A GameSpot editor argues there has never been a better time to play Fire Emblem: Awakening. The piece contrasts it with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, whose tactical gameplay is excellent but buried under tedious chores that drain the player's energy.
Nintendo is releasing a Zelda-themed Switch 2 console and controllers to mark the series' 40th anniversary and the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The hardware lineup launches on Oct. 29, one week ahead of the remake.
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Japanese developer PiXEL's "pseudo 3D style" shooter Angelian Trigger is coming to PS5, due out at some point in 2027. The game is already available on the Switch in Japan with Japanese language support only, and it's unclear whether that will change with the PS5 port. It has 24 stages across Story Mode and Arcade Mode, with each level ending in a boss and two playable characters with different combat arsenals.
Several Nintendo Switch 2 games are seeing their first price drops of the year during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale, including $20 off Pokemon Legends Z-A and Octopath Traveler 0. Square Enix's new IP The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales has hit its lowest price yet, and the Switch 2 editions of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Rebirth are also discounted. Most deals are exclusive to Prime members.
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Pokémon Horizons Season 4, subtitled Wonders Ahead, will begin streaming on Netflix in the U.S. on Feb. 27, 2027. The season brings back protagonists Liko and Roy for new adventures after the events of Season 3, and like previous seasons it will be released in separate parts.
Nintendo Life has announced its September 2026 eShop Selects, covering digital-only Switch 1 and Switch 2 eShop games. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Remastered took first place, with the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor port and Valheim tied for second and Mewgenics third. Games needed at least a 7/10 review score on Nintendo Life to qualify.
My Friendly Neighborhood coming to Switch 2 on October 22 https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/my-friendly-neighborhood-coming-to-switch-2-on-october-22
Amazon Prime Day is in full effect, offering solid deals for Nintendo Switch 2 owners on a handful of games, including some of this year's best, plus choice accessories. The chance to grab rare first-party Nintendo game discounts has already passed, but plenty of other deals remain.
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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is set to launch on Switch 2 on 22nd October, and the final previews are now live with a broadly positive tone. Eurogamer praised the ruleset variety and open-world potential, Game Informer highlighted the single-player Island Crown mode, IGN was surprised by how much there is for hardcore players, and Polygon called it the most comprehensive entry in the series. Gamespot was more hesitant, questioning how much mileage the activities will have collectively.
Publisher DreadXP and developers John Szymanski and Evan Szymanski will release My Friendly Neighborhood for Switch 2 on October 22, and it will also be available via Game Pass. The puppet-filled survival horror game first launched for PC via Steam on July 18, 2023, followed by PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 17, 2025.
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Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale runs October 6-7 for Prime members, with Switch 2 games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade at $24.99 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth at $34.99 hitting their lowest prices. The Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundle saves $37.97, and a $10 Nintendo eShop gift card is discounted to $8.98. Select Switch 2 preorders, including Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Metroid Ravenous, and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, are $10 off.
Product growth expert Aakash Gupta, a former Fortnite producer at Epic Games, commented on X that Nintendo scheduled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for 5th November, two weeks ahead of GTA 6 on 19th November, while other major publishers cleared out of November. He said GTA 6 doesn't run on Nintendo's hardware, the audiences barely overlap, and the Switch 2 exclusive remake of the highest-rated game ever gives Nintendo two full weeks of space.
I spent an hour playing Switch Sports Resort and my favourite mini-game involves the Switch 2's least-loved gimmick: mouse controls
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After more than an hour of hands-on play, IGN's Ryan McCaffrey says Nintendo Switch Sports Resort appears to solve many of Nintendo Switch Sports' shortcomings. Nintendo is bundling the game with the Switch 2 this holiday season. Wuhu Island supports competition, exploration, and leisure, with collectibles and achievements in sports like Power Cruising and a ladder of CPU opponents in Boxing. The author still questions the sports lineup, preferring Swordplay, Baseball, or Frisbee over Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Nintendo Life played Nintendo Switch Sports Resort at gamescom, trying prop plane, table tennis, archery, thumb wrestling, skateboarding, bowling, and boxing. The author found archery the best showcase of motion controls and enjoyed skateboarding's Joy-Con 2 mouse-style input, but felt boxing was not responsive enough and prop plane's controls were awkward. The game launches on 22nd October.
A Eurogamer writer spent about an hour playing Nintendo Switch Sports Resort at Gamescom. The Switch 2 exclusive includes 12 motion-controlled events, six returning from 2022's Nintendo Switch Sports and six new. The writer's favourite, skateboarding, uses the Joy-Con in mouse mode on a table, alongside table tennis, thumb wrestling, archery and free-play prop plane and power boating.
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PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said he "strongly feel[s] that I want to expand" Bayonetta as a character and broaden her world, but declined to comment on whether a new game is coming. The remarks came in a Famitsu group interview with Stellar Blade developer Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung-tae, whose game's Switch 2 port will add four Bayonetta-themed costumes next month.
Game Informer's Brian Shea spent an hour with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, returning to a renovated Wuhu Island that can be explored by Skateboard, Prop Plane, and Power Cruiser. Thumb Wrestling, Archery, Boxing, Table Tennis, and Bowling all use Joy-Con motion controls, and modes include hundred-pin Bowling and Island Crown, where players face 20 CPU characters across nine sports and take on each sport's Island Legend. The game arrives on Switch 2 on October 22.
Switch Sports Resort is the fifth game in the Sports franchise, and an extended hands-on covered eight sports and activities, about half of them returning from previous entries. Three events—Skateboarding, Prop Plane, and Power Cruising—use Joy-Con in novel ways for time-limited free-roaming exploration around Wuhu Island, though their long-term longevity remains unclear.
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Switch Sports Resort is a Switch 2 exclusive and a follow-up to 2022's Nintendo Switch Sports, with bowling, golf and tennis returning. In a hands-on preview, the author notes it also offers something for fans of Wave Race, Pilotwings and Punch-Out!!, including a solid skateboarding mode reminiscent of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
In a joint Famitsu interview, PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said he "can't really answer" about the next Bayonetta move but strongly wants to expand the character and broaden her world, adding "no comment" when asked about a next game. The exchange came as Stellar Blade's Switch 2 port, due next month, will include four costumes based on Bayonetta characters. Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung-tae joked that Bayonetta is "approaching 17" but hasn't lost its freshness.
Kingdom Hearts 3 has arrived on Switch 2 as a native port with no Cloud Version, and it includes the Re Mind DLC. Handheld mode runs at 1080p while docked mode goes up to what appears to be a dynamic 1440p, though the uncapped frame rate dips as low as the mid-20s and mostly holds 30+fps. Re Mind adds a roughly five-hour epilogue and several tough new boss fights that rank among the franchise's best combat encounters.