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Want to quickly know if a Switch game runs on Switch 2?

Nintendo now has a website for that.

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Improve retro gaming on the Switch 2 with a handheld CRT dock.

If you grew up playing the Super Nintendo and N64 on a beastly tube TV, you may appreciate Joel Hartlaub’s custom dock for the Switch 2. It features an integrated CRT screen, recessed hand grips with shoulder buttons hidden inside, and speakers that outperform those on Nintendo’s latest handheld.

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Ash Parrish
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment finishes what Tears of the Kingdom started

The hack-and-slash title fills gaps in the story and finally gives Princess Zelda her due.

Ash Parrish
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The nostalgia and surprise of returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

New Horizons is getting an update in January, so we decided to revisit our islands to prepare.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out in one month.

Nintendo released a new trailer today showing off more of the game and a very good Akira slide. As a huge fan of the first Metroid Prime, I can’t wait to check this game out.

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Review imprisoned, for now.

Well today was supposed to be the day to talk about Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, the new hack and slash companion game to Tears of the Kingdom. However, the embargo Nintendo sent along was so restrictive, disallowing the discussion of “any story details” that The Verge has decided to hold our review until launch day November 6th. And we’re not the only ones.

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The US may probe Nintendo’s Pokémon patent.

Patent and Trademark Office director John A. Squires has ordered the 12,403,397 patent — often oversimplified to “summoning characters and making them fight” — to be reexamined, citing two older Konami and Nintendo applications that raise “a substantial new question of patentability.” This isn’t one of the patents in Nintendo’s ongoing legal battle with Palworld-creator Pocketpair.

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Nintendo’s Music app made it easier to relive your pandemic obsession.

Open one of the the Rainy, Sunny, or Snowy Day themed playlists for the Animal Crossing: New Horizons soundtrack on the Nintendo Music app and you’ll now find a new “Play hourly tracks” button. Pressing it will automatically play the hourly track that correlates to your current time of day.

A screenshot of a new button added to the Nintendo Music app.
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Nintendo is releasing Breath of the Wild’s soundtrack on an eight vinyl set.

The company partnered with Laced Records for the release which is available for preorder as an 8LP boxed set featuring 130 tracks for $180, or a more affordable double-LP set with 34 tracks for $40. They’re expected to ship in June 2026 and will be one of Nintendo’s first major vinyl soundtrack releases outside Japan.

A spill shot of the 8LP version of Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild soundtrack.
The boxed sets are expected to ship as early as June 2026.
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Cameron Faulkner
Zonai Link is a stud.

Nintendo shared a new trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, the upcoming Zelda-themed Musou (destroy everything that moves) action game coming to the Switch 2 on November 6th. Ganondorf is up to some mischief again, and you (playing as princess Zelda, a Zonai tech-infused Link, and others) need to clean house.

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Switch into the Shadows.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is coming to Switch 2 on December 2nd. “It will have all the recent updates and free content drops, except for the Claws of Awaji Expansion that will come later in the new year,” Ubisoft says.

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Andrew Webster
TMI about Kirby.

As promised, Masahiro Sakurai spent an hour detailing just about everything you could think of related to Kirby Air Riders, including its gameplay, soundtrack, and some very big Amiibo figures. Also, there are lots of gummies for some reason. Watch the whole thing here — the game itself hits the Switch 2 on November 20th.

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A very Luigi Halloween.

The original Luigi’s Mansion is coming to Switch 2 on October 30th as part of the GameCube lineup available via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. Now I’m humming the music like Luigi does.

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Masahiro Sakurai can’t stop talking about Kirby.

If the previous 45-minute-long stream about Kirby Air Riders wasn’t enough, Nintendo is giving its famed director another hour to talk about the fast-paced racing game. You can tune in on October 23rd at 9AM ET.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Rotom Phone review: better camera, higher jumps

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The third-gen Rotom Phone’s handy zoom and beefed-up safety features make for a solid upgrade.

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You can leave your Switch 2’s dock at home with this $40 charger.

Jsaux is one of the first companies to debut a compact charging dock so you can connect your Switch 2 to a TV while traveling without having to pack Nintendo’s bulky dock. The OmniCentro Charger Dock for Switch 2 is expected to ship in mid-November, but you can preorder it now discounted to $39.99.

<em>The Switch 2 connects to the OmniCentro Charger Dock over USB-C, while the dock connects to a TV over HDMI.</em>
<em>The dock delivers up to 65W of power through its USB-C port, and supports up to 4K/60fps video through its HDMI port.</em>
<em>Jsaux’s dock is much smaller than the one Nintendo bundles with the Switch 2, and nearly the same size as Nintendo’s AC adapter.</em>
<em>The dock also works with other devices including smartphones, tablets, the original Switch, the ROG Ally and Ally X, the Valve Steam Deck, and the Lenovo Legion Go.</em>
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The Switch 2 connects to the OmniCentro Charger Dock over USB-C, while the dock connects to a TV over HDMI.
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Now arriving in Lumiose City.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A launch day has finally arrived, and if you haven’t checked out our review breaking down how surprisingly good the game is, there’s a new overview trailer out to get you hyped for the new Lumiose City.

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Nintendo got hacked.

But it doesn’t sound too worried about it. Last week the Crimson Collective group claimed to have accessed the company’s servers, but Nintendo told Japan’s Sankei Shimbun that no personal or business information appears to have leaked, with the breach seemingly limited to website servers.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a fantastic return to (mega) form

Nintendo’s Pokémon Legends series continues to feel like the franchise’s future.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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