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Based on Nintendo’s official figures.

Updated with sales figures from Nintendo’s Q4 FY2025 financial report – enjoy!

At the time of writing, the Switch has the highest number of software sales of any Nintendo console ever, with waay over one billion games sold on the platform since March 2017. What’s more, its lead is so commanding that it will likely hold this pole position for a good few years to come (unless there is a sudden surge in sales for DS games around the corner that nobody saw coming).

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Scarlet and Violet climb the ladder.

Nintendo has released its financial data for the full FY2025, and you know what that means: it’s time to take an updated look at the top ten best-selling Switch titles.

The only notable change we can see here is that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has expectedly overtaken Pokémon Sword and Shield. It’s not by much though; the latest generation has outsold the previous by a mere 70,000 copies. That gap is likely to grow in the months ahead, of course, but probably not by much.

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And original Switch, of course.

Nintendo has released its end-of-year financial update and, as per the norm, it has reconfimed release dates/windows for its major upcoming titles.

It’s a little bit different this time, of course, since we’re now also factoring in Nintendo Switch 2, so the schedule is undoubtedly looking a bit more stacked than we’ve been used to the last year or so. Headliners include Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, with Switch 2 leveraging third-party support with the likes of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Street Fighter 6, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, and more.

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As Switch 1, predictably, grinds to a halt.

Nintendo forecasts Switch 2 sales of 15 million units by the end of the 2025/26 financial year. The company also expects triple that number of software sales (45 million), excluding bundled software such as the Mario Kart World bundle launching alongside the base model on 5th June.

This forecast comes from the firm’s end-of-year results for 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025, published this morning.

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Flat world presets now available.

Mojang has just rolled out a new update for the Minecraft Bedrock Edition of the game and the major selling point are “flat world presets”.

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Launching in Japan this August.

SNK has announced another two ACA NEOGEO collections. ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 and ACA NEGO Selection Vol. 6 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on 7th August 2025 in Japan. There’s no mention of a local release.

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He also doesn’t want to be the Stardew “guy” forever.

Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has mentioned previously how he could potentially keep updating the game forever, so what are the chances of a possible sequel?

While he “might” eventually do something like this, Barone admitted during an appearance on the TigerBelly podcast recently how it’s “much easier” to just update the existing gameplay and systems in Stardew Valley:

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“You think Mario Kart competes with a game like this”.

Rockstar Games blew up the internet this week with the second official trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI and it’s led to all sorts of discussion about the current state of the industry including the future pricing of games (yes, it’s come up again).

Former Rockstar animator Mike York, who previously worked on Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, has now chimed in with comments about how the “detail” and amount of “realism” in the new GTA will justify its price point while throwing shade at the new Mario Kart World game and its pricing – suggesting Nintendo’s game simply can’t compete:

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Back to basics.

When the Switch 2 launches, you can expect to be navigating the system in a similar way to the original unit. For example, there’s a familiar-looking HOME menu, the eShop has received a slight makeover but you’ll still access it in the same way, and you’ll also launch games from the main menu like the previous generation.

Along with this, you can also expect to pair controllers in the same way – where you click on the controller menu and then sync your gamepad of choice with the L and R buttons. Now, in the latest Nintendo Today! update, the Japanese firm has reminded fans you can also connect your original Switch Joy-Con to the unit with the following explanation and demonstration:

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