After it was announced close to a year ago, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream now has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Nintendo just shared the news that the game is planned to launch on April 16, 2026.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream continues the series that started many years ago. This is the first new entry in over a decade.
A major update has been announced for ShapeHero Factory, the factory-builder tower defense roguelike.
New quality-of-life features are here along with additional music and themes, a new hero, and a new mode removing timers and roguelike elements to allow you to optimize your factory to your heart’s content.
Below is some additional information:
January 28: It’s official: The Disney Afternoon Collection is coming to both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch.
It was looking extremely liking that we’d be getting both games on these systems following a rating from the ESRB. But now listings have appeared on the Nintendo eShop, confirming the release.
We have the live stream for the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct, which will be beginning soon. The event begins at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.
Today’s presentation will be about 20 minutes long. After the game was announced about a year ago, we’ll finally be getting an extensive look at the game.
June 26: Arc System Works is making Dear Me, I Was for Nintendo Switch 2, the company just announced. The title arrives this summer.
Dear Me, I Was is an interactive adventure game. Taisuke Kanasaki, who was the art director for Hotel Dusk and Another Code, is handling the same role for this project.
Here’s what’s been shared thus far:
Arc System Works has just announced the next installment in the River City series of games. River City Saga: Journey to the West will be out on Nintendo Switch sometime in 2026.
This news comes during the Taipei Game Show 2026 in Taiwan, lasting from January 29, to February 1. The title also seems to follow the same style as River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, with a tiny bit of of the game being played at a booth here.
Here are some additional information about the game:
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered and Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten are both releasing in Japan for Nintendo Switch 2 on May 28, 2026. Japan will also be receiving a special edition with some collectibles, and a double pack of both games on game-key cartridges.
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten is an RPG that originally in 2023, and was Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered is its direct sequel. Neither game have been announced to receive an official western release, but localization work has already been done for both titles.
You can read a full overview of Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered below:
January 27: This week’s issue of Famitsu has revealed Villion: Code, which is in the works for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch. A release is planned for June 25, 2026 in Japan.
This is a new school RPG from Kouji Okada, the co-creator of Megami Tensei and Persona. It takes place in a university town of an isolated island floating in Tokyo Bay in the near future. Here students and teachers who have mutated into monsters are present. The game features procedurally generated dungeons and there’s “real-time speed action” combat”.
