Overview
- Nintendo’s North American Download report lists Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition as a Switch 2 retail release priced at $69.99.
- The report adds a slate of new Switch and Switch 2 eShop releases, with several titles showing prices and availability dates and smaller download-only games priced from about $4.99 to $34.99.
- Nintendo announced a Star Fox demo for Switch 2 and opened pre-orders for multiple Switch 2 versions of major upcoming games including Elden Ring, Minecraft Dungeons II, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Orbitals.
- Paid DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC for Donkey Kong Bananza will run a limited Super Mario Bros. crossover that adds Mario- and Luigi-inspired outfits plus in-game items, and a separate Nintendo Switch Online Donkey Kong challenge campaign runs through Sept. 1 offering collectible digital Challenge Cards.
- The Download points players to current Nintendo eShop sales and reflects an ongoing strategy to grow Switch 2’s native catalog and to drive DLC purchases and subscription use through time-limited events and retro challenges.