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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 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.

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.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Collector’s Edition
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Collector’s Edition
JB Hi-Fi

Max launches in Australia March 31, putting Binge in limbo.

There's a a big shake up coming for Foxtel, specifically Foxtel's Binge. Another streaming platform is launching in Australia, with Warner Bros. Discovery today announcing the local launch date for Max. The service will start March 31, but other details are still a little unclear. Previously known as HBO Max, but also confusingly hosting both HBO Originals and Max Originals, the service has been available in the US since 2020.

It looks like the service will launch with exclusive access to HBO programming, as well as other Warner Bros. Discovery properties. Which does might put Binge in a bit of limbo, if we're reading this literally.

Via Whistleout:

A spokesperson for WBD confirmed to WhistleOut that new Warner Bros. and HBO content won't premiere on Binge. Hubbl has started bringing some live and on-demand Kayo Sports over to Binge to add value to the service. 
WhistleOut has reached out to Foxtel for comment on what will happen to the existing catalogue of HBO content on Binge. 

And from the press release:

As the home of HBO Originals and Max Originals, Max will offer fans culture-defining series including returning seasons of The Last of Us, And Just Like That..., House of the Dragon, Euphoria and Peacemaker as well as highly anticipated new shows such as It: Welcome to Derry and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, from the world of Game of Thrones.  
 
Subscribers will also be able to enjoy recently released theatrical hits from Warner Bros. Pictures, including blockbusters from the last few years such as Barbie, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice and Twisters, alongside treasured franchises including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and the DC Universe. Coupled with all-time fan-favourites including Friends, The Big Bang Theory and Rick and Morty, best-in-class real-life stories across food, home, lifestyle and factual like 90 Day Fiancé and Outback Opal Hunters, as well as family viewing such as Ben 10 and We Bare Bears, Max promises to set the bar for consistently captivating, craveable entertainment.
In addition, WBD also announced a launch partnership with Foxtel, providing Foxtel subscribers with access to the Max app at no additional cost.*
*Requires a compatible Foxtel IQ box. Some customers will need to upgrade their box. Included Max plan is Basic with Ads.

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The 150-year-old font you've seen everywhere, but never heard of.

A gorgeous story from Marcin Wichary about the 150-year-old font that can still be seen everywhere. Even Australia, as the author notes.

But there was one font I didn’t even notice, even though it was everywhere around me. Last year in New York, I walked over 100 miles and took thousands of photos of one and one font only. The font’s name is Gorton.

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Gorton made its way to peace- and wartime nuclear facilities, it was there on the elevator at the Kennedy Space Center with labels marked EARTH and SPACE… and it went to actual space, and then the Moon, as key legends on Apollo’s onboard computer.
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
Marcin Wichary

A nice AEW Grand Slam in Brisbane.

The only way I can make this post relevant is to mention that ESPN is coming to Disney+. Not sure yet if that will include All Elite Wrestling content.

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