2 the max. One pleasant surprise of the Switch 2 launch, beyond the advertised upgrades — free and otherwise — to various Switch games, has been seeing how some Switch games that once struggled to hit their frame rate targets have gotten a nice boost on the new console. It seems that Switch 1 games […]
A mouse-t play. Listen. I’m not gonna dive into this review of Fortnite on Switch 2 with any ideas of pretending to know everything, or even understand anything, about a game that’s grown from hastily retooled battle royale to…well…it looks kind of like Roblox now, in all honesty. What on earth is going on here? […]
“The most technically impressive game of the launch line-up”. Digital Foundry has provided its tech review for Fast Fusion on the Switch 2, calling it “the most technically impressive game of the launch line-up” and a “must-have” for early adopters. Starting off on a bit of a downer, however, DF notes that the overall image […]
Watch those magnets. After tinkering with the Switch 2 for about a week now, the general consensus amongst NL staff is that the new magnetic Joy-Con are simply marvellous. On the original Switch, there was always a sense that the Joy-Con weren’t quite as secure as we would have liked, and this was simply exacerbated […]
pLAN ahead. From the menu or settings screen, it might not appear that you can play Mario Kart World over LAN (Local Area Network). However, just like its predecessor, it’s absolutely possible to play MKW via LAN mode – it’s just hidden in the menu options. Here’s how to find it… Read the full article […]
“It should have been an OLED screen from the get-go”. One aspect of the Nintendo Switch 2 that has generated a lot of interest is its display. While Nintendo released an OLED model of the original Switch, which massively improved over the launch model’s LCD screen, for Switch 2, it has opted to return to […]
“Stay tuned!”. A few days back, the online repair community iFixit posted a brief teardown of the new Switch 2 Joy-Con and confirmed that the sticks are nearly identical to the Switch 1 in terms of how they’ve been built. Naturally, then, this has caused a bit of kerfuffle with fans; many of which are […]
Highway to Shell. Editor’s note: With the whole team now having spent a week with the game, we’ve updated the text below with our verdict on Switch 2’s premier launch game… True story: Not long before Switch 2 launched, I passed my driving test in America. A new Mario Kart game perhaps isn’t the best […]
“Mario Kart World is beautiful”. Mario Kart World is proving to be a big hit with fans, thanks to its range of tracks, the open-world mode and its online features. It still has the accursed Blue Shell, of course, which you can thankfully dodge if you know what you’re doing. This weapon has been ruining […]
It’s now the third best-selling Street Fighter. Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has now sold over 5 million units since its initial release in 2023; a milestone helped considerably by the recent release on the Nintendo Switch 2. This makes it the third best-selling Street Fighter game of all time at the time […]