Category: Nintendo

Getting dark.

Hot off the back of yesterday’s Switch and Switch 2 system update, Nintendo has today released a patch for its Parental Controls app, bumping things up to ver. 2.3.0.

The big addition this time around is a new Dark Mode, which will turn on automatically according to your phone’s settings — so no more glaring white light in the gloomy winter evenings. There are also more options on the ‘Extend Daily Play-Time Limit’ menu, bonus bedtime settings and more.

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Where art thou, Wesker?

Warning: this article contains scenes of explicit spoilers.

Resident Evil Requiem launches on the Switch 2 in just under three months, but even now, the game is heavily shrouded in mystery (well, a little less so after the accidental reveal of Leon).

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“We haven’t built that into our deal model”.

Hm, we’re sure that we won’t be looking back on this quote with a suspicious eye down the line. Following Netflix’s $82.7 billion acquisition agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (later challenged by a separate offer from Paramount), Netflix co-CEO, president and director Gregory Peters has said WB Games didn’t really factor into the company’s decision (thanks for the heads up, Pocket Gamer).

That’s according to a recent earnings call, where Peters and Theodore Sarandos — the other co-CEO — were asked if Warner Bros. assets would “enhance or accelerate” success in Netflix’s gaming plans. “While they definitely have been doing some great work in the game space,” Peters responded, “we actually didn’t attribute any value to that from the get-go because they’re relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things”.

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Creature comforts.

Puzzle platformer Planet of Lana launched on Switch last year, and we were particularly enamoured by it. Developer Wishfully quickly followed it up with the announcement of a sequel, ‘Children of the Leaf‘, and the latest gameplay trailer promises it will be every bit as cute as we’d hope.

Revealed during yesterday’s Unity Awards Showcase, the ‘Say hello to the Roller‘ trailer introduces us to one of the many cute creatures you’ll encounter on Lana and Mui’s journey, one that possesses a particularly sticky set of skills.

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Is Larian’s popular role-playing series back?

We’re just days out from The Game Awards, and one marketing stunt that’s got a lot of attention in the lead up to the show is a mysterious statue located in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

It’s ignited plenty of speculation online, and now a trio of Divinity trademarks, which were filed in Europe on 9th December 2025, appear to confirm it’s an announcement related to Larian’s popular role-playing series. As you can see below, the symbols match the statue:

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“Our strategy going forward is changing”.

As we wait for something to come of the 10-year deal between Microsoft and Nintendo, the Call of Duty team at Activision has today announced its strategy “going forward” is changing.

From here on out, the team will “no longer do back-to-back releases” of Modern Warfare or Black Ops games. The aim is to provide a truly “unique experience” in each entry and “drive innovation that is meaningful, not incremental”.

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Seeing red.

Nintendo shared a massive surprise in September, revealing it would be reviving the Virtual Boy for ‘Nintendo Classics’.

This library will be joining the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service next year on 17th February 2026, and if you haven’t already made up your mind, here’s your reminder that the headset (and the cardboard model) is now available on the My Nintendo Store in select regions.

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Must have been the wind.

Bethesda surprised us all today with the announcement that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition was heading to Switch 2 with a bunch of technical upgrades to boot. But with a game we’ve all seen this many times, would it really look all that different from the re-release we saw on Switch 1 back in 2022?

Well, wonder no longer, because Mr Alex Olney is here to reveal all! In the above video, we’ve got a side-by-side comparison of how Skyrim matches up on Switch 2 vs Switch 1, showcasing all the gameplay you could wish for.

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Sky(rim)’s the limit.

Somehow, Skyrim returned.

Yes, the rumours are true, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition is back (again), as a free Switch 2 upgrade. Making the most of the hardware’s updated specs, the new release bundles in a whole host of fancy features, like enhanced performance and resolution, better load times, and Mouse Mode, and it gives us yet another chance to replay the iconic 2011 RPG in all of its fus ro dah-ing glory.

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With limited physical editions to boot!

It’s only been three years since we got Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered on Switch consoles, itself a remaster of 1991’s seminal SNES adventure, Romancing SaGa (or Romancing Salsa as this writer always calls it because of the font they used for the artwork).

Now, Red Art Games has announced that a further enhancement of the game, Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered International (looking forward to the International Universal edition in 2028, then) is now available on Switch consoles in both digital and physical form.

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