Category: Nintendo

Get out my Swamp.

With Pokémon Legends: Z-A‘s Sceptile-focused season coming to an end, The Pokémon Company has shared some extra details on what’s next for the Ranked Battle scene, including the all-important start date and rewards.

Ranked Battle Season 6 kicks off on 29th January and will be sticking around until 19th February. In that time, those who reach Rank S will be rewarded with a Swampertite Mega Stone, which is capable of giving your Swampert a Mega Evolution makeover.

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Get a bonus copy of FFVII while you can.

If you’re planning on picking up Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade this week, and haven’t already purchased it, here’s your reminder that the ‘Limited Early Purchase Edition’ is still available.

It’s $39.99 / £39.99 and is available until 31st January 2026. You can also grab the Deluxe version, including a digital art book and digital mini-soundtrack, for $59.99 / £54.99 (or your local equivalent). Most notably, this limited time offer includes Final Fantasy VII – as in “a ported version of the original game” that was made available on the Switch eShop in 2019.

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Meetup In Bellabel Park arrives this March.

Yesterday, Nintendo surprised us with a new trailer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park. It detailed what to expect when it launches on 26th March 2026.

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Visual quality upgrades, improved resolution and more!

Since the arrival of the Switch 2 last year, many third-party developers have been updating their existing Switch games for Nintendo’s new hybrid system.

With this in mind, Psyonix’s latest update for its vehicular soccer game Rocket League has today added Switch 2 visual and performance improvements. This includes simplified graphics settings, improved resolution and visual quality upgrades.

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Wonder Wall (of text).

Nintendo has lifted the lid on a bunch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park info today. We got a new trailer packed with fresh playable characters and challenges, three new amiibo, a closer look at that darn ‘real’ Talking Flower, and the all-important release date. We also got a look at the new box art. And it’s grim.

Now, look, the ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Edition’ re-releases have been fighting a losing battle as far as box art is concerned. Those unwieldy titles take up more than enough room themselves, and then they add all of that “Includes the Nintendo Switch game and the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade pack. Upgrade pack also available separately. For details…” at the bottom. But worse than that is the key art ‘split’, where the old and new designs are slapped together to presumably sell the idea of ‘See? This is the same as the one before, but now with a new bit too!’

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Final Fantasy VII Remake! Escape from Ever After! Dynasty Warriors: Origins!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch eShop – Highlights

DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS (KOEI TECMO AMERICA, 22nd Jan, $59.99) – Play as a nameless hero as you fight fiercely, making bold choices to restore peace and shape history in this tactical action game set during China’s Three Kingdoms period. With the most intense combat and largest armies in Dynasty Warriors history, your choices will influence the story and could alter historical events. With the paid DLC1 launching alongside the game, you can choose a different path and experience new developments that weren’t in the main story. – Read our DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS review

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Kiki’s Bakery Service.

Publisher Silver Lining Interactive and developer Sunny Lab are bringing The Witch’s Bakery to Switch 2 in addition to Switch, with the cosy RPG arriving on both consoles in Q2 2026.

Imagine opening a bakery in modern-day Paris — not easy, right? Well, as Lunne the witch, that’s exactly what you’re doing. But this slice-of-life adventure is more than just making Mont Blancs and macarons; being a witch, Lunne has the ability to see inside people’s hearts and heal their emotions. Anyone getting some Kiki’s Delivery Service vibes from the premise alone?

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Rebirth and third entry are now in development for Switch 2.

If you’ve been keeping up with Final Fantasy VII Remake on the Switch 2, then you’ll probably already know that its direct sequel, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, along with the untitled third entry, will also head to the hybrid console in the future.

Rebirth represents quite a drastic departure from Remake, introducing a vast open world that serves as an almost direct contrast to the tightly-designed environments found in the first entry. This will no doubt sow doubts in fans’ minds about just how well it might hold up on the Switch 2. After all, Rebirth’s visuals were already noted to have suffered from a few downgrades at launch when compared to Remake.

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Rosalina, Bowser Jr. and..?

Similar to the Sonic movies, the Mario movies are expanding their big-screen universe by introducing and surprising audiences with more characters. Mario’s companion Yoshi was teased at the end of the first movie, and since then, the official trailers for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie have introduced Bowser Jr. and Rosalina.

Speaking to GamesRadar+ recently, Mario’s movie voice actor Chris Pratt has apparently hinted there are at least “a couple more” characters not featured in the official trailers for the new movie that should excite fans. Here’s the full exchange:

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Including multiple fixes for Mega Dimension.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A has received its first update of the year today for the Switch and Switch 2. When you download it, your copy will be updated to Version 2.0.1.

It focuses on some adjustments for obtaining certain items (including an increase to the maximum number of Mega Shards) and also applies a whole bunch of fixes to previously confirmed Mega Dimension expansion issues.

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