Category: Nintendo

What’s on the agenda, Brenda?

We are blowing through January faster than a big blowy fast thing that’s been blowing faster than usual right now, and the delicious slices of gaming goodness continue to drop across Switch consoles.

This week has seen the arrival of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch 2, which the wonderfully handsome and beautiful Alex had a look at, the award-winning (and thoroughly excellent) despelote finally dropped on Switch, and the excellent The Legend of Heroes: Trials Beyond The Horizon stuck the landing with epic RPG action on both Switch 1 and 2. Hooray!

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MORE!

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties hits the Switch 2 next month and if you weren’t already excited about the game, to top it off, there are a bunch of retro Sega titles you’ll be able to revisit.

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Coming soon.

Earlier this month, Nintendo announced it was bringing the ‘My Mario’ line to the West on 19th February 2026.

This line is supported by a “range of partners”, and now, ahead of the launch, Mattel’s Fisher-Price brand has officially revealed three Mario-themed ‘Little People’ sets. Here’s a look and some information about each one:

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Update: Officially announced.

Fri 16th Jan, 2026 06:05 GMT: Late last year, after some rumours, Nintendo teased a new Legend of Zelda-themed Lego set coming in 2026.

Now that we’re in the new year, it seems this set might have actually leaked ahead of the official reveal. As the rumours suggested, it appears to be a diorama based on the “final battle” between Link, Zelda and Ganondorf in the N64 hit, Ocarina of Time.

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For realsies, this time?

Hi-Fi Rush, the most GameCube-esque title to launch in the last five years, has once again been rated for the Switch by PEGI.

Sound familiar? It should, because this has happened before. Back in April 2024 when developer Tango Gameworks was still sitting under Microsoft, a PEGI rating for the game on Switch appeared, but sadly nothing happened and Microsoft unceremoniously ditched Tango Gameworks entirely later that year.

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Bang for your buck.

Those who have played The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy know just how big of a game it really is. According to the publisher, however, the release was actually two games in one, and that’s supposedly how it’s going to be marketed from now on.

Confused? Yeah don’t worry, it’s understandable. Effectively, once you complete 100 in-game days, you roll the credits and then commence ‘New Game +’ (although the title menu does, in fact, display ‘The Hundred Line 2’), during which you make key decisions to splinter the narrative into dozens of potential branches.

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A climactic battle awaits.

Late last year, after some rumours, Nintendo teased a new Legend of Zelda-themed Lego set coming in 2026.

Now that we’re in the new year, it seems this set might have actually leaked ahead of the official reveal. As the rumours suggested, it appears to be a diorama based on the “final battle” between Link, Zelda and Ganondorf in the N64 hit, Ocarina of Time.

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Including updates to resolution and load times.

Nintendo officially launched Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch 2 this week, and since then, some video comparisons have now popped up online.

One of these has been shared by the YouTube channel ‘ElAnalistaDeBits’, which not only presents a side-by-side visual comparison of the Switch 2 Edition next to the existing Switch release, but also shows other improvements such as game’s loading times.

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Form an orderly Kiryu.

My gaming life can now be cleanly split into two sections: the period before I had heard the phrase “Daddy Rank”, and the period after it.

It’s one of the key features of Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties that Sega was kind enough to show me at a fancy gyoza-joint-turned-preview space in London this week, and in the days since, I haven’t stopped muttering it to myself whenever I do a small piece of housework.

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“I’ll buy it at a high price!”.

If you’re really, really excited for Resident Evil Requiem next month, then you might want to keep an eye out for two limited edition watches from manufacturer Hamilton.

Launching alongside the game on 27th February 2026, the two models are featured in the game itself and are (conveniently) worn by both protagonists: Grace Ashcroft and Leon Kennedy. They also cost enough to make RE4’s merchant break out in a cold sweat.

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