Yo, Nintendo where are the dev kits?

Developers reportedly still struggling to get Switch 2 dev kits — Been plenty of folks talking about this throughout the week, and it does strike me as odd that despite the lengthy lead time that the Switch 2 project went through that the developer story is so uneven.

Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World

Adam Newell // Destructoid

REVIEW Kirby’s new Switch 2 expansion adds just the right amount of challenge

Autumn Wright // The Verge

Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date causes delays for more games than you might think

Robert Purchese // Eurogamer

CD Projekt said ditching game-key cards for Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2 was “the right thing to do” — Good to see. 75% of the sales of the Switch 2 version were physical — myself included.

Dustin Bailey // GamesRadar

Japan’s library doesn’t consider Switch 2 Game-Key Cards as physical media, won’t preserve them

Chris Brandrick // overkill

REVIEW Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar

Holly Alice // Pocket Tactics

Kirby IP licensing subsidiary Warpstar Inc. rebranded to Nintendo Stars in IP expansion

Sam Chandler // Shacknews

PREVIEW Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds — “a technically competent kart racer, stuck in a pool of other technically competent kart racers“.

Nintendo World Report

Is This Seat Taken? is a great puzzle game… If you aren’t planning a wedding

Willa Rowe // Endless Mode

With Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Lizardcube gives that pixel-perfect 16-bit Streets of Rage 4 treatment to another Sega classic

Christian Donloan // Eurogamer

15 years later, one failed Metroid game feels like a vital lesson for Nintendo

Hayes Madsen // Inverse