Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in January.
You’ve got through one month of 2026, and what’s your reward? Ah yes, another dose of eShop Selects!
The Switch 2 has kicked off the year in relatively calm fashion, but before the mad Spring rush hits us, let’s look at some eShop gems that are worth checking out. Yes, there are games other than Animal Crossing: New Horizon out there, we promise.
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Took something perfect and painted it red.
Howdy, Virtual Boy fans! Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last time, we matched up a pair of covers for Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island, and it was a pretty close-run contest. The classic SMW2 art came out on top in the end, though, with North America taking 59% of the vote, leaving the pretty Japanese variant with 41%.
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“Please vote for the design you like best”.
When Capcom lifted the lid onMega Man: Dual Override at the end of last year, it also announced a new Robot Master Design Contest.
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Download it now.
Octopath Traveler 0 made its debut on the Switch and Switch 2 late last year, and to get the new year underway, Square Enix has now released another small update for this new entry in the HD-2D RPG series.
It includes improvements to the game’s performance, sound quality, and a handful of other fixes. Here’s the full rundown:
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Image Uploader & cross-platform creations also confirmed.
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WWE 2K25 delivered an excellent Switch 2 port last July, and if you were hoping for the next entry on Nintendo’s new hybrid system, it seems you’re in luck.
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Resin-dent Evil?
For past me, the idea of 3D printing — just the mention of it, the sound of the words — always conjured up images of stuff like Tom Cruise and his wee red balls in Minority Report.
I know, the ‘precog’ machine in that particular movie wasn’t really a 3D printer, and Tom’s wee red balls seemed to be made of some sort of weird wood rather than filament, but it was the same sort of magic inside my simple mind, and the first time I’d considered a machine that could create a fully 3D object in this way. So the two are forever connected, I’m afraid.
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Will it be a big one?
We’re already a month into 2026, and it’s been a pretty solid start to the year for Switch 2. But there’s plenty to come over the next 11 months, including many likely surprises for Nintendo’s newest console.
Amidst big anniversaries for Zelda and Metroid, we already have a pretty solid suite of games coming out over the next few months for the Switch 2, from the Big N itself to third-parties like Capcom and Square Enix, who have gone all-in on the hybrid.
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This is the life.
Well done, everyone! We finally made it to the end of January! There was quite a bit of Nintendo news this week, so we’re sure everyone will enjoy kicking back with a couple o’ games over the weekend.
We were treated to yet another Nintendo Direct this week, with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream taking the spotlight. It looked really rather sweet, all in all, and it was nice to get some confirmation on the game’s price, release date, and features.
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The port is already well underway.
We heard recently from Final Fantasy director Naoki Hamaguchi how the follow up games to Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade on Switch 2 would have “exactly the same” gameplay as other platforms, so when exactly can we expect the next title?
Speaking to Polygon recently, Hamaguchi mentioned how a status update on the Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will hopefully be shared in the “very near future”. So far, this version of the game has been built, and the team is now working hard to optimise and polish it. Here’s the full exchange:
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“We’re already working with Nintendo on a path forward”.
Following an official response from Nintendo yesterday about the censorship in the Switch versions of Dispatch, the developer AdHoc Studio has now shared a lengthy statement.
In this update, which follows a comment it made to Nintendo Life earlier this week, the studio explains how the superhero workplace comedy game didn’t meet Nintendo’s content guidelines.
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