Overview
- Known As
- Switch eShop
- Company
- Nintendo
- Launched
- 3rd Mar 2017
- Type
- Digital / Store
- Related To
- Nintendo Switch
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_eShop
Latest Reviews of Switch eShop Games
Review Star Racer (Switch) - An Indie F-Zero Through And Through
Where we’re going, we don’t (always) need roads
I read a comment about Star Racer somewhere that I quite liked, the gist being that it’s the latest in the ‘F*** it, I’ll do it myself’ genre. This describes a release where an indie developer has decided to fill a gap left open by a bigger studio. The clamour for a new mainline entry in...
Mini Review Project Neon (Switch) - A Capable New Neo Geo Shmup To Test Your Mettle
Neon Geo
Project Neon is a Neo Geo game that was successfully Kickstarted in 2019. A vertically scrolling, arcade-style shoot 'em up that will feel familiar to those ingratiated with CAVE and Toaplan, its frontend presentation is simple and to the point. There are no difficulty settings, a single, non-configurable CRT filter, and some rotation and...
Mini Review Future Knight (Switch) - Channels The Spirit Of Tiger Handhelds To Great Effect
Don't worry about your grandma. She can live with me, be my maid.
Do you remember those Tiger handheld LCD games, extremely limited and mostly rubbish, that you used to love so much? Future Knight’s styling is exactly, and uniquely, that: its foreground sprites crisp, black and inky; its backgrounds lucent, pastel-hued imprints. Charming,...
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...
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...
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...
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Latest Switch eShop News
News The Cosy Coastal Farming Sim Coral Island Is Officially On Its Way To Switch 2 This Winter
Releasing alongside a major update
Here on Nintendo Life, we first heard about the laid-back co-op farming sim Coral Island back in 2021, when it successfully hit its Kickstarter goal. Now, after overcoming some roadblocks, it seems it's finally getting a Nintendo release.
Adding "full crossplay" support, new modes, maps and much more
Back in 2024, the toy shooter HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed got an update on other platforms adding cross-platform support. Now, a few years later, the team has shared some news about the Switch version. Alongside a lengthy message, the development team at Digital Cybercherries has this week...
News Sonic Pico Park Brings Co-Op Action Puzzle Fun To Switch 1 & 2 Next Month
The crew grows with Silver and Blaze
Back in June, SEGA announced TECOPARK's 2D co-op action-puzzle series Pico Park would be getting a Sonic-themed entry. Sonic Pico Park will be released on 12th November 2026 for Switch and Switch 2. Ahead of the game's arrival next month, Sega has shared a new trailer for the title during its Sonic 35th...
Community Played A Top Switch Game We Missed? Send Us Your Recommendations
Net benefit
We're into October, which means it's time for our six-monthly callout for Games We Missed, the series where the Nintendo Life community sends in their recommendations for tasty Switch games that slipped through our review net. Back in April we highlighted 31 Switch 1 and 2 games, large and small, that we weren't able to cover with a...
News Dave The Diver's Final DLC Is The Perfect Crossover
Submerging next year
After years of content updates and DLC expansions, Mintrocket has announced that the final wave of DLC for Dave the Diver will launch in 'Early 2027', and it's a crossover that feels like it was always meant to be. Dave will be teaming up with Subnautica 2 in the free expansion, adding the ocean moon Proteus into the gameplay...
News This Wonderful Animal Crossing-Like Is Now Free For Switch Online Members
Play until 15th October
Nintendo has today launched its next free Game Trial for Switch Online members in North America, and it's a doozy. Hello Kitty Island Adventure (the Switch 1 version) is the latest game in the offer, available at no extra cost to all those with an active NSO membership from today (9th October at 10am PT) until 15th October...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Comes To Astral Ascent In New Crossover Update
For those who come after
We've been patiently hoping that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would make its way to Switch 2 ever since it consumed our every waking hour last year. Sandfall is still yet to make that happen, but in the meantime, we have a crossover with the wonderful roguelike Astral Ascent, which we can play right now. As revealed in...
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion's New DLC Will Build The Hype For 'Doomsday' Next Month
New characters, new game modes
Dotemu and Tribute Games teased their upcoming Doctor Doom-focused Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC a few months back, and today at New York Comic Con, the teams announced when we can expect to play it. 'The Siege of Castle Doom' expansion will be available on 10th November, adding two new playable characters into the mix...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (September 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in September
September came and went, which means it's time to look back over the bounty it brought and place three of the Switch (2) eShop games we've reviewed last month on a podium. (You'll have to excuse the tardiness, we're a couple of days late this month.) We've got six games that scored at...
News Free-To-Play RPG 'The New Denpa Men' Is Ending Service Later This Year
Denparessing
Genius Sonority, the developer and publisher behind the 2024 free-to-play RPG The New Denpa Men, has announced that it is wrapping up the game's service later this year. The game's regular service will end on 7th December at 8pm GMT / 9pm CET / 12pm PT / 3pm ET, with all in-game data such as Jewels and items no longer being available...
News "Let The Heroic Games Begin" - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Brings The Battle To Tetris 99
Reminder: The 57th cup has arrived
[Tue 29th Sep, 2026 02:55 BST]: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave recently arrived exclusively on the Switch 2, and to celebrate, Nintendo's battle royale Tetris 99 will be hosting a special in-game event. During the 57th Maximum Cup, players who earn 100 points will unlock a unique theme featuring special art, music...
News 'Croc 2' Is Getting The Remaster Treatment Later This Month
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 Grasshopper Manufacture Parts Ways With NetEase And Goes Independent
"We continue to cherish the amazing relationship our companies built"
Grasshopper Manufacture has announced that it has parted way with parent company NetEase and is now once again an independent developer. NetEase acquired Grasshopper back in 2021, but after a string of acquisitions, the company has since pulled back from its investments, closing...
News Acclaimed Vampire Survivors-Inspired Survival Game Hits Switch Next Month
Dig deep
If you're one of many people who got hopelessly addicted to Vampire Survivors, then you might want to keep an eye out for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, which launches on Switch on 9th October 2026. Developed by Funday Games, DRG: Survivor launched in early access on 14th February 2024 before receiving a full release on Windows and Xbox...
News Pokémon HOME FireRed & LeafGreen Compatibility Update Arrives Next Week
Mark the date in your calendar, trainers
Last month, The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen would be linked with the storage subscription service Pokémon HOME in October 2026. In an update, it's now been confirmed maintenance for Pokémon HOME will take place on 7th October 2026. This will coincide with t
News TMNT: Splintered Fate Shreds Past Another Sales Milestone, Dev Reveals Most-Played Characters
Rockin' roguelike
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate channelled some big Hades energy when it arrived on Switch a couple of years ago, but familiarity is clearly no bad thing, as dev Super Evil Megacorp has today revealed that the game has surpassed a whopping 1.5 million sales. The total accounts for base game sales across all...
News Soulslike 'Fountains' Gets A Free Switch 2 Upgrade Pack One Week After Launch
120fps + an exclusive "Gauntlet Mode"
We're into the final week of September and the video games have been coming so thick and fast that it's hard to keep up. One such game — indie Soulslike Fountains — released just last week on 17th September, although perhaps missing out on day one wasn't such a bad thing in this case: a free Nintendo Switch...
Book Review Aliens: The Video Games - A Detailed Dive Into Xeno Adaptations
I admire its purity
It’s easy to forget just how many Aliens games have been made over the years. You’d be forgiven for wondering whether there are actually enough to warrant an entire book, but at 176 pages, Mike Diver’s Aliens: The Video Games covers just about everything, from an unlicensed 1981 Commodore PET title right up to the...
News Trover Saves The Universe Has Completely Vanished From The Switch eShop
In the words of Trover: "Are you f***ing serious?"
Multiple games have already been delisted from the eShop in 2026, and the latest one to reportedly go missing is the comedy adventure Trover Saves The Universe. Developer Squanch Games (also known for High On Life), founded by Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, has apparently shared no notice...
News Banjo-Kazooie Developer Rare Is Now Reporting Directly To Activision
More big changes at Xbox
More big news is coming out of Xbox this week as the company looks to continue its reset. There are a few things to go through here, but the headline for us is that Xbox is looking to leverage its purchase of Activision and consolidate more power into the subsidiary. So that means that several teams, including Halo Studios,...
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