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Our picks for the best eShop games in November.

What do you do on the 1st of December? Put up the Christmas tree? Open the first door of your Advent Calendar? Or have a browse at the most recent eShop Selects? Of course, it’s the latter!

We’re looking back at November before we hit the holidays, and while those in North America may be recovering from overindulgence at Thanksgiving, we hope everyone can find something they want to play over the festive period. As always, this list of games is voted for by Nintendo Life staff and contributors — they pick their top three from the eShop games we’ve reviewed, and you’ll see the results below.

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New games for a new year.

Can you believe we’ve come to the end of yet another year? Yes, 2024’s almost over, so join us as we take a look at the games finishing off the Switch’s release schedule for the year – and those that will be waiting for us as we leap into 2025.

We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail over the next few weeks, including some highlights picked by us as well as lots of other games and accessories that are launching soon. Have a browse through and see if anything takes your fancy.

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Fixes, improvements and a sales update.

The Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed developers are still releasing new updates for the game and the second major one has now arrived.

This “second patch” for the game fixes some issues and also makes various improvements to the game. Most notably there is a fix tied to “extra content movies” not unlocking correctly. Here’s the full rundown via the official Steam game page:

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Highlighting the “story of Shadow & Maria”.

We already know Sonic 3 movie director Jeff Fowler has a special connection with Shadow the Hedgehog, and now ahead of the third movie’s launch this month, he’s taken to social media to show off the “first piece of concept art” created for the latest outing.

As mentioned (spoiler warning), it shows an emotional moment between Shadow and Maria – with the third outing highlighting “one of the most important in the entire Sonic Universe”.

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A chat with Simogo.

You walk into a poorly lit, seemingly empty hotel. In desperate need of someone to speak to, you hesitantly wander just a single room farther from the entrance, down a serene walkway. You are funnelled into a similarly poorly lit library. You’re second-guessing why you are in this hotel, and why it even has a library, yet your eye is strangely caught by a particular book among the busy shelves.

You let this curiosity afford you a few steps deeper. You reach up a tip-toe’s distance to that possibly glowing book, then hesitantly pull on its spine. You find that it’s heavy. It flops down and you catch it with your other arm. The book, now sprawled open, reveals the following:

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Monkeying around.

The weekend is here, which means it’s time to relax and dive into a few games after what has no doubt been another busy, busy week. Before we do, however, let’s recap some of the week’s biggest stories.

First up, it was revealed that Tencent would be bringing an end to online services for the Nintendo Switch in China in 2026. Just one more reason for folks in the region to import their consoles, right? Nintendo has also officially placed Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom into the franchise’s wider timeline. Very important stuff, we’re sure you’ll agree.

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It apparently wasn’t suitable for the LEGO brand.

The LEGO video games have tapped all sorts of IP over the years, but one project that never did see the light of day was a James Bond entry.

TT Games was at one point working on its own brick-based spin-off of the 007 franchise and now footage of this pitch has surfaced online. It shows the famous agent in many iconic scenes facing off against characters like Oddjob and Jaws, driving a variety of different vehicles and utilising all sorts of gadgets.

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The “groundbreaking” anthology debuts next month.

At Opening Night Live in August, Amazon shared a teaser of its new anthology series ‘Secret Level‘ from the “creative minds behind LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS.

It’s a series focused on “original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games” and we’ve now got our first look at the Mega Man special starring the famous blue bomber, also referred to as “Rock”. Capcom has even shared a promotional poster alongside the new trailer.

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Fans are already calling for a Nintendo release.

Nintendo’s platforms have hosted all sorts of iconic series over the years, but one we haven’t seen just yet is Shenmue. While nothing has admittedly changed on this front, a recent announcement has reignited hopes.

ININ Games has revealed it has now “officially acquired” the publishing rights to Shenmue III and will have “some news to share about this soon enough”. While nobody knows what to expect just yet, fans of the series are already calling for the third entry to be released on Nintendo’s platform.

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You’re gunna hear me Rauru.

Remember earlier this year when Nintendo revealed its range of controller button fidget toys, sold exclusively in the gacha machines of its Japan stores? Well, it looks like there’s a new collection in town to get us envious all over again.

As spotted by a whole host of people today on Twitter and BlueSky, it appears that the Tokyo Nintendo Store is home to a new gacha collection, one that contains miniature magnetic Zonai devices from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Oh, be still, my beating heart.

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