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Nintendo to charge for Switch 2 game upgrades.
While the Nintendo Switch 2 is backwards compatible with most Nintendo Switch games, old games won't necessarily run or look any better on the new console.
Instead Nintendo today announced "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" versions of games, which will be sold at full price, but also with upgrade paths for existing customers. Upgrade pricing was not yet announced.
For The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, a Switch 2 Edition upgrade will bump up resolutions and framerates. A 60FPS target wasn't specified, so the games might still wobble around that level.
Both titles previously targeted 30FPS, but on the original Switch console the games could definitely struggle, especially Tears Of The Kingdom.
To sweeten the deal additional content and features were also announced for a few of these upgraded editions. But it still would have been nice to see Nintendo give this to customers for free. Hopefully the upgrade pricing is a reasonable $10-$15 and not anything ridiculous.
Anticipated Australian game Hollow Knight: Silksong hidden in Switch 2 sizzle reel.
Nintendo put the highly anticipated follow up to Hollow Knight in a sizzle reel during its Nintendo Switch 2 Direct.
The Australian game from Team Cherry was expected to come out in 2022/2023. A the time, as a title launching on Xbox Game Pass, the game was shown at an Xbox Showcase in June 2022. Since then it's been almost radio silence from Team Cherry, apart from a few hints here and there.
So it was funny to see a new 2025 release window hidden in a sizzle reel for the Switch 2 announcement livestream. The game was always expected to come to Nintendo platforms, but it's been a very long time since we've seen the game.
Fingers crossed it doesn't slip into 2026...
FromSoftware launching new game only on Nintendo Switch 2, leaving Sony behind.
From Nintendo:
The moontears will flow for one and one alone in The Duskbloods, a brand-new multiplayer title from the creators of DARK SOULS and ELDEN RING, FromSoftware. Available exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, The Duskbloods launches next year. Read more in our upcoming developer diary series, Creator's Voice, with the game’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki, coming on April 4th.
GameCube collection coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Online service.
Nintendo is bringing GameCube games to Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day. Starting June 5 2025 subscribers who have the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription will be able to play a few GameCube games.
At launch you can play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, F-ZERO GX, and SOULCALIBUR II. More games will be added in the same inconsistent way as with previous Switch Online offerings. And a wireless GameCube replica controller will also be available for subscribers to buy separately.
Nintendo Switch 2 will cost AU$699, with $769 Mario Kart bundle.
Currently available for pre-order at JB Hi-Fi and EB Games.
Nintendo also has a very detailed backward compatibility breakdown with the Nintendo Switch 1 here:
Nintendo Switch 2 is worth every dollar for this Donkey Kong 3D platformer.
Sure, we didn't get a 3D Mario just yet for Nintendo Switch 2, but I'd argue this is even better.
A Donkey Kong 3D platformer game that looks like it could rival Mario Odyssey. The game steps away from the 2.5D world of Donkey Kong Country and instead opts for large worlds and destructible environments.
Coming July 17 2025, exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2.
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Channel 7 has posted a bunch of raw footage from the PS2 launch in 2000.
The PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old, and Channel 7 has the footage to prove it.
In a time before smartphone video, it's a cool little time capsule of Australian retail and the hype around the launch of the Sony console.
2Day FM Sydney is ditching its crusty music format for a fresh new one, which is a shock in a market that almost entirely caters mainly to older millennials with "throwbacks" galore. It's gotten so bad that Triple J, a previously 'alternative' station, now
You can get a real skateboard deck with your copy of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4.
Not only is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 now official, there's also a pretty wild physical Collector's Edition that comes with a real skateboard deck.
If we do the math, the physical Collector's Edition is $124 more expensive than the digital version, meaning you're paying a pretty penny for the included deck.
But if that's not enough to dissuade, JB Hi-Fi has it for $229 and EB Games has it for $229.95.
The normal game is available for $84 physically or around $75 on digital storefronts and launches July 11 on PlayStation 4 + 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam and Nintendo Switch.
When does Pokémon Presents 2025 start in Australia?.
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