While we expected to find out much more about Nintendo's upcoming game system next week during the Switch 2 Direct event on April 2nd, a tiny new detail has been confirmed in this promo image for the new Nintendo Today news app. One of the screenshots listed in App Store and Google Play shows a Switch 2, and as VGC pointed out, features a "C" label on the right-side Joy-Con's new button for the first time.

The Switch 2 images and teaser clips revealed by Nintendo until now have carefully hidden the labeling on that button, even though it's been referred to in earlier leaks. We still don't know exactly what it does, although there's been spe …

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Real time day / night cycles have been featured in a lot of Pokémon titles since the Gold and Silver era, but Pokémon Legends: Z-A is going to take the classic mechanic in a wild new direction. During today's March Direct presentation, Nintendo dropped a new Pokémon Legends: Z-A trailer showcasing a few of the game's returning monsters and revealing more about how battling will work in this new take on Lumiose City.

Unlike the franchise's previous games where you had to catch wild creatures out in, you know, the wild, Legends: Z-A will involve hunting down pokémon found throughout Lumiose itself as the city undergoes a massive redevelopmen …

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In addition to showing off a bunch of new games including a brief glimpse at Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Nintendo also shared some new features coming to the Switch. Coming in an April system update, Nintendo is introducing a new game management system called "virtual game cards." Virtual game cards are meant to function similarly to physical ones. When the feature goes live, purchases of digital games on the Nintendo eShop will automatically create a virtual game card that you'll be able to manage from a dedicated screen.

Virtual game cards also make sharing games between consoles simpler. Using a local wi-fi connection, you can use virtual g …

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Nintendo closed out today's Direct with a surprise announcement: a news app that will keep players up to date on everything Nintendo. It's called Nintendo Today, and it'll be available on both iOS and Android. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the app was designed to compliment its event-like livestreams, which have become incredibly popular in the Switch era. After the Switch 2 Direct on April 2nd, the app will feature regular updates on the company's next console.

Here's how Nintendo explains it: "this smart-device app is like a daily calendar which delivers a variety of content including latest news, videos, and comics of your favorite Nint …

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is still alive - and it's looking good. Nintendo unveiled a new trailer for the game that serves as an introduction of sorts, showcasing the alien world you'll be exploring along with Samus' various abilities, including new psychic powers that work both in combat and in puzzle solving. While no specific release date was announced, the game is due out in 2025 for the Switch.

Beyond has been in development for a quite a while. It was originally announced in 2017 shortly after the launch of the original Nintendo Switch, but in early 2019, Nintendo announced that it was rebooting the game's development and bringing on Re …

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While the games industry patiently waits for the proper reveal of the Switch 2 on April 2nd, Nintendo isn't quite done with its current console. The company announced that it will be holding a Nintendo Direct on March 27th at 10AM ET, which will feature "around 30 minutes" of news about upcoming Switch games. Notably, Nintendo says that "there will be no updates about Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation."

With the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition last week, there aren't a lot of first-party games currently on the Switch calendar. But there are still some notable titles in the works including the long-in-developmen …

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