{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T06:31:29.319Z","story":{"id":"r_b70ddb98620843618fcdd42b","slug":"yoshi-and-the-mysterious-encyclopedia-appears-to-be-nintendo-s-first-ue5-title","url":"https://yomimono.id/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-encyclopedia-appears-to-be-nintendo-s-first-ue5-title","headline":"Yoshi and the Mysterious Encyclopedia May Be Nintendo's First UE5 Title","summary":"Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 game 'Yoshi and the Mysterious Encyclopedia' appears to use Unreal Engine 5, based on intellectual property notices in the pre-load version. The game credits a UE5-specific post-process plugin, suggesting it is the first Nintendo-published title to adopt the engine. It launches May 21.","why_it_matters":"Nintendo has historically used Unreal Engine 4 for several Switch titles, but this would mark its first confirmed use of UE5, signaling a shift in its internal or co-development engine strategy for the Switch 2 generation.","published_at":"2026-05-16T18:16:07.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Automaton"],"citations":[{"source":"Automaton","title":"Is New Switch 2 Title 'Yoshi and the Mysterious Encyclopedia' Made with Unreal Engine 5? First Nintendo Title to Adopt UE5","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260515-443270/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}