Donkey Kong Bananza may have intriguing implications for the Donkey Kong timeline, based on a leak for the ape’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game. A piece of artwork apparently leaked by Nintendo of Korea, and then spotted by a poster on Resetera, indicates that another well-known Donkey Kong character heretofore unannounced for the game may appear in Bananza. And her appearance could imply that Donkey Kong Bananza is a prequel...

Nintendo uses a bitterant called denatonium benzoate applied to its Nintendo Switch cartridges to dissuade people from putting cartridges in their mouths. It’s a substance that tastes absolutely foul, often used in similar situations — to keep people from consuming things they shouldn’t be, like antifreeze. While a Nintendo Switch cartridge might not be poisonous, you could choke on it. Children, especially, are at risk; they put all sorts of...

We cover a lot of things at Polygon, but nothing gets us more excited lately than the Nintendo Switch 2. And now you have a chance to win your very own Switch 2! All you need to do is take a few seconds to submit an entry. If selected, you’ll win a new Switch 2. Nintendo’s upcoming console boasts a 7.9-inch screen and 256 GB of storage, plus plenty of...

Good news: Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be locked to the first account or console that uses them. “[Game-key cards] will start up on the console or system that it is slotted into, so it’s not tied to an account or anything,” Tetsuya Sasaki, general manager of Nintendo’s technology development division, told GameSpot. Unlike regular game cartridges, game-key cards simply allow access to a digital download of the game in...

Three seasons in and the best guns in Black Ops 6 continue to shake up the meta, with plenty of new additions joining the pack. There isn’t a whole lot of variety here — as usual, the best guns in this Call of Duty game are typically short to mid-range automatic weapons, due to their versatility, and since Black Ops 6 stripped back the loadout system, there aren’t as many...

Tophat Gudetama hides in a different spot in Hello Kitty Island Adventure every week, with new weeks beginning on Monday. Pochacco will task you with finding this dapper Gudetama specifically as part of a quest per week for the first two weeks (“The Laziest Egg” and “The Laziest Eggs”), though after you finish these, there won’t be a quest to remind you about Tophat Gudetama in your list anymore. Pochacco...

Good news! If you’ve been fretting about abandoning your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island save on a console that will rot away in storage, then worry not. You’ll be able to seamlessly transfer your island save data to the Nintendo Switch 2, without needing to download an extra app or use a cloud save. The Nintendo Switch 2 will have the option to do a complete system transfer from your...

There is something perfectly simple and catchy about the Wii eShop’s theme song. It’s been remixed and parodied, even becoming the perfect sketch fodder for Nirvana the Band the Show. You’re probably already humming it right now. While that music was so iconic, there is a surprisingly practical reason that later system shops, like the Nintendo Switch, didn’t feature a theme song. That trend will continue on Switch 2. “Unlike...

Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership. So what happens if you aren’t a subscriber and press the C button? Not much, vice president of player and product experience Bill Trinen...

Last week, Nintendo revealed a ton of information about the Switch 2. And while there were some surprises — like a bizarrely destructive Donkey Kong game — the real shock was that of the sticker variety. The prices of both the Switch 2 console ($449.99) and its games (as much as $79.99 for Mario Kart World) indicated that Nintendo’s next generation would not come cheaply. To get a better understanding...