Category: Nintendo

What will they think of next? FIVE million?

The first two weeks’ sales data of 2026 is in from Famitsu, and it’ll come as a surprise to nobody to hear that the Switch 2 is still dominating the proceedings.

It’s yet another Switch 1/2 washout in the software chart to kick off the new year, with Mario Kart World leading the charge, followed by Konami’s immensely popular Momotaro Dentetsu board game sequel. Pokémon Legends: Z-A continues to stay hot on both consoles, and it’ll be interesting to see how far Animal Crossing: New Horizons moves up the ranking once the sales data for the Switch 2 Edition is in.

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As we all should.

We’ve not seen a great deal of Kevin Afghani since the voice actor took over the envious role of Mario from veteran Charles Martinet. But this coming weekend, Afghani will meet his fans for the very first time when he attends Charlie’s ComicCon in Estero, Florida.

To mark the occasion, Afghani recently caught up with USA Today to chat about all things Mario, including his prior experience with Nintendo games, how he feels to voice the world’s most famous plumber, and what it’s like to follow up on the work done by Charles Martinet.

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Three more retro offerings.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties launches for the Switch 2 next month, and in case you missed it, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will be adding a variety of retro games.

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Sorry, Switch fans.

Nintendo has announced its first Switch Online game trial of 2026 for North America. It’s also apparently the first time a trial has been exclusive to the Switch 2.

It’s EA Sports Madden NFL 26, which launched on the Switch 2 in August last year. This game trial is available between now and 21st January 2026, and gives players access to the “full” game. If you don’t have a subscription, Nintendo is also currently offering a free 7-day online trial in this region.

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A “shared commitment” to improve player safety.

In 2020, the major players in the console space Nintendo, Sony and Xbox announced a “shared commitment to safer gaming” to improve player safety across each platform.

Fast forward to this year, and these shared principles have now been updated to ensure they represent the “constant efforts” to keep each of these game communities safe. Here’s a bit more about this via Nintendo’s official news release:

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Update: Here are the official patch notes.

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Following the surprise release of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for the Switch and Switch 2 last November, Aspyr said it would continue to update the Nintendo versions with patches over time to provide the “best possible experience for all players”.

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But what are yours?

Fashionably late to the party, Nintendo has finally arrived on the Year in Review scene, humbling us all by sharing our gaming stats from the entirety of 2025.

In case you missed it, the ‘Switch Wrapped’ site is now live, providing a rundown of every game you played this year, the three that you spent the most time with, and a pie-chart examination of your genre habits. There’s also a nice little bonus feature this time, which details your stats from all the way back in 2017.

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And Switch 2!

Digital Eclipse has done some pretty stellar compilations over the years, but one of its most overlooked efforts came in 2017 with The Disney Afternoon Collection.

Originally available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, the compilation has now been rated by the ESRB for the Switch and Switch 2, though when we can expect to see it launch is anybody’s guess. The rating itself is attached to Atari which, as you’ll no doubt be aware at this point, wholly owns Digital Eclipse as a subsidiary.

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We go again.

After many years of waiting, fans of the Inazuma Eleven series were beginning to question if Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road would ever see the light of day. Fortunately, Level-5 dug deep and was able to finally release the title on the Switch and Switch 2 in November last year.

It’s already getting some updates (with more to come), but that’s not all – with the Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino mentioning how he’s already started writing the scenario for a “sequel” to Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road. Yep, you read that correctly! We’ve even got a little detail about it.

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Following a studio closure last week.

A week after we heard about Ubisoft’s closure of its mobile game-focused studio Ubisoft Halifax, news has now surfaced about the third-party publisher laying off people at two other teams as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures.

According to a report from IGN, Ubisoft “expects 55 jobs” to be impacted at the Swedish Studios Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm following a voluntary leave program in fall 2025 that apparently fell short of its target.

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