
Issue #417
January 26, 2025
Xbox games on Switch 2
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Phil Spencer confirms Xbox will support Switch 2: ‘I congratulated Nintendo’s president’ — Spencer said in a recent podcast that he "was exchanging emails with Furukawa-san, the CEO of Nintendo. I gave him a big congrats and said my old eyes appreciate the larger screen". Andy Robinson // VGC Yes, the Switch 2 is alarmingly sensible but let's all just take a deep breath Chris Kerr // Game Developer Switch 2 will finally fix Joy-Con drift, says leaker James Troughton // The Gamer Here's how you remove Switch 2's magnetic Joy-Con Chris Brandrick // overkill An opening request list for inevitable Switch 2 ports — A solid wish list I'd say. Donald Theriault // Nintendo World Report Nintendo expands Switch Online's SNES library with three more titles — Fatal Fury 2 is the one most folks will know. However, it's interesting to see Sutte Hakkun here — it was originally published by Nintendo and actually co-developed by Nintendo R&2 — this marks its first ever Western release. Liam Doolan // Nintendo Life REVIEW Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles — "just about the safest remaster you could imagine". Jim Norman // Nintendo Life REVIEW Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles — "if you want to truly see what a rental game meant as you lose yourself and a friend in the nonsensicality of Jar Jar and Plo Koon facing off against droids over a weekend, Jedi Power Battles is a perfect example of that". Daryl Baxter // Springboard REVIEW Blade Chimera is a stylish cyberpunk Metroidvania Leigh Price // Siliconera REVIEW Symphonia — "a welcome starting point for players who want to cut their teeth on a more approachable precision platformer". Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Tales of Graces f Remastered Cullen Black // Nintendo Insider What handheld PC makers should do to fight the Nintendo Switch 2 — Despite the Steam Deck taking "the Switch’s best trick — pick-up-and-play portability" the looming Switch 2 still casts a long shadow of the growing portable PC space. So what should hardware makers do about it? Sean offers up some suggestions. Sean Hollister // The Verge Nintendo Switch 2 could be more like the Wii U than you realize, and I'd say that's a good thing Phil Hayton // Games Radar ▶ Switch 2’s top USB-C port has portable accessibility potential LauraKBuzz // YouTube Switch 2 is not meant to be subtle Ravi Hiranand // Ravi 64 Please understand, I can't wait to taste a Nintendo Switch 2 game — Same tbh. Rollin Bishop // Games Radar Hear me out, Mario Kart 9 should be an RPG John Walker // Kotaku ▶ The problem with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD — I've just completed a single-player run of this game and had a good time, sadly the co-op experience looks to be more than a bit annoying. Kong Kompendium // YouTube Will Nintendo Switch 2 become a haven for Real Time Strategy games? Shane Kelley // Boss Rush My daughter made me realise that Mario Wonder's difficulty options need work Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life ▶ Nintendo's 32bit SNES CD: CANCELLED — The SNES / Sony CD saga is well known at this point, but this new video does a great job of tying the whole history of the project together. Did You Know Gaming // YouTube The most Mario colors — A glorious bit of esoteric logo analysis looking into the colours used in the Mario logo over the years. It even sparked a response post. Louie Mantia // LMNT The hyped-up new Pokémon TCG set is a total bummer to open — Ok, so this one isn't Switch related, more so Pokemon bits of card. But I found it an interesting look at where we are with all things Pokemon cards. Alan Lopez // Nintendo Life
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated. ⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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