confirmed the name of the April 30 film will just be "The Legend of Zelda", but did not show a trailer in lieu of the title card.

TalkBack / Australian eShop Listing For Ocarina of Time Adds Pricing Ahead Of Direct

« on: September 07, 2026, 05:20:56 PM »

Everyone cool with pretending to be shocked once conversion is applied?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77195/australian-eshop-listing-for-ocarina-of-time-adds-pricing-ahead-of-direct

Based on word from Australia, don't expect a deal on pricing for Ocarina of Time after tomorrow's Zelda Direct.

As first spotted by Australian Nintendo specialists Vooks, the recently announced Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is showing a digital price of AU$94.95. This is the same price the local Nintendo store charges for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which is available digitally in North America for US$59.99/C$84.99 and in Europe for €59.99/£49.99.

The price does not come up on other eShops nor by doing a comparable search on the web stores for "Zelda", just on the generic search in Australia specifically. The full price is expected to be known worldwide following tomorrow's Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct.

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - September 10, 2026

« on: September 07, 2026, 04:46:00 PM »

Gotta love when the article is immediately out of date within 48 hours.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77140/nintendo-downloads-september-10-2026

Yes, it's obvious that everything on the docket this week is probably going to get overshadowed by the big doubleheader next week and whatever Festivus throws at it two mornings from press time. But stuff is still coming out - too much, in the case of the Switch - and some of it's important. For instance, the first of Too Much Trails in the From Zero / To Azure doubleheader drops on Switch 2 this week, which surely does no favours for next week's Trails in the Sky 2nd which already has to go up against Fortune's Weave, the poor bastard. (Reviews: Allyson on From Zero, Jordan on To Azure.) Also coming to Switch 2 this week already is Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush (the open world one), and the full release of PC viral hit Valheim.

For Switch, it's Too Much Culdcept with a re-release of the Saturn game: given how long it was between Revolt on 3DS and Culdcept Begins this summer, two months seems like a quick turnaround.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Somehow, the original Switch dropped 30 games after last week: the News Editor was trying to fight off the flu and this didn't help! Both platforms got the Arcade Archives release Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh, though. (As opposed to Revenge of *ANNOYED GRUNT*, which you might have heard eminating from the home office in Hadabesack, Nova Scotia.)

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: There's no text on the gameplay screen but any explanations probably aren't translated, so pull up a YouTube playthrough for Sabnack.

North America

Switch 2

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush (US$49.99/C$66.99)

Mewgenics ($39.99/$54.99: Tuesday)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero ($39.99/$49.99)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure ($39.99/$49.99)

Valheim ($29.99/$37.99)

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu ($24.99/$29.99: Monday)

Sprawl Zero ($24.99/$32.50: Tuesday)

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

Switch

Culdcept The First - Saturn Tribute ($29.99/$40.99: Tuesday)

Toro II ($29.99/$39.99: Wednesday)

Bug Error 404: Anime Boys Not Found ($24.90/$34.90)

Bug Error 404: Anime Girls Not Found ($24.90/$34.90)

One-Inch Tactics ($19.99/$not released: Wednesday)

Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster ($17.53/$24.27: Wednesday)

Hazard Pay ($16.99/$21.99)

Earth Must Die ($15.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Tennis Legend 2026 ($14.99/$19.99)

The Royal Writ ($14.99/$19.99)

Drift Club: Street Legends ($14.99/$20.00: Friday)

Paranormal Watcher ($10.99/$15.07: Saturday)

Black Flower ($9.99/$13.99)

Kubo 3 ($9.99/$13.99)

Clockwork Rabbit ($9.99/$11.99)

Quiz Challenge: Multiplayer ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Doti Golf ($8.99/$12.38: Tuesday)

Aim For One Million! Influencer Dream ($8.99/$11.49)

Party Fun! 8-Player Common Sense Battle ($8.99/$11.49)

Far Primal Survival ($7.99/$10.99: Tuesday)

Tiny Dino Learning Academy ($7.99/$9.99)

Hockey Beasts ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

EggConsole Sabnack PC-9801 ($7.16/$9.54)

Super Takoyaki Battle ($7.00/$9.66)

Circuit Flow ($6.99/$6.99)

Play and Learn: My First Hiragana ($5.99/$7.99)

2048 Battles - Sylvain Sirens ($4.99/$6.99)

Zumba - Magical Marble Saga ($4.99/$6.99)

The NoExistenceN of You and Me ($4.99/$6.49)

Dino Odyssey ($4.99/$7.99: Friday)

100 Romantic Hidden Cats ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Cursed District: Horror ($4.99/$4.99: Friday)

How True Is This Rumor? Urban Legend Mystery ($3.99/$5.39)

Learn English With World Ghost Stories ($3.99/$5.39)

The Truth of the Empty Room ($3.99/$5.39)

Space Parkour Obby ($3.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Cats Around Us: Black Cat ($2.99/$3.99)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion ($49.99/$66.99: Wednesday)

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- ($24.99/$33.49: Wednesday)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ($17.99/$21.75: Wednesday)

Banchou Tactics: Lion Heart ($14.99/$20.99)

Meccha Chameleon ($5.99/$8.29: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Karnov ($9.99/$13.72)

Nobunaga's Ambition II ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Lady Death Demonicron ($39.00/$54.99: Friday)

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- ($24.99/$33.49: Wednesday)

Jupiter & Mars: Definitive Edition ($19.99/$26.99)

Flowstone Saga ($19.99/$24.99)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ($17.99/$21.75: Wednesday)

Punch Monkey Revenge ($14.99/$19.99)

VTBattle: It's Not About Subscribers! It's All About Power ($9.00/not released)

Flipi Rivals ($8.99/$11.99)

Resonant Blade ($8.99/$12.38)

Asphalt: Car Racing Game ($7.99/$11.08)

Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 13 ($7.99/$9.99)

Clear It You Can ($6.99/$9.99)

Queen's Garden: Halloween ($6.99/$9.99)

My Mart ($6.99/$9.69: Friday)

Chained Drivers ($5.99/$7.99)

Supermarket Simulator - Grocery Store ($5.99/$8.99: Saturday)

Rhythm Flow ($4.99/$6.99)

Roll Golf ($4.99/$6.99)

War the Knights ($4.99/$6.99)

Naughty Baby ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Manalia Notes ($4.00/$4)

K-Pop Idol Dress Up ($3.99/$5.45)

Hidden Girls: Tropical Vibes ($3.99/$3.79)

Real Girls: Midnight Desire ($3.99/$3.79)

Switch Archives

Karnov ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Curse of the Dead Gods is 80% off until September 17. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush (€49.99/£44.99)

Mewgenics (€39.99/£35.99: Tuesday)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (€39.99/£35.99)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (€39.99/£35.99)

Valheim (€29.99/£23.49)

Sprawl Zero (€24.99/£22.49: Tuesday)

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

Switch

Lady Death Demonicron (€33.99/£30.49: Sunday)

Culdcept The First - Saturn Tribute (€29.99/£26.99: Tuesday)

Toro II (€29.99/£26.99: Wednesday)

Bug Error 404: Anime Boys Not Found (€24.99/£22.50)

Pool Party Girls: Splash Babes (€24.99/£22.50)

One-Inch Tactics (€19.99/£15.29: Wednesday)

Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster (€14.99/£13.09: Wednesday)

Tennis Legend 2026 (€14.99/£13.49)

Hazard Pay (€14.99/£12.99)

Drift Club: Street Legends (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Homebound Plush (€14.99/£13.49: Saturday)

The Royal Writ (€14.79/£12.79)

Earth Must Die (€13.29/£11.99: Wednesday)

Quiz Challenge: Multiplayer (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Paranormal Watcher (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Doti Golf (€8.99/£8.09: Tuesday)

Resonant Blade (€8.99/£8.09)

Black Flower (€8.99/£7.99)

Clockwork Rabbit (€8.99/£7.99)

Kubo 3 (€8.99/£6.99)

Far Primal Survival (€7.99/£6.99: Tuesday)

Aim For One Million! Influencer Dream (€7.99/£7.99)

Party Fun! 8-Player Common Sense Battle (€7.99/£7.99)

Tiny Dino Learning Academy (€7.99/£7.19)

Hockey Beasts (€7.99/£7.19: Friday)

Super Takoyaki Battle (€7.00/£6.02)

Circuit Flow (€6.49/£4.99)

EggConsole Sabnack PC-9801 (€6.15/£5.49)

Supermarket Simulator - Grocery Store (€5.99/£4.99: Saturday)

The NoExistenceN of You and Me (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Zumba - Magical Marble Saga (€4.99/£4.99)

2048 Battles - Sylvain Sirens (€4.99/£4.49)

Dino Odyssey (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

100 Romantic Hidden Cats (€4.99/£3.99: Friday)

Cursed District: Horror (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Space Parkour Obby (€3.99/£3.49: Saturday)

Cats Around Us: Black Cat (€2.99/£2.49)

How True Is This Rumor? Urban Legend Mystery (€2.49/£2.24)

The Truth of the Empty Room (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion (€59.99/£49.99: Wednesday)

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (€24.99/£19.99: Wednesday)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (€18.25/£15.99: Wednesday)

Banchou Tactics: Lion Heart (€14.99/£12.99)

Meccha Chameleon (€5.18/£4.59: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Karnov (€8.99/£7.49)

Nobunaga's Ambition II (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (€24.99/£19.99: Wednesday)

Jupiter & Mars: Definitive Edition (€19.99/£17.99)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (€18.25/£15.99: Wednesday)

Flowstone Saga (€16.99/£14.99)

Punch Monkey Revenge (€14.99/£13.50)

Asphalt: Car Racing Game (€7.99/£7.19)

Flipi Rivals (€7.39/£6.69)

Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 13 (€6.99/£6.29)

Clear It You Can (€6.99/£5.99)

Queen's Garden: Halloween (€6.99/£5.99)

My Mart (€5.99/£5.13: Friday)

War the Knights (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Rhythm Flow (€4.99/£4.44)

Roll Golf (€4.99/£4.44)

Naughty Baby (€4.29/£3.69: Friday)

K-Pop Idol Dress Up (€3.99/£3.59)

Manalia Notes (€3.00/£2.69)

Hidden Girls: Tropical Vibes (€0.99/£2.89)

Real Girls: Midnight Desire (€0.99/£2.89)

Werewolf Online (free to start: Saturday)

Switch Archives

Karnov (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush (¥6490)

Valheim (¥3400: Wednesday)

What Have You Done, Father? (¥1999)

Switch

School Uniform Girlfriend 3 (¥8360)

BLACK WOLVES SAGA -Weiβ und Schwarz- (¥7700)

Toro II (¥4835)

Bug Error 404: Anime Boys Not Found (¥3990)

Bug Error 404: Anime Girls Not Found (¥3990)

Jupiter and Mars: Definitive Edition (¥2980)

School Ghost Stories (¥2970)

The Gentleman Detective In An Uncertain World: Akugyo Soma Case Files (¥2970)

Tsukikomori (¥2970)

One-Inch Tactics (¥2750)

Drift Club: Street Legends (¥2300)

Paranormal Watcher (¥1622)

Before Exit: Gas Station (¥1599)

Black Flower (¥1599)

Kubo 3 (¥1580)

4096 Space Traders Era (¥1490)

Doti Golf (¥1425: Tuesday)

Far Primal Survival (¥1290)

Tiny Dino Learning Academy (¥1200)

Hockey Beasts (¥1199)

Crayon Story: Thumbelina (¥990)

Hurry, Hero! (¥990)

Aim For One Million! Influencer Dream (¥980)

Circuit Flow (¥980)

EggConsole Sabnack PC-9801 (¥980)

2048 Battles - Sylvain Sirens (¥800)

Super Takoyaki Battle (¥700)

The NoExistenceN of You and Me (¥699)

Choose and Complete! Hiragana Word Quiz (¥680)

Dino Odyssey (¥680: Friday)

Cats Around Us: Black Cat (¥475)

Lamp Clicker (¥450)

1 Minute Memory Quiz (¥420)

How True Is This Rumor? Urban Legend Mystery (¥420)

Learn English With World Ghost Stories (¥420)

Mirage and the Mysterious Evidence (¥420)

Psychopath Psychology -Uncover Their Dark Nature- (¥420)

The Truth of the Empty Room (¥420)

Your Gaze Is Noticed (¥420)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion (¥5470)

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (¥3520)

Banchou Tactics: Lion Heart (¥2400)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (¥1990)

Karnov (¥1100)

Nobunaga's Ambition II (¥800)

Meccha Chameleon (¥790)

Switch

Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (¥3520)

Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (¥1990)

Jaleco Sports: Face Off (¥1650)

Resonant Blade (¥1426)

Flipi Rivals (¥1400)

Clockwork Rabbit (¥1200)

My Mart (¥1111)

Supermarket Simulator - Grocery Store (¥999)

Karnov (¥838)

100 Romantic Hidden Cats (¥799)

Rhythm Flow (¥799)

Roll Golf (¥799)

Naughty Baby (¥795)

The Green Light (¥795)

War the Knights (¥795)

Missed Class: Horror (¥600)

Hidden Girls: Tropical Vibes (¥599)

Real Girls: Midnight Desire (¥599)

Manalia Notes (¥500)

Space Parkour Obby (¥500)

TalkBack / Final Fantasy VII Revelation Release Date Headlines Sony State Of Play Announcements For Switch 2

« on: September 03, 2026, 10:54:00 AM »

Sony's state might be fallen starting in 2028, but the Switch family is picking up the pieces.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77088/final-fantasy-vii-revelation-release-date-headlines-sony-state-of-play-announcements-for-switch-2

Ahead of Tokyo Game Show starting on September 17, Sony was the first platform holder to hold a presentation for new game announcements and some release dates.

The headline announcement was the release date for Final Fantasy VII: Revelation being confirmed for April 8, roughly seven years after the first part of the overstuffed remake debuted on PlayStation 4. Further announcements have confirmed an expansion pass with two side stories focused on Vincent and Sephiroth would release in the year following the base game. The Switch 2 retail version will be a Game Key Card, but this is likely due to the game's file size weighing in at ~~TILT~~ 130GB.

Other announcements:

A demo for Final Fantasy Resonance is now available with save carryover.
Cygames introduced a new publishing label called Cygames Edge and their first game will be a "leap of faith" action game called Where The Seeds Fall which will launch on November 5.
Square Enix is splitting the Final Fantasies with some Dragon Quest as Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World confirmed a December 3 launch.
Unlimited blades will work in Fate/Extra Record, a remake of the tournament focused RPG in the traditional visual novel series which will hit Switch 2 and Switch January 28 from XSEED.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger will get a story expansion "A Hero's Eternal Legacy" in 2027.
The sequel to shark RPG Maneater (Maneater 2) will lurk on Switch 2 in 2027.
Anime continues happening as NIS America will handle western publishing duties for "The Eminence In Shadow: Phantom Echoes", an action roguelite based on a light novel and anime, next year.
Annapurna will publish a new game from Maquette studio Graceful Decay called "Uncanyon" in 2027.

TalkBack / Nintendo Classics NES Library Adds Three Games Including Trilogy Capper And New Rare Game

« on: September 01, 2026, 05:47:52 PM »

Two of which are available standalone if you so desire.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77062/nintendo-classics-nes-library-adds-three-games-including-trilogy-capper-and-new-rare-game

A trio of NES games have dropped into the Nintendo Classics library for Switch Online subscribers tonight, with a new developer added to the fold.

Ikari Warriors (1987) is an early SNK release for the NES and is a 2-player co-op overhead shooter based on SNK's "Ikari" arcade game. The arcade version is available in the Arcade Archives on both Switch and Switch 2 via backwards compatibility, but this is the first time the home version has been re-released.
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991) is the final game in the 8 bit hack-and-slash platformer trilogy from Tecmo, with development led by future RPG stalwart Masato Kato. It was previously re-released on Wii and 3DS Virtual Console, as well as a release in the Console Archives line for Switch 2 in late April.
RC Pro-Am II (1992) is a four player-compatible racing game developed by Rare (with a David Wise soundtrack) that expanded the gameplay of the 1988 original and 1991 Game Boy game.

TalkBack / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets Switch 2-Focused Update, More Speed

« on: September 01, 2026, 05:35:30 PM »

Finally, a good Mario Kart experience at native Switch 2 resolution.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77061/mario-kart-8-deluxe-gets-switch-2-focused-update-more-speed

When you sell 72 million copies, you're going to get support well beyond the normal time, and so it goes with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

The Switch sales behemoth has received a version 4.0 update tonight, which is focused on performance for Switch 2 specifically with faster load times and the option for 8 player split-screen as well as camera support if in a GameChat session. At least one Switch 2 controller (Joy Con or Pro Controller) must be connected for 8 player local play, but the numbers can be made up with Switch Joy-Cons.

For those who haven't upgraded yet, the patch also provides a speed increase - the patch notes give an estimate of one coin equivalent - and owners of the Booster Course Pass can now select a "96 Race" vs option.

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - September 3, 2026

« on: August 31, 2026, 01:55:00 PM »

Happy birthday to the news editor's roommate, and the news editor is so, so tired.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77059/nintendo-downloads-september-3-2026

Between late releases last week and this week's starting bid, I believe I loaded 110+ profiles in a little over 24 hours, and I find myself hoping the Switch's discontinuation in Europe (due to a lack of removable batteries in the Switch) next year will result in the supply of games getting cut down dramatically. Sadly, 156m copies can't be wrong. So what's on the successor? Well, the big one is either Onimusha: Way of the Sword as Capcom continues their generational run, or the Dirty Pair-styled co-op adventure Orbitals. (Willem reviewed Onimusha in case you missed it.) Also dropping are the annual fee-to-pay NBA 2k27, shop builder Moonlighter II (Jordan's review), and a Switch 2 release for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty from Koei Tecmo.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: 37 channels and one thing on with the Console Archives release of "8-bit console" Bubble Bobble, though you may want to consider Blood Dungeon for either Switch 2 or Switch.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: Surprisingly, yes you can get away with the action RPG Borfes and the Five Demons.

North America

Switch 2

Onimusha: Way of the Sword (US$69.99/C$94.99: Friday)

NBA 2k27 ($69.99/$89.99: Friday)

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty ($59.99/$79.99)

My Hero Academia: All's Justice ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Orbitals ($39.99/$53.49)

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault ($29.99/$38.99: Wednesday)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants - Ninja Edition ($29.99/$44.99: Friday)

BioEden ($21.99/$29.49)

Asdivine Knot ($20.99/$29.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Asdivine Knot ($0.99/$1.49)

Switch

Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palmobia ($29.99/$39.99)

Angeline Era ($24.99/$32.99: Wednesday)

Educational Family Games ($24.99/$34.99)

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Boys Dating Sim ($24.90-/$34.90-)

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Girls Dating Sim ($24.90-/$34.90-)

Hashire Hebereke: EX ($21.99/$26.39)

Asdivine Knot ($19.99/$27.99)

Komorebi - A Furry Visual Novel ($19.99/$25.99)

Soul Quest ($19.99/$25.99)

Isle of Reveries ($19.99/$27.99: Friday)

Veiled Edge ($16.99/$19.99)

Super Woden Rally Edge ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Star Racer ($14.99/$21.25)

Junkyard Builder: King of Scrap ($14.99/$20.99)

Aerea ($14.99/$19.99)

Dice A Million ($12.99/$14.99: Friday)

Forest of Deceit ($9.99/$13.99: Monday)

Guided Meditations - Love Yourself ($9.99/$14.99)

Owlen and the Starboard Mountain ($9.99/$14.99)

Before Exit: Gas Station ($9.99/$13.99)

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost ($9.99/$13.99)

Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game ($9.99/$12.99)

4096 Space Traders Era ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Parables of Jesus ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Shoe It All ($7.99/$7.99)

Horse Spirit Valley 2 ($6.99/$9.99)

Vikings Pinball ($6.99/$9.99)

EggConsole Borfes and the Five Demons MSX ($6.49/$7.34)

Metal Garden ($5.99/$8.39: Tuesday)

Tales of Fermentera ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Order Automatica ($5.99/$7.19: Friday)

FlyKnight ($5.99/$7.80: Saturday)

Horse Spirit Valley ($4.99/$7.49)

Solitaire Paradise - Furry Waifus ($4.99/$6.99)

Paper Airplane Flying Game ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Kupar: Horror Mystery ($4.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Alluring Neon Night Town ($3.99/$5.39)

Beauties' Thrilling Shots ($3.99/$5.39)

Casual Mystery Solving Bite-Sized Mysteries ($3.99/$5.39)

Caught You Looking ($3.99/$5.39)

Dreamy Beauties: Heart-Pounding Illustration Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Look Closer Dark Traditions ($3.99/$5.39)

Perfect Crime Case Files ($3.99/$5.39)

Secret Photo Memory ($3.99/$5.39)

Street Corner Heartbeat Snaps ($3.99/$5.39)

Frog Parkour Obby ($3.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Jigsaw Puzzle: Frog ($3.49/$4.99)

Word Craft Nature ($2.99/$3.99: Sunday)

Ironford ($2.99/$3.99)

Minesweeper Galaxy ($2.99/$4.49)

Pretty Home Run Derby - Re: Return of Kusogaki ($2.99/not released)

Lamp Clicker ($2.98/$4.19: Tuesday)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Exstetra ($24.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

The Ramen Sensei ($17.99/$24.00)

Switch 2 Upgrade

The Ramen Sensei ($3.99/$6.00)

Switch 2 Archives

The Conveni 2 ($11.99/$16.63)

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh ($9.99/$13.72)

Wiz ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Exstetra ($24.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

Special Forces: Black Out ($24.99/$32.99)

Hidden Girls: Bikini Dreams ($19.99/$19.99)

Adventure of Kanjiro Chapter 2 ($15.00/$15.00)

Speedrunners 2: King of Speed ($14.99/$19.99)

Mystery Detective Adventure 2 ($13.99/$19.99)

The Clubies ($10.96/$15.26: Friday)

No More Slimes ($9.99/$14.00)

Warnet Life ($9.99/$13.89: Friday)

Jaleco Sports: Face Off ($9.99/$13.70: Friday)

DopePie Survivors 3D ($8.99/$11.99)

Monster Slingshot Smash ($7.99/$4.19: Friday)

Squad Legends: Battle Royale ($7.99/$10.99: Saturday)

Parking Problem ($6.99/$9.79)

Magic Kittens Merge ($5.99/$6.99)

Color Lines ($5.99/$8.30: Saturday)

Evergreen Quest ($4.99/$6.99)

King's Descent ($4.99/$6.99)

Nutty Gunner: 2D Squirrel Shooter ($4.99/$6.99)

The Green Light ($4.99/$6.99)

Deep Miner ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Rabbit and Turtle Harsh Jump Race ($4.50/$6.50)

Stickman Monster Battle 3D ($3.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Radon Blast 2 ($3.99/$5.40)

Real Girls: Velvet Flame ($2.99/$2.49)

Hill Climb Legends ($2.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Wizboyz ($1.00/$1.00: Monday)

The Square Ones ($0.99/$1.39: Saturday)

Fortress Merge (free to start: Friday)

Switch Archives

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Nintendo's "Blockbuster" sale is on until September 9. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (€69.99/£54.99)

NBA 2k27 (€69.99/£59.99: Friday)

Onimusha: Way of the Sword (€69.99/£59.99: Friday)

My Hero Academia: All's Justice (€69.99/£54.99: Friday)

Orbitals (€39.99/£34.99)

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (€29.99/£24.99: Wednesday)

BioEden (€21.99/£17.98)

Asdivine Knot (€20.99/£18.89)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Asdivine Knot (€0.99/£0.89)

Switch

Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palmobia (€29.99/£24.99)

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Boys Dating Sim (€24.99/£22.50-)

Educational Family Games (€24.99/£21.99)

Angeline Era (€22.49/£20.99: Wednesday)

Hashire Hebereke: EX (€22.43/£19.80-)

Asdivine Knot (€18.99/£17.99)

Komorebi - A Furry Visual Novel (€19.50-/£17.59)

Soul Quest (€18.99/£17.09)

Isle of Reveries (€17.99/£16.19: Friday)

Veiled Edge (€16.99/£15.29)

Super Woden Rally Edge (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Junkyard Builder: King of Scrap (€14.99/£13.49)

Star Racer (€14.99/£13.49)

Aerea (€14.99/£12.99)

Dice A Million (€12.79/£10.99: Friday)

Increbraintal (€10.25/£9.99)

Forest of Deceit (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game (€9.99/£9.99)

Guided Meditations - Love Yourself (€9.99/£8.99)

Owlen and the Starboard Mountain (€9.99/£8.99)

4096 Space Traders Era (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Before Exit: Gas Station (€8.99/£8.09: Wednesday)

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost (€8.99/£6.99)

Shoe It All (€7.99/£6.99)

Squad Legends - Battle Royale (€7.99/£6.99: Saturday)

Vikings Pinball (€6.99/£5.49: Wednesday)

Horse Spirit Valley 2 (€6.99/£6.29)

Metal Garden (€5.99/£5.99: Tuesday)

Tales of Fermentera (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

EggConsole Borfes and the Five Demons MSX (€5.59/£5.39)

Horse Spirit Valley (€4.99/£4.49)

Solitaire Paradise - Furry Waifus (€4.99/£4.49)

Order Automatica (€4.99/£4.29: Friday)

Kupar: Horror Mystery (€4.99/£3.99: Friday)

Paper Airplane Flying Game (€4.99/£3.99: Friday)

Frog Parkour Obby (€3.99/£3.49: Saturday)

Jigsaw Puzzle: Frog (€3.49/£3.19)

Ironford (€2.99/£2.99)

Minesweeper Galaxy (€2.99/£2.69)

Alluring Neon Night Town (€2.49/£2.24)

Beauties' Thrilling Shots (€2.49/£2.24)

Casual Mystery Solving Bite-Sized Mysteries (€2.49/£2.24)

Caught You Looking (€2.49/£2.24)

Look Closer Dark Traditions (€2.49/£2.24)

Secret Photo Memory (€2.49/£2.24)

Street Corner Heartbeat Snaps (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Exstetra (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

The Ramen Sensei (€15.99/£13.00: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

The Ramen Sensei (€2.99/£3.00)

Switch 2 Archives

The Conveni 2 (€10.99/£9.89)

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (€8.99/£7.49)

Wiz (€8.99/£7.49)

Switch

Exstetra (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

Special Forces: Black Out (€24.99/£22.49)

Amel Broat (€19.99/£17.99)

Hidden Girls: Bikini Dreams (€19.99/£17.99)

Broken Fields: Stay or Run? (€19.90/£17.89)

The Intern: Temptation at Work (€14.99/£22.49)

Speedrunners 2: King of Speed (€14.99/£13.49)

Mystery Detective Adventure 2 (€13.99/£12.59)

Jaleco Sports: Face Off (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

The Clubies (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Warnet Life (€8.59/£7.39: Friday)

No More Slimes (€8.49/£7.69)

Parking Problem (€6.99/£6.29)

Chained Drivers (€5.99/£5.99: Wednesday)

Color Lines (€5.99/£5.39: Saturday)

Magic Kittens Merge (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Nutty Gunner: 2D Squirrel Shooter (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

The Green Light (€4.99/£4.49)

Evergreen Quest (€4.99/£4.44)

King's Descent (€4.99/£4.44)

Deep Miner (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Stickman Monster Battle 3D (€3.99/£3.99: Saturday)

Radon Blast 2 (€3.99/£3.55)

Rabbit and Turtle Harsh Jump Race (€3.00/£3.00)

Monster Slingshot Smash (€1.99/£1.79: Friday)

Hill Climb Legends (€1.99/£1.79: Saturday)

Pirate Havoc (€1.99/£1.79: Saturday)

Real Girls: Velvet Flame (€0.99/£1.89)

The Square Ones (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Fortress Merge (free to start: Friday)

Switch Archives

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Onimusha: Way of the Sword (¥8990: Friday)

My Hero Academia: All's Justice (¥7920)

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (¥7480)

Orbitals (¥5980)

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (¥3400: Wednesday)

BioEden (¥2970)

Asdivine Knot (¥1640: Friday)

Quest of Dungeons (¥800)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Asdivine Knot (¥100)

Switch

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Boys Dating Sim (¥3990)

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Girls Dating Sim (¥3990)

Hashire Hebereke: EX (¥3300)

Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palmobia (¥3300)

Star Racer (¥2780)

Angeline Era (¥2480)

Veiled Edge (¥1980)

Super Woden Rally Edge (¥1980)

Forest of Deceit (¥1870: Monday)

Guided Meditations - Love Yourself (¥1600)

Owlen and the Starboard Mountain (¥1600)

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost (¥1580)

Asdivine Knot (¥1540: Friday)

Aerea (¥1499)

Zombie Arise (¥1499)

Shoe It All (¥1399)

Castaway (¥1399: Friday)

First English Picture Dictionary & Quiz (¥1280)

Murdox Detective Notebook (¥1280)

Horse Spirit Valley 2 (¥1140)

Vikings Pinball (¥1039)

8-Player Common Sense Battle (¥980)

EggConsole Borfes and the Five Demons MSX (¥880)

Horse Spirit Valley (¥800)

Paper Airplane Flying Game (¥799)

Your First Hiragana (¥680)

Beauties' Thrilling Shots (¥420)

Beautiful Girl School Life (¥420)

Casual Mystery Solving Bite-Sized Mysteries (¥420)

Hot Spring Date With A Beautiful Woman (¥420)

IQ Logic Codes: Number and Letter Puzzles (¥420)

London Street Case Files: Memorize In 60 Seconds (¥420)

Mythical Creatures Personality Quiz: 16 Types (¥420)

School Mystery (¥420)

Secret Photo Memory (¥420)

Street Corner Heartbeat Snaps (¥420)

Minesweeper Galaxy (¥299)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

NBA 2k27 (¥9460)

Exstetra (¥3278)

The Ramen Sensei (¥2000)

The Conveni 2 (¥1200)

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (¥1100)

Wiz (¥1100)

Switch 2 Upgrade

The Ramen Sensei (¥500)

Switch

Fitness Adventure Pro (¥3980)

The Intern: Temptation at Work (¥3980)

Exstetra (¥3278)

Hidden Girls: Bikini Dreams (¥2999)

Broken Fields: Stay or Run? (¥2980)

Speedrunners 2: King of Speed (¥2950: Friday)

Special Forces: Black Out (¥2800)

Soul Quest (¥2200)

Mystery Detective Adventure 2 (¥2199)

Dice A Million (¥2000: Friday)

The Clubies (¥1728)

Warnet Life (¥1595)

Adventure of Kanjiro Chapter 2 (¥1520)

No More Slimes (¥1450)

Squad Legends: Battle Royale (¥1290)

DopePie Survivors 3D (¥1200)

Parking Problem (¥1200)

Color Lines (¥950)

Conquest: Global Domination (¥920)

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (¥838)

Chained Drivers (¥800)

G-Mode Archives Ridge Racer (¥800)

Evergreen Quest (¥799)

King's Descent (¥799)

Mystery Box (¥799)

Deep Miner (¥797)

Nutty Gunner: 2D Squirrel Shooter (¥795)

Supermarket Electronic (¥795)

Metal Garden (¥700)

Rabbit and Turtle Harsh Jump Race (¥600)

Kupar: Horror Mystery (¥500)

Real Girls: Velvet Flame (¥499)

Pirate Havoc (¥480)

Frog Parkour Obby (¥450)

Jigsaw Puzzle: Fun Shapes (¥450)

Radon Blast (¥399)

Radon Blast 2 (¥399)

The Square Ones (¥149)

Fortress Merge (free to start: Friday)

TalkBack / Gamescom Opening Night Live Unveils New Information On Switch 2 And Switch Games

« on: August 25, 2026, 04:57:00 PM »

It's amazing there was this much tax deductible content in the two and a half hour long Krafton / NCSoft Direct.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76952/gamescom-opening-night-live-unveils-new-information-on-switch-2-and-switch-games

It's Gamescom week in Europe, and the Geoff Keighley-hosted Opening Night Live did have a decent Switch 2 / Switch presence in it.

The headlining announcement was a Switch 2 release of the forthcoming remastered version of The Witcher 3. Originally released on Switch in 2019, the Switch 2 upgrade will be available on September 29, and owners of the Switch version will be able to upgrade at no cost: if the game was purchased without the Hearts of Stone / Blood and Wine expansions following their separation, they are also included in the Switch 2 version by default. The Switch 2 version is also expected to receive the new "Songs of the Past" expansion next year.

Other announcements:

A demo is now available for next week's Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Switch 2): the demo was previously released on Steam and PlayStation.
RedOctane is getting back into the plastic instrument game with Stage Tour, which will be released for Switch 2 on December 10: guitars, microphones, and drums will be available from the manufacturer's website though the Switch 2 drums will not be available at launch.
Pixel art platformer Mariachi Legends, which was previously targeting a 2026 launch, confirmed a release date of April 27 of next year.
Saber Interactive's Turok reboot Turok: Origins was also delayed to spring 2027 following its announcement for fall release in the June Nintendo Direct: no word on if this delay is to add more LLM-generated content.
Capcom showed a new trailer for Mega Man: Dual Override, which confirmed Proto Man will appear in the 40th anniversary game when it launches next year. A coinciding announcement will see a Mega Man costume added to Pragmata.
A new trailer was shown for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Revelation which confirmed the return of the Weapons (bosses that scale up to superbosses), and some new summons that were not in the original 1997 game including Typhon (FFVI).
Worms: Galactic Tactics, the next game in the long running strategy series, was revealed for a 2027 launch: a second new Worms was also announced but gave no platforms or windows.
The Arcade Crew (Blazing Chrome) will publish Arconia: Mirror Worlds, a self-described "action adventure shop manager" next year.
Also due in 2027 is co-op adventure Age Twisters from publisher Krafton and developer Piccolo Studio.
The debut game from MCB Studio, a supergroup of developers from studios including Bungie, Hi-Rez Studios, and BioWare, will be fantasy co-op game 1001 Threads of Mizan for Switch 2 among other systems. No release date was given.
Lego is moving to build entire cities with Lego Skylines, which will launch on Switch 2 at an undetermined time.

TalkBack / Nintendo Announces Post-Price Increase Switch 2 Bundles

« on: August 25, 2026, 07:43:04 AM »

You know, at some point it'd be nice to write about a price DECREASE.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76951/nintendo-announces-post-price-increase-switch-2-bundles

Alongside a reminder of the Switch 2's price increase next week came a pair of bundle offers for the North American markets.

Nintendo of America has announced two Switch 2 and game bundles to come following the Sept 1 raise of the Switch 2's base retail price to US$499.99. The first will be the return of the Mario Kart World bundle (including three months of individual Nintendo Switch Online membership) in "late September", possibly tied to the Sept 17 launch of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, at a MSRP of $549.99 (also up $50). This will likely replace the current "pick a game" bundle.

The other bundle will come on October 22 and will include Nintendo Switch Sports Resort and the three month NSO at a MSRP of $529.99. As with Mario Kart, the copy of Switch Sports Resort will be a digital code included in the box.

TalkBack / Cult Hit RPG Terranigma Reportedly Making North American Debut In 2027

« on: August 24, 2026, 11:53:00 AM »

We see you over there hitting Y to doubt, but it seems to be happening.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76950/cult-hit-rpg-terranigma-reportedly-making-north-american-debut-in-2027

One of the few pre-Wii games that has a Japan and European release but never came out in North America appears to be headed to Switch 2 and Switch next year - worldwide.

Clear River Games (one of the many subsidiaries of Embracer) has announced a "Rebirth" of the 1995/96 Super Nintendo action RPG Terranigma will release in 2027. The reveal trailer is embedded below:

Terranigma was the final Super Nintendo game released by the developer Quintet, and was the third game in a loose trilogy which also included Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. The game was localized and released in Europe on 19 December 1996, but its North American release plans were scuttled with the closure of the American operations of Enix Corp: Nintendo, who had published Illusion of Gaia in 1994, elected not to release Terranigma due to that fall marking the launch of the Nintendo 64 in North America.

The story of the game features a young man named Ark who lives on a dark side of Earth and after opening a mysterious door, has to return to the "lightside" to resurrect the doomed planet in order to save his home.

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - August 27, 2026

« on: August 24, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

"Colonel, what's the game that killed 95% of game websites doing here?"

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76938/nintendo-downloads-august-27-2026

To once again borrow the quote from 1996 Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle: "Truth be told, I'm not a big fan of the Dark Souls. And if I could make any developer in the industry tap out, it'd be Miyazaki." Yes, I have to be reminded that the game that led to a six month later death of scores of video game websites because their traffic dropped six months later and line must go up is coming to Switch 2, as much as I hoped it would get the Borderlands 4 treatment after Gamescom last year. It's not the only game that sucked up The Discourse coming to Switch 2 this week, though Metal Gear Solid 4 is a) also coming to Switch and b) coming with the best MGS, Peace Walker (the original Monster Hunter with guns which would get its torch picked up by 2016 Game of the Year Metroid Prime: Federation Force).

Other items of note: NISA-published strategy RPG Brigandine Abyss, the just-in-time-for-the-EPL-kickoff soccer RPG Captain Tsubasa 2 on Switch, compilation adventure game The Immortal John Triptych, Indie World veteran Lou's Lagoon, and a Toaplan Garage game that sounds like a really messed up Sharpedo Terastalization.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: 1000xResist wasn't the only game to cross over to Switch 2 with Another Crab's Treasure and Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo both getting no-cost upgrades. Unless you're in Japan. Also, anti-plug for Console Archives game Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess for being COMPLETELY UNTRANSLATED.

North America

Switch 2

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (US$79.99/C$106.49: Friday)

Brigandine Abyss ($49.99/$66.99)

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 ($49.99/$66.99)

The Immortal John Tryptych ($24.99/$32.49)

Lou's Lagoon ($24.99/$29.99)

Funguys Swarm ($9.99/$11.99: Tuesday)

Quest of Dungeons ($8.99/$11.28)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Lou's Lagoon (no cost)

Switch

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition ($49.99/$69.99)

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 ($49.99/$66.99)

Court of Darkness: Adoration's Kiss ($39.99/$39.99)

Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark ($34.99/$44.99: Saturday)

The Immortal John Tryptych ($24.99/$32.49)

Lou's Lagoon ($24.99/$29.99)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Boys ($24.90/$34.90)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Girls ($24.90/$34.90)

Aggelos 2 ($19.99/$26.99)

Research Story ($14.99/$19.99)

Tearscape ($14.99/$19.49)

Zombie Arise ($14.99/$14.99: Saturday)

Inside The Cube ($12.99/$18.29)

28 Days Train Wreck Survivor ($12.99/$17.99)

Chew Chew Mimic ($9.99/$13.99)

Dungeons of Alethrion ($9.99/$13.99)

Horripilant ($9.99/$13.99)

Project City ($9.99/$13.99)

Ghetto Zombies: Grafitti Squad ($9.99/$12.99)

Golftacular! ($9.99/$12.79)

Astronaut Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Monst ($7.99/$11.30)

Black Tower Enigma ($7.99/$10.71)

Art of Drift - Crazy Drift Simulator ($7.99/$10.99: Friday)

Crayon Story: Thumbelina ($6.99/$8.99)

A Tower Full of Cats ($5.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

1964 Operation Velvet Twins ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Zumba - The Phraoah's Marble Revenge ($4.99/$6.99)

Magnetail ($4.99/$6.83)

Frogborne: New Lands ($4.89/$4.89: Saturday)

A Taste of Home ($4.78/$6.74)

Hidden Cats in Barcelona ($3.99/$5.49)

Cursed Objects: Find and Seal ($3.99/$5.39)

Hidden Photo Mysteries: The Truth Gets Scary ($3.99/$5.39)

IQ Logic Codes: Number and Letter Puzzles ($3.99/$5.39)

Mythical Creatures Personality Quiz: 16 Types ($3.99/$5.39)

Palabras en inglés para aprender en la primaria ($3.99/$5.39)

Vanishing Evidence: Mystery Cases ($3.99/$5.39)

Fernkeep ($3.99/$3.99)

My Friendly Little Island Deluxe ($3.99/$5.49: Saturday)

Outbreak Compound ($2.99/$3.99: Sunday)

Word Hive 3 ($2.99/$4.49)

Giraffe Raising Game: Reach for the Sky ($1.99/not released)

Korean Drone Flying Tour Baekje Military Museum ($1.00/$1.42)

Escape Game Room16 ($1.00/$1.41)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 4 ($39.99/$54.72: Wednesday)

Mind Diver ($17.99/$23.49)

Nostalgic Train ($15.99/$21.99: Wednesday)

Blood Dungeon ($9.99/$12.79: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Blood Dungeon (no cost: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Bubble Bobble ($7.99/$11.08: Wednesday)

Switch

I Am An Air Traffinc Controller Airport Hero Centair EX ($54.99/$76.74: Wednesday)

Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend ($29.99/$33.99)

Apidya Special ($19.99/$27.99: Tuesday)

Mahjongus: The Warlock Within ($19.99/$26.99: Wednesday)

Roots in the Sky ($19.99/$23.99: Wednesday)

Amel Broat ($19.99/$26.99)

Murders on the Yangtze River ($19.99/$25.99)

Escape Room: The Secret Portal Puzzle ($14.99/$19.99)

Hoverstoppers ($11.49/$16.00: Friday)

Retrobot: 2085 ($10.99/$15.99)

Blood Dungeon ($9.99/$12.79: Tuesday)

I Did Not Buy This Ticket ($9.99/$12.79)

Platonica Space ($9.99/$11.25)

Astrava ($4.99/$6.99)

Cozy Farm Defense ($4.99/$6.99)

Supermarket Electronic ($4.99/$6.94)

Can I Not Fall For Idols? ($4.99/$6.49)

Smash Cat ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Monster Academy: An Interactive Story ($4.95/$4.95: Monday)

Pattern Pulse ($4.95/$4.95: Tuesday)

Scary Stories Grotesque ($3.99/$4.59)

Puzzle Girls: Dark Temptation ($3.99/$3.79)

Real Girls: Burning Whisper ($2.99/$2.49)

Silent Raid ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)

Pirate Havoc ($2.99/$3.99: Saturday)

School Sweets Discovery - Granulated Sugar Edition ($1.00-/$1.00-)

Switch Archives

Satan of Saturn ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: In your biannual reminder to play Ghost Trick, it's 67% off as part of a larger Capcom sale until September 10. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (€79.99/£64.99: Friday)

Brigandine Abyss (€49.99/£44.99)

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 (€49.99/£44.98)

Lou's Lagoon (€24.99/£19.99)

The Immortal John Tryptych (€23.79/£19.99)

Funguys Swarm (€9.99/£7.99: Tuesday)

Quest of Dungeons (€8.99/£8.09)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Lou's Lagoon (no cost)

Switch

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters (€69.99/£54.99: Friday)

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 (€49.99/£44.98)

Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark (€29.99/£26.99: Saturday)

Lou's Lagoon (€24.99/£19.99)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Boys (€24.90/£22.50)

Medical Lab Science: Anime Nurse Love in the Public Hospital (€24.90/£21.90)

The Immortal John Tryptych (€23.79/£19.99)

Court of Darkness: Adoration's Kiss (€22.99/£19.94: Wednesday)

Apidya Special (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Tearscape (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Aggelos 2 (€19.99/£16.99)

Research Story (€14.49/£12.99)

Inside The Cube (€12.99/£12.99)

Zombie Arise (€11.99/£10.79: Saturday)

Dungeons of Alethrion (€9.99/£8.99)

Golftacular! (€9.99/£8.99)

Horripilant (€9.99/£8.99)

Astronaut Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Ghetto Zombies: Grafitti Squad (€9.75/£8.69)

Project City (€9.19/£8.29)

Chew Chew Mimic (€8.99/£11.99)

Black Tower Enigma (€7.99/£7.19)

Art of Drift - Crazy Drift Simulator (€7.99/£6.99: Friday)

Monst (€6.99/£6.29)

Crayon Story: Thumbelina (€5.99/£5.39: Wednesday)

1964 Operation Velvet Twins (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

A Tower Full of Cats (€5.75/£5.09: Wednesday)

Magnetail (€4.99/£4.49)

Zumba - The Phraoah's Marble Revenge (€4.99/£4.49)

Frogborne: New Lands (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

A Taste of Home (€4.19/£3.79)

Fernkeep (€3.99/£3.59)

Hidden Cats in Barcelona (€3.99/£2.99)

My Friendly Little Island Deluxe (€3.99/£3.59: Saturday)

Word Hive 3 (€2.99/£2.69)

Cursed Objects: Find and Seal (€2.49/£2.24)

Dreamy Beauties: Heart-Pounding Illustration Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Hidden Photo Mysteries: The Truth Gets Scary (€2.49/£2.24)

Hot Springs Beauties Japanese Inn Date Memory (€2.49/£2.24)

IQ Logic Codes: Number and Letter Puzzles (€2.49/£2.24)

Mythical Creatures Personality Quiz: 16 Types (€2.49/£2.24)

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

Palabras en inglés para aprender en la primaria (€2.49/£2.24)

Giraffe Raising Game: Reach for the Sky (€1.99/£1.79)

Escape Game Room16 (€1.00/£0.89)

Korean Drone Flying Tour Baekje Military Museum (€1.00/£0.89)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 4 (€39.99/£35.99: Wednesday)

Mind Diver (€17.99/£14.99)

Nostalgic Train (€14.70-/£13.16: Wednesday)

Blood Dungeon (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Blood Dungeon (no cost: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Archives

Bubble Bobble (€6.99/£6.29: Wednesday)

Switch

I Am An Air Traffinc Controller Airport Hero Centair EX (€54.99/£44.99: Wednesday)

Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend (€24.99/£23.79)

Fractured Worlds (€22.99/£20.69: Wednesday)

Mahjongus: The Warlock Within (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Roots in the Sky (€18.99/£16.99: Wednesday)

Murders on the Yangtze River (€19.99/£17.99)

Escape Room: The Secret Portal Puzzle (€14.99/£13.49)

Blood Dungeon (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

I Did Not Buy This Ticket (€9.99/£8.99)

Retrobot: 2085 (€9.99/£8.99)

DopePie Survivors 3D (€8.99/£7.99: Friday)

Hoverstoppers (€8.99/£7.99: Friday)

Platonica Space (€7.15/£6.75)

Can I Not Fall For Idols? (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Supermarket Electronic (€4.99/£4.49)

Astrava (€4.99/£4.44)

Cozy Farm Defense (€4.99/£4.44)

Monster Academy: An Interactive Story (€4.95/£4.95: Monday)

Pattern Pulse (€4.95/£4.95: Tuesday)

Smash Cat (€4.29/£3.69: Friday)

Scary Stories Grotesque (€4.00-/£3.59)

Silent Raid (€2.99/£2.69: Friday)

School Sweets Discovery - Granulated Sugar Edition (€1.00-/£0.89)

Puzzle Girls: Dark Temptation (€0.99/£2.89)

Real Girls: Burning Whisper (€0.99/£1.89)

Switch Archives

Satan of Saturn (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Brigandine Abyss (¥9020)

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (¥9020: Friday)

Neptunia Unlimited (¥8580)

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 (¥6600)

Lou's Lagoon (¥3350)

Funguys Swarm (¥999: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Lou's Lagoon (¥100)

Switch

Neptunia Unlimited (¥8580)

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters (¥8470)

Train Plus Japan Drive Western Japan Trains! Rapid Service Edition (¥7980)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Boys (¥3990)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Girls (¥3990)

Court of Darkness: Adoration's Kiss (¥3980)

Fractured Worlds (¥3760)

Lou's Lagoon (¥3250)

Aggelos 2 (¥3190)

Apidya Special (¥2498: Tuesday)

Tearscape (¥2420)

Inside The Cube (¥2100)

Horripilant (¥1599)

Hyper Euphoria (¥1500)

Chew Chew Mimic (¥1380)

Monst (¥1290)

Black Tower Enigma (¥1200)

Ghetto Zombies: Grafitti Squad (¥1200)

Platonic Space (¥1200)

Golftacular! (¥1150)

Dungeons of Alethrion (¥1100)

A Taste of Home (¥780)

1964 Operation Velvet Twins (¥770)

Hidden Cats in Barcelona (¥650)

One Last Clip (¥500)

Magnetail (¥499)

Neon Beauties: H Photo Puzzle (¥420)

Unnatural Hidden Images (¥420)

Swing Your Arm, Hit the Ball: Return of Kusogaki (¥370)

Giraffe Raising Game: Reach for the Sky (¥300)

Word Hive 3 (¥299)

Korean Drone Flying Tour Baekje Military Museum (¥150)

Escape Game Room16 (¥100)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 4 (¥6908)

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (¥2900)

Dead Age II (¥2000)

Mind Diver (¥1840)

Nostalgic Train (¥1680)

Blood Dungeon (¥1320: Wednesday)

Bubble Bobble (¥800: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Blood Dungeon (¥100: Wednesday)

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (¥100)

Switch

Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend (¥3600)

Grim Trials (¥3500)

Mahjongus: The Warlock Within (¥3159)

Roots in the Sky (¥2600)

False Love: Ghost or Not? (¥2360)

Murders on the Yangtze River (¥2350)

Escape Room: The Secret Portal Puzzle (¥2349)

Retrobot: 2085 (¥1960)

Astronaut Simulator (¥1599)

Destination Sign Collection for Nintendo Switch™ Kintetsu Railway Edition Part 3 (¥1500)

Threshold Warden (¥1399)

Blood Dungeon (¥1320: Tuesday)

Art of Drift - Crazy Drift Simulator (¥1299)

Deep Sea Delivery And Co (¥1100)

Delivery Simulator (¥1000)

V-Turber Battle (¥980)

Hotel Tycoon (¥950)

Slots and Daggers (¥920)

Satan of Saturn (¥838)

Astrava (¥799)

Cozy Farm Defense (¥799)

Smash Cat (¥789)

Emergency Rush (¥660)

Can I Not Fall For Idols? (¥580)

Puzzle Girls: Dark Temptation (¥559)

Frogborne: New Lands (¥500)

Scary Stories Grotesque (¥500)

Hidden Girls: Quiet Beauty (¥499)

Real Girls: Burning Whisper (¥499)

Ironford (¥400)

School Sweets Discovery - Granulated Sugar Edition (¥120)

TalkBack / Pokemon Bank Is Not Too Big To Fail, And That’s Terrible

« on: August 18, 2026, 11:16:00 AM »

The millennials yearn for the return of Pal Park, and other observations on the February 25 shutdown.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/editorial/76866/pokemon-bank-is-not-too-big-to-fail-and-thats-terrible

Pokemon is about to go through Dexit IV, and this one feels more like a Phantom Menace than a Rocky.

The first Dexit occurred in 2002 when Ruby and Sapphire overhauled Pokemon’s kludgy internal stat system to allow for female Pokemon to have the highest possible attack (among other changes) but also prevented the first two generations from crossing the Color -> Advance barrier. The second one came in 2016, when Sun and Moon did not track a “National Pokedex”, and the third and most infamous came in 2019 when Sword and Shield explicitly prevented about 27% (241 of an eventual 898) Pokemon from ever emigrating to Galar. Including a freaking Smash Bros. character in Greninja – and yet, Blissey remained. But eventually, all but five* Pokemon became permanently obtainable with just Switches, and two of them still have a chance to be available once Scarlet and Violet stop running events.

But the closure of Pokemon Bank means what was once two groups of Pokemon – those that appeared on 20th century hardware and everything else – will now be six. The originals, the GBA and DS, the two different 3DS generations that appeared on cartridges with no movement between them, the Virtual Console rereleases, and the Switch era. This creates a vacuum cleaner: it simultaneously sucks and blows. Because whether through omission or intent, there was never a way to transfer Pokemon from one generation to another on the 3DS that didn’t involve Bank or Pokemon Transporter. At least you had Pal Park in the first generation of DS games and the Poke Transport Lab in the Black / White games.

I still have my original Sapphire starter from 2003, though I think the date got changed along the way. I was able to bring Blair the Blaziken through Bank and then Home to Legends: Z-A, and earlier this year I gave her maximum investment. She’s now level 100, the pinnacle of power for a Pokemon, and I fixed up her effort values and gave her maximum stat potential + a beneficial nature for the moveset. I thought I might do that one more time with the best Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald starter Mudkip and even spent $TILT on replacing copies of Platinum and White 2 a couple of months ago. I guess now I have to speedrun this, alongside a bunch of other potential hunts.

This is what peak 23 year old chicken looks like.

I’ve built up somewhat of a “shiny living Pokedex” in Home – one of every species in its shiny/alternate color variant - and I’d like to stop relying on Pokemon Go to fill in gaps for me. There’s a lot of Pokemon, particularly of the legendary variety, whose recent appearances are “shiny locked”, meaning they have no chance to produce a shiny. This leaves me with a few options: Pokemon Go’s relatively inconsistent raid schedule (Mewtwo doesn’t show up easily raidable for four years then gets three runs in two months), resetting in an older game, or grinding out the Dynamax Adventures in Sword and Shield’s DLC – which takes 10-15 minutes to complete and doesn’t even guarantee me an opportunity to check. I think I’ll take my chances with the old game resets, thanks. But in March 2027? I can reset a wormhole in Ultra Sun all I want to get a shiny Articuno, but if it’s stuck on the 3DS...

I fully understand why Bank is shutting down, though. I did my transfer from Bank to Home on the latter’s opening night, and I don’t think I’ve stored anything since. Plus, there’s a lot of people whose waking dreams manifest in Bank and then get sanitized in HOME after the transfer, and 3DS online services got completely broken just before the eShop died – even if Pokemon wasn’t officially affected, there’s probably some unpatched vulnerabilities in the code of the 3DS games or Bank. Arbitrary code execution? Cool, a less painful way to get shiny Manaphy. REMOTE code execution? Nothing good comes from that.

You’ve probably seen the meme image that compares the target market of Call of Duty and Pokemon: the intention is the Pokemon market is a child and the CoD market a young adult, but the actual result is reversed. I was in the younger adult category, and even now that I turned The Ultimate Answer this past weekend I still hate that I don’t have time to take full advantage of Bank in the six+ months it has left. But Big Pikachu is still targeting the younger market, and 100+m copies of Home-compatible Pokemon games means they can probably take the PR hit. Lord knows if they survived the Scarlet and Violet launch tire fire to the tune of 20+m shipped in six weeks, they can handle anything.

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - August 20, 2026

« on: August 17, 2026, 01:47:00 PM »

Sometimes the last minute grenade is actually a stink bomb, but this week it was a celebratory firework.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/76865/nintendo-downloads-august-20-2026

Things were looking bleak for the eShops this week when this process began on Saturday, where it looked for all the world that the main releases were another Aksys / Idea Factory collab (Over RequiemZ - and yes, it is set in Oz) and the threatened DayZ Switch 2 release. Hekke grace, we ended up with a nice surprise a bit ago when the Switch 2 version of 1000xResist popped up on the eShop: more details here.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: A surprise double-drop of Lord of the Rings: The War in the North, and Everspace 2 made its way over.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: It's an untranslated Dragon Slayer game (which begat The Legend of Heroes, you know the drill) so there might be a fan translation but it's not present here.

North America

Switch 2

DayZ: Cool Edition (US$69.99/C$96.99)

Starsand Island ($39.99/$56.84: Tuesday)

Wobbly Life ($29.99/$42.99)

Grim Trials ($19.99/$29.90)

1000xRESIST ($19.99/$25.99)

Ground Zero Hero ($9.99/$14.03)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Wobbly Life ($4.99/$6.49)

1000xRESIST (no cost)

Switch

Over RequiemZ ($49.99/$69.18)

Beach Volleyball Boys: Hot Spike ($24.90/$34.90)

Beach Volleyball Girls: Hot Spike ($24.90/$34.90)

Toy Tactics ($24.99/$27.99: Wednesday)

Grim Trials ($19.99/$29.90)

Mega City Force ($14.99/$19.49: Friday)

Peaceful Bug Catching Story ($12.50/$17.24)

Dungeon Antiqua 2 ($10.99/$14.58: Wednesday)

Get Fitt - Furry Edition ($9.99/$14.99)

Berry Bury Berry ($9.99/$13.99)

Smithsonian: Digging for Dinosaurs ($9.99/$12.99)

Driving is Hard ($9.99/$12.79)

Kero Kero Cowboy ($9.99/$13.39: Friday)

House Cleaner Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Increbraintal ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Aerialia: Wings of Delivery ($8.70/$12.26)

Ready or Nowhere ($7.99/$10.99: Tuesday)

Japan Stigmatized Property 2 ($7.99/$10.49)

Fluffy Friends - Cute Preschool ($7.99/$9.99)

Blocky Powers ($7.49/$9.99: Saturday)

EggConsole The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch Renewal PC-9801 ($7.16/$9.54)

Build My Arcade ($5.99/$5.99)

Chained Up Together: Co-op Duo ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Dark Reflection ($4.99/$7.00)

Emoji Killer - Casino Massacre ($4.99/$6.99)

Puppergeist ($4.99/$6.99)

Dino Hex Trap ($4.99/$6.83)

Hearthwater ($4.99/$4.99: Friday)

Suncroft ($4.99/$4.99: Friday)

Mireglow ($4.99/$4.99: Saturday)

Midnight Anomaly Mystery ($3.99/$5.39)

Road Line Puzzle: Connect the Paths ($3.99/$5.39)

Slot & Learn World Flags ($3.99/$5.39)

The Final Scene ($3.99/$5.39)

Spot the Difference Ukiyo-e: Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido ($3.99/$5.39)

One Last Clip ($3.99/$4.99)

Ducks in Disguise ($3.99/$4.99: Saturday)

Horror Prison: Escape ($3.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Word Hive 2 ($2.99/$4.49)

Ascent DX ($2.99/$4.19)

Cozy Pages: Comfy Coloring for All Ages - Paint, Draw, and Relax (free to start)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Sports Camp: A 35 Game Adventure ($34.99/$42.99)

Another Crab's Treasure ($29.99/$38.99)

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo ($19.99/$25.99)

Dead Age 2 ($17.99/$23.49: Tuesday)

Dogpile ($9.99/$12.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Another Crab's Treasure (no cost)

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Cyber Cycles ($16.99/$23.44)

Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess ($14.99/$20.71)

Ninja Emaki ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Dirty Little Puzzle ($19.99/$19.99)

With Eyes of Ice ($14.99/$21.99: Friday)

False Love: Ghost or Not? ($14.90-/$20.70-)

Dogpile ($9.99/$12.99)

Zed & Zee ($9.99/$13.99)

Threshold Warden ($7.99/$11.50-)

Chai Guide ($6.49/$7.85)

Hotel Tycoon ($5.99/$8.99)

Awaken in Fear ($4.99/$6.99)

Dice Nights ($4.99/$6.99)

The Rolling Rolling Rolling Rice Ball ($4.00-/$5.00-)

Emergency Rush ($3.99/$5.49: Saturday)

Hidden Girls: Quiet Beauty ($2.99/$2.49)

Feed Them ($1.99/$2.49: Saturday)

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Cyber Cycles ($14.99/$20.71)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: A Sega sale until September 1 includes 75% off Sonic Mania if you want to get in on the RFN RetroActive at the last minute. PSPrices, DekuDeals