Switch eShop News
News Wild Blue Skies, A Star Fox-Inspired Shooter, Is Finally Confirmed For Switch
Do a... barrel roll?
Chuhai Labs and Balor Games have finally confirmed that the action-shooter Wild Blue Skies is heading to the Switch eShop this Autumn. Heavily inspired by the core Star Fox experience, Wild Blue Skies will launch on PS5, Xbox Series S|X, and Steam on 13th August 2026, but it sounds like the teams need a little more time to get...
News Star Trek: Legends Will Be Delisted From All Digital Storefronts
It's already gone on Switch
Strategy-based RPG Star Trek: Legends is to be delisted from all digital storefronts from 20th August 2026. However, those on Switch might notice that the game has already beamed its way off the eShop, so you're no longer able to purchase it. Announced via a community post on Steam (thanks, VGC), it's also been confirmed...
Review Kynseed (Switch) – Not The Fairest Of Them All, But Still A Merry Fairytale Life Sim
Grow your own way
Kynseed begins with a personality quiz that bestows upon you in-game benefits based on your answers. That’s a pretty good sketch of the life sim’s magic: choice. The debut from English studio Pixelcount (a team of former Fable devs), this fairytale-inspired game has entrepreneurship, fishing, marriage, combat, and plenty more...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (July 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in July
Welcome, one and all! As we segue into August and the busy end-of-year release calendar peeks its head over the horizon, it's time for the July edition of our eShop Selects awards. This month, we had five games that met our 7/10 criteria for our monthly showdown: Switch eShop games that...
News This Balatro-Meets-Slot-Machine Mash-Up Will Eat Our Spare Time On Switch Next Month
Enter the CloverPit
CloverPit launched on PC last year and quickly built up quite the reputation. It sold over a million copies thanks to its super-addictive gameplay loop, and currently sits with over 12,000 reviews (the vast majority of which are 'Very Positive') on Steam. In short, it sounded like the type of thing that would be dangerous if it...
Guide Last Chance To Grab These 88 Switch 1 & 2 Games In Nintendo's eShop Summer Sale (Europe)
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick
Just a reminder that Nintendo's eShop sale wraps up on Sunday in Europe, so there's still time to browse your local eShop, pick up something on your Wishlists, or take a punt on something cheap and cheerful that you hadn't considered before. Carry on! Summer is officially in full swing, and...
Mini Review Turnip Mountain (Switch) - A King Of Swing-Style Climbing Puzzler With Charm & Challenge
Reach for the stars
The 2026 bingo card continues to expand with another unexpected surprise: a spiritual successor to Donkey Kong's King Of Swing. Released on Game Boy Advance in 2005, this beloved puzzle platformer saw DK traversing vertical walls and avoiding hazards along the climb. Luke Sanderson's Turnip Mountain takes that idea and adds...
News Kusan: City Of Wolves Channels Some Serious Hotline Miami Vibes On Switch Today
Guns and Bruises
If you want a break from the cosiness, then we might have just the game for you. Developer CIRCLEfromDOT has today launched its top-down shooter, Kusan: City of Wolves, on the Switch eShop. It's fast, it's gruesome, and it's got more than a little Hotline Miami thrown in there for good measure. You play as Jin, "an ex-soldier...
News 'Croc 2' Is Getting The Remaster Treatment Later This Year
School of Croc
The team at Argonaut Games made it no secret that if last year's Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster performed well enough at launch, turning to the sequel would be the logical next step. Well, guess what has been announced today... That's right, a Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos (going back to the name used in the sequel's development)...
News Ball x Pit's Final Free Update Bounces Onto Switch Next Month
New balls, please
The time has finally come. Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun have announced that BALL x PIT's final free update is on the horizon, marking the end of 10 months' worth of content drops. The 'Naturalist' update will arrive on Switch 1 and 2 on 6th August, and it looks just as crammed with new playstyles as those that have come before...
Exclusive 'The Immortal John Triptych' Will Split Sides On Switch 1 & 2 Next Month
Mush-shtash
We could all do with a good laugh sometimes, and that's exactly what The Immortal John Triptych is promising on the Switch and Switch 2. Previously announced back in April, we can now reveal that it's launching just under a month from now on 27th August 2026. Developed by Joe Richardson, The Immortal John Triptych contains three full...
News Star Racer, Confirmed For Switch, Is The Closest We're Getting To A New F-Zero
Featuring music from Grant Kirkhope
Cast your mind back to November 2023. We reported on a pretty sweet new racing game simply titled Star Racer. Showcased on Kickstarter at the time, a Switch release was included as a stretch goal, and now it's finally on the way. Launching Q3 2026 for the Switch, Star Racer is basically the closest we're going to...
News Tetris 99 Discounts 41 Collab Themes In New Limited-Time Event
Get themes you missed
Tetris 99 has released all sorts of themes over the years, and the latest event allows players to redeem select ones at a discounted ticket price. Between now and 17th August 2026, you can get 41 collaborative themes for just 2 tickets instead the usual price. You won't need to earn points to unlock them, either. Here are some...
Burrowing from the greats
Late last year, Yacht Club Games founder Sean Velasco described Mina The Hollower as "make or break" for the studio. After a long development process and a last-minute delay, Yacht Club needed Mina to hit if it was going to have a future. Two months since launch, and it's fair to say that it's hit. The game shifted a...
News Pokémon Unite Officially Dropped From 2027 Pokémon World Championships
The beginning of the end?
The free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite has received countless updates since it arrived in 2021, but official support for the competitive MOBA isn't looking quite as strong this week based on the latest announcement. In a new update on the game's website, The Pokémon Company has announced it will be...
News Deltarune Chapter 5 Update Arrives On Switch 1 & 2 Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
New dialogue ahoy!
Deltarune Chapter 5 finally launched on Switch 1 & 2 late last month, and Toby Fox & co. have been tweaking it ever since. The ver. 0.0.241 patch arrived on the Nintendo hybrid systems shortly after launch, and the dev has another update in store, too — though it'll take a little longer to come our way. The ver. 0.0.247 update...
"Ironically, I'm not actually good at horror games"
Creating a horror game is no small feat. Creating one built around the concept of co-op play is even harder. How do you balance that crucial sense of isolation and fear when you've constantly got someone along for the ride with you? For new development team Atlantis Studio and creative director...
News Two More Retro Arcade Collections Are On The Way To Switch
Featuring 16 Jaleco-developed titles each
If you played any of Jaleco's arcade titles back in the day, you might be interested to hear it will be releasing two collections for the Switch (as well as PlayStation 5 and PC) with the help of Gravity Game Arise. Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2 are arriving this winter. Each "variety-packed"...
Guide Last Chance To Grab These 84 Switch 1 & 2 Games In Nintendo's eShop Summer Sale (US)
Summer lovin', happened so Fast RMX
Ahoy! Before you head out to enjoy the sunshine, a quick reminder that Nintendo's Summer Sale ends this Wednesday (8th July), so if you're after a few bargains, then be sure to make use of our list for all the best picks. Summer has kicked off, which means it's time for the obligatory seasonal eShop sale from...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in June
It's time for this month's (read: last month's) eShop Selects, our look back at our favourite eShop-only releases from the last 30-ish days. In June, we had six games that met our criteria for our monthly showdown: Switch eShop games that don't have physical releases (including Game-Key...
News Beloved PSVR 'Moss' Games Jump To Switch 1 & 2 This Month, Pre-Orders Now Open
"Our guiding principle was never to replicate VR one-to-one"
Moss and Moss: Book II were two of those PSVR games that the headset-less among us really wanted to play on lunch. Earlier this year, we learnt that the pair were ditching the headset for a Summer Switch 1 & 2 release (yay!), and today, developer Polyarc h
News Cruis'n Blast Has Been Delisted From The Switch eShop
Speeding away
Back in 2021, the Cruis'n series returned to consoles with the release of the arcade title Cruis'n Blast on the Switch. Years later, this racing title has now been delisted from the Nintendo eShop. There's no word from the developer Raw Thrills about the game's removal from the digital store. Fortunately, if you didn't get around to...
News Terminator 2D: No Fate 'Patch 1' Out Now On Switch, Here Are The Full Details
New features, improvements, fixes and more
Terminator returned last December on the Switch with the release of Terminator 2D: NO FATE, and the team at Bitmap Bureau has now rolled out the first update for the title. Patch 1 is officially live on all platforms and contains new features, achievements, art, and makes all sorts of changes to other...
News Primordia Developer's New Switch Game Looks So Weird, Man
We're here for it
Developer Wormwood Games and publisher Wadjet Eye Games have just released a new Switch port of the exceedingly weird Strangeland, which originally launched on 25th May 2021. This one had admittedly flown under our radar, but now that we've seen the launch trailer for Switch, we're absolutely on board. Its H.R. Giger-inspired...
News LittleBigPlanet Programmer's Mythological Puzzler Lines Up Switch Release Date
Hermes delivery
You wouldn't have expected the match-three puzzler Mythmatch as the natural follow-up for LittleBigPlanet and Ratchet & Clank programmer Moo Yu, but when it arrived on PC earlier this year, it quickly had people hooked. Fast forward a few months, and the game is finally coming to Switch. Yu's Team Artichoke studio has today...
Exclusive Fable Dev's Beloved Life Sim 'Kynseed' Blooms On Consoles This August
No Kydding
Back in 2022, a group of former Fable devs came together to launch Kynseed on PC. The cute pixel art life sim has pulled in its fair share of fans in the years since, and in just a few months, it'll also arrive on Switch 1 (plus PS4/5 and Xbox Series X|S). Developer PixelCount today shared with us that Kynseed will sprout on our Nintendo...
PSA Rhythm Heaven Groove "Starter Demo" Now Available On Switch
Get in the groove
Rhythm Heaven is making a comeback this July with the new Switch title Rhythm Heaven Groove. Nintendo has already showcased a fair amount of gameplay during its recent Treehouse broadcast, and now it's giving fans a chance to try out the new Switch title ahead of release. Here's the full announcement about this "starter demo" via...
Guide Last Chance To Grab These 32 Games In Nintendo's Multiplayer eShop Sale (Europe)
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher
Hello there, sale fans! Nintendo's 'Multiplayer Sale' is wrapping up this Sunday (21st June), so this is your friendly reminder to make the most of the following discounted delights before they return to full price. Nintendo is back with another European eShop sale, and this one is all about multiplayer. Yes,...
News Dispatch's Free 'HR Violations Pack' DLC Removes Some Censorship On Switch
Yes, "some"
One of the biggest talking points out of Dispatch's Switch 1 & 2 launch earlier this year was its lack of censorship options. Today, developer AdHoc Studios is releasing a free DLC to address some of that. And yes, we mean some. While other platforms came with a Visual Censorship toggle — which let you choose whether to see in-game...
News Rejoice! The Original Switch eShop Isn't Awful Anymore
Well, except for the 'eSlop'
Nintendo just dropped system updates for the Switch and Switch 2, and while the latter is fairly inconsequential for a lot of folks, the former does something pretty spectacular: it fixes the eShop. Yes, the original Switch eShop has been redesigned to bring it more in line with the Switch 2, ditching the browser-based...
Nostalgia hit
Late at night, I’m huddled up in bed with my Switch 2 millimetres from my face, when suddenly it feels like I’m being slapped with a Ratatouille flashback. My mind is flung back in time to the days of late evenings fervently exploring Pokémon Black and White, to weekends huddled in front of my TV playing Xenoblade on Wii, and...
News Pour One Out For The D&D-Inspired Visual Novel That Rolled An Unfortunate Direct-Day Launch
Let's (Tavern) Talk About It
We've seen game releases doing everything they can to get out the way of GTA 6's November launch window, but what do you do when a major gaming event is announced with a mere 24-hour notice? There's no way to avoid that unfortunate timing. That's the misfortune that befell Gentle Troll and the launch of its visual novel...
News Date Everything "Self Care Update" Brings Some Bliss To Switch Today
Aaaand relax
If you can believe it, Date Everything is currently celebrating its first anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Team17 and Sassy Chap Games have released a new update to give players "the ultimate Date Everything experience". The 'Self Care Update' is rolling out on Switch today, addressing a bunch of community-flagged issues and...
News Donkey Kong Country-Inspired Platformer Leaps Onto Switch With A Free Demo
Before a full release in September
Craving something in the vein of Donkey Kong Country after beating Nintendo's latest NSO DK Challenge? Well, Microids' Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palombia might just scratch that itch. Based on the Belgian comic book by André Franquin and developed by Ocellus Services, this sequel to the 2021 game is another 2.5D...
News New Limited-Time Pokémon Champions Distribution Now Available
Add a Charizard to your party
Like other Pokémon titles, the new free-to-download game Pokémon Champions on Switch offers distribution Pokémon you can add to your party. The latest one is now here and it's available until next week, with the cut off date 14th June 2026. As highlighted by Serebii.net, it's a Charizard to celebrate the Pokémon...
News Sea Of Stars' Final Update And Switch 2 Version Arrive Today
Riding into the sunset
Sabotage Studio has today announced that 2023's wonderful RPG, Sea of Stars, is getting its final update, with a Switch 2 version launching to mark the occasion. The Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition — to give the update its official name — is all about bidding farewell to the project that the studio has worked on for the last...
Mini Review Kabuto Park (Switch) – Gotta Catch 'Em All In This Cosy, Bug-Battling Deckbuilder
Fight and flight
Reading the description for Kabuto Park, I imagined it would be like Animal Crossing’s Bug-Off. But this quick, cosy beetle-collecting game from French developer Doot Tiny Games presents a concept that’s closer to another Nintendo series: Pokémon. The story is pretty light. Your character, Hana, visits the eponymous park for a...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (May 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in May
And we're back for the latest round of eShop Selects, looking back at last month's eShop-only releases and picking our top three favourites. Plenty of games came out in May, although many of them also got day-and-date physical releases, so we only had six games that met our threshold this...
News Snipperclips Dev Is Bringing Its Murder Mystery Sequel To Switch 1 & 2 Next Month
Who's that behind the mask?
SFB Games, the studio behind Snipperclips and Crow Country, popped up in the SGF Story Rich Showcase to reveal that it has another murder mystery in store for Switch 1 & 2. The Mermaid's Mask is the sequel to 2019's excellent Tangle Tower, and it'll arrive on the eShop on 16th July. Much like in the previous game, this...
News Vampire Survivors "Wet Update" Is Coming Soon, Here's Everything Included
Better pack your swimsuit
Poncle has rolled out an impressive number of Vampire Survivors updates since launch, and it's showing no sign of slowing down. The ver. 1.15 'Lycaeum' update (or the "Wet Update", as the reveal thumbnail calls it) is "coming soon" to consoles, and as you might expect with a nickname like that, it's a rather water-based...
Every game we scored 9/10+
With all the Star Fox preview and Summer Game Fest excitement over the last week or so, you may have missed that Nintendo is running an "Indie Sale" on North American eShops. It runs until 11:59pm PT on Sunday, 7th June, which means you've still got the weekend to peruse the discounted indie gems and perhaps tick off some...
News Hades 2's Next Update Launches On Switch 1 & 2 Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Apollogise
Supergiant Games is back with another Hades II hotfix in its second post-launch patch. 'Hotfix 3' is already live on PC, though an accompanying Bluesky post from the dev confirmed that it'll also be "coming to the console versions as well", so keep an eye out for the Switch 1 & 2 drop. As its name suggests, the patch is mainly focused...
News Beloved Mega Man-Style Platformer Is Getting A Sequel Next Year
Feel the gravity of the situation
We missed Gravity Circuit when it first arrived on Switch back in 2023. A bunch of you recommended it to us in our recurring 'Games We Missed' feature, and it has since been sitting in the 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews bracket on Steam
PSA This Is Your Last Chance To Grab The Awesome Arcade Racer 'Horizon Chase Turbo'
Leaving the eShop in 3... 2... 1
Just in case it slipped your mind, this is your friendly reminder that this weekend is your last chance to pick up Aquiris Games' wonderful racer, Horizon Chase Turbo, before it leaves the eShop for good. The Brazilian developer announced back in March that both the standard and 'Turbo' editions of the game would...
News RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic Gets Switch 2 Version & Paid Upgrade Path For Switch 1 Owners
Keeping you in the loop-de-loop
Atari has announced a Switch 2 Edition of theme park simulator RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, alongside an upgrade path for owners of the Switch version - and they’re both available on the eShop today. The new version offers mouse controls and “enhanced resolution”, according to a press release, with the upgrade...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Mina The Hollower
Hole lot of love
Mina The Hollower might just be our most-anticipated indie of the year. Yacht Club Games' throwback Zelda-like has felt like a long time coming, and today, we've started to get an idea of what we can expect from the full game. Yes, while we technically have to wait until release day (29th May) to go hands-on ourselves, the review...
News Jackbox Games' Upcoming Release Is Basically An Aussie 'Thank Goodness You're Here'
Long arm on the lawn
Jackbox Games has announced My Arms Are Longer Now for the Switch 1 & 2, developed by Melbourne-based studio Toot Games. Scheduled to release on PC this year, a console launch is currently planned to follow in 2027. Blending absurd comedy with puzzle solving and stealth mechanics, it looks like a cross between the excellent...
News A New Tetris Game Is Heading To Switch Next Week
Become the Grand Master
Publisher Arika has announced that Tetris: The Grand Master 4 - Absolute Eye will launch on the Switch on 4th June 2026. This follows a release on Steam back in 2025, though Arika notes that the Switch version will include a few adjustments to the gameplay. This includes the following: - The difficulty of MASTER mode has...
News Another Throwback To Classic Pokémon Arrives On Switch Today
LumenTale as old as time
The Pokémon Company is showing no signs of returning to the series' classic formula any time soon, so indie devs have stepped up to fill the gap. We've seen a whole host of games set out to capture those early-gen vibes on the eShop in recent years, and today, another is joining the party. Team17 and Beehive Studios have...
News One Of 2025's Best Games Is Now Free For Switch Online Members
Play it until 1st June
Nintendo has announced that BALL x PIT has become the latest title to receive a free trial for Switch Online subscribers. Available for members in Europe from now until 1st June 2026, you can download the Switch version for absolutely nothing, while the Upgrade Pack to enhance the game for Switch 2 is also free. Boom! It's...
