Nintendo Fixes a Three-Week Slowdown, a Guitar Becomes a Shovel, and Maomao Returns to Osaka

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1. Nintendo Patches Switch 2 Slowdown With System Version 23.0.1

Source: 🇯🇵 GAME Watch

Nintendo rolled out system version 23.0.1 for Switch 2 and Switch on October 1, fixing a bug introduced in 23.0.0 that made games slow to launch, suspend, and close.

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2. A Guitar Controller Is the Only Way to Play This Switch Game About Digging Up Ruins

Source: 🇯🇵 AUTOMATON

Indie developer Takuhiro Miyazawa's ¥700 Switch game 'Iseki Hori' can only be played with HORI's guitar-shaped controller — held like a shovel, and squeezed hard enough to dig.

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3. Apothecary Diaries Returns to Universal Studios Japan in 2027 — This Time Tied to the Movie

Source: 🇯🇵 GAME Watch

USJ will stage a brand-new 'Apothecary Diaries' program from February 10 to June 30, 2027, built around the franchise's December feature film and set in a floating water city.

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