Category: Nintendo

Every Pokémon we’ve spotted so far.

Pokémon Pokopia is a completely new type of Pokémon game: you don’t catch ’em all, you… make friends with ’em all? Blending elements of life sims, farming games, and block building into one big package come 5th March 2026.

Of course, there are plenty of returning faces, some of which will be able to give you abilities or let you transform into them. Here’s a list of every single confirmed ‘mon in Pokémon Pokopia so far.

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Plus a handful that we’d love to see on Switch 2.

It’s that time of year again, folks. GOTY season is almost upon us, and while Mr. Keighley’s big event is staying quiet on its nominees for the time being, other shows are already gearing up to crown a winner.

One such event is the Indie Game Awards, a developer-focused awards show centred on — you guessed it — indie games, which has today revealed its final award nominees across 18 different categories.

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Meet Peakychu, Mosslax, and Smearguru.

Today we got an in-depth look at Pokémon Pokopia, the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive which launches on 5th March 2026.

And the Extended Trailer didn’t skimp on details; in Pokopia, you’ll be teaming up with Professor Tangrowth to help restore an island that was once populated by people and Pokémon. That involves rebuilding structures, watering the grass, setting up fishing rods, laying rocks, grass, and flowers, and tons more.

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“I implores you”.

Following Red Dead Redemption‘s release for the Switch in 2023, a new ESRB rating indicates that the game may soon be receiving a native Switch 2 port.

As detailed on the ESRB website, Read Dead Redemption has been rated for the PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2. The accompanying text naturally details what kind of content is included to warrant the ‘Mature 17+’ rating, including “Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, and Use of Drugs”.

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Don’t miss this Bravely Default eShop sale.

We’re now roughly six months into the life of the Switch 2, and we’re starting to see multiple third-party launch titles go on sale on the eShop.

Following price cuts to titles such as CDPR’s Cyberpunk 2077 and Capcom’s Street Fighter 6, Square Enix is now offering 20% off its role-playing game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster in select locations. This sale reduces it from the regular price of $39.99 / £33.99 to just $31.99 / £27.19, and ends next week.

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Hyrule Warriors, Kirby, Inazuma Eleven and much more.

We’re admittedly a bit late here, but hey – better late than never! Getting on with it, November 2025 is yet another busy month (especially on the Switch 2 front). We’ve already had games like Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and later this month, the race gets underway in Kirby Air Riders.

If you don’t get the chance to watch the full video above, here’s our round up of 13 exciting new games on the way to the Switch and Switch 2:

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“Demonschool is 100% human made”.

GenAI seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue at the moment, and a recent flashpoint involves Embark’s ARC Raiders, which uses an AI-based text-to-speech system to generate spoken dialogue trained on the voices of human actors.

Embark caught some flak for this approach (which was also used in the company’s other major release, The Finals), to the extent that our friends over at Eurogamer took a stand and marked the game down for its use of GenAI.

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SteamCube.

Rumours have been rumbling about Valve — the Washington-based developer responsible for creating Steam, but for also bringing us some of the best games ever made such as Half-Life, Portal, and Counter Strike — announcing some brand new hardware for a few days now.

And earlier today, multiple press outlets have revealed they’ve gone hands-on with three new pieces of Steam-compatible kit: a brand new controller, a “streaming-first” headset, and what is basically a game console. The Steam Controller, Steam Frame, and Steam Machine, to give them their proper names.

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Majima magic.

It only feels like yesterday that Yakuza Kiwami finally made its way onto the Switch, and yet here we are with a beefed-up Switch 2 version. This new release is effectively the same game, but Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have taken advantage of the newer console’s specs for a much smoother, crisper experience.

Crucially, the frame rate has been greatly improved here, sticking to 60fps that (to my eyes, at least) never falters. It makes exploring Kamurocho all the more enjoyable, and even the busiest scraps with Yakuza thugs run smoothly. The resolution has been bumped up considerably in docked and handheld, bringing it more in line with launch title Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut. It looks wonderful.

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Out of this world.

Nintendo and Illumination have revealed the first proper trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it’s a galactic banger.

We get our first look at Bowser Jr. and Rosaline, plus a whole bunch of new locations based on Super Mario Galaxy and… Odyssey? Yep, there’s representation from both games here.

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