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Gaming

Splatoon just did the one thing it never does — and it lands in days

Splatoon Raiders is the first spin-off the series has ever had, it's PvE rather than turf war, and it lands July 23. I've got one real worry about it, and it isn't the thing most people are complaining about.

Diego Santos · 12h ago · 7 min

Gaming

your Switch 2 gets $50 more expensive on Sept 1 — and it's not tariffs, it's AI

Nintendo is raising the Switch 2 from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US on September 1. the reason it's giving isn't trade policy — it's the same AI-driven memory shortage jacking up GPU prices all year.

Diego Santos · 18h ago · 5 min

Gaming

the Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console Nintendo's ever made. so why is it bracing for a drop?

19.86 million units in year one, outselling the PS5, best US launch since the Game Boy Advance. and yet Nintendo's own forecast says next year sells fewer. the gap between those two facts is the real story.

Diego Santos · 23h ago · 5 min

Gaming

a 1080p Switch 2 OLED is reportedly in the works. don't get excited yet

a Korean supply-chain report says Samsung is pushing to supply a full-HD OLED panel for a Switch 2 revision. the same report says mass production might not start until late 2027 — and Nintendo just raised prices.

Diego Santos · 1d ago · 5 min

Gaming

Kingdom Hearts spent a decade as blurry cloud streams on Switch. that's finally over

Kingdom Hearts IV is coming to Switch 2 at launch — running natively, not streamed. and the whole I-III collection goes native on October 8. for Nintendo owners, that's the real headline.

Diego Santos · 1d ago · 5 min

Hardware

the EU just forced Nintendo to make the Switch 2's battery replaceable — and it costs you capacity

the EU forced Nintendo to make the Switch 2 battery user-replaceable, and it costs about 1% of capacity. I'd take that trade every single time — and I suspect every handheld maker is about to face the same choice.

Ravi Malhotra · 1d ago · 7 min