#switch-2

#switch-2

The Legend of Zelda fans don't have to wait too much longer to return to the world of Tears of the Kingdom. As announced during the September Nintendo Direct, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment launches November 6 exclusively on Switch 2. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment preorders are starting to open at major retailers. Like most Switch 2 games published by Nintendo so far, Age of Imprisonment is priced at $70.

Here's the official trailer for the new DK Island and Emerald Rush DLC, which will be available after the Direct. The other cool thing this new DLC adds is a whole new way to play Nintendo's massive 3D platformer. If you have completed the main story of Bananza, you can actually work for the villain of the story and join his mining company. Doing so unlocks a new mode in which you smash up emeralds as fast as possible.

After a productive early access period-- and a few "final" patches--Hades 2 is ready for its full release. During the September Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced that Hades 2 will launch digitally for Switch 2 and the original Switch on September 25. It will be a timed-exclusive on console for Switch, but is also launching that day for Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Nintendo is dropping a slew of Mario-related announcements this morning as part of the franchise's 40th anniversary, including a new game starring his dinosaur companion. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is coming out for Switch 2 in the Spring of 2026 and the brief bit of gameplay we saw plants it squarely in the cutesy yet intriguing tradition of past Yoshi platformers.

From the outside, it's a bit odd that Nintendo allowed this loading-speed dichotomy to exist on the Switch 2 in the first place. On the original Switch, read speeds for both SD cards and Game Cards reportedly maxed out around 90 MB/s. But when designing the new Switch 2 game cards, Nintendo settled on a format that would stream data much more slowly than for downloaded games on the same console.

Nikkei Gaming interviewed the Capcom president in May this year, but only just published it, so his comments are mainly in the context of Wilds' first month sales--which topped 10 million units in an unprecedented success for Capcom. Despite the game's strong first month Tsujimoto said that the high price of Monster Hunter Wilds' "main platform," the PS5, was an "unexpectedly large" barrier to achieving this target.

Nintendo seems to be almost discouraging Switch 2 development to some degree, where I've spoken with plenty of developers where they were either told that their game, they should just ship it on Switch 1 and rely on backwards compatibility,

NIS America has revealed that Ys X: Proud Nordics will arrive on Switch 2 and PC early next year in the US. The company calls this the definitive edition of the RPG, as it boasts a new storyline, mechanics, and dungeon. Ys X: Proud Nordics launched on Switch 2 last month in Japan. Originally, the RPG came out in 2023 in Japan before NIS America brought Ys X: Nordics to the West in 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.

Drag x Drive successfully demonstrates a unique control scheme by forcing players to use both Joy-Cons' mouse functionalities together, creating a steep learning curve.

"Launch sales of hardware doesn't often correlate to the lifetime sales. Some systems have had incredible early sales but later fell off, while others started slow and became huge hits later."

Almost one-third of all early Switch 2 purchasers also picked up the $85 premium Pro Controller, achieving a 32% attach rate during the launch month.

Pokémon Friends is a daily puzzle game where players solve various challenges to create and collect plush toys, while decorating their virtual spaces with them.

After waking up early and standing in line with dozens of people to buy a Switch 2, the first game I downloaded and played wasn't Mario Kart World.