Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch) News Articles
Monday10th Nov 2025
News Nintendo's Black Friday Offers Include Deals On Switch 1 Games, amiibo, And More
Still after a MicroSD Express?
Nintendo is back with preparations for another year of Black Friday discounts, as it has today detailed a bunch of Switch 1 games, amiibo and a MicroSD Express card that will be going on sale over the course of November. It has also reminded us all that Switch 2 bundles exist, because of course. So, kicking things off...
Friday20th Jun 2025
News More Switch Titles Get Switch 2 Backwards Compatibility Fixes
Alongside the latest system firmware update
Nintendo yesterday rolled out a new update for the Switch 2 which also included some backwards compatibility fixes for select Switch titles. One of these happens to be Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and an issue with the Mii Fighter. Thankfully, in the latest system firmware update, the problem has been fixed...
Thursday8th May 2025
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of March 2025
Scarlet and Violet climb the ladder
Nintendo has released its financial data for the full FY2025, and you know what that means: it's time to take an updated look at the top ten best-selling Switch titles. The only notable change we can see here is that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has expectedly overtaken Pokémon Sword and Shield. It's not by much...
Monday17th Mar 2025
UK Charts WWE And Monster Hunter Hold Strong In Quiet Week For Nintendo
EA Sports FC 25 is the only Switch game in the top 5
The onslaught of new releases on other platforms continues to dominate the UK physical game charts this week, as yet another PS5 and Xbox Series game clinches the top spot. WWE 2K25 slams into first place, knocking last week's number one Split Fiction comfortably down to fourth. We don't think...
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
Random No, That's Not Wii Sports, That's Live Tennis On YouTube
Quiet, please
Tennis fans hitting YouTube to see live matches from the Australian Open could be forgiven for thinking they've accidentally clicked on a channel recreating the tournament in Wii Sports, but no. It turns out the event's official channel has taken a novel approach to getting around broadcast rights issues. As noted by Kotaku, the...
Monday13th Jan 2025
UK Charts Ys Memoire Narrowly Makes The Top 40 In Another Quiet Week
2025 off to a predictably sleepy start
The latest UK charts are in and, with only one new release to speak of, the list is much as you might expect. Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana was the only new entry to the chart this week, just sneaking into the top 40 to land in 38th in its debut week (with a 53%/47% console split for PS5 and Switch,...
Japanese Charts Super Mario Party Jamboree Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold
Keeping the party going
We're back with the latest Japanese charts folks; the first of 2025! It's a little bit different for this first go around, too. Famitsu has posted software sales figures for the two weeks of 23rd-29th December and 30th Dec - 5th January, but no hardware figures. We'll collate the top ten games for both weeks here, and...
Monday6th Jan 2025
UK Charts 2025 Gets Off To A Predictable Start, With Familiar Faces Dominating
New year, same tiers
The new year is finally upon us, and it's time to see how the charts are shaping up for their first appearance in 2025. Overall, it's much as you might expect. The usual suspects of Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 25 sit at the top of the table, though Elden Ring continues its surprise resurgence and climbs to third to close...
Tuesday31st Dec 2024
UK Charts Nintendo Switch Closes Out 2024 With The Old Favourites
The holiday pickups
The final full week of 2024 has been and gone, and by the time you're reading this, it might even be 2025 where you are — hello from the past! Anyway, in the UK, we've got the final full 2024 results for the boxed charts, and it's another solid and predictable week for... well, everyone. While the top ten isn't as healthy as...
Monday23rd Dec 2024
UK Charts Nintendo Can Be Proud Of Its Last Christmas Before 'Switch 2'
Top 40 is chock full of Switch games
Well folks, in what is presumably the last Christmas period before Nintendo unleashes its next major hardware, Switch games have performed admirably as folks look to fill those stockings come Wednesday morning. In fact, let's look at the numbers here: 8 games in the top 10 are either Switch exclusive or can be...
Monday16th Dec 2024
UK Charts The Usual Suspects Make Up The Top Ten As Christmas Approaches
It's the most predictable time of the year ♫
In the UK this week, familiar faces make up the majority of the top ten boxed charts as customers look to get their preparations in order for Christmas Day. As such, we've got EA Sports FC 25, Hogwarts Legacy, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 all standing proud atop the podium with no alterations to their...
Tuesday3rd Dec 2024
Round Up No One Does Switch Commercials Like Nintendo Australia
Tissues at the ready
Marketing is such an important part of making a console a success. Even Reggie Fils-Aimé stated in his memoir that the idea for the 'Wii Would Like to Play' campaign for the Nintendo Wii – which was initially shot down by Satoru Iwata – ended up being instrumental in the system's rapid success in the US. For the Switch,...
UK Charts Mario Party Jamboree Hangs Tight As We Roll Into The Holiday Season
Dice another day
With Black Friday capping off last week, part of us expected the UK charts to be a little shaken up when we first peeked at the data this morning. But while there are some bumps in the later entries, the top ten remains as stable as ever... maybe we'll see the discount ramifications next week. Super Mario Party Jamboree is once...
Wednesday27th Nov 2024
UK Charts Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40
Y'all got no taste, or what?
When we check out the latest UK Charts data each week, we generally have a pretty good idea of where some of the newest titles will end up placing. Granted, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was a little lower than our estimates when it debuted in 14th place last week, but when we scrolled through this week's list and found...
Tuesday12th Nov 2024
News Nintendo's Black Friday Offerings Includes Discounts On Games, Joy-Con, And More
The final push..?
Nintendo has detailed some of its offerings for this year's Black Friday period in the US, discounting a variety of games and accessories for the Switch, as well as reiterating the console bundle deals currently available. First up, starting on 24th November 2024, several first-party Nintendo games will be discounted by $20 at...
Tuesday29th Oct 2024
UK Charts Sonic X Shadow Generations Speeds Onto The Podium
But Black Ops 6 takes the gold
This week in the UK, Sonic X Shadow Generations has boosted itself onto the podium to land at number three in the boxed charts after Sega celebrated the game selling over one million copies at launch. However, the region is once again demonstrating its love for shooting bad guys and shooting balls into goals, because...
Friday20th Sep 2024
News Nintendo Announces Three More Switch Bundles (Europe)
Including 12-months of Switch Online
Update: The bundles are now available to buy: <related ids="172201"> Original Article: Following the announcement of new Mario-themed bundles in the US and certain other locations, Nintendo has now lifted the lid on three more bundles for the European market. This includes two Switch Lite Animal...
Thursday19th Sep 2024
Japanese Charts Mario Kart Speeds Back Into Top Three As Switch Stays In Control
Surprise, surprise
After last week's new releases, the Japanese charts this time around are a little less surprising (thanks, Famitsu). There's a newcomer at the top spot, as the catchily-titled visual novel The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance – Memories in Ice, Tearful Figurine racked up 20,919 sales in its debut week...
Thursday12th Sep 2024
Japanese Charts Switch Dominates As PS5 Price Hike Kills Momentum
Ouch
The latest chart data is here courtesy of Famitsu, and to be honest, it's been a bit of a quiet week. At the top, we've got Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost for the Switch with a total of 16,631 sales during its debut week, while the PS5's Astro Bot nabs second place with a total of 12,672. Quite a bit lower than we were expecting, but...
Thursday5th Sep 2024
Japanese Charts Emio Bags A Top Five Spot In A Week Of New Releases
Gundam Breaker 4 towers over all
We are back with the latest look at Japan's video game sales chart (via Famitsu) and it has been quite the week for new releases, with eight titles in the top ten making their debut. The big newbie for Nintendo fans is the arrival of Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, which is performing far better than...
Thursday29th Aug 2024
Japanese Charts There's No Catching Powerful Pro Baseball In Another Quiet Week
PS5 tops hardware before the Japan price hike
The latest Japanese charts are in, courtesy of Famitsu, and it's an expectedly quiet week as we prepare for the stacked September release schedule. Despite only shifting an additional 10,198 units, Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 has held onto the top spot for the fourth week in a row. To be honest,...
Thursday22nd Aug 2024
Japanese Charts Powerful Pro Baseball Knocks It Out Of The Park, Again
Another Switch-dominated week
Famitsu has shared the latest physical gaming charts from Japan, this time comprising the last two weeks and it has been yet another monster one for the Switch. The Japan-only Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 knocks it out of the park once again, staying at the top of the pile with an additional 32,372 copies sold. It's...
Monday19th Aug 2024
UK Charts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe And EA Sports FC 24 Trade Places Yet Again
The battle rages on
The UK charts are in once again and, well, it's not a particularly exciting week, to be honest. We thought this might be the case as we continue to await some new releases, but EA Sports FC 24 has once again taken the crown, knocking Mario Kart 8 Deluxe down a peg to bag second place. Meanwhile, Minecraft continues its climb up...
Wednesday10th Jul 2024
News Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Worked On By Eighting
Known for fighting games and Pikmin
Developer Eighting, which is most well-known for developing licensed fighting games on Japanese tokusatsu shows and anime has revealed it led the development of the Basketball update for Nintendo Switch Sports. A post on the developer's website revealed that it was "in charge of planning and developing the free...
News Nintendo Switch Sports Free Basketball Update Now Live, Here's What's Included
Shoot some hoops today
After revealing Basketball would be coming to Nintendo Switch Sports recently, Nintendo has now officially released this free court sport update. As already revealed, it comes with a trio of different game modes including two-on-two matches, a solo three-point contest, and a 'Five Streak Battle'. Included with this is local...
Monday8th Jul 2024
News Surprise! Basketball Slams Onto Nintendo Switch Sports This Week
NBA on a Wed-nes-day
Following its announcement the June 2024 Direct, Nintendo has today revealed that basketball will be hitting the court on Nintendo Switch Sports on 10th July in Europe and on 9th July in North America (thanks to the magic of timezones). The new sport will come as a free add-on for the game, tipping off with a trio of different...
Friday21st Jun 2024
News Nintendo Showcases All June 2024 Direct Games With Colourful New Graphic
Big names, small names, they're all here
Did you need reminding that there was an excellent Nintendo Direct earlier this week? No? Well, Nintendo is going to do it anyway. As per usual, the Big N has shared a new infographic featuring every single game that featured during the Nintendo Direct June 2024 Showcase. We're sure you all remember the big...
Tuesday18th Jun 2024
News Basketball Is Dunking Onto Nintendo Switch Sports This Summer
Tip off
Thanks to today's Nintendo Direct Showcase, we have had our first look at Nintendo Switch Sports next sport update: Basketball. The new mode will be tipping off on Switch this summer and promises a handful of different game modes such as the solo Three-Point Challenge, the competitive Five-Streak Battle or Three-Point Contest, or simply...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
Rumour Leaker Hints At New Nintendo Codenames, Persona 6 On 'Switch 2', And More
Update: Splatoon codename spotted?
Update [Mon 3rd Jun, 2024 09:30 BST] They're at it again. Midori (みどり) is back with another potential codename from Nintendo, and it sounds like it might be related to the Splatoon franchise. In a fresh post on X, Midori states, "There is a a game project at Nintendo with the codename Spiral. By researching...
Tuesday16th Apr 2024
UK Charts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Climbs The Charts To Nab Third Place
Go go go!
The latest UK Charts are in and it's probably safe to say there's not a whole lot going on at the moment. That said, as it nears its 7th birthday, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to prove its evergreen appeal as it climbs yet another spot to take the bronze medal. As is the norm at this point, EA Sports FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy have taken...
