
Issue #497
August 30, 2026
Switch 2’s third-party run continues as Elden Ring arrives
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REVIEW Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Paul Roberts // Vooks LEGO Skylines announced for Nintendo Switch 2 — This was one of the Gamescom reveals that caught by eye, mainly because I’m a huge Cities: Skylines fan and this looks like a great mash-up that me and my son can both enjoy. Brian // Nintendo Everything ▶ Here’s Mega Man: Dual Override running on Nintendo Switch 2 — VGC also spoke with Director Shinya Ikuta about the upcoming game. Jordan Middler // VGC Terranigma is coming to PS5, PS4, Switch 2, Switch, Xbox, and PC in early 2027 — A swansong RPG of the 16-bit era. This first released in 1995 and is now returning next year. Mikhail Madnani // RPG Site CD Projekt Red details technical information for The Witcher 3: Remastered on Switch 2 Peter Glagowski // Nintendo Wire PREVIEW The Duskbloods: The best of FromSoftware fights in a frantic multiplayer battleground Kirk McKeand // The Guardian 5 things I learned from playing The Duskbloods on Switch 2 Alan Wen // Creative Bloq A Nintendo-like pivot isn’t enough to make me love The Duskbloods Jordan Minor // PCMag The Nintendo Switch 2 is on a generational run of third-party support — Big agree. Daniel Vuckovic // Vooks ▶ The Series that trapped its own creator — Masahiro Sakurai and Smash of course. Bistendo // YouTube The point of a remake — “whenever I think about Ocarina of Time, I think about the Nintendo 64 version. Now could that be due to growing up with only the original? Yes and I’m sure that’s a big reason. But I think it’s also because the 3DS version doesn’t add anything interesting to the work“. Barrett Courtney // Sad Boy Barrett ▶ Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu — Here’s the first teaser for this stopmotion animated series by Aardman studio coming next year. It will be on Disney+. The Official Pokémon YouTube channel // YouTube ▶ Switch 2 reveal: Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! — This has been on my radar for being a delightfully weird isekai that you may want to know about. Strange Scaffold // YouTube REVIEW Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark – M2 delivers two seminal sharky shmups Tom Massey // Nintendo Life REVIEW The Immortal John Triptych — “The fun writing, the creativity with the visual style and the overall package are tremendous fun“. Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Dogpile Brad Long // Vooks ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Numerous Gamescom devs say their equipment was stolen — …and the response from Gamescom hasn’t been the best bit of PR… Chris Scullion // VGC Why this Pokémon-style video game is exploring the boring bits of London Samuel Roberts // Shortlist 5 things a short trip taught me about Nintendo’s smallest Game Boy — Some Game Boy Micro love. Damien McFerran // Time Extension
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