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Nintendo has announced a full, free trial of Ball x Pit for Nintendo Switch Online members in Europe, running until June 1, 2026; download the base game at no cost, and the Switch 2 Upgrade Pack is also free to enhance the experience.
Nintendo has broken its silence on the next Super Mario game, nine years after Super Mario Odyssey; Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed a Odyssey follow-up is in development for this console generation but did not provide a release date. Donkey Kong Bonanza released in the interim, and while a 3D Mario title is on the way, it's not expected this year or next. The timeline remains uncertain, with speculation suggesting late 2020s or even the early 2030s depending on Switch-generation pacing.
USB-C chargers with USB PD can top up the Switch in handheld mode, but charging in TV/dock mode requires higher power: first-gen Switch needs up to 39W (15V at 2.6A) and a 45W+ brick; Switch 2 needs 54W (20V at 3A) for TV mode, meaning a 60W USB PD charger is ideal for docking. For handheld use, standard PD chargers that provide 5V/9V are fine, but for TV mode you’ll want the official Nintendo power adapter or a higher-wattage brick.
Nintendo published its maintenance schedule for the week of May 24, 2026, adding a one-hour session that will affect Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The window runs from 9:30 PM PT on May 25 to 1:30 AM ET on May 26, with corresponding UK/Europe times, and is not expected to disrupt other services.
UK chart data for the week ending 16 May 2026 shows the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle debuting at No. 2, with a dominant 99% Switch 2 share (and No. 1 on the Switch 2 list), behind Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A 3DS entry, Metroid: Samus Returns, sits at No. 1 for that format, while on the Switch 2 Top 20 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is No. 16 and Outbound is No. 18.
On the 15th anniversary of L.A. Noire, Virtuos says it would like to port Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Nintendo Switch, discussing the L.A. Noire Switch port’s performance optimizations (including a 64-bit upgrade and smarter rendering) and the team’s eagerness to tackle more Rockstar titles for Switch.
BeXide announced Namco Legendary Mountains for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, a 3D voxel puzzle game that reimagines Namco classics with dedicated stages (PAC-MAN, DIG-DUG, XEVIOUS, MAPPY, The Tower of Druaga) and simple toss-and-merge gameplay. The title promises over 100 voxels to collect, a Collection Room, and online score rankings, with a summer launch window but no exact date.
GameStop kicked off a large sale on Nintendo Switch 2 and standard Nintendo Switch games, with several titles discounted to $15 and $35. Highlights include Super Mario RPG and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion. The full lineup is live for about a week, though stock may sell out; affiliate links may apply.
Polyarc announces Moss: The Forgotten Relic, a definitive, enhanced collection that bundles Moss and Moss: Book 2 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, featuring improved visuals, new cutscenes, a Smart Follow camera, and a Skip Combat accessibility option, arriving this summer.
NIS America has delayed the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Starbites, with no new date announced; the Switch 1 release still goes ahead on May 21, 2026, and upgrading to Switch 2 will cost $4.99 when it arrives. The delay follows negative early impressions of the Switch 1 build—fuzzy visuals, frame-rate issues, and various bugs—and a previously planned Switch 2 Game-Key Card release was scrapped. Backwards compatibility means Switch 1 players can dive in now and wait for the Switch 2 edition to land.
Nintendo released Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream version 1.0.2 on Switch, a bug-fix–heavy update that tackles a range of issues from progression blockers after island-building and exterior house edits to save-data corruption messages, data-loss when Miis start living together, rare scene-switch crashes, Wishing Fountain placement after Island Builder, romance/crush bugs after fights, persistent sadness, and local-play problems. The patch also corrects a mislabelled sugar glider image and includes other gameplay improvements; this follows the earlier 1.0.1 update from last month.
No Case Should Remain Unsolved, a Switch-exclusive detective adventure developed by Somi and published by Playism, is headed to PS5 this summer 2026. A PS Store listing lets players wishlist the game, but no exact date has been announced. The visual-novel style mystery tasks players with assembling memory fragments to solve a long-cold case, with the plot revealing that everyone around Seowon is lying.
Playism and Nigoro announce a free June update for Rose & Camellia Collection on Nintendo Switch that adds online multiplayer battle, expanding the slap-fight action; the game is already available on Switch and a new trailer has been released.
A Tomodachi Life enthusiast created a highly detailed 3D-printed Switch dock cover modeled after the Fresh Kingdom supermarket, with blueprints released on MakerWorld for others to print, plus a build video showing how the pieces fit together.
R-TYPE DX: Music Encore on Switch repackages the Game Boy Color double-pack as a boutique arcade remix, adding a new WASi303 soundtrack, hyper speed, rewinds, and CRT options while preserving original weaponry and simplifying stages for one-credit play. It's a fan-focused, handheld-friendly revival with some quirks (a rewind timer that doesn't pause, initial oversized ship) but overall a polished, nostalgic shmup experience.