Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know by now that Apple ejected the popular Fortnite video game from the App Store in 2020 after game developer Epic Games introduced an in-app payment system to the game that tried to circumvent Apple’s App Store policies. This resulted in an epic legal battle between the two companies that has raged on for years.
The Nintendo Switch is one of the iDB staff’s guilty pleasures, and so it may come as no surprise that we’re always eagerly tracking game and accessory deals for this platform and sharing them with our like-minded readers.
The Nintendo Switch is a fun gaming platform that you can both take anywhere you go in handheld mode and play in docked console mode on the big screen. Even though the second generation of Nintendo’s most popular gaming platform just recently went on pre-order, it’s worth noting that almost all first-generation Nintendo Switch games will be backward-compatible with it.
The Nintendo Switch 2 went on pre-order in the United States this week, and if you haven’t already pre-ordered yours, then good luck. In the meantime, we’ve got tons of deals that we can share with you regarding the original Nintendo Switch while you wait.
After the United States imposed reciprocal tariffs on other counties, Nintendo announced at the beginning of the month that it was delaying pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States so that the company could “assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.”
The iDownloadBlog team are as big of Nintendo Switch fans as the next mobile console gamer, which is one of the reasons why we track the latest Nintendo Switch game and accessory deals every week and share them with our readers.
It’s only a matter of time before people start pre-ordering their Nintendo Switch 2, but for now, the Nintendo Switch remains the in-hand gaming platform for Nintendo gamers until its successor launches this June.
After launching a major update to the Delta emulator app for iPhones and iPads just over a week ago with support for Nintendo DS game online multiplayer and other improvements, the AltStore Team took to 𝕏 to announce another update to the app this Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 would go on pre-order in the United States on April 9th, 2025 with initial unit availability beginning on June 5th. Unfortunately, the video game company had to backtrack a little bit on its pre-order plans in the United States, directly because of tariff changes imposed by the government’s current administration, the BBC reports.
Yes, the Nintendo Switch 2 was just formally announced to go on pre-order starting next Wednesday, but don’t you worry about compatibility with your existing Nintendo Switch games, because they’ll work just fine inside of Nintendo’s new game system.
During a Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, the company officially confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 would become available to consumers on June 5th, 2025, with pre-orders starting next Wednesday, April 9th, aligning with a report we shared at the end of last week.
It’s no secret that Delta is perhaps the most popular emulator app on the iOS & iPadOS platforms as of right now – after becoming one of the most well-known emulator apps via sideloading even before Apple started allowing it in the App Store, it only skyrocketed in popularity once it officially became available in the App Store. But despite how popular Delta is, one thing has always been missing… online multiplayer.