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After a long stretch of time since the last original title, fans of the Katamari series are being blessed this year with Once Upon A Katamari, a completely new title that was featured in today’s Nintendo Partner Direct. In this game, the King of all Cosmos has casually thrown a scroll through space... Read more...

Reminder: This gets into a Partner Showcase because it's published by Koei Tecmo in Japan.

Although it was a Partner Showcase, there was a trailer for one first party title outside Japan.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment had a trailer in the showcase, showing off the traditional hack-and-slash combat with the Heroes and some of the Tears of the Kingdom-style building. A teaser for what may have been Fi was also shown.

From one of the best board game publishers comes the most extra campfire making sim.

The Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase today had some quirky titles, but Chillin' by the Fire is perhaps one of the strangest showcases for Nintendo's new hardware. Releasing today for Nintendo Switch 2, in Chillin' by the Fire, you can build a campfire to your heart's content. Guide and direct the... Read more...

It's the baby, gotta love it.

The twisted tale of Goodnight Universe got a release date in today's partner showcase.

November 11 will see the launch of the "emotional adventure" on both Switch 2 and Switch. Originally shown in April's Nintendo Direct, the game stars a six month old child with unusual psychic powers.

Kamehameha in the palm of your hands

Dragonball Sparking Zero, the high-flying arena battler was announced during today’s Nintendo Partner Direct. Originally released on other platforms in 2024, the game features a huge swath of combatants from the storied anime franchise and includes playing through the original story arc, alternate... Read more...

These games will soon arrive in port at Switch 2 harbor

During the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase today, several games were shown to be release on Nintendo Switch 2 before the end of the year. A set of these games are (nearly) day-in-date with their releases on other platforms. They are listed below in order of release date.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance... Read more...

"And John Rairdin's heart grew three sizes that day."

The Pac-Attack is back, and this time not in a near horror game.

3D platformer Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac was revealed in today's Partner Showcase for a September 26 launch on both Switch 2 and Switch. Both consoles will also see a physical version of the game.

The original Pac-Man World 2 launched in 2002 on the GameCube, and a "Re-Pac" of the original Pac-Man World released in 2022 for Switch.

Square Enix once again making their presence felt during a Nintendo Direct.

During the July Partner Showcase, Nintendo announced that one of the best RPGs on Nintendo Switch, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, would be getting a Switch 2 upgrade later today at a cost of $9.99 (USD). See the image to the right for the 1.1.0 release patch notes. There's a demo on the Switch eShop if you've yet to check it out, or you can check out our review of the game below.

And yes, the Shrek soundtrack is represented.

If it's summer, it must be time to reveal a new Just Dance.

The Partner Showcase revealed Just Dance 2026 Ediiton today, launching on Switch October 14. A new "Party Mode" will be included in the game.

The 40+ included songs in the soundtrack included "Houdini" by Duo Lipa, "Hung Up" by Madonna, and "All-Star" by Smash Mouth.

A witch's mouse goes on a quest for foodstuffs.

Live a mouse-y life in 3D adventure game Hela, coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. Against a realistic forest background, you guide a witch's familiar on a quest to collect ingredients for their mistress to brew, while using your froggy backpack to swing across gaps and pick up items. Playing solo or with up to four players in online co-op, Hela's charm factor was off the charts. Stay tuned for more coverage of the game next year.

They've had more in their own shows but a quad of games in one Direct is new.

Electronic Arts was a frequent contributor to today's Partner Showcase, showing two new games and updating two more.

The next Octopath game and a brand new action-RPG cometh.

Square Enix entered just in time to drop two HD-2D bombs at the end of today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. First up was an action-RPG coming in 2026 to Nintendo Switch 2, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales, which also has a demo dropping on the eShop today. There was also the promise... Read more...

And with one of them, the Switch 2 can now get even more RPGs from Sega.

Two follow-ups to Switch 2 Day 1 game Yakuza Zero are coming on the same day.

An extended trailer for Yakuza Kiwami 2 was shown in the Nintendo Direct, announcing a November 13 launch for the brawler remake. At the end of the trailer, the original Yakuza Kiwami - released on Switch last October - was also announced to be getting a Switch 2 version on the same day.

Yes, Junpei's voice actor isn't disgraced. No, you don't get the canonical (female) main character.

Switch 2 owners will be asked to accept another hundred hours of RPG this fall.

Persona 3 Reload - the ground up remake of the 2006/7 PlayStation 2 cult classic released on other platforms last year - was announced in the Direct to be coming to Switch 2 on October 23. Preorders open for the game today.

This one appears to be going a bit darker.

A new Monster Hunter story is coming to both Switch 2 and Switch next year.

Today's Partner Showcase opened on Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, a cross-platform RPG due in 2026. The Direct featured a story trailer showing two nations seemingly at war and a single "Rathalos Rider" remaining.

Despite a scare in the motherland, the show must go on.

Third parties will be coming directly to us tomorrow.

A Partner Showcase Direct will air tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT. The show will run for 25 minutes.

The show will go ahead despite an 8.7 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific Rim.

Sadly, support for the Konami code for costume unlocks will seemingly have to wait for 1.3.0.

A new update for Mario Kart World has fixed some issues with the game in true Nintendo fashion.

The full patch notes are available here and include multiple obscure course fixes and some new identifiers such as signaling when all switches and Peach medallions are found in a section of free roam mode. It will also be possible to select a particular character to spectate in the online modes.

No, you can't load your own tunes from the Music Composition mode into Nintendo Music. (Though that would be awesome.)

It's Super Mario's 40th anniversary, and one of his early creative works is now available for Switch Online subscribers in two ways.

Mario Paint (1992) has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online Super Nintendo game library, as well as the soundtrack being added to Nintendo Music. The game supports the Switch 2's mouse controls, as well as USB mice on the original Switch.

I really should have pulled the "That doesn't work for me, brother" card for this week.

For the first time, the Switch 2 gets games in a week that weren't shown on April 2 - in fact, there's two, though one of them is a bit more questionable. The main one is "Dear me, I was...", the adventure story from Arc System Works (which is an odd enough duck), as for the other... Handy Hockey does come off as a bit of a tech demo.

At this point Donald is no longer asking for an updated "It Prints Money!" meme.

The US was a large part of the Switch 2's record-shattering launch, according to the monthly Circana survey.

According to the survey, the Switch 2 sold 1.6 million systems in June, the most ever in a system's debut month. The previous record holder, Sony's PlayStation 4, sold 1.1m systems in November 2013.