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Ahoy! Welcome, one and all, to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last time, we checked out Red Alarm for the Virtual Boy, which of course will be joining the launch lineup for Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics on NSO later this month. It was a surprisingly close contest, with North America just about claiming victory with 54% of the vote.
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Expect the following adjustments.
During Nintendo’s Partner Showcase this week, Square Enix announced its new HD-2D RPG title The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales would be coming to Switch 2 this June.
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Here’s what the critics think.
Nintendo is launching its Virtual Boy- Nintendo Classics digital library for the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service later this month, and the previews are now in.
First up are our own impressions from Nintendo Life staff writer Ollie Reynolds:
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Switch 2 demo arrives on 9th February.
We’re fans of the final frontier around these parts, so when our combadges chirruped with news of a Star Trek game for Nintendo’s newest console, our anticipation grew like a clutch of tribbles in a grain silo.
As you’ll have gathered from the title, Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Universe is set in the TNG-DS9-VOY era and sees you charged with Captain Janeway’s mission of getting her crew home safely after being thrown across the other side of the galaxy by an alien force.
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Directly to you.
Just when we thought our wishlists couldn’t get any longer, Nintendo had to go and drop another Direct. Let’s see who’s working through their backlog to make way for the oncoming deluge of releases in another edition of What Are You Playing.
The Direct was the big news for this week, bringing with it a Hollow Knight – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition shadow drop, release dates for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and another peek at the awesome-looking co-op adventure Orbitals.
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No, not that one.
Pokémon is celebrating 30 years this year, and as part of this, trainers around the globe can expect all sorts of exciting (and surprising) announcements.
Ahead of the annual event Pokémon Day, taking place later this month on 27th February 2026, Stern Pinball has announced it will be stepping into the battle arena with its very own themed pinball cabinet. And yes, we’re referring to an actual pinball cabinet here (not a video game).
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Hit the court at your nearest retailer.
Mario Tennis Fever launches for the Switch 2 next week, and if you want to try out the game before it’s released and happen to be located in North America, there’s now a free in-store demo.
It’s available at select Best Buy, GameStop, Target and Walmart Stores in the US. And in Canada, you can take to the court at Best Buy and Walmart.
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Dragon Quest VII! Super Bomberman Collection! Cool Borders!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. And blimey, that Partner Showcase added a handful of new releases to the pot, too.
As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
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Starting the Switch 2 Edition in style.
Yesterday, Team Cherry surprised us all with the shadow drop release of Hollow Knight – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (at least, it would have been a surprise if its PEGI rating hadn’t cropped up online before), and the studio snuck out a new update to mark the occasion.
The ver. 1.5.12459 update isn’t packed with game-changing additions, but it’s always nice to see Team Cherry fine-tuning the experience. Alongside new screen resolution support for PC players, the patch also introduces “many under-the-hood improvements brought over from Hollow Knight: Silksong to the original game,” Team Cherry said in a blog post. And yes, this update is available on both Switch 1 and 2.
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Future events will reuse old job scenarios.
Splatoon 3‘s “regular updates” came to a close back in September 2024, but the recurring Eggstra Work events have continued to land new job scenarios (the predetermined shift conditions) in the years since. That is until this month, when they, too, are wrapping up.
Shared in a post by the official @SplatoonJP X account (via @Oatmealdome on Bluesky), Nintendo confirmed that the next Eggstra Work will be the last to feature new job scenarios. While more Eggstra Work shifts will crop up in the future, they will use previous scenarios instead — which should make planning a little easier, at least.
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