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Developer and publisher Klei Entertainment has announced released its new game on the Switch 2 as part of Nintendo’s Indie World presentation.

Yes, Rotwood is a gorgeous roguelike action brawler with more than a few nods to 2025’s Absolum (and that can only be a good thing!). With support for up to three additional players either via local or online connection, you’ll face off against an onslaught of vicious foes across seven unique locations.

With a keen focus on learning combos, button mashing won’t do the trick here, so like any good side-scrolling beat ’em up, you’ll need to spend some time learning the ropes and finding the most efficient way to deal with your enemies.

Klei Entertainment is, of course, well known for its work on the survival title Don’t Starve, and also released the well-received Griftlands for the Switch back in 2021. During the same year, it agreed to be acquired by Chinese company Tencent, though the studio stresses that it retains control over its games.

Are you keen to try out Rotwood on the Switch 2? What do you make of the trailer? Let us know with a comment.

Drinkbox Studios, the celebrated developer behind the likes of Guacamelee!, Severed, and Nobody Saves The World, has announced that its upcoming title Blighted will be heading to the Switch 2.

Currently scheduled to launch in Autumn, Blighted is a Hades-inspired action game with an isometric viewpoint and lots of vicious enemies to pummel into the ground. As a lone-survivor, you’ll travel the deadly land and gain ‘Blight’ as you kill more and more creatures. The more you accumulate, the harder the combat will become, making each encounter more satisfying and rewarding.

Drinkbox is well known for its exceptional art style, and Blighted looks no different. The environments in particular are seriously impressive; full of colour and personality. We can only hope that the gameplay matches up.

Now, let’s check out the key features:

• Intense combat: combat in Blighted is nuanced and deadly. Carefully time your attacks to weave through enemies, chain together combos, and perform powerful finishers.
• Harness your Blight: the player’s Blight serves as a dynamic difficulty system that constantly changes the enemies, the player, and the world around them.
• Consume memories: absorb the brains of defeated bosses to gain their memories and become more powerful.
• Unlock mysteries: pay careful attention while exploring to unlock the many deep secrets of Blighted’s world.
• Surreal world: explore vibrant, psychedelic landscapes and meet bizarre creatures and characters on your journey.
• Co-op multiplayer: optionally team up with a friend in fully playable local or online co-op.
• Haunting original score: Blighted features new music by Jim Guthrie, the acclaimed composer of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Below, and Nobody Saves the World.

What do you make of this one? Will you be picking up Blighted when it launches later this year? Let us know with a comment.

Pokémon is celebrating its 30th anniversary in all sorts of ways, and one of the most in-demand products is the “Beginning Pikachu” plush, available at the Pokémon Center.

At the moment, this retro Pikachu inspired the Pokémon’s pixel design and look from the Game Boy generation, is exclusive to Japan, but it’s already sold out. Scalpers haven’t helped the situation, but thankfully, this anniversary item is returning.

As highlighted by VGC, The Pokémon Company has confirmed it will be restocking this item as a pre-order purchase, so in other words, Pokémon fans won’t be forced to pay extreme resale prices and can instead wait for an official Pokémon Center restock to come through.

The key chain, which is based on the same retro Pikachu design, will also be getting restocked in-store and on the website.

Select 30th anniversary merchandise has been made available on the Pokémon Center locally, but at the moment, there’s no sign of this retro-inspired Pikachu plush. So, if it is released here, based on this update, it seems there could be a chance of restocks.

Would you be interested in this Pikachu plush? Let us know in the comments.

Following last week’s reveal of the next major Pokémon game Pokémon Winds & Waves (and a release window for the battle title Pokémon Champions), The Pokémon Company has officially announced it will be winding down Pokémon Scarlet & Violet‘s seasonal Ranked Battle content.

The final season for the Switch game “Season 41” will officially kick off on 1st April 2026. After this goes live, Ranked Battles will no longer receive updates. This season will run until the game’s servers are taken offline, and there will be no monthly rankings or rewards for rankings.

This announcement follows the recent conclusion of Season 39 and the start of Season 40. Trainers can now collect rewards for Season 39. As for Season 40, it runs from now until 31st March 2026. You can see the full ruleset for this season on Serebii.net.

If you haven’t already tried out Pokémon Scarlet & Violet on the Switch 2, these titles received a free upgrade last June.

Did you participate in Scarlet & Violet’s Ranked Battles? How do you feel about Season 41 being the final season. Let us know in the comments.

Nintendo revived the Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen on the Switch last week, and while they offer the same classic experience, there are some notable changes.

If you’re planning to catch one of the Gold and Silver legendary beasts on your adventure, it seems you’ll no longer have to worry about the infamous roar glitch. According to multiple player reports and information via datamines, this glitch is not present in the Switch eShop versions.

As mentioned on Serebii.net, in the original GBA releases, Entei and Raikou (but not Suicune) will sometimes use the move “Roar” if trapped, and it results in the Pokémon never being encountered again in the same playthrough.

So, catching one of these legendaries in the Switch versions hopefully just got a little bit easier. As a reminder, the legendary that appears in the playthrough is based on the starter pick. So Raikou for Squirtle, Entei for Bulbasaur and Suicune for Charmander.

One other notable change in the Switch eShop releases is the confirmation that you’ll now get the Mystic Ticket and Aurora Ticket after entering the Hall of Fame. These tickets were previously available via Mystery Gift distributions at in-person events.

Are you revisiting these games now that they’re available on the Switch? Have you caught one of these legendaries yet? Let us know in the comments.

Nintendo has already got an Indie World showcase taking place this week, and now Capcom has announced it will be holding a special ‘Spotlight’ broadcast later this week on 5th March 2026.

This Spotlight will run for approximately 30 minutes and will include news for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, Pragmata, Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection and Street Fighter 6. According to Capcom’s website, one of the other “featured titles” will be Mega Man: Dual Override, launching next year. Here’s the official announcement:

Thursday, March 5, 2026 Streaming from 2:00 p.m. (PST)
(Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. (UTC))

“The Capcom Spotlight is a digital event that brings you the latest news from Capcom! Tune in for the latest information about Capcom’s upcoming releases. This broadcast will have subtitles available in 13 languages.”

Capcom Spotlight – March 2026

• North America: 2pm PST / 3pm MST / 4pm CST / 5pm EST
• UK/Ire: 10pm GMT
• Europe: 11pm CET / 12am (Fri) EET
• Asia/Oceania: 7am (Fri) JST / 6am (Fri) AWST / 9am (Fri) AEDT

Capcom hasn’t shared any additional information about what to expect. Monster Hunter Stories 3 and Mega Man Star Force arrive next month alongside the Alex DLC for Street Fighter 6. Pragmata will then follow these titles on in April, and at some point next year the new Mega Man game is making its way to the Switch and Switch 2.

This spotlight follows Capcom’s release of Resident Evil Requiem and two Gold Editions on the Switch 2 last week.

As usual, we’ll be sure to share all the Switch and Switch 2-related news from this event. What game are you most looking forward to hearing more about in this upcoming broadcast? Tell us in the comments.

Nintendo previously released a sample of the Kirby Air Riders soundtrack on Nintendo Music last year, and in a new update today, it’s now made the entire album available.

This is the first proper Switch 2 soundtrack release on the mobile app and comes loaded with 114 tracks and has a runtime of three hours. This includes tracks such as Starlit Journey, Floria Fields and much more.

The main composers of the album are Noriyuki Iwadare (known for series such as Grandia, Lunar, Super Smash Bros.) and Shogo Sakai (Mother 3, Smash Bros), with support from Akira Miyagawa and multiple Bandai Namco musicians. Timed in with this album drop today, Nintendo has released an interview featuring Iwadare and Sakai, if you want to know more about how the soundtrack was composed for Kirby Air Riders.

To listen to this album on the Nintendo Music app, you’ll need to have an active Switch Online membership. Kirby Air Riders also got an update last week bumping it up to Version 1.3.1. It added support for new amiibo and also included balance adjustments and bug fixes.

What do you think of the latest soundtrack to join Nintendo Music? Let us know in the comments.