And where it is now.
It began with a Zelda T-shirt.
I was wearing my “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” shirt while running a quick errand at the bank. The teller spotted it. He was at least 20 years younger than me, but his “Nice shirt!” comment kicked off a lengthy conversation about our shared Nintendo fandom.
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Prepare yourselves, Warriors, Riders, Bounty Hunters.
As we slide into the last two months of 2025, there’s a bumper crop of games hitting a Switch (or Switch 2) near you as the holiday season approaches.
Nintendo is publishing a pair of Switch 2 games in November, with Koei Tecmo’s take on Zelda-styled Musou arriving on the 6th, and Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Kirby game landing on the 20th. Samus returns in December (finally!), too, and beyond first-party, there’s a plethora of third-party picks waiting to keep you company into the new year. (Not Elden Ring, though.)
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FIGHT!
Gosh, we’re into November already – how on earth did that happen? Well, either way, it’s the weekend, so let’s do a quick recap of the week before we dive into what we’re playing, shall we?
Naturally, the biggest news of the week was the announcement from Nintendo that Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be making a comeback, with both a free update planned for all owners alongside a paid Switch 2 Edition in the new year.
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Including an update for Animal Crossing tracks.
: In case you missed it, this week marks the first anniversary of the Nintendo Music mobile app for Switch Online subscribers.
Nintendo already rolled out a music update earlier this week – adding the DS soundtrack New Super Mario Bros. and it’s now apparently released a new firmware update, bumping the app up to Version 1.4.0.
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Ichiban joins the race.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been available for the Switch since September, and has already received some updates.
Now, in a Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio live stream this week, the team behind the Yakuza series and Yakuza: Like A Dragon game have revealed the free guest character Ichiban Kasuga will be made available on 6th November 2025, with his festival event to run from 7th until 10th November 2025.
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Update: Download it now.
Hades II got off to an excellent start when it landed in September, and soon it will be getting its very first post-launch patch. Developer Supergiant Games has now released a preview of what fans can expect via the official Steam game page.
In addition to bug fixes and balance changes, Patch 1 will come loaded with True Ending Enhancements, Returning to a Real Possibility, Fated Prophecy Adjustments and Crossroads Renewal. There are also some spoilers in these patch notes, so if you don’t want to spoil any surprises, you might want to navigate away from this page now.
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Scrème de la scrème.
You already have too many choices on Halloween — Which outfit should I wear? Which candy should I take from the bowl? Am I brave enough to finally watch that one movie? — so let’s not let ‘which games should I pick up on sale?’ be one of them. We’ve got a rundown of the very best in the ‘Screaming Deals’ sale below, so you can enjoy your trick-or-treat haul in peace…
Another week, another blistering eShop sale to bolster your backlog. Yes, Nintendo is running its ‘Screaming Deals’ sale again this year in North America, with discounts on Switch 1 and 2 games both spooky and otherwise, just as on the other side of the pond where it’s called, more boringly, the Halloween Sale.
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Shovel Knight arrives in both NecroDancer games soon.
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that at some point in an indie game’s lifecycle, it will be graced by a Shovel Knight crossover. That even applies if your indie game is a decade old, it seems.
Brace Yourself Games has announced that 2015’s Crypt of the NecroDancer (which arrived on Switch a few years later) is getting a Shovel Knight DLC all of its own. The new package throws the indie icon into the roguelike rhythm game as a new playable character with his own moveset, weapons, and shortcut potentials.
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Just in time for Halloween.
Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have announced a new “October Update” for the horror-themed puzzle-platformer, Little Nightmares III.
This title was released earlier this month and the upcoming patch, due out on Nintendo’s devices on 31st October 2025, will include improvements to the gameplay, online, graphics, UI & UX. Here’s the full rundown (via Bandai Namco):
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Go on, tell us.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 Edition next January, and alongside this, Nintendo will be releasing the next major update for the game, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0.
Now that everyone has had time to absorb all of the news, it’s got us wondering what you’re most excited for – is it the Switch 2 upgrade in general, or are you excited about a particular update that’s on the way to your island? So, tell us, by voting in our poll and leaving a comment below.
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