This Week in Switch 2 – Silksong Breaks eShop & Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilercast – September 10, 2025
Check out the fifteenth episode of our series of Shacknews staff conversations about the new Nintendo Switch 2 system.
Publisher Tells Nintendo To Pull Its Own Game From Switch 2 eShop while it waits for backwards compatibility patch to go live
Limited Run Games has asked Nintendo to remove Gex Trilogy from sale via the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop, until there's "clarity" on when a patch will be deployed to address…
Nintendo Switch 2’s Best-Selling eShop Launch Games Revealed — and Those $10 Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Upgrades Are Right Up There
24 hours into Switch 2's life, it's time to look at what's selling best on the new console's eShop — and get a sense of just how popular those $10…
Switch 2 eShop Looks So Much Smoother, At Least So Far
No, there isn't eShop music on Switch 2. But yes, the digital storefront seems greatly improved from a usability perspective on the upcoming system. A new video showing off the…
Switch 2 Could Fix Two Of The Biggest Issues On The Nintendo eShop
When the Switch 2 launches in June, longtime users could see two major improvements to the Nintendo eShop. Nintendo is aiming to address complaints of its digital storefront, which has…
Nintendo Blocks Foreign Payments on Japanese eShop, Making Digital Imports Harder
Buying games from the Japanese eShop as a foreigner without a Japanese bank account is about to get a lot harder. Today, Nintendo announced it will no longer accept “credit…
Unpacking Creative Director Challenges Nintendo To Address “Egregious Scams” On eShop
On Nintendo eShop, you can buy Unpacking or Unpacking: Deluxe Edition. You might think these are just two editions of the same relaxing game, but that is not the case.…
Nintendo Switch eShop and online services to close in China in 2026
Nintendo is offering up to four free games to compensate Chinese users.
Nintendo Announces Entire Switch eShop, All Online Support Ending In China
Nintendo has announced a major change for the Switch console in China: The eShop and Nintendo Switch Online services will close in early 2026. The move comes amid the Chinese…
Shin Megami Tensei 5 to be Delisted from Nintendo eShop Next Month
Shin Megami Tensei 5 will be removed from the Nintendo eShop on June 13, 2024 ahead of the release of expanded edition Shin Megami Tense 5 Vengeance.