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June 11, 2026· 14:26🔒 Insider Only

Nintendo's fifty-hour rule and auctioning memories

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1. Nintendo Revives '50-Hour Playtime' Rule for Multilingual Switch 2 After Bulk-Order Surge

Source: 🇯🇵 AUTOMATON

Nintendo halted Nintendo Store sales of the multilingual Switch 2, then reinstated a purchase rule requiring 50+ hours of prior Switch play—a move widely read as a clampdown on scalpers and overseas r

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2. 'Dark Auction' Hits Switch 2: Hotel Dusk Writer Rika Suzuki's Eerie Tale of Bartered Memories

Source: 🇯🇵 AUTOMATON

Good Smile Company and Izanagi Games released the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of 'Dark Auction' on June 11, an unsettling mystery from Wish Room writer Rika Suzuki starring voice actor Kengo Kawanishi.

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3. Cult PS1 Shmup 'Geppy-X' Returns: Remaster Demo Drops With All-Star Anime Voice Cast

Source: 🇯🇵 はてなブックマーク

Implicit Conversions' remaster of the legendary 1999 parody shmup '70's Robot Anime Geppy-X' now has a free demo across PC, PlayStation, Switch and Xbox, original star voice cast intact.

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