Category: Nintendo

Back of the net.

Editor’s note: This game launched in North America on 11th December, but won’t hit European eShops until 13th January.

For some, football is something to play; for some, it’s something to watch; for others, it’s something to be scared of in the playground. But in 2001, in Ecuador, football meant just about everything to just about everyone. At least, that’s the story told by Despelote, a game that conjures the magic of childhood and football fever and makes it captivatingly relatable.

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Ho, ho, ho!

Ah yes, the weekend. Not just any ol’ weekend either! No, it’s the weekend before Christmas, which means it’s time to start preparing your stomachs for an avalanche of food and chocolate.

This week in the world of Nintendo, it seems that there may be an alternative to those ruddy Game Key Cards after an announcement from ININ Games. We also received a lovely new Switch 2 Edition of Divinity: Original Sin 2 from Larian Studios, so hopefully this is a little precursor of things to come from the acclaimed developer.

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Update: Capcom shares ‘Part 2’.

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Capcom yesterday announced its new sci-fi action adventure Pragmata, starring Hugh and his android companion Diana, would be coming to the Switch 2 in April 2026.

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“We’re back to take out the bugs”.

Following the release of the beat ’em up Marvel Cosmic Invasion on the Switch and Switch 2 earlier this month, a new update for the title has now been rolled out.

According to the development team, this new update is packed with fixes and quality-of-life tweaks. There’s also plenty of “bug-blasting” in this latest patch. Here’s the full rundown, via the game’s Steam page:

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“Who do you spend the holidays with?”.

Although Nintendo ended Splatoon 3‘s “regular updates” some time ago now, it’s been revived this year with the release of a free Switch 2 update and some major game patches.

Now, as 2025 comes to a close, the return of Frosty Fest has been announced. This time the question is: Who do you spend the holidays with? Is it with your friends, family or solo?

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“They’ve done an amazing job”.

Square Enix had a holiday treat in store for us earlier this week, when it dropped the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade demo on the Switch 2 eShop. Before the full game launches next year, you can now get an idea of what to expect by playing through the iconic opening sequence for free.

But how does it hold up from a technical standpoint? Here to answer that very question are the experts from Digital Foundry, who have been diving into the demo to see what it can muster.

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Flying high.

Cards on the table: I am a big superhero fan and I always have been. I’ve read the comics, I’ve played the games, I’ve watched the movies, I’ve got the tattoos *gulp*. I am usually pretty adept at bending things to see the positives — heck, I can even defend Thor: The Dark World on a good day — but the last few years have been real dark for us fans of caped crusaders.

There have been some high points: Marvel TV (on the whole) has been rather solid, I’ve played more Marvel Snap than I care to admit, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was far better than some folk give it credit for, Batman: Arkham Shadow got its TGA flowers, and show me one animated film in the last five years that doesn’t have some Spider-Verse DNA in it. But, generally, it has been a very long time since I’ve been able to say “I love superheroes” without needing to have a clarifying statement in the back pocket for the inevitable, and often completely valid, comeback.

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Every game we scored 9/10 or above.

Nintendo has launched its latest eShop sale in the UK, discounting a bunch of titles for the Christmas season.

Ignoring the fact that the UK eShop site has it titled as the ‘Holiday Sale’ and not the ‘Christmas Sale’ – we’re on the other side of the pond, after all – there’s a lot to like here. To illustrate this, we thought we’d go through the games on offer and highlight the ones that we think you should check out. We’re looking at titles that happened to score 9/10 or above on Nintendo Life, so you know that these are among the best of the best.

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Update: The final day brings three freebies.

Update: The final day of No Gravity Games’ ‘Switchmas Giveaway’ is finally upon us, with three new Switch freebies for all those who have followed the chain up until this point. You’ll find the complete list of every game in this year’s giveaway, and all the info on how to get involved, in our original post below.

You know the festive season is well and truly here when No Gravity Games announces its annual ‘Switchmas Giveaway’, where the studio dishes out a selection of its back catalogue for free.

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Can we expect contact in 2026?

Following a rumour in August about Bethesda’s newest original IP Starfield making its way across to the Switch 2 in 2026, a new story is now making the same claim.

This information comes from Windows Central Executive Editor Jez Corden, who says the action role-playing space game will not only be arriving on the PlayStation 5 in 2026 but also Nintendo’s new hybrid system.

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