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Thursday21st Aug 2025
Nintendo Download 21st August (North America)
Herdling! Roadwarden! Uhh...umm...
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived — a few hours late, but unless you've been sleeping all day, you'll know we've been dealing with a lot of silk(song). Anyway! As always, we've got a list of new games galore that have arrived on the US eShop. It's a little quieter this week than...
News Ys X: Proud Nordics Sails West On Switch 2 In Early 2026
NIS anchors another Game-Key Card release
NIS America is bringing Ys X: Proud Nordics to Switch 2 in the West in early 2026, the publisher has announced. But, like its other Switch 2 releases in Disgaea 7 Complete and Trails Beyond the Horizon, it'll be a Game-Key Card (as per the
Review Turtle Beach Airlite Fit For Nintendo Switch 2 - A No-Frills, All-Round Solid Bargain Headset
A budget beauty?
Between everyone at Nintendo Life, we've already got quite the heady (thanks) collection of gaming headsets for Switch 2 since the new console launched. You can find our in our Best Nintendo Switch 2 Gaming Headsets guide. However, one thing that we don't have a whole lot of choice on, and especially if you're looking for any sort...
News Hollow Knight Has Now Sold Almost 15 Million Copies
HorNET profit
It would come as no surprise to hear that Hollow Knight is one of the most successful indie games of all time, right? An immensely popular Switch launch (a quarter of a million sales in its first two weeks) and six years of waiting for one of the most hyped-up sequels ever is bound to do that. But it turns out that the melancholic...
News Co-Op Party Platformer 'King Of Meat' Will Make The Jump To Switch Early Next Year
Update: Switch 1 is still coming
Amazon Games and Glowmade have announced that their hack-and-slash co-op party platformer, King of Meat, will be heading to Switch 2 in "early 2026". This one was initially announced in Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, and it even popped up in this year's
News Team Cherry's Already Got "Ambitious" Plans For Hollow Knight: Silksong Additional Content
"Hopefully we can achieve some of it"
Team Cherry has finally lifted the lid on Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date. It's 4th September, if you missed it, and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has sat down with the devs to find out why it has taken so long to make. The short answer, as detailed
News Rare Arcade Version Joins Two Of The Worst 'Mortal Kombat' Games In Legacy Kollection
Update: UMK3 WaveNet version also included
Never accuse Digital Eclipse of not going all-in for its retro compilations. The studio's next release, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, looks to be no different, and a sighting and Gamescom confirms that the developer is going all in by including two of the least-popular MK games. In a video posted...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Finally Has A Release Date
IT'S HAPPENING
Team Cherry's "special announcement" gave us what we were all hoping for, Hollow Knight: Silksong will launch on 4th September. The reveal gave us a closer look at the gameplay, showcasing the "lethal acrobatic action", "vast handcrafted world", and a massive roster of enemies (200 regular enemies and 40 bosses, to be precise)...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Lands Another New Mega Evolution
With a particularly spooky reveal
The Pokémon Company has revealed yet another new Mega Evolution that will make its debut in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and it's Victreebel being put in the limelight this time. This classic Grass / Poison Type has been a series mainstay throughout the generations, and its new Mega design looks particularly... sweet...
Chibi-or-not-Chibi
This review was originally published in November 2009. We're updating and republishing it in honour of the game's arrival on Switch 2 as part of the Nintendo Classics GameCube lineup. Meet the Sandersons, your atypical, dysfunctional American family. Mr. Sanderson is an out-of-work engineer-cum-manchild who liv
Video We've Played Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On Switch 2
Head in the Clouds
The catchily-titled Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was one of our favourite announcements out of the Switch 2 reveal Direct back in April. A lot of us missed the original remake when it arrived on beefier consoles back in 2020, and even those who did manage to get around to it were excited by the prospect of playing it on the...
Guide Best MicroSD Express Cards For Nintendo Switch 2
Your old Switch cards won't work, it's time for an upgrade
Switch 2 has a lot more internal storage than its predecessor, boasting 256GB compared to the meagre 32GB seen in Switch 1 (or 64GB if you have an OLED Model). Still, more storage is always better, and with Switch 2 you'll need to opt for a microSD Express card, not a standard microSD card...
News Gulikit Unveils New Premium Controllers Compatible With Switch And Switch 2
Take it to the max
Gulikit has unveiled two new premium controllers at its booth in Gamescom, both of which will be fully compatible with the Switch and Switch 2. Dubbed the TT PRO and TT MAX, the design is kind of a cross between the Xbox and PlayStation, utilising the former's overall shape, yet shifting the left analogue stick to the bottom for...
News Nightdive's CEO Reiterates Desire To Remaster 'Eternal Darkness'
"It's been kinda locked behind the GameCube/Nintendo wall all this time"
Nightdive Studios' CEO Stephen Kick has once again reiterated his desire to remaster Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (or at the very least see some sort of rerelease), originally released on the GameCube in 2002. If you remember back in 2022, Kick posted on social media to...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong "Special Announcement" Is Coming Today
ACTION STATIONS
No, this is not a drill. Team Cherry has shared that a "Special Announcement" about Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming our way on 21st August (that's this Thursday)! Very little is known about what the announcement will entail at the time of writing, though the YouTube stream is now live on the official Team Cherry account, so you...
Switch 2 fixes and much more
Following the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 on the Switch and Switch 2 last month, Activision and Iron Galaxy have now rolled out a major 2.0 patch. This update adds Create-A-Park to Private Matches and addresses a "variety of issues". There are also some fixes specific to the Switch and Switch 2 versions of...
News Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library This Week
Chibi-Robo returns
Nintendo has today announced it will be bringing Chibi-Robo to the Switch 2's GameCube library next week on 21st August, 2025. This title was one of the many games confirmed alongside the reveal of the GameCube library for the Switch Online service. It originally made its debut on the GameCube in 2005/06 and was developed by the...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Updated To Version 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Get ready for the Switch 2 Edition
Ahead of the release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land for the Switch 2 next week, Nintendo has rolled out a new game update. This bumps up both the Switch and Switch 2 versions of the title up to Version 1.1.0. According to the official patch notes, this is the first update for the title since its arrival on the...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
Video Uh Oh, Elden Ring On Switch 2 Has Issues In Handheld Mode
Is it tarnished?
Nintendo has a pretty big booth at Gamescom this year, with a large chunk of areas dedicated to the glut of third-party ports coming to (or are already out on) the Switch 2. One of those upcoming titles is Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, which brings the highly-acclaimed open-world RPG from FromSoftware to Nintendo's new console...
News Disco Elysium-Inspired Narrative RPG 'Rue Valley' Gains A Switch Release
Update: Release date confirmed
Rue Valley, a narrative RPG heavily inspired by Disco Elysium, has been confirmed for the Switch in addition to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. No release date has been set at the time of writing, but we're keeping a close eye on this one. It looks pretty awesome; definitely a little more upbeat and comedic than what...
Guide Best Retro Throwback Nintendo Switch Games - Modern Games With Old-School Style
Scratch that nostalgia itch with these Switch neo-classics
Updated with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and UFO 50! Ah, nostalgia — it's a tricksy thing. How many times have we gone back to revisit a treasured classic only to find that modern games have spoiled it for us? For all the brilliant aspects of retro games, the mod cons and performance we're...
News Final Fantasy 14 Director Has Had "Positive Discussions" With Nintendo On Switch 2 Port
"I do hope that players will look forward to hopefully good news”
The hugely-popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV — which is about to celebrate its 12th anniversary (in its rebooted form) — is one of our most-requested Switch 2 ports, particularly from this writer. And it sounds like we're one step closer to seeing the game come to the hybrid...
News Donkey Kong Bananza's Dig Button Placement Is All Thanks To Miyamoto
Digging deep
Okay, how many of you automatically went to press the 'B button to jump the first time you picked up Donkey Kong Bananza? It's been a staple in Mario games for a long time, so it's pretty natural to assume things would be similar here. Except it isn't, but the change actually makes a lot of sense here. And we have one Shigeru Miyamoto...
News Dead Cells Dev's 'The Rogue Prince Of Persia' Leaps Onto Switch 2 Later This Year
What a surprise!
As a part of today's Xbox Gamescom showcase, Dead Cells dev Evil Empire finally lifted the lid on The Rogue Prince of Persia, revealing that it will be coming to Switch and Switch 2 "later this year". While every other platform landed the full release of this Prince of Persia roguelike today, we're pleased to see it finally...
Video At Last! We've Played Hollow Knight: Silksong On Switch 2
Threading the needle
You've read the title, you've seen photos of the booths online, so you know it's coming — six years after its last official public demo, we've finally played Hollow Knight: Silksong. And, we've played it on Switch 2, too. Ahead of the game's special broadcast tomorrow, 21st August, we — or, more specifically, the lovely...
Mini Review Arcade Archives 2: Aqua Jet (Switch 2) - Classic Aquatic Racer Lags Behind Wave Race
Let’s Jet
Once upon a time, Jet-Ski games were all the rage. Arcade cabinets and fifth generation consoles were replete with these high-speed polygonal racers that sent you careening around tracks set in sunny locales with bobbing water physics. Aqua Jet was an early example of the trend and released the very same year as Wave Race 64. Now, you...
Gallery Get A Closer Look At Nintendo's Gamescom 2025 Booth
Took something perfect and painted it red
Gamescom 2025 is officially underway, and a handful of team NL are out on the show floor, gobbling up as many of the games as we can get our hands on. Naturally, the Nintendo booth has captured much of our attention, with a particularly stacked line-up including the likes of Kirby Air Riders, Elden Ring and...
News Fantasy Life i's New Update Is Finally Live On Switch 1 & 2, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Photo Mode arrives
Remember last month when Level-5 said that it would be adding a Photo Mode to Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time in a July update? That patch got hit with a last-minute delay, but today, it has been released in all its glory. The ver. 1.5.0 update is now live on Switch and Switch 2, adding the long-awaited Photo Mode,...
News Comic Adaptation 'I Hate This Place' Stalks Onto Switch This November
I hate this wait
Skybound Entertainment and Broken Mirror Games have announced that I Hate This Place, the adaptation of the comic series from writer Kyle Starks and artist Artyom Topilin, will launch on the Switch on 7th November 2025. The new trailer also gives us a further glimpse at the craft-based survival horror gameplay, with an isometric...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Offers Buttery Smooth Performance On Switch 2
No Quirrels from us
Well, it has been quite the week for Hollow Knight: Silksong news, hasn't it? We got a tiny peek at some more gameplay in Gamescom Opening Night Live, Team Cherry revealed a "special announcement" is coming on Thursday, and now we're getting to go hands-on with the damn thing. Our more d
Random Zelda Fan Builds A Ridiculously Cool, Fully Functional Wind Waker Sailboat
"Did I startle you..?"
Although many deemed it somewhat tedious, sailing across The Great Sea is what made Zelda: The Wind Waker, well... The Wind Waker. It was a really cool mechanic in hindsight, and we don't know about you, but we often fantasised about having our own 'King of the Red Lions' sailboat in real life. Now, thanks to YouTuber and...
Preview Sakurai's Kirby Air Riders Is A Kaleidoscopic Adrenaline Rush
Watch out, Mario Kart World
Kirby has the ability to put everyone in a good mood, right? I mean, I've been in a lovely mood thanks to the pink puffball (and Nintendo), as I was lucky enough to go hands-on with the upcoming racer Kirby Air Riders for the Nintendo Switch 2 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. As a surprising sequel to Kirby Air Ride on...
Rumour Another Bethesda Game Is Landing On Switch 2, It's Claimed
"See that planet? You can go there"
There have been rumours about Bethesda's Starfield coming to the PlayStation for some time now, so can we expect a Nintendo version at some point in the future? According to YouTube and podcaster 'Nate the Hate', who has already been linked to some other rumours this generation, "Starfield is planned for release...
News Sonic X Pac-Man Collabs Announced For Sonic Racing And Pac-Man World 2
"Two legendary icons, two epic crossovers"
In case you missed it, it's been announced Pac-Man is joining the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Season Pass. Pac-Man and the "iconic rival ghosts" will link up with not only Sonic's crew but also characters from other Sega universes and beyond (including Minecraft, SpongeBob, and more). Apart from this, there...
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
Round Up Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 - Every Switch 1 & 2 Announcement & Trailer
Indiana Jones! He-Man! Absolum!
Wrapping up the summer of gaming in Cologne, Gamescom 2025 has kicked off with Opening Night Live, a two-plus-hour showcase of new game announcements and updates. And, well, things started off strong for the hybrid consoles, but as the show progressed, the announcements slowed down. That didn't stop us from getting a...
News Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Gets A Free Demo On Switch 2
Playable today!
During Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, it's been confirmed that Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion now has a free demo available for users on all relevant platforms, including the Switch 2. It should be available for download by the time you're reading this, but if not, then just keep an eye out over the coming hours for an...
News Cronos: The New Dawn Delivers Scares And Thrills In Its Best Trailer Yet
Cats, monsters, and... James Sunderland?
Bloober Team has unveiled its latest trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn on Switch, and it's probably the best one yet. Starting from the perspective of a cat, of all things, it quickly descends into chaos, with monsters roaming about, weird telekinetic abilities, and even some nifty anti-grav sections. In...
News He-Man Is The Next '80s Icon Getting His Own Stunning Arcade-Style Retro Revival
I HAVE THE POWER!
Limited Run Games and Mattel are teaming up with Bitmap Bureau to bring us a brand new pixel art side-scrolling He-Man game in 2026 on Switch. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will feature 12 stages from the iconic toy line and cartoon where you'll be able to play as He-Man, Teela, Man-At-Arms,...
News Stylish Beat 'Em Up Roguelike 'Absolum' Magics Up Switch Release Date
Frog wizard? We're in
Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Supamonks have dropped a brand new trailer for their stunning beat 'em up roguelike mash-up, Absolum. Plus, the game is launching on Switch on 9th October 2025. The news dropped during Gamescom's Opening Night Live pre-show, and the trailer has us desperate to play as the frog wizard. Give him to...
News Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Will Launch On Switch 2 In 2026
Sweet!
During Gamescom Opening Night Live, it's been confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch on the Switch 2 in 2026. Published by Bethesda Softworks and developed by MachineGames, the Xbox-owned release is the first major Switch 2 title from the publisher. We don't have a specific release date yet, but we'll be sure to let...
News LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Swoops Onto Switch 2 Next Year
Block party
TT Games popped up at GamesCom Opening Night Live to reveal LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, an all-new block-based collection starring the caped crusader. This one is set to arrive on Switch 2 at some point in 2026, and it looks awesome! Legacy of the Dark Knight will adapt some of Batman's most iconic movie moments, featuring...
News Atari Announces Bubsy 4D From 'Demon Turf' Developer Fabraz
It could actually be good, then!
Atari has announced a brand-new Bubsy game – no, really! In collaboration with developer Fabraz, known for the rather excellent Demon Turf, Bubsy 4D will launch on the Switch and Switch 2. And it actually looks pretty good too! There's no release date at the time of writing, but more information will be coming...
News Nightdive's Latest Remaster Is A Rip-Roaring Wild West Cult Classic
Eat your heart out, Red Dead
During today's Opening Night Live showcase for Gamescom, Nightdive Studios confirmed its latest release: Outlaws + A Handful of Missions: Remaster. Originally launched in 1997 and built with LucasArts' Jedi engine, Outlaws received positive acclaim for its soundtrack and gameplay, though gained some criticism for its...
News Nintendo's PAX West Line-Up Includes First Public Demo For Kirby Air Riders
Hades II, Silksong, and Pokémon all playable, too
Nintendo has confirmed its line-up for PAX West in Seattle, Washington — which kicks off in 10 days time. And Kirby Air Riders, which just got an extensive Nintendo Direct, is getting its first public demo. Outside of the upcoming racing game, the line-up is relatively similar to its
Watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Geoff! Geoff! Geoff!
Two watch posts in one day? What is this madness?? With the Kirby Air Riders Direct in the rear-view mirror, it's time to move on to the second showcase of the day: GamesCom Opening Night Live. Yes, we are mere minutes away from the grand opening of the huge gaming expo, and the Geoff Keighley is back to guide us through an...
News Tales Of Xillia Remastered Coming This October, Confirmed 30fps For Switch
No Song 4 u, though
Bandai Namco has finally confirmed the next Tales series remaster, and — shocker! — it's Tales of Xillia Remastered, and it's coming to Switch 1. So, we all saw this coming after last week's leak, but here's the surprising bits of news — it's coming out on 31st October 2025, and only Xillia 1 is included, not Xillia 2...
Guide Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Going into Dededetail
Gosh, well that was a deep dive and a half! Masahiro Sakurai has just wrapped up his detailed rundown of Kirby Air Riders in the latest spotlight Direct, and it was absolutely crammed with information. Sakurai spilled the beans on everything from character rosters to controls, so we've assembled the following breakdown for you...
News Pokémon Teases A Spooky Legends: Z-A Reveal Later This Week
"Viewer discretion advised"
We've got some more fresh Pokémon Legends: Z-A news coming our way this week, as The Pokémon Company is teasing a little YouTube Premiere for Thursday, 21st August. All we have to go on is a post on social media site X confirming that a video will be dropping at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST on Thursday, a photo of...
News In Kirby Air Riders, The Pink Puffball Isn't The Only One Who Can Use Copy Abilities
Uh-oh...
Masahiro Sakurai has revealed something about Kirby Air Riders that shatters Kirby lore into a thousand pieces — Kirby isn't the only one who can use Copy Abilities anymore. Yep, with the Switch 2 game introducing a whole swathe of Kirby characters to the racer, to make things "fair", now Waddle Dee, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Cappy...
News Official Box Art For Kirby Air Riders Revealed, Price And File Size Confirmed
Oof, noice
Nintendo has wrapped up its Direct presentation for Kirby Air Riders and has subsequently revealed the official box art for the title on Switch 2. Launching on 20th November 2025, the box art isn't really anything surprising; it's basically a variation of the main key art we've seen since the initial Switch 2 Direct back in April. Still,...
