Category: Nintendo

Announced alongside a new sales milestone.

Level-5 recently teased more updates for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, and alongside today’s news that the game has now shifted more than 800,000 units worldwide, it’s now announced the title’s second major free update.

This second update is scheduled to take to the field on 28th January 2026 and will feature the opening of the Ares Route, along with various other features. This update follows on from “Galaxy & LBX DLC” in December 2025, which added new routes to the Chronicles Mode.

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Airing later this week.

Resident Evil Requiem launches next month on the Switch 2, and as we get closer to this anticipated release, Capcom has announced it will be airing another Resident Evil Showcase this week on 15th January 2026.

It promises to feature “brand new gameplay and news” about the upcoming entry starring Grace Ashcroft and Leon Kennedy. Of course, if there are any other surprises revealed, we’ll be sure to let you know when the news drops.

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A new era begins.

Yes that’s right, although we said a fond farewell to Felix and Zion over the last few months, Alex has now been joined by a brand new face over on YouTube: please say hello to Mai Ladyman!

Mai is no stranger to making YouTube videos, but she now joins Alex full-time as we storm into 2026. We’ve no doubt she will flourish as Nintendo ramps up its Switch 2 plans over the coming months and years.

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Gotta build ’em all.

LEGO and The Pokémon Company have finally lifted the lid on the upcoming LEGO Pokémon sets, which were teased last year, and they’re coming on the most appropriate day imaginable — 27th February 2026.

Three sets have been announced, with a fourth available as a special gift when you purchase directly from LEGO in-store and online with the priciest set. And oh boy, is the big one pricey.

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Final stream was a speedrun of Pokémon Emerald.

The Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 event has now closed with a total of $2.443.554 raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

The week-long fundraiser ended with a speedrun for Pokémon Emerald by streamer adef, who managed to beat it in 3 hours and 13 minutes. Other highlights from the event include a 70-Star, 70-Player relay for Super Mario 64 and an any% speedrun for Hollow Knight: Silksong from streamer Ceen, who stormed through the game to beat the final boss in 54 minutes and 55 seconds.

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Get ready for a 2026 release.

Last September, Nintendo revealed Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park would be arriving in Spring 2026.

We haven’t really heard anything about it since then, and now in a slight development, a rating has been spotted on the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Here it is:

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Remappy days.

The long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally released in December, and well, not everyone is happy with it.

The game’s focus on NPCs and a literal desert of an open world did not resonate with gamers as well as Retro Studios had hoped. I hate to admit it, but I agree with the loud people on the internet. None of the people complaining about the dialogue better be Xenoblade fans, though. I’d rather listen to Myles MacKenzie’s unprompted advice than the childish blathering of the Nopon or inane technobabble that makes Star Trek’s sound like Shakespeare.

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Serve’s up.

January persists, but so do we! Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl.

Last week, we matched up three different covers for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, and the results weren’t even close. The moody European variant walked away with a dominant 69% of the vote, leaving North America in second with 28%, and the Japanese design picking up the crumbs with the remaining 4%.

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Return to island life.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition officially launches next week, and ahead of this, Nintendo’s Switch Online battle royale game Tetris 99 has announced it will be hosting a Maximus Cup to celebrate.

This is the 51st Maximus Cup (also known as a Grand Prix) and will take place between 8th January 2026 and 12th January 2026. As usual, when you earn a total of 100 event points, you’ll unlock a new theme featuring unique art, music and Tetrimino designs. This is all “inspired by the updated content in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game”. You can see it in motion in the gameplay trailer above.

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The crimson comeback.

As someone who witnessed its initial release, I’m delightfully baffled that Nintendo is resurrecting the Virtual Boy. We aren’t just getting a passing mention or a trophy in a Smash Bros. game; we’re getting a full-blown revival, including a dedicated NSO app, a $100 authentic replica peripheral, and a $25 cardboard cutout for the Labo diehards.

All this for the console that married Game Boy visuals with Vectrex-style wireframes, stuffed them into a View-Master shell, and doused the whole package in a colour palette straight out of a 19th-century darkroom.

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