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Should You Buy a Nintendo Switch 2 Now or Wait for Black Friday?

Should You Buy a Nintendo Switch 2 Now or Wait for Black Friday?

Nintendo Switch 2 has been out and in the hands of all the early adopters for nearly two months now. If you haven’t pulled the trigger yet on Nintendo’s new hybrid console, you might be wondering if you should pick one up now that the stock shortage appears to be over, or if you should wait for Black Friday. As …

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Mario Paint Comes to Nintendo Switch Online, And You Don’t Need a Switch 2 To Use The Mouse Functionality

Mario Paint Comes to Nintendo Switch Online, And You Don’t Need a Switch 2 To Use The Mouse Functionality

Mario Paint is the latest Nintendo game to be added to the Nintendo Switch Online library. A SNES classic, Mario Paint encourages all forms of creativity, including art, music, and animation, and — up until now, anyway — was entirely unplayable for anyone who didn’t have the game and the console system from the first time around. Interestingly, the 1992 …

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Switch 2 SNES games just got a graphics filter that upgrades everything

Switch 2 SNES games just got a graphics filter that upgrades everything

Ah, the days of CRT displays. It was the era where the average TV could adequately render the way pixel art games were meant to be played. With newer tech, the graphics on retro games get upscaled, which often ends up ruining what games look like. But thanks to a new update to the Nintendo’s Classics app, you can now …

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Switch 2 Joy-Con Grip Holds Your Fries While You Play

Switch 2 Joy-Con Grip Holds Your Fries While You Play

Image: user7R135 How much grease and salt can you stand on your video game controllers? Everyone who’s ever played a video game has, at some point, eaten while gaming, and usually it requires you to either put a controller down or hold it in one hand while quickly horking something down between respawns. Well, if you have access to a …

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Disgaea 7 Complete for Switch 2 launches October 10 in the west

Disgaea 7 Complete for Switch 2 launches October 10 in the west

Disgaea 7 Complete will launch for Switch 2 on October 10 in the west, publisher NIS America announced. It will also be playable at PAX West 2025, which runs from August 29 to September 1 in Seattle. Disgaea 7 Complete—which includes the base game plus all existing downloadable content and bonus items, as well a new bonus story, new character, …

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FOMO won, I own a Switch 2 now

FOMO won, I own a Switch 2 now

Well, that didn’t even last two months. Just after the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, I wrote about how, despite the tremendous amount of FOMO, I, like so many gamers, felt the Nintendo Switch 2 wasn’t a necessary purchase just yet. Most consoles don’t provide marked upgrades at launch and often won’t have a robust games line-up for some …

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The first great Switch 2 mouse game might be a revived 33-year-old classic

The first great Switch 2 mouse game might be a revived 33-year-old classic

The Nintendo Switch 2’s new features include Joy-Cons that can become a mouse. I’ve personally been wondering which game will allow us to take full advantage of mouse controls, and now I know: Mario Paint. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to get artsy, then this 33-year-old classic game, now available for Nintendo Switch Online members as part of …

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Will “Average” 30fps On Switch

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Will “Average” 30fps On Switch

Image: Dotemu We’re two days away from the release of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Dotemu and The Game Kitchen’s gorgeous pixel art spin-off from the Ninja Gaiden series (which is experiencing something of a comeback lately). And ahead of the game’s launch, publisher Dotemu has some potentially disappointing news for Switch owners. The Switch 1 version “will average a 30 FPS …

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Major Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Games Are Already on Sale at Woot

Major Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Games Are Already on Sale at Woot

It’s no secret that while Nintendo Switch 2 has some excellent games already available, many of these are quite expensive. While the console just launched in early June, Woot has an ongoing sale where you can save a few dollars off some of the biggest Switch 2 games out now. This includes Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2 …

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