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The Nintendo Switch 2 has had a record-breaking launch with millions sold already, but some retailers still have stock available.

It’s been just over a week since the Switch 2 launched around the world, and the console is already an unprecedented success.

The Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console in history, with over 3.5 million units sold in its first four days, according to Nintendo. In comparison, the original Switch managed 2.7 million within its first month in 2017.

While some of this success can be attributed to Mario Kart World, these sales numbers are largely down to the amount of stock Nintendo had ready for launch. The console has never been unavailable for long and some UK retailers have already replenished their supply.

At time of writing, Argos has the Switch 2 console and the Mario Kart World bundle in stock, priced at £395.99 and £429.99, respectively. You can also click and collect from stores if you want to pick up the console on the same day, depending on your area.

While most other retailers are sold out at the moment, there is a Switch 2 bundle available to pre-order on Very too, which will be available for delivery from Friday, June 20. This bundle includes the Switch 2 base console, Pro Controller, and 256GB SanDisk MicroSD card for £520.

When bought separately, the Pro Controller and MicroSD card cost £74.99 and £49.99 respectively, so you’re only saving £1 with this bundle. It’s worth pointing out too that you can use your original Switch Pro Controller on the Switch 2, but if you don’t have one already and you’re craving the new console, it’s an option at least.

Where to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 in the UK

Argos:

Nintendo Switch 2 base console – £395.99
Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle – £429.99

It’s likely these will sell out fast, but we will update this piece if any other bundles appear elsewhere.

Where to buy Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller in the UK

While most of the Switch 2 accessories tend to stay in stock longer than the console itself the new Pro Controller has become difficult to find, although both Argos and Currys currently have it in stock.

Although the Switch 1 Pro Controller will work on the Switch 2, the new version is more comfortable to use and has two additional programmable buttons at the back, as well as a headphone jack.

Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Wireless Controller at Argos – £74.99

Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Wireless Controller at Currys – £74.99

While Mario Kart World is the main attraction, the Switch 2’s launch line-up also includes Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, Split Fiction, Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, Fast Fusion, and various upgrades to original Switch games.

As for upcoming titles, Donkey Kong Bananza launches next month, while Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Kirby Air Riders, and Pokémon Legends: Z-A are all set to come out later this year.

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One of the best Yakuza games is remastered for the Nintendo Switch 2 with new content and features, but is it worth the inflated price tag? 

For anyone who hasn’t played many current gen games over the past few years, the Switch 2 launch line-up is a stacked compilation of hits to catch up with. Mario Kart World might be the headline act, but between Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Split Fiction, Hogwarts Legacy, Street Fighter 6, and upgraded versions of arguably the best two Zelda games, it’s a well-rounded recap of the modern gaming landscape. 

Another one of these titles is Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, a re-release of the PlayStation 4 game which came out in 2017. By most accounts, it’s recognised as one of the best games in the Yakuza (now Like A Dragon) series, and helped catapult its popularity in the west. We’d argue Yakuza: Like A Dragon is a better entry point now, in terms of modern gameplay standards, but as an origin story for characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, Yakuza 0 still makes the most sense from a story perspective. 

This new version is basically the same beat ‘em-up gangster drama as before, only repackaged with some additional perks for the Switch 2. If you’re looking for a route into the series with your shiny new handheld, this is a worthwhile pick-up, but the portable element is the only real upside to this expanded cut. 

If you want a breakdown of the game, you can check out our original review of the PlayStation 4 version. The Director’s Cut is fundamentally the same games, but some aspects are showing their age eight years later – namely the combat. It’s still enjoyably scrappy in its arcade sensibilities, especially in the scripted Heat actions, but when compared to the variety and fluidity of modern entries, Yakuza 0’s combat has become a stiff throwback. 

Everything else holds up reasonably well and there’s a visual upgrade on the Switch 2, with 60fps and 4K support when docked. It helps make the city streets of Kamurucho pop, especially at night, but it’s a shame other improvements weren’t made elsewhere, like the character models outside of cut scenes or the presentation of menus, to give it a modern finish.

There are also new, if minor, additions. The Director’s Cut comes with an English dub, and while recent entries like Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth have decent English voicework, the performances here are a drastic step down when compared to the Japanese actors. We might be too attuned to the latter to comprehend any changes to Kiryu’s delivery, but listening to the English dub is a real slog.

The biggest addition is the multiplayer mode Red Light Raid. Here, you team up with up to three other players online to fight waves of enemies over multiple stages, with the occasional boss encounter thrown in. There are six missions in total, with each one ramping up the difficulty. Any money you earn over these runs can be used to unlock new characters to scrap with, including Goro Majima, Akira Nishikiyama, or obscure fighters pulled from the Coliseum like the clown Red Lip Yamamoto. 

When you’re fighting alongside three other human players (any empty spots are filled by CPUs), there’s a chaotic charm in seeing classic Yakuza 0 characters steamroll through enemy goons in rapid succession. However, Red Light Raid is little more than a shallow distraction – a tacked-on mode which is a nice novelty for a few rounds, but nothing you’ll return to in the weeks to come. 

For Yakuza nerds, the driving appeal of the Director’s Cut is, as the title suggests, the inclusion of new cut scenes. There are 26 minutes of new footage in total and, as confirmed by producer Makoto Suzuki, these are scenes which were dropped from the original game, and not new inventions thrown in after the fact. 

The problem is, as is often the case with deleted scenes, you realise why most of these were cut in the first place. At their best, these inclusions add colour to Kiryu’s relationships with characters like Nishikiyama, and while a neat extra, they’re not worthwhile enough to make up for the knocks to the pacing. At their worst, some of these scenes are emblematic of the series’ most irritating storytelling habits, with one character’s death being inexplicably reversed, to the narrative’s detriment. 

Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut is a tough game to evaluate, as it depends on your familiarity with the franchise. If you have access to other platforms, the original game is cheaper and you won’t be missing much.

However, if you’re looking for a gateway into the series and have a Switch 2, this is a great, if expensive, option with a few inconsequential extras thrown in. For long time fans though, this expanded version will likely become an odd curiosity over the definitive edition.

Formats: Nintendo Switch 2
Price: £44.99
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Release Date: 5th June 2025
Age Rating: 18

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The Friday letters page looks forward to the Silent Hill 1 remake, as a reader gets a tip for how to play 3-lap races in Mario Kart World.

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Outlier reviews
Enjoyed the look at the worst reviewed Nintendo games. I was curious to see what they were, as I couldn’t really think of any Nintendo games that are thought to be truly bad. Even with Welcome Tour most of the complaints seem to be that it’s not free (why would you care if it’s free or not, if it’s so bad?).

The other ones in your list are a couple of low rent Pokémon spin-offs, which you could argue technically aren’t even Nintendo games; a download-only DS game and a downloadable 3DS game, and a Wii game that was meant to be on the GameCube.

I’m sure they are bad but the only ones that seem to be genuinely awful games, that it’s a mystery why Nintendo made them, is Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and Everybody 1-2-Switch. Interesting that one of those is very recent though and funny that Kirby: Air Ride almost made the list.

Overall, I think this actually makes Nintendo look really good. Their only bad games are super obscure ones that most people have never heard of and their overall batting average is fantastic. I really don’t think there’s anyone else as reliable, that puts out anywhere near as many games as them, and weirdly this list of the worst ones only cements to me the fact that Nintendo is the best video game company of them all.
Onibee

Random tip
I’m loving the Switch 2, especially older games with better frame rate, but I have one game that wouldn’t load, which was GRID Autosport. I found online that if you put the Switch in airplane mode the game loads fine, then you can Switch airplane mode off, so if anyone has problems this might be a workaround.

I’m loving Mario Kart World as well, even the open world, as I’m finding it a nice change of pace. Some have said they don’t like that there isn’t a three-lap mode like previous Mario Karts, the problem I’ve had when these modes have come up is that with 24 players it’s just too manic, the whole race feels like chance.

I feel that if they do add this mode it might be good to just have 12 players to make it feel more skillful, even my daughter hates the lap modes. The other modes with wider tracks allows for you to use more strategy.
Rob

GC: There’s a sort or workaround where if you choose Random in an online race, and it gets picked, it will always be a 3-lap race.

Successful launch
Very impressed with the Switch 2 so far. Getting to grips with Mario Kart World has been a heck of a lot of fun – I can see the gripes about the open world, and the wider, more freeform courses vs. the more controlled, tighter levels of Mario Kart 8 but… I’m having a blast. I genuinely can’t see a way back from the Knockout Tour style now, it’s so good and makes so much sense as an evolution. I can’t wait to see what they add over the course of its life.

I’ve also been playing Fast Fusion and again had great fun with it. I’ve dabbled with Zelda after the upgrades and it’s silky smooth, can’t wait to get stuck back into them both at some point. More than happy with the price of the upgrade, for what were already games well worth the price as they launched.

Lastly, Cyberpunk 2077 – wow, I didn’t expect it to stand up as well as it does. I own it on Xbox Series X and can’t believe the fidelity on Switch 2. Yes, I get some of the caveats, but they’ve done a fantastic job; it’s a leap beyond what was achieved with The Witcher 3 previously. Excellent start so far.
Pugmartin

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Altered plan
Clearly the games industry has problems to work out, but my gaming problem is too many games to play and deciding with ones to prioritise. Especially as I have subs to Game Pass and PS Plus Premium at the moment.

Game Pass has added Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Oscur: Expedition 33, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Oblivion Remastered in the last month or so alone.

Then there’s games that weren’t on my radar but have reviewed well and sound very interesting to me, like The Alters, which is also on Game Pass today.

I’m going to bump The Alters up to the top of the list as it sounds a bit different and I do love my sci-fi.
Simundo

Double dolphin
RE: Tolly on the Mario Kart World difficulty; I’m a long term (SNES onwards) but average skilled player, and I actually thought it was easier – so much so I actually finished getting three stars on all cc cups in Grand Prix mode… which really is making me pine for 200cc already!

Problem is that it’s hard to really give any advice as it’s so RNG based, but if you struggle with a certain track, try having a bad start/no boost and slowly creep up on those in front. Dolphin on dolphin bike ended up being my winning combination as well, as closing speed seems way too OP (even managed to jump boost over some people at places like Wario Stadium at the end for 1st!).

Oh well, at least I have knockout! All the best – and at least if you’re finding it hard, in a way you are getting more value out of it than me (if you persevere!).
Johngene NIN

In my restless dreams, I see that town
Silent Hill is being remade. It feels oddly dreamlike to be even writing those words. In 1999, the first instalment was released and followed the original heroic father character, before there was Ethan Winters. There was Harry Mason and the search for his adopted daughter, Cheryl Mason. A gloomy atmosphere followed. A questionable, devoted, and insidious cult with grand machinations and a drug addicted nurse, tasked with the hospitalisation of Alessa Gillespie, by the name of Lisa.

Just a few nuances that made the first title what it is today. I never actually played the first game, since I never owned the original PlayStation; its successor was my first console. So to say I’m pleased to see a remake, from Bloober Team and Konami, is quite the understatement.

With this announcement, and the reintroduction of Claudia, it makes it more of a possibility that the third title will eventually be remade, since it’s a direct sequel and it follows Harry’s daughter, Heather Mason. It also essentially continues the narrative, whilst concluding the original tale. So, it’s not a question or a sense of hesitation for me. I will be buying the remake of the first game and it’s Japanese sister title, Silent Hill f. Count me in for Resident Evil Requiem and Chronos: The New Dawn. It’s a fantastic time to be a horror fanatic.
Shahzaib Sadiq

Klarna call
Was looking at Klarna to see if I’d received a refund for something I noticed you can buy discounted gift cards on the app.

I think you could buy a couple to make up the price of a Nintendo Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 or whatever and save 15% at Currys. Always happy to save a bit of cash when I can.
Mark Matthews

Third party numbers
Nice Switch 2 coverage, it hasn’t convinced me to jump on board (if Nintendo think Splatoon Raiders and Hyrule Warriors will get them through Christmas they’re crazy) but given the state of the industry at the moment opening up another front for software sales is desperately needed.

I’m intrigued to know how the first wave of games are selling. Obviously, everyone will be getting Mario Kart World but I do hope upgraders are also putting cash down on the likes of Hitman and Yakuza 0 and not just playing Zelda again. If we end up in the same situation on the Switch 2 as we did on the original Switch, where third parties just don’t sell, it’ll be bad news for everyone.

Anyway, it’s interesting that some games work better out of the box, including some games that needed stabilisation, like Bayonetta 3. A big update for No Man’s Sky has just been announced and I hope we’ll see patches for the likes of The Witcher 3, Doom 2016/Eternal, Batman’s Arkham tTrilogy, and even more niche games like XCOM 2 and Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Bumps in resolution and stable frame rates would give these ‘impossible ports’ a second life much more than Nintendo’s own titles, that already ran fine on the old machine. How likely this is given the software sales I’m not sure… Astral Chain will sadly surely rot given the churn at PlatinumGames and I’m guessing you could count the number of people who want better performance options for, say, GRID Autosport or Bioshock Infinite with one hand?
Marc

GC: Well, there’s one other person that has mentioned GRID Autosport already today! The attach rate for Mario Kart World is supposedly 95%, so you’re looking at over 3 million sales already. It’s not clear we’ll get any consistent figures for third party sales though.

Inbox also-rans
Everything about MindsEye feels more like some sort of improvisational comedy skit than a game launch. If the guy making it was the brains behind GTA I’m shocked that things turned out the way they did.
Zeiss

It’d be very interesting if The Witcher 3 did get more paid-for DLC after all this time. I can’t think of any other game that went quiet for that long and then suddenly started to get new updates again. But it makes sense with the sequel coming up.
Focus

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After celebrating its 10th anniversary, The Witcher 3 is rumoured to be getting another update besides mod support.

Given it’s hard at work on both The Witcher 4 and the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, you wouldn’t think CD Projekt would have time to revisit The Witcher 3, beyond the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S update in 2022.

And yet the game is set to receive full mod support later this year and now a fresh rumour has begun circulating, claiming that the now 10-year-old game is receiving a new expansion too.

This is supposedly being made, not by CD Projekt Red, but by Fool’s Theory, a separate Polish studio CD Projekt enlisted to helm a full remake of the first Witcher game (which is currently MIA).

The rumour comes from a pair of popular Polish podcasters called Rock & Borys. At least we assume they’re popular, given their YouTube channel boasts 1.45 million subscribers.

According to them (per a translation by MP1st) the DLC will be story related and is expected to arrive after The Witcher 3’s mod support. No exact date has been given yet for when that’ll happen, but it’s supposed to be happening later this year.

Depending on the timing, this means any new Witcher 3 DLC may not be out until 2026.

However, despite what some have assumed, this doesn’t sound like it will be a full expansion like the Hearts Of Stone and Blood And Wine and it’s unclear if it will be a free update or something you’ll need to spend money on.

While any such rumour should be taken with a grain of salt, some fans on Reddit claim Rock & Borys have contacts within CD Projekt and thus can be considered reliable with their claims.

It would also make some sense, since The Witcher 3 did celebrate is 10th anniversary this past May, where CD Projekt revealed the game had sold over 60 million copies.

With mod support sure to draw back fans, that’ll be an opportune time to drop more content for them to sink their teeth into, especially since both The Witcher 4 and The Witcher 1 remake lack any firm release date.

CD Projekt’s latest financial report did insinuate The Witcher 4 could launch as early as 2027, but the studio couldn’t promise it wouldn’t need to push the game back.

A tech demo for The Witcher 4 was also shown recently, giving fans a first glimpse at how it’ll run using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. It was an impressive showing, especially since it was said to be running on a base PlayStation 5 and not a PS5 Pro.

However, CD Projekt soon tried to downplay expectations, issuing a statement stressing that the demo is not meant to be indicative of the final product and it could look quite differently.

‘It’s important to keep in mind that this tech demo isn’t meant to represent The Witcher 4 – it’s a showcase of the tools we’re developing together with Epic Games. That means specific visuals like character models and environments may be different to The Witcher 4,’ said a studio representative.

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Bloober Team and Konami’s next collaboration is another remake, this time of the first Silent Hill.

Konami’s decision to remake Silent Hill 2 and to outsource it to Polish studio Bloober Team was a very risky venture. The original Silent Hill 2 is a beloved classic and Bloober Team’s work on less revered titles like Layers Of Fear and The Medium meant that many didn’t trust it to handle such a prestigious game.

The gamble paid off though. Last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake was a faithful yet modernised revamp of the original classic, scoring strong reviews and becoming the fastest selling entry in the series.

So, it came as no surprise when, earlier this year, Bloober Team announced it was partnering with Konami again on another project. The obvious guess was another Silent Hill remake, and Konami has now confirmed that to be the case.

The announcement came during a Konami Press Start showcase on Thursday afternoon. After running through news on other upcoming games, such as a new online mode for Metal Gear Solid Delta, the showcase ended with a brief tease saying ‘Silent Hill is in development’ alongside Konami and Bloober Team’s logos.

Konami has since clarified that this is for a remake of the very first Silent Hill game from 1999, though the lack of any gameplay or pre-rendered cinematics suggests the project’s a long way from completion.

This is especially true since Bloober Team’s still working on an original horror game, Cronos: The New Dawn, which launches later this year.

While Silent Hill 2 is regarded as the best of the series, the first Silent Hill is still an excellent horror game, barring some strangely difficult puzzles towards the end. Oddly, Bloober Team added more of these to Silent Hill 2 than there were originally, which suggests they won’t be removed for the Silent Hill 1 remake.

This new annoucement also makes a remake of Silent Hill 3 more likely, especially as, unlike Silent Hill 2, there are story connections with Silent Hill 1.

Although, really, of the original games developed by Team Silent, the one most in need of a remake is Silent Hill 4: The Room. Unfortunately, it’s only ever games that are already good that get remade, rather than flawed ones that would benefit from the second try.

We had extremely low expectations for Konami’s efforts to revive the Silent Hill series, as evidenced with the horrible Silent Hill: Ascension and the slightly better but still bad Silent Hill: The Short Message.

But between the Silent Hill 2 remake and the upcoming Silent Hill f in September (which we’re very excited for), the series looks to have a bright, if foggy future.

That said, Konami’s showcase continued to lack news on anything Castlevania related. Despite Konami’s return to traditional game publishing, it’s yet to do anything with one of its most iconic franchises – beyond lending it out as crossover material for other games.

We’ve been hearing talk of Konami making a new game since at least 2018, while a 2021 report from VGC also claimed that a new game was in development. But nothing has ever been annouced.

VGC’s Andy Robinson has stuck to the 2021 report’s claims, saying recently on X that, as far as he knows, a new Castlevania is ‘still coming.’ But if that’s true Konami is keeping the news very close to its chest.

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