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Nintendo's New Mobile Game Pictonico! Turns Your Photos Into Minigames on May 28 - Intelligent Systems Co-developed Photo Party App Ships Free-to-Start on iOS and Android With 80 Minigames Across Two Paid Volumes ($5.99 and $7.99), Photos Stay On Device, and No Ads or Gacha

Nintendo's first internally-published mobile launch since 2022 arrives May 28. Pictonico! - co-developed with WarioWare studio Intelligent Systems - turns your camera-roll photos into minigames. The model is free-to-start with two paid content volumes ($5.99 and $7.99) covering roughly 80 minigames in total, and Nintendo confirms photos never leave the device.

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Star Fox's Free Switch 2 Demo Drops on the eShop Tomorrow - Nintendo Hands Every Switch 2 Owner Arwing Controls, Joy-Con 2 Mouse Aiming, and a Hands-On James McCloud Prologue Mission Eleven Days Before the June 25 Launch, With Pre-Order Skins Locked to May 31

Nintendo's Switch 2 Star Fox remake gets a free playable demo on the eShop on Wednesday, May 20, featuring the new James McCloud Prologue mission, Joy-Con 2 mouse aiming, a Battle Mode tutorial, and save data that carries pre-order Fox skins straight into the June 25 launch.

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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Lands on Switch 2 in Three Days - Nintendo's First Big First-Party Switch 2 Exclusive of the Spring Brings a Talking Book, the New Tail Flick, and a Hands-On Consensus That Calls It the System's Most Eye-Catching 2D Platformer Yet

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book lands exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21 for $59.99 digital / $69.99 physical, with three trailers shipped in two weeks and a hands-on preview consensus that calls it deceptively challenging and the system's most eye-catching 2D platformer.

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Mineru's Construct Amiibo Finally Has a Release Date - Nintendo Locks the Long-Promised Tears of the Kingdom Figure to September 17 for $34.99 With Articulated Arms and a Paraglider Fabric Unlock

Nintendo has locked the long-promised Mineru's Construct amiibo from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to a September 17, 2026 release for $34.99, featuring fully articulated posable arms and a new glow-in-the-dark paraglider fabric unlock. Pre-orders are already live at every major retailer.

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Nintendo Stock Just Cratered Again on Monday — Tokyo Shares Hit Their Lowest Since August 2024 as Investors Punish a 17% Switch 2 Forecast Cut, a Dividend Slash, and a Software Pipeline With No Confirmed Mario Game

Nintendo shares fell as much as 10% in Tokyo on Monday — a second straight session of losses after Friday's earnings — pushing the stock to a 21-month low. The trigger: a 16.5 million Switch 2 forecast, a dividend cut to 162 yen, and a 100 billion yen hit from the AI-driven DRAM chip surge.

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Takashi Tezuka, the Quiet Architect of Mario, Zelda, and Yoshi, Just Announced He's Leaving Nintendo on June 26 — More Than 150 Game Credits, 42 Years on the Job, and a Final Bow That Closes One of the Industry's Greatest Careers

Co-creator of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Director of A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, and Yoshi's Island. Producer of Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Pikmin 4. After more than four decades and over 150 credits, the 65-year-old Takashi Tezuka is retiring from Nintendo on June 26, 2026.

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Nintendo Just Raised the Switch 2 to $499.99 — Sweeping Price Hikes for Hardware and Online Hit Japan on May 25 and the West on September 1, With the Original Switch Catching a Bigger Increase Than the Sequel

Nintendo announced sweeping price hikes on May 8, 2026: Switch 2 jumps from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US (+$50), with Canada and Europe seeing similar increases — all effective September 1. Japan gets hit harder and earlier on May 25, with the Switch 2 jumping ¥10,000 and original Switch hardware climbing 26 to 36 percent. Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions also rise in Japan effective July 1. Nintendo cited market conditions and the global business outlook without naming tariffs, semiconductors, or the yen.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Cracks Its Whip on Switch 2 May 12 — A 30-Watt Console Pulls Off a Surprisingly Faithful Port

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches on Switch 2 May 12, 2026, with full ray-traced global illumination intact, DLSS 3 upscaling, 30 fps docked and handheld, full-data cartridges instead of Game-Key cards, and the September 2025 Order of Giants expansion available via a $19.99 deluxe upgrade.

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Pragmata Lands on Switch 2 With Full Portable Sci-Fi — Capcom’s Lunar Adventure Goes Handheld

Capcom’s Pragmata arrives on Switch 2 with the full sci-fi experience intact, earning excellent reviews and showcasing Nintendo’s new hardware with a free demo across all platforms.

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Splatoon Raiders Locks in July 23 on Switch 2 — Single-Player Salmonid Treasure Hunt Finally Has a Date

Nintendo confirmed Splatoon Raiders launches July 23, 2026 on Switch 2 for $50 digital, $60 physical. The single-player spin-off teams a freelance mechanic with Deep Cut to raid the Spirhalite Islands, with weapon upgrades, customization, and three-player online co-op.

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A New Star Fox for Switch 2 Could Be Announced Any Day Now — Here's Everything the Leaks Say

Multiple insiders including NateTheHate claim Nintendo will announce a new Star Fox game for Switch 2 before the end of April 2026, with a Summer release window, classic-style branching campaign, and online multiplayer.

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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Arrives April 16 — Here's What's New After 12 Years Away

Nintendo's long-awaited social sim sequel brings Mii island life to Switch on April 16 with same-sex relationship options, full island customization, player-controlled Mii interactions, and a free demo already live.