Rumour: Switch Successor Might Not Be Launching Until 2025

Here we go again…

The next Nintendo console — the Switch 2, Super Switch, whatever you want to call it — may not be releasing until 2025, new rumours are suggesting.

Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe (via VGC) made this claim in the O X do Controle podcast after consulting five different sources, who have all reportedly stated that the follow-up to the hybrid console will be launching in 2025.

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Guide: Every Basketball Game On Nintendo Switch

Everything from dunks to dumps.

We’re getting ready for NBA All-Star Weekend 2024 with a look at every basketball game on Nintendo Switch. The three-day event tips off in Indiana on 16th February with contests and challenges taking place every day until the 73rd All-Star Game finale on 18th February.


With all of its high-flying athleticism, nail-biting buzzer beaters, and silky skills, it’s no wonder that basketball is often the number one draft pick for developers looking to make a sports game.

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Reminder: Splatoon 3’s Weekend-Themed Splatfest Gets Underway Tomorrow

Which day got your vote?

Update #2 : There wasn’t a Nintendo Direct this week, but there is a Splatfest, so that’s some Nintendo news to be excited about, right?

Yes, this is your friendly reminder that Splatoon 3’s next team event kicks off this weekend (today, if you’re in North America)! This time, the vote is all about “What’s the best day of the weekend?“, with Team Friday, Saturday and Sunday battling it out.

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Nintendo Showcases All 94 Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo In New Graphic

Everyone is (finally) here.

With today’s release of the Sora amiibo for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the collection is complete. Every fighter now has a corresponding figure (excluding alternate costumes), Sakurai has announced that development is over, and Nintendo has put together a neat image to mark the occasion.

Shared in a post on Twitter, Nintendo highlighted all 94 Smash Ultimate amiibo in one beefy graphic. We wouldn’t have thought that a collection of plastic figures could look quite so epic, but we’d be lying if we said that we didn’t want to see this released as a poster.

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Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins D.I.C.E. Awards ‘Adventure Game Of The Year’

And Super Mario Bros. Wonder wins family GOTY.

Update :

The 27th annual DICE Awards has just ended and (unsurprisingly) Baldur’s Gate 3 took out the game of the year award. On the Nintendo front, Super Mario Bros. Wonder won “family game of the year” and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won “adventure game of the year”. F-Zero 99 missed out on the racing award, with Forza Motorsport taking out the top spot. Koji Kondo was also inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.

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Sakurai Acknowledges End Of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Development

The final major update arrived yesterday.

It’s been a long development cycle for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the team not only celebrating the initial launch of the game but also multiple updates and DLC fighters over the past five years.

Now that the Sora (Kingdom Hearts) amiibo has arrived, the game’s director Masahiro Sakurai has taken to social media to thank the team for their hard work on this latest amiibo, and acknowledge the fact this is the last of his work on Ultimate. It’s officially the end of an era!

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Surprise! System Shock Is The Latest Pinball M & FX DLC Table

It’s a pinball Shodan.

Zen Studios has teamed up with retro specialists Nightdive Studios to bring us an unexpected collaboration — System Shock Pinball. This is the latest DLC table for Pinball FX and Pinball M on the Switch eShop, and it’s available today.

The M version will give you the complete gory experience, while the FX table is a little more age-appropriate. Regardless of which version you’re grabbing, the DLC will cost you USD $5.49 / GBP £4.99 on the Switch eShop.

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Microsoft To Bring Four Xbox Exclusives To Other Consoles, But Won’t Name Them

Platforms also haven’t been confirmed.

After weeks of rumours, Xbox has finally confirmed that it will be bringing more Xbox exclusives to other consoles. What consoles, and what games, is anyone’s guess.

During today’s Official Xbox Podcast, the Head of Xbox and CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer confirmed that four titles that are currently exclusive to Xbox and PC will be coming to “other consoles”. Weirdly, the games haven’t been named, and Spencer is leaving it up to the developers behind those games to make the announcements.

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Guide: 77 Switch Games To Pick Up In Nintendo’s ‘Play On Sale’ (UK)

Everything we’ve scored 9/10 or higher.

What’s that? Another Switch eShop sale, you say? Oh why not, let’s have it.

Yes, Nintendo’s back with another sale, and this time it’s knocking off up to 70% from a whole bunch of eShop games (though we’ve spotted quite a few higher discounts) . Dubbed the ‘Play On Sale’, it’ll last until 25 February, 2024, so you’ve only got ten days at the time of writing to make the most of some awesome bargains.

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