Month: April 2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 promises major storage upgrades, but it’ll cost you
The Nintendo Switch 2 had its big debut on Wednesday, and the new console looks to be a sizable, if mostly straightforward, upgrade over its mega-popular predecessor. Tucked between the new Donkey Kong and (pricier) Mario Kart games, mouse mode and overhauled party chat features, though, was another significant update:…
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Best Buy could be the best place to secure a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch
If you’ve got your eyes on the Nintendo Switch 2 and are in the US, Best Buy might be your best place to secure the hybrid console. That’s because Best Buy will open at midnight ET / 9pm PT on launch day so that those who secure a pre-order can…
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Sonos permanently drops the price of its Era 100 speaker and Ray soundbar
Sonos is lowering the price of two products in an effort to boost hardware sales amid a continued slump. The company’s Era 100 smart speaker and entry-level Ray soundbar now both cost $199. That’s a $50 drop for the Era 100, which launched at $249. And it’s an even more…
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A Minecraft Movie review: It’s good, actually
Hear me out. I too rolled my eyes when A Minecraft Movie was announced. We're all tired of seeing Jack Black in video game movies — he was fine in Super Mario Bros., but good god Borderlands was a disaster. And the Minecraft film's trailers did it no favors, another…
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Nintendo’s best Switch 2 announcement was its GameCube game rereleases, but buying the new GameCube controller will be a challenge
GameCube Classics are headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 The first three titles are The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Soul Caliber 2, and F-Zero GX, coming on June 5, 2025 Other games like Pokémon Colosseum, Luigi’s Mansion, and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo’s major Nintendo Switch 2 Direct…
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Nintendo’s incredible plan to beat back Switch 2 scalpers might mean you finally get one
Nintendo has some requirements for access to Nintendo Switch 2 priority sales One of them is a Nintendo Switch Online membership It might be an awesome anti-scalper strategy What if on April 8, you queued up to buy the just fully announced Nintendo Switch 2 and didn’t find that inventory…
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