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News Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 21.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Also available for Switch
Nintendo has released a new Switch 2 and Switch system update today, bumping the firmware up to Version 21.0.0. It includes all sorts of changes, starting with updates to the HOME Menu and additional options tied to downloads. There are also new ways to find other users now, GameChat and Game Card-related updates, Display...
News Nintendo Music Update Adds Another Kirby Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Featuring 115 tracks!
Nintendo's rollout of new albums for its Nintendo Music app continues this week with the release of Kirby's Dream Buffet soundtrack. This full-course multiplayer competition originally made its debut on the Switch eShop in 2022, and the album uploaded today contains a whopping 115 tracks, with a runtime of 4 hours and 57...
News Civilization VII 'Tides Of Power Collection' Free DLC Now Available For Switch
Part 1 launches alongside Update 1.3.0
Civilization VII has received multiple updates since it launched earlier this year and alongside Update 1.3.0, Firaxis Games has now released the Tides of Power Collection. This is "free to claim" on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop until 5th January 2026 and is "yours to keep permanen
News Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted Rolls Out More Updates, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Patching the garden
Since the arrival of Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted on the Switch and Switch 2 in October, PopCap Games has been rolling out regular updates. Following the 1.2 patch towards the end of last month, the team has now released a few more update. Below are both sets of patch notes, with PopCap noting how Patch V.1.4.0 is also "close...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO Switch Update For "Enhanced Version" On Switch 2 Outlined
Power up next week
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO launches for the Switch and Switch 2 next week, and in case you missed it, players who purchase the Switch release will be able to update their game to play an "enhanced version" on the Switch 2 system. Bandai Namco explains on its website (and in the video above) how you'll be able to do this by...
News Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Already Has Free Updates Planned
The Switch 2 exclusive launched this week
As the battle gets underway in Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment this week, it seems the team at Koei Tecmo's AAA Games Studio has already got some future updates planned. The official Zelda Musou account on social media has revealed how the developer is apparently gearing up to release two free updates...
News Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Receives Its First Switch 2 Update (Version 1.0.1)
Here's what you can expect
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is out today on the Switch 2, and as part of the launch, Nintendo has rolled out the first game update, bumping the title up to Version 1.0.1. This launch patch by Koei Tecmo developer AAA Games Studio includes multiple fixes, resolving issues tied to Split Screen, gameplay, GameShare...
News Pokémon Legends Z-A Version 1.0.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update your copy today, trainers
Following the launch of Pokémon Legends Z-A on the Switch and Switch 2 in October, Game Freak has now rolled out Version 1.0.2. According to the Japanese website for the game, this update contains bug fixes tied to Mega Evolutions, side missions and "other issues", and also makes some adjustments to ranked battles...
Reminder Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Another Free Guest Character Today
The Yakuza rep joins the race
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been available for the Switch since September, and has already received some updates. Now, in a Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio live stream this week, the team behind the Yakuza series and Yakuza: Like A Dragon game have revealed the free guest character Ichiban Kasuga will be made available on 6th...
News Street Fighter 6 X Ghosts 'n Goblins Collab Announced, Includes Classic Game And More
Ghouls 'n Ghosts returns
Following Halloween last week, Capcom has now released a Ghosts 'n Goblins Gala Fighter Pass for Street Fighter 6. This pass (featuring some free unlocks) comes loaded with premium rewards including new EX Colours for Blanka and A.K.I., new titles, new challenger screen illustrations, sounds and effects, avatar gear,...
News Kirby 64 And Kirby's Dream Land 3 Switch Online Icons Now Available
"Play to unlock"
If you're a fan of the pink puffball Kirby, you won't want to miss the latest Switch Online icons. Nintendo is now offering new designs based on the Super Nintendo release Kirby's Dream Land 3 and the N64 title Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. To unlock these icons, you'll need to have an active Switch Online + Expansion subscription...
News Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
Nearly five hours of music
Last week, Nintendo surprised fans with the announcement Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be getting a 3.0 Update and Switch 2 Upgrade early next year. To help pass the time, it's now added the Nintendo 3DS soundtrack Animal Crossing: New Leaf to its Nintendo Music app. This album contains "all tracks" and as long as...
News Ys vs. Trails In The Sky: Alternative Saga Update Enhances Resolution On Switch 2
Includes other Switch platform improvements
The crossover fighter Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga made its debut on the Switch in October and this week the team behind it has rolled out a new update, improving the overall experience. There are adjustments, fixes, and specific updates for Switch. This includes resolution enhancements, HD...
News Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Update Announced, Here Are The Patch Notes
Online Arcade is also "coming soon"
Digital Eclipse launched its Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection this week, and while it's a good history lesson, the team already has plans to improve certain aspects of it. This starts with a patch dropping today on Steam, with "other platforms" to follow next week. This update will come with audio improvements,...
News Fortnite's Simpsons Collab Is Now Live, Watch New "Mini Episodes" Every Week
Drop into... Springfield!
Epic's free-to-play battle royale Fortnite has hosted all sorts of exciting collabs over the years, but this latest one, focused on the long-running cartoon series The Simpsons, arguably goes above and beyond. Players will be dropping into an 80-player cel-shaded Springfield Island, featuring a "back-to-basics" style...
News Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Including an update for Animal Crossing tracks
[Fri 31st Oct, 2025 01:55 GMT]: In case you missed it, this week marks the first anniversary of the Nintendo Music mobile app for Switch Online subscribers. Nintendo already rolled out a music update earlier this week - adding the DS soundtrack New Super Mario Bros. and it's now apparently released a...
News Hades II Post-Launch Patch 1 Is Now Live On Switch 2, Includes Ending Adjustments
Update: Download it now
Hades II got off to an excellent start when it landed in September, and soon it will be getting its very first post-launch patch. Developer Supergiant Games has now released a preview of what fans can expect via the official Steam game page. In addition to bug fixes and balance changes, Patch 1 will come loaded with True...
News Little Nightmares III October Update Now Available For Switch And Switch 2
Just in time for Halloween
Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have announced a new "October Update" for the horror-themed puzzle-platformer, Little Nightmares III. This title was released earlier this month and the upcoming patch, due out on Nintendo's devices on 31st October 2025, will include improvements to the gameplay, online, graphics, UI...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Getting Collabs With Lego, Splatoon, And Zelda
3.whoa
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has just revealed that it's getting an absolutely huge update on 15th January 2026 alongside a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. It's stuffed full of new features, characters, and an entire hotel. But maybe the biggest update comes in the form of some brand new collaborations. First up, after several successful sets of...
News Nintendo On Why The Mario Kart World Album Isn't Available For Nintendo Music
The music app is now a year old
Whether you're a fan of Mario Kart World or not, one thing every racer should probably agree on is that this new entry has an amazing soundtrack. If you are wondering why Nintendo hasn't added this album to its Nintendo Music service just yet, we've now got an official response. During a chat with The Washington Post...
News Pokémon Legends Z-A Update Planned For November, Will Address "Known Issues"
Here's what you can expect, trainers
Pokémon Legends Z-A has been out for a few weeks now and during this time The Pokémon Company and developer Game Freak have identified some issues. In response to this, a response has been issued about the "current known issues and planned fixes" on the way. The fixes will be rolled out in a "future update"...
News Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Today With A Spooky Classic
Return to Luigi's Mansion
The Switch 2's 'Nintendo Classics' GameCube library for Switch Online expands next week with the return of the original Luigi's Mansion. This spooky GameCube launch title will drop on 30th October 2025, so just in time for Halloween. It made its debut in 2001 and puts Luigi in the spotlight as the main character. After...
News Shujinkou Has Been Updated On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
Even better visuals? Oof, yes please
Shujinkou, the DRPG that also offers up some excellent Japanese language-learning tools, has been updated to version 1.0.2 on Switch. The biggest improvement here is in the graphics. A new Visual Fidelity option has been added to the menu to enable the game to run at an even crisper resolution on Switch and...
News Super Mario 3D All-Stars Updated To Version 1.1.4, Improves Gameplay On Switch 2
Download it now
Nintendo has been updating all sorts of first-party titles since the release of the Switch 2 in June, and today it's rolled out an update for its limited-time release, Super Mario 3D All-Stars. According to the official patch notes on Nintendo's support page, Version 1.1.4 addresses "several issues" to improve gameplay on the new...
News Vampire Survivors' Latest Free Crossover Will Surely Be Its Most Addictive Yet
Poker face
Remember how much time you have sunk into Vampire Survivors? How about all the hours you've put into Balatro? What if they were... in the same game? Yep, you guessed it, Vampire Survivors is crossing over with Balatro in the new 'Ante Chamber' free expansion. This one arrives on most platforms today, but we'll have to wait a little...
News Bandai Namco Is Looking To Revamp 'Shadow Labyrinth' In An Upcoming Update
Difficulty levels and better checkpoints in the works
Shadow Labyrinth is a pretty good game; we should know, we gave it a 7/10 in our review. But many folks have, understandably, criticised it for its often punishing difficulty and stingy checkpoint system. So, to address this, Bandai Namco has announced update 1.1.0, an upcoming patch that looks...
News Nintendo Updates Its Music App With Another DS Soundtrack
Welcome back, New Super Mario Bros.
The Switch Online mobile app Nintendo Music has been updated with another Super Mario-themed soundtrack. This time, it's the New Super Mario Bros. album from the DS generation. This platformer was originally released in 2006, and the update today features "all tracks" from this title. This includes 60 tracks in...
News Plants Vs. Zombies: Replanted Has Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Another patch is on the way
Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted launched for the Switch and Switch 2 this week, and PopCap has already rolled out some updates. These patches will be arriving on both platforms soon. First up, is Patch 1.2. Here are all the changes for this patch, including updates to graphics, the Vs Mode, gameplay, audio and more. Here's...
News Fire Emblem Shadows Gets A Free Update Adding New Story, Map And More
Play through 'Book 2 episodes 1-4' today
In case you missed it, Nintendo shadow-dropped the new mobile game Fire Emblem Shadows in September. If you haven't given this free-to-play title a go just yet, now might be the time to take a look. A new story "and more" has been added in a free update. Book 2 - Wolf Brother adds episodes 1-4. You can...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Lands New Expansion As App Surpasses 150 Million Downloads
New features also get a release date
As we approach the one-year anniversary of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, The Pokémon Company has lifted the lid on a brand new expansion that will be arriving in the app next week. The "Mega Rising' expansion bursts onto the scene one week today, on 30th October, and, as the name suggests, it'll bring a...
News Vampire Survivors Goes Full "Everyone Is Here" In New 'Ode To Castlevania' Update
"We could only go so far with the current licenses"
Vampire Survivors dev Poncle continues to drop hints about the upcoming ver. 1.14 update — planned for release at some point next week — and the latest reveal is a fresh batch of content for the sublime Ode to Castlevania DLC. As seen in the above trailer, the 'vania DLC will soon be treated...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Team Open To More DLC: "Tell Us What You Want"
Update: Game surpasses one million sales as Joker arrives
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has already got a huge cast of characters and apparently Sega might not be done just yet. Speaking to Polygon at the Brasil Game Show recently, the series producer Takashi Iizuka mentioned how DLC could potentially stretch beyond a year. It all depends on how much...
News No Man's Sky 'Breach' Update Gets Spooky With New Explorable Ship Wrecks
Hull no
Hello Games is back with yet another update for No Man's Sky, and this one feels suitably spooky — 'tis the season, after all. The big addition in today's 'Breach' update is a series of space wrecks that pop up across the universe, all of which are fully explorable. Using the newly added space walking abilities, you'll be able to dive...
News Persona 3 Reload Is Getting A Free Update Adding Eight Songs
Performed by 'Persona 3' singer Yumi Kawamura
Ahead of the release of Persona 3 Reload on the Switch 2 this week, Atlus has announced it will be distributing an update on launch day, adding eight songs to the game. This will include Yumi Kawamura's vocal tracks from Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES as background music during dungeon exploration battles...
News Donkey Kong Bananza Has Been Updated To Version 2.0.2, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Another smashing patch
Ahead of Donkey Kong Bananza's first DLC in-game event next week, Nintendo has rolled out a new update for the smash outing. This updates the game to Version 2.0.2 and includes a fix tied to Pauline's voice when collecting fossils in the two previous updates. It also makes "several other changes" to improve the gameplay...
News Star Wars Outlaws Lands Another Update On Switch 2, Here Are The Patch Notes
Graphical improvements and *stability*
Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft's excellent open world adventure, has received another update on the Switch 2. This isn't a huge one, but it contains further improvements to the overall visuals, including upping the quality of the textures – yum. We've also got some of that all-important Stability™ alongside...
News Atlus To Address Persona 3 Reload's Switch 2 Frame Rate Hiccups In "Future Patches"
It won't be updated "in time for the main game's release"
Persona 3 Reload got a Switch 2 demo a few weeks ago, and it's raised some concerns about the performance of the game on Nintendo's new hybrid platform, with players reporting all sorts of issues about the frame rate. While the eShop showed the game operating at 30FPS, there were seemingly...
News Samus' Game Boy Outing Metroid II Returns In Latest Nintendo Music Update
Listen with an active Switch Online sub
Ahead of the arrival of Metroid Prime 4 later this year, why not take a trip to the past with some Metroid II: Return of Samus jams? This title originally made its debut on the Game Boy in 1991/92, and now the entire soundtrack is available to listen to on the Switch Online Nintendo Music app. As usual,...
News Nintendo Today! Update Makes It Easier To Share In-App News
It's no screenshot button, mind
Nintendo Today! has scored a tiny update, pushing the app up to ver. 2.0.10 with the addition of a brand new share button. Yep, a share button. It's hardly the most groundbreaking fresh feature, but considering how the company previously removed the ability to take in-app screenshots or nab screen recordings, it's a...
News Two More Switch Games Have Received Compatibility Updates On Switch 2
Issues with Star Wars and PvZ have been resolved
At the end of September, Nintendo released a new system update for the Switch 2 that included some compatibility fixes for a handful of titles. Now, a few more games have apparently been fixed and are now working on Nintendo's new hybrid system. This includes the RPG
News Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Gets Another Switch 2 Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
Get it downloaded
Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion has received a fresh new update, bringing the game up to version 1.1.1. Much like the previous patch, this one adds more boss characters along with some additions, adjustments, and bug fixes (thanks, Nintendo Everything). So without further ado, let's check out the full patch notes: New...
News Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Reveals Final SEGA Villain For Upcoming DLC
Update: It's the 'Mad Dog' from Yakuza and Like A Dragon
In case you missed it, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is getting Sega Villains Stage DLC next year, which will see Joe Musashi face off against classic bad guys from past releases. In August, we found out Sonic's Dr. Eggman would be first up, and now Sega and Lizardcube have lifted the lid on the...
News Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter Update Adds "Image Quality / Performance Settings" On Switch 2
Update: Now available for Nintendo platforms
[Fri 10th Oct, 2025 07:00 BST]: Following last month's release, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is now getting updated to Version 1.05 on the Switch and Switch 2. Perhaps, most notably, the Switch 2 update will add "image quality and performance settings". Additionally, there is also a first-person...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ Update 1.40 Now Available For Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update: Another update is on the way
[Sun 12th Oct, 2025 02:30 BST]: Bandai Namco this week announced Dragon Ball FighterZ would be getting a brand new balance adjustment update. It's now shared the official patch notes for Version 1.40 on its website. It includes changes to every character, including their moveset. Bandai Namco also highlighted...
News Splatoon 2 Version 5.5.2 Now Live For Switch And Switch 2, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
It's been years since Splatoon 2 received an update, but today that's all changed with Nintendo releasing a small patch. This bumps the game up to Version 5.5.2, and according to the patch notes, it fixes an issue with League Battles tied to Switch 2 and Switch users. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo's official...
News ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition Lands Switch 2 Update With Evolved Frame Rate And Resolution
Life, uh, finds a way
Grove Street Games has today lifted the lid on a sweet new Switch 2 update for ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition, beefing up the adventure game to make the most of the new console's specs. The update packs in all the stuff you'd expect to find in a Switch 2 patch, promising improved frame rate and resolution, and upgrades to the...
News Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Celebrates Ninja Gaiden 4 With A Free Yakumo Skin
Another update has landed
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound got off to a solid start when it arrived on the Switch in July, and since then, it's received multiple updates, including a 60fps mode. Now, ahead of the release of Ninja Gaiden 4 on Xbox and other platforms next week, the 2D title Ragebound will be celebrating with an e
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Version 1.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Ready up, trainers
We heard last week how the upcoming release Pokémon Legends: Z-A had already received an update on the Switch and Switch 2, and since then, it's gone live. If you've already got the new entry digitally preloaded on your system, then the update should already be applied. As for the content of this update, it appears to unlock the...
News Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Receives A Small Update (Version 1.4.1)
Following the free Switch 2 upgrade
When the Switch 2 launched in June, Nintendo rolled out free upgrades for 12 existing Switch titles. Apart from games such as Super Mario Odyssey, the puzzle-platformer Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker also received an update. It optimised the game for the Switch 2 display, improved the image quality and also
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Receives Another Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
Fixes galore
Team Cherry has dropped another update for Hollow Knight: Silksong on all relevant platforms, adding in a host of fixes that should make for a more stable experience. We know y'all like a bit of stability with your updates. The patch notes here are primarily for Steam, so there will likely be a few things that won't be relevant for us...
