Playtonic's 60fps performance mode for Yooka-Replaylee on Switch 2 is now live. Software Lead Simon Gerges: 'people forget we're a relatively small indie team.' Nearly 5GB patch using FSR; fidelity mode also improved. A 20% launch discount brings it to $23.99 / £19.99, and the demo is updated too.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is now available as a physical release at ~£50 / $65. Both the game and Switch 2 upgrade pack are on the cartridge — no Game-Key Card required. Originally shadow-dropped digitally back in February.

A blatant copycat -- "Hytale: Sandbox RPG" by repeat offender RoVi Ninen -- appeared on the Switch eShop for £4.99, copying both the name and key art of Hypixel Studios' actual game (currently in PC early access). Co-director Simon Collins-Laflamme says it's "being handled by our legal team." RoVi Ninen also released "Coin Pit," a copycat of CloverPit.

Jack Pepper, war hero-turned-P.I., is on the case. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is a 1930s rubber hose noir FPS set in the corrupt city of Mouseburg -- hand-drawn B&W animation, Troy Baker voicing the lead, and a big band jazz OST. Out today, Switch 2 only. $29.99.

Playtonic has been dropping cryptic '60' hints on Bluesky since last Saturday, capped with a riddle about performance that "didn't take flight" but will soon "soar, silky-smooth like never before." Yooka-Replaylee launched at 30fps on Switch 2; the long-requested 60fps patch looks imminent. Livestream confirmed for tomorrow, April 16 at 2pm BST.

Taiwan's ratings board has officially rated Starfield for Switch 2, ending months of rumor. The port is effectively confirmed -- all that's left is a formal announcement from Bethesda.

Pocket Tactics 10/10, Dexerto 8/10, Nintendo Insider 8/10, TheGamer 4/5, Game Informer 7/10, IGN 7/10, NL 7/10. Metacritic: 78. Broad praise for the humour and creativity; repetitiveness and lack of online Mii sharing are the main criticisms. Launches tomorrow, April 16.

NL 7/10. Starts genuinely hilarious, but the loop can wear thin around the 10-hour mark. Tomodachi fans will live the dream; newcomers may find it samey. Worth noting: 30fps on Switch 2, Mii cap drops to 70 (from 100 on 3DS), and no Mouse Mode. Launches tomorrow, April 16.

UGC/island builder alone took 6-7 years; one dev even recreated Nintendo's office in-game. Mii News nearly got cut before a junior dev saved it. 'Little quirks' adds traits like floating or flatulence. "It's nine years' worth of ideas crammed into one game." Launches April 16.

Jock Blaney, the voice behind Wolf O'Donnell ("Can't let you do that, Starfox!") and Bill Grey in Star Fox 64, has passed away. Blaney was a veteran radio broadcaster and voice actor who also narrated America's Test Kitchen on PBS, and studied under the legendary Mel Blanc early in his career.