This week in First-party releases · updated Fri Oct 23 2026
Nintendo's first-party lineup continues to perform strongly across multiple franchises. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the ambitious Switch 2 strategy RPG that launched mid-September, has maintained chart presence in the UK top ten while earning critical acclaim, including a 9/10 from EDGE magazine. The title's narrative approach to character arcs and player choices has resonated with reviewers. Meanwhile, ongoing support for established titles remains robust: Star Fox received a substantial update introducing Battle Mode and four-player split-screen functionality, while Splatoon 3 reports growing player engagement in 2026 through continued content updates and positive franchise synergy with Splatoon Raiders.
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The quirky puzzle-platformer Bad Ice-Cream is getting a sequel titled Bad Ice-Cream Resort, set to launch on both Nintendo Switch and PC. The announcement follows the recent release of the remastered Bad Ice-Cream Triple…
A recent datamine of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave has uncovered unused characters, new UI elements, and references to future DLC, including thematic obelisks and potential new content for certain lords. The findings, sha…
Shenmue 3 Enhanced has been delayed to early 2027, as announced by publisher ININ Games in a recent newsletter. The development team cited the need for additional time to perfect the game’s performance and features acros…
The visual novel The Night of the Exorcism, developed by Ludomancer Studio and published by Ratalaika Games, is set to release on Nintendo Switch on October 30, 2026. Players take on the role of a diagnostician in a remo…
This feature looks back at Metroid Dread's 2021 launch and its importance in bringing back 2D Metroid after a long gap following Metroid Fusion. The author explains how the game eased them into Metroidvania mechanics des…
The review evaluates the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Nintendo's latest sports title, which features nine activities including tennis, bowling, archery, boxing, volleyball, table tennis, basketball, golf, and thumb wrest…
Dillo Interactive has revealed Creepy Horrors: Blood Cult 2, a creature-collector RPG coming to Nintendo Switch in 2027. Players will join one of four underworld cults to summon and collect over 100 creatures while engag…
Mintrocket has announced a new crossover DLC for Dave the Diver featuring a Subnautica-themed adventure, arriving in early 2027 for both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. In this expansion, players join Dave and Bancho as th…
A Nintendo Everything editor recently demoed the upcoming Muramasa: Revenant Blades remaster, a side-scrolling hack-and-slash game originally released on Wii in 2009. The preview revealed a smooth, enjoyable experience f…
Natsume has released the launch trailer for Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea, which arrives on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch within a week. The latest entry in the farming simulation series combines agricultural gamep…
Feardemic and Imago have announced A Game About Breaking A Cube, a dystopian horror simulation heading to Nintendo Switch in Q1 2027. Players assume the role of a factory worker at the mysterious NullCorp facility, taske…
Eastasiasoft and Retrofiction Games have revealed Dead of Darkness 2, an isometric 2D survival horror title coming to Nintendo Switch 2. The sequel expands on the original's pixel art aesthetic with enhanced visuals and …
Famitsu magazine has published the first review of the upcoming Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new entry in the long-running series developed in collaboration with Evil Empire. All four of the publication's reviewers aw…
Nintendo Everything spoke with Riley Wignall, lead narrative designer at Disney Dreamlight Valley, about the creative process behind adding characters to the game and Disney's collaborative involvement. The interview cov…
11 Bit Studios announced that the acclaimed survival city-builder Frostpunk will arrive on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on October 19, 2026. The port will offer both a base game version and a complete edition that bundle…
Square Enix has released Kingdom Hearts Collection [1-3] natively on Nintendo Switch 2 without cloud streaming, marking the series' first true home on Nintendo hardware without requiring internet connectivity. The collec…
Genius Sonority has announced the shutdown of The New Denpa Men, with the game becoming unplayable starting December 7, 2026. The developer cited difficulty in maintaining service standards that meet player expectations …
Arte and Darjeeling Productions have released The Merlies, a family-friendly exploration game now available on Nintendo Switch. The game features gentle gameplay without combat or time pressure, focusing instead on disco…
A critic argues that the upcoming Nintendo Switch Sports Resort sequel must avoid the time-limited collection system that plagued the original game, where exclusive items were only available for three weeks before becomi…
Telltale Games has released a remastered version of The Wolf Among Us, coming to Nintendo Switch platforms in the coming weeks ahead of The Wolf Among Us 2's 2027 launch. Game designer Matt Saia explained that the projec…
EDGE issue #429 has shared its review scores, and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave received a 9/10. The same roundup includes grades for Control Resonant, Marvel's Wolverine, Moonlighter 2, Orbitals, Silent Hill: Townfall, S…
Star Fox has received its 1.2.0 update. The patch introduces Battle Mode with three new stages, additional battle items, and four-player split-screen on a single Switch 2. It also brings campaign and challenge mode adjus…
The UK software sales chart for the week ending September 26, 2026 has Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave at No. 8 after its earlier second-place debut. EA Sports FC 27 entered the chart at No. 1, followed by Silent Hill: Town…
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave launched for Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17, 2026, from Intelligent Systems and Nintendo. The review describes it as an ambitious strategy RPG that opens with a sci-fi doomsday scenario an…
Nintendo has announced that Splatoween will return to Splatoon 3 on October 31st. Players will pick between Team Wizard, Team Knight, or Team Ninja for Tricolor Turf War battles set against Halloween-themed decorations. …
Nintendo's Splatoon 3 director Seita Inoue revealed that the game has attracted more players in 2026 than in 2025. He credits the positive interaction between Splatoon 3 and the newly released Splatoon Raiders, as well a…
In an interview with 4Gamer, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka confirmed that a new Sonic game is in development. He stated that the series still has room to evolve and that the team aims to deliver unprecedented gameplay b…
Nintendo secured a default judgment against James Williams, an alleged moderator of the r/SwitchPirates subreddit, after he failed to respond in court. Williams must pay $4.5 million in damages and shut down any websites…