
Issue #492
July 19, 2026
A new way to dock your Switch?
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New patent suggests Nintendo may create a dock to support both Switch 1 and 2 Peter Glagowski // Nintendo Wire REVIEW Denshattack! – A satisfying yet bloated Dreamcast homage — “an effective homage to Sega’s Dreamcast era“. Here’s another review from Nintendo Wire. Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno (1996) — Here’s a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno Conducted a few weeks after the launch of Mario 64. Shmuplations A Switch 2 OLED sounds nice, but the economics (and timeline) say otherwise Chris Brandrick // Hanafuda Report Elden Ring developer’s next game will be playable for first time next month — That’s the network test for ‘The Duskbloods’, scheduled for the end of August. Elijah Gonzalez // Polygon ▶ Lies of P on Switch 2 — Which graphics mode should you use? — An early look at how this popular Soulslike runs on the Switch 2 ahead of its launch next month. Hanafuda Report // YouTube REVIEW Moss: The Forgotten Relic — The transition from VR “isn’t without its drawbacks“, but John notes that “most of what makes both titles as charming as they are survives the transition“. John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report REVIEW D-topia: A sci-fi narrative puzzler that has less to say than it lets on Nile Bowie // Nintendo Life INTERVIEW Chatting with Go-Go Town! developer Prideful Sloth Oliver Brandt // Vooks Video game studios aren’t monoliths Hayes Madsen // An Evening at the Inn The story of the silly, arhythmic recording of the DK Rap Rebekah Valentine // Kotaku Re-release this — Hotel Dusk: Room 215 — Following the release of titles like Another Code and Emio: The Smiling Man on Switch, Marc makes the case for a return to the adventures of Kyle Hyde at some point. Marc Normandin // Retro XP ▶ The graphic design of Pokémon — This is a fun watch. elliotisacoolguy // YouTube Starfox is modern and I’m tired — “I understand why they made it this way. I understand a lot of the decisions businesses make. I also just wish they wouldn’t.” Cindy // Bloomed Wings Blog Super Mario Sunshine has some incredible ASMR Rebekah Valentine // Kotaku I’m really not sure how I feel about Sony killing physical media Damien McFerran // Time Extension The PS5 and Xbox Series X generation has been a race to the bottom Brian Shea // Game Informer Should I stop swearing so much when I game with other people? Maddy Myers // Mothership
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