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The day before a national holiday, Nintendo’s Canadian branch announced that there will be a pricing change for the original Switch hardware lineup, along with accessories and Switch Online memberships. The actual changes apparently won’t be announced until August 1st, but the prices are being adjusted “based on market conditions,” which is something Nintendo has had to contend with recently. Notably, however, the new Switch 2 is not impacted.

The folks at Digital Foundry have done more pixel counting, this time looking into the first-party Switch 1 games with upgrades we also found impressive.

Mechanism (née Deckmate) builds some of the most thoughtful and clever modular handheld accessories, with loads of mounts and adapters and a pillow to hold a handheld’s weight. Now, even though its own fancy Switch 2 case isn’t quite ready, it’s giving away this free 3D printed adapter.

Before the patch, the “random” track choice would teleport players to a course for a traditional three-lap race, allowing them to avoid the “intermission” races that require players to drive to the track location where they typically complete just one lap.

Originally released for the Nintendo GameCube console in 2005, Super Mario Strikers will be available exclusively for the Switch 2 on July 3rd via the Switch Online Expansion Pack membership. That relegates original Switch owners to sticking with Mario Strikers: Battle League, which is a bit of a ball-kicker.

Two weeks ago, SteelSeries discovered its Nova Pro Wireless and GameBuds were already compatible, but some others were not.

The Nintendo Museum opened last year in Kyoto, and nearly a year later it’s getting new addition in the form of an art gallery. The company says that it will feature “a wide range of game artwork, including character illustrations and concept art,” and will open on September 3rd.

If you want to make your Street Fighter 6 experience feel as authentic as possible, 8BitDo has added its recently-announced leverless Arcade Controller and its older Arcade Stick to its growing list of controllers that are compatible with the Switch 2.