Issue #432

May 18, 2025

These are the Nintendo Switch 2 specs

Hi, Chris here with issue #432 of Switch Weekly — your Nintendo digest.

First, a quick little housekeeping note — From time to time, I need to clean up the list of email addresses I send the newsletter to, mainly as I don't want to be sending to folks who no longer need or want the email. As such, I'm going to be doing some periodic list cleaning soon — so, if you'd like to continue getting Switch Weekly, please do tap on a link or two to send me a signal that you're still interested, or maybe hit reply and let me know your Switch 2 plans (if any). Of course, if you'd rather unsubscribe — no hard feelings on that!

Now, moving on there's just over 30 games arriving on the eShop next week, including a new Duck Detective game, and Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Full list below as ever.

Ok, that's all from me. Catch you next time.

Cheers,
Chris ✌️

▶ Nintendo Switch 2 confirmed specs: CPU, GPU, memory, system reservation + more — If you care about nerding out about such things, here's what we now know about what's inside the Switch 2.

Digital Foundry // YouTube

Illumination parent reveals name of second Super Mario movie at upfronts — Big oops.

Donald Theriault // Nintendo World Report

Here's what free upgrades Switch 1 games will get on Switch 2

Chris Brandrick // overkill

CD Projekt Red: “Nintendo's audience is different to what it used to be” — The Cyberpunk 2077 developer talks here about Switch 2 and why you shouldn't “underestimate the physical edition”. It seems the company has garnered a lot of goodwill by putting this on a proper physical cart (I've preordered it).

Christopher Dring // The Game Business

Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will include much-requested accessibility feature – Text-to-speech is a nice addition. Live subtitles/captioning is a welcome surprise.

Jordan Middler // VGC

▶ Touring Nintendo's New Store in San Francisco — Some neat exclusive merch. I love the Korok cardigan.

Brian Altano — IGN // YouTube

PREVIEW Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster — "an HD version of a huge, well-received JRPG from the early 3DS era. It’s launching at a pretty good price, and it seems like they did a pretty good job with it".

Alex Culafi // Nintendo World Report

Switch 2 error screens to include QR codes for easier diagnosis

Go Nintendo

Nintendo’s second bite at the Wii U apple

Joel A. DeWitte // Nintendo World Report

As the original Switch's legendary 8-year run comes to an end, no series benefitted from it more than Fire Emblem

Dayten Rose // Games Radar

How an inspired gamble on Nintendo Switch 2's mouse controls led to party game Mouse Work

Alen Wen // Creative Bloq

Nintendo apologises for "error" with mention of Switch 2 VRR TV support

Liam Doolan // Nintendo Life

🎮 Upcoming Releases

All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
Release data sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores.

⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available

Tue

20

Pancho's Mission — 2D budget platformer.

Wed

21

A Bibelot: Tiret sur Will — A four player co-op platformer.
Cipher Monk — A puzzle game based on a 13th century number system.
⭐️📦 Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time — A highly anticipated 'slow-life' open world casual RPG sequel from Level5. Has online and cross-platform play. (Physical release)
Knight's Night! — A sde-scrolling precision platformer in a 'retro 1-bit' style.
Merge Numbers
📦 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny Remastered — Big gundam battles, remastered and now in English for the first time. (Physical release)
📦🎮 The Town of Nie Iromusubi — A 'fan-disc' of visual novel The Town of Nie (also on Switch). (Physical release) M for mature.
Trident's Tale — 3D pirate-themed adventure.

Thu

22

Cookie Clicker — Idle clicker from 2013 comes to Switch.
⭐️ Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping — Another short slice of detective work, this time at a luxury campsite.
Dungeon of Love: Catch Monsters to Make a Perfect Anime Boyfriend
Egg Console Hydlide II MSX — Action RPG from 1986.
Extreme! 2-Choice Flag Quiz — Some edutainment.
Ghost Room Deep — A short horror game about a ghostly phenomenon.
Korean Drone Flying Tour Gapyeong-gun — Another week, another flight over a Korean town.
Legends Aligned: Minis in Conflict — A puzzle game about fitting miniatures into a box.
⭐️ Power Sink — 3D underwater mystery action game with logic puzzles to solve.
Sauna of the Dead — Looks like a Survivors type game, but in a Sauna.
Super Waifu Ball — Erm, kinda like Monkey Ball.
⭐️ The Operator — Sit at a 'FDI' computer and solve crimes.
Weirdo — Japanese manga-style visual novel.

Fri

23

Casual Sport Series: Badminton — Budget badminton.
Cats Visiting Fairy Tales — Hidden object puzzler.
Foto Boy: Flashstar — Top-down adventure about… photography. M for mature.
⭐️ Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny — This second slice of swordplay returns with HD graphics and modernised controls. M for mature.
⭐️ Please, Touch the Artwork 2 — A neat spin on the hidden object puzzler.
Soccer Golf! — Get a ball through a level.

Sat

24

Project Zombie — Shocker, it's a survival game.

⚡️ Quick Links

Rare's N64 fighting game Killer Instinct Gold is now available on Switch Online.
A Blue Shiny Shell Mario Kart LEGO set has been revealed.
A recent rumour suggests Red Dead Redemption may be coming to Switch 2. But there's another Rockstar game I'd rather see first…
Square Enix has denied a Chrono Trigger remake is in the works.
Heh ok, the new Virtua Fighter chracter does kinda look like Ganondorf.
Finding your lost Joy-Con is gonna be easier with Switch 2.
Not Switch related, but Tom Phillips, who I've linked to a lot over the years, is leaving Eurogamer after 15 years. God speed.
Diddy Kong has teeth now. (…or does he?)

These are the Nintendo Switch 2 specs

🎮 Upcoming Releases

⚡️ Quick Links

Nintendo’s financial results reveal Switch 2 hits 10 million units sold

Former Nintendo employees reveal what it took to launch the NES in America

The NESBOOK is a Nintendo Entertainment System Companion Coffee Book