Pokémon Pokopia For Switch 2 Receives A Day One Update

You’ll need it to access online play.

The new Pokémon game Pokémon Pokopia is almost here, and ahead of its Switch 2 release, the game has received a new update.

If you’ve already preloaded the game, and this update isn’t already preinstalled, you’ll be prompted to update your copy. According to the official update from the development team, this day-one update fixes some bugs and is also required to unlock the online content.

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Bandai Namco Teases “New RPG” Reveal, Taking Place This Week

“A serenity soon to be disturbed”.

If you love role-playing games, you might want to tune into Bandai Namco’s “new RPG reveal”, taking place this week.

This special event will air 5th March or 6th March, depending on your location. The brief teaser trailer shows what appears to be a fantasy world, and towards the end of the video you can see a character equipped with a sword and shield.

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Feature: “Astonish Is Super Effective!” – How Pokémon Taught Me To Love Words

The Unown lexicon.

“Enemy DUGTRIO used Fissure. It’s super effective!”

I’m six years old, and I’m staring at Pokémon Yellow on my Game Boy Color screen, dumbfounded. This was my first time fighting Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, and he managed to one-shot my Blastoise with a move — a word — I’d never seen before. Fissure? What’s that, a fish of some sort?

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Review: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Switch) – Red-Hot Nostalgia In A So-So Wrapper

TPC used Remember! It’s super effective!

Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen is a difficult game to evaluate. Re-released on the Nintendo Switch eShop to celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, this 22-year-old Game Boy Advance remake of the original Pokémon Red & Blue feels like a lacklustre way to celebrate one of the largest media franchises known to man. On the other hand, I’m just happy to have a more convenient way to experience this nostalgic romp through Kanto again, catching personal favourites like Cubone along the way.

Making matters more difficult, FireRed & LeafGreen come as a separate purchase — $19.99 USD / £16.99 — rather than part of the GBA Nintendo Classics emulator which adds suspend saves and filters to many classic titles which are ‘free’ for NSO Expansion Pack subscribers.

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‘Moonlighter 2’ Mixes Zelda-Inspired Dungeon Crawling And Shopkeeping On Switch 2

Roguelink.

Imagine if, after a hard day’s work dispatching Bokoblins, Link returned home and ran a little shop. That was the proposition put forward by Digital Sun and 11 Bit Studios back in 2018’s Moonlighter, and its sequel promises to be more of the same.

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault launched on other platforms at the end of last year, and the publisher today announced that it’ll be making its way to Switch 2 at some point in 2026.

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Capcom Spotlight Taking Place Later This Week, Here’s A Teaser Trailer

Expect Mega Man and multiple other titles.

Nintendo has already got an Indie World showcase taking place this week, and now Capcom has announced it will be holding a special ‘Spotlight’ broadcast later this week on 5th March 2026.

This Spotlight will run for 30 minutes and wills include news Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, Pragmata, Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection and Street Fighter 6. According to Capcom’s website, one of the “featured titles” is Mega Man: Dual Override, due out in 2027.

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Poll: 20 Years On, Does Your DS Lite Still Have Charge?

Green light.

After last week’s 3DS 15th anniversary, we knew it was only a matter of time before another big hardware birthday sent us spiralling; we just didn’t expect it to come this quickly.

Today marks 20 years since the launch of the DS Lite in Japan — a fact that we are totally comfortable and okay with. Yes, on 2nd March 2006, Nintendo launched the slimmer, glossier, more colourful counterpart to the OG phat DS, and it was a beauty.

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