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The Nintendo Switch will be losing its Twitter/X functionality on June 10th, 2024, the company announced, ironically via Twitter.

This’ll be affecting sharing posts in Splatoon 2, and, to a lesser extent, Splatoon 3, as well. Friend requests through social media will also be made unavailable. Here’s the full statement:

Unfortunately, it looks like sharing your Switch screenshots will be a lot harder for a lot of users. Hopefully some Twitter integration still comes to the next console.

UPDATE: Twitter/X has released a statement on this matter and you can read it in full below.

The gaming community is one of the largest and most vibrant communities on our platform, and we are dedicated to enhancing and supporting gaming-related features. As part of Nintendo’s planned discontinuation of sharing content to X from the Nintendo Switch, from June 11th, users will need to download Switch gameplay media directly to their smartphones and share it natively on our platform.

We worked together with Nintendo throughout this process to ensure API access for this integration, but ultimately it was a product decision made by Nintendo.

Our partnership with Nintendo remains strong, and we are working together to ensure a smooth transition for all users. We will continue collaborating with partners to bring new and exciting experiences to our global gaming community.

Another trailer has been shared for Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, the upcoming voxel-based entry in the popular Earth Defense Force franchise, showcasing 4 new playable characters. You can watch the trailer above to see them all in action.

In Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, players will have to fight off the Gaiark, monsters who come pouring out from inside the planet. This puts the future of Earth in great danger, and you’ll have control one of four new classes from Earth Defense Force 6 in order to save the planet. You can fight to restore peace to a voxel Earth when the game launches in the west this September, or in Asia, complete with English subtitles, on May 23rd.

Turn-based RPG WitchSpring R will be launching worldwide on August 29th, developer KIWI WALKS and western publisher PM Studios have announced via a new trailer. You can watch the trailer for yourself above to see the game in action.

In Japan, the game will be receiving a physical release in the form of both a 4,950 yen standard version and a 19,800 yen limited edition, both pictured below. There is no word on a western physical release.

Here’s an overview, courtesy of the developers:

Based on the existing Steam release, the game will likely retail for $34.99 USD.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is getting a lavish Switch remake in just a couple weeks, and marketing is ramping up. You can watch the first commercial shared in Japan to see 30 seconds of the game in motion.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the nefarious X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach, and the help of a few locals, Mario journeys through a colorful world made of paper to find them first. To prevail in this quest, you’ll have to level up Mario and his friends, master timing-based attacks and badges to impress the audience on the stage of combat, and make use of all the abilities that come with being made of paper, like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings. The GameCube classic finds new life on Switch next month, on May 23rd, 2024.

Throughout the month of May, Nintendo will be releasing Endless Ocean: Luminous icons to celebrate the release of the new title. The second wave is available now, with 2 more waves to come; one per week throughout May.

This wave only features character and background combo elements, each for 10 platinum points a piece. The current wave will be available until May 15th.

Nintendo recently dumped a load of new sales data in a recent investors’ meeting, and with it came the revelation that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is not just the best-selling Switch game, but the best-selling Nintendo game of all time, with one caveat. Wii Sports has technically sold more, though, as that game came packaged with most Wii consoles, it’s hard to say that really counts.

An enhanced port of the Wii U’s Mario Kart 8, Deluxe launched on Switch around the console’s launch and went on to sell over 70 million copies, just shy of Wii Sports’ inflated 82 million sales. While it seems unlikely, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe may just become the uncontested number one, depending on how much longer the Switch lasts.

Tetris 99’s 40th Maximus Cup event is kicking off in a little over a week, and fans will be able to claim a theme based off of Endless Ocean: Luminous if they’ve earned at least 100 event points before it ends. We don’t have any footage of what the theme will look and sound like yet; when we do, we’ll be sure to update this post.

The Maximus Cup event will run from May 10th at 12:00 AM PT to May 13th at 11:59 PM PT. If you want the theme, don’t miss your chance!

Nen Master, the fifth and final character from DNF DUEL’s current season pass, has been announced as a new character in the popular fighting game via a short teaser trailer, which you can watch above.

Details are sparse, with no gameplay and a vague summer date. The fighting game based on popular RPG series Dungeon & Fighter first launched on Switch last year.

Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025, the next big entry in Konami’s massive, mostly Japan-only baseball series, is right around the corner, and, ahead of its launch, its opening movie, featuring the song ‘RELAY’ by Mikei Fujiwara and Naoyuki Sato, has been shared online. You can watch and listen to it for yourself above.

Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 will feature all the content you’d expect from the series, alongside the special inclusion of now-defunct stadiums and teams. Experience the history of Japanese baseball when the game launches on July 18th, 2024.

Action-RPG Death of A Wish launched on Switch a couple months ago, but developer melessthanthree has just confirmed that more content is on the way. A new randomizer mode will be added to the game via a free update on May 9th, allowing players to replay the game with randomized item and enemy placements, allowing for a fresh experience.

You can get the game right now to explore a bleak dream world where traumas come to life as surreal characters, encounters, and stories. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat, as intended or with a new randomized spin.

INTI CREATES have released a new trailer for their upcoming side-scrolling action game Umbraclaw, focusing on the game’s story and new theme song, “A Partner’s Promise.” You can watch it for yourself above to see and hear the game in action.

The newest game from Blaster Master Zero director Satoru Nishizawa, Umbraclaw is a challenging game that promises to prove that cats are not just cute, but cool as well. As a cat named Kuon, fight your way through the underworld, or the Soulplane, to reunite with your owner when the title sees its release on May 30th, 2024. Pre-orders will go live tomorrow, alongside a 20% off pre-order discount for those who purchase the title before its release date.

Bandai Namco has shared a look at the next wave of songs heading to Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival, unveiling many new tunes that’ll be a part of the Taiko Music Pass. This month’s songs include lots of anime themes from the likes of One Piece, Pokémon and My Neighbor Totoro. You can see everything that’s coming up in the images below.

If you like what you see in the upcoming tracks rundown, you’ll be able to access the Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Music Pass for $3.99 every month, or $9.99 every three months. This will give you access to 500 songs in total, including the ones you see above. Individual DLC tracks will be priced at $1.49 a piece.

With the release of Endless Ocean: Luminous right around the corner, Nintendo have announced that new icons themed around the game will be available for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The first wave is available now, with 3 more waves to come; one per week throughout May.

As per usual, the character icons themselves are 10 Platinum Points, while the borders and backgrounds are 5 Platinum Points a piece. The current wave will be available until May 8th.

A new gameplay trailer has been shared for the upcoming Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble, showing off some of the new battle modes and adventure mode courses in action. You can watch the trailer above to see it for yourself.

AiAi and friends are back and ready for some serious monkey business. Compete with up to 16 players in new online battle modes or journey through over 200 new stages in adventure mode when the next Monkey Ball game launches on June 25th, 2024.

Fans have been left waiting to see the next Sonic film in action for a while, but that wait may be coming to an end. While nothing super concrete has popped up, Twitter user Cineunfold, who’s shared a few correct tidbits about films such as Deadpool & Wolverine in the past, has shared that they’ve heard theaters already have their hands on the unreleased trailer.

Fans have been speculating that a trailer may release soon, as Paramount has announced some secret panels they’ll be hosting at the upcoming CCXP Mexico festival from May 3rd-5th.

While nothing is definitive, fans can only hope that where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Regardless, we should be seeing something soon, with the film hitting theaters in December of this year.