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Nintendo has reminded owners of the Switch 2 that the screen protector film installed on the console at the factory is not meant to be peeled off. The console, which launched in mid-2025 at $450 and later rose to a standard $500 price point, includes this film as part of its design rather than as an optional add-on.
Developers have released Eden-NX2, a fork of the Eden emulator, adding experimental support for running Nintendo Switch 2 games on PC. The emulator can already launch titles such as Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, though compatibility and performance remain works in progress. Developers say the task was eased because the Switch 2 largely reuses the original Switch's hardware architecture and operating system.
Woot, Amazon's discount site, is selling the Nintendo Switch 2 bundle for $459 for new customers using code SAVETOBER, or $479 for existing customers, down from $519. The bundle includes the console, dock, Joy-Cons and a digital code for a free game choice among Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza or Pokémon Pokopia. The coupon is set to expire November 1 at 11:59 pm ET, though the sale price itself runs for four days.
A modder known as pepsipu (Sammy Hajhamid) created a software-only, tethered jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2, dubbed 'ns2jb,' with help from OpenAI's Codex tool. The exploit relies on the game SmileBASIC 4 and must be re-run each time the console restarts; a demo shows a modified Mario Kart World with added characters like Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin and Steve from Minecraft.
A developer has published ns2jb, a tethered, software-only jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2 running the latest 23.0.1 firmware, via a public repository. The exploit reportedly allows arbitrary native code execution as a system module, enabling homebrew apps, save file backups, reverse engineering of games, and hardware access via MMIO. The developer used AI coding assistant Codex to help build the exploit and to mod Mario Kart World as a demonstration.
Nintendo has released Fortune's Weave, a new Fire Emblem title that adopts the open-ended structure recently seen in Zelda, Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza. The game lets players choose between four hero routes before converging into a final act, allowing them to switch storylines freely and even combine character stats across playthroughs to build powerful hybrid units.
Nintendo released a free update for Mario Kart World that converts ten hidden SNES Super Mario Kart courses—including Choco Island, Mario Circuit, and Ghost Valley—into fully racable Versus mode tracks. These courses previously existed in the open world only as exploration and P-Switch mission areas, and now feature ground-level question blocks matching the original SNES power-up style. The update also adds two new routes to the elimination-based Knockout Tour mode.
Nintendo will hold its second Direct of the week at 10AM ET on September 9, streaming on YouTube and the Nintendo Today! app, running roughly 45 minutes and centered on Switch 2 titles arriving this winter. A follow-up Nintendo Treehouse stream lasting about 110 minutes will show gameplay footage from featured games afterward.