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Where once there were five launch titles for the Nintendo Switch, now there are six with Square Enix announcing today that the recently-released I Am Setsuna — having already been confirmed as coming to Nintendo’s upcoming new hybrid console — will be available at launch in both North America & Europe alongside the Switch on March 3. The game had previously been available on PC as well as both Sony’s platforms via PS4 & Vita. The Switch version will come bundled with the new T...

Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch won’t feature any multimedia functionality when it launches on March 3. We already knew the Switch won’t have Netflix at launch, and now we know it won’t have anything at launch. Nintendo has confirmed that multimedia functionality isn’t something Switch will launch with. That means no Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime Instant Video, HBO Go/Now, Spotify, Pandora, or any other streaming media service. Due to its reliance on game cards, we already know it won...

One of the main points of criticism coming away from the Nintendo Switch presentation last week was the pricing of upcoming software — and indeed peripherals — to the system. Or at least the pricing strategy Nintendo were adopting when it came to the UK. And with a non-bundled Switch requiring players to fork over £280 (which works out, at the time of writing, at around $346, nearly $50 more than its US price), it was certainly asking of some to pay an additional £60 ($74) for the likes o...