Category: Nintendo

Big(goron) envy.

It’s been a cracking start to the year for Nintendo-themed LEGO sets, and one of the builds we’re the most excited about is the upcoming ‘Final Battle’ diorama, inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time‘s grand finale.

The set itself launches on 1st March 2026 for £99.99 / $129.99, packing in three Minifigures for Link, Zelda and Ganondorf, plus a big ‘mech’ build for ol’ boar-form Ganon. Naturally, there are a handful of little easter eggs sprinkled in for fans as well, like a tiny Navi that accompanies Link in his airborne pose, and a hidden Megaton Hammer in the ruins of Ganondorf’s Castle.

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Following Three Kingdoms.

To kick off the new year, Arc System Works has announced it will be releasing a new River City Saga game.

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Here’s how it holds up.

GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition speeds onto the Switch 2 this week, and it just might be the best-looking game to date on Nintendo’s new hybrid system.

Digital Foundry has now taken a look, and here’s exactly what you can expect when it comes to the game’s performance and resolution across the docked and handheld modes.

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We weren’t expecting this!

Nintendo released a major update for Splatoon 3 this week, and in case you missed it, it adds health bars to the game.

This has come as a real surprise to Splatoon players, as up until now, the enemy’s health in multiplayer was displayed through visual cues. As Nintendo notes, the remaining health of opponents will now be shown above their heads for “a few seconds” when they’re visible. Certain abilities can also make this bar visible.

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You died. Strangely. Now plz rate the experience.

Game over screens — as a professional gamer, you understand — aren’t something that I personally have a lot of firsthand experience with. Not through a lack of in-game skill, that’s for sure.

However, as I’m also a highly learned and incredibly hirsute scholar of the interactive arts (also a compulsive liar), I have made it my very important business to die on purpose many, many times in order to familiarise myself with the very best and most important ways to come-a-cropper, as they say, in a video game.

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Digital Eclipse yet to confirm.

One of the strangest omissions from the Switch’s library in our eyes is the Disney Afternoon Collection, which launched on every platform but Nintendo’s console in 2017. But after an ESRB rating was spotted recently, a listing has now appeared on the Japanese eShop for both Switch 1 and Switch 2.

VGC spotted the listing earlier today and is listed for 2,300 yen (about 11 GBP, or 14 USD, so expect pricing to be a little higher in the West) on Switch 2, with a 10% pre-order discount and a release date of 26th February 2026. At the time of writing, store pages have not gone up in other regions, but it’s only a matter of time at this point.

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For a limited time only.

If, by some chance, you are one of the six remaining people on Earth who haven’t played Stardew Valley and you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, then boy, do we have good news for you.

Nintendo has announced that ConcernedApe’s beloved farming sim is the next title to get the Free Game Trial treatment (in Europe, at least), offering the full game to those with an NSO subscription for a limited time.

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Just remove the red lens cover.

Yesterday, Nintendo shared an update about its Virtual Boy library coming to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack next month.

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It’s expected to drop the same day as other versions.

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.

According to Dealabs’ Billbil-kun, who has accurately reported on game announcements ahead of schedule in the past, the next WWE 2K will not only be coming to the Switch 2, but it will also be arriving on the same date as the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 counterparts.

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Money+.

Just a week after Ubisoft announced it was making a huge amount of cuts and cancellations in order to aid efficiency and corporate restructuring, the French studio has confirmed it will be increasing the price of Just Dance+ subscriptions from April 2026.

The streaming service, which launched back in November 2022, can be used in-game from Just Dance 2023 Edition onward, and gives you access to even more songs from the series’ back-catalogue.

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