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Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of December 28, 2025.

As of now there’s technically not anything planned imminently. Instead, an early session has been added to the docket for some Nintendo Account downtime in the middle of January.

Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of December 28, 2025:

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has spoken about why Nintendo kept the game’s Imprisoning War Sages a mystery.

Tears of the Kingdom featured Ardi of the Gerudo, Qia of the Zora, Raphica of the Rito, and Agraston of the Goron. However, we don’t really get to learn about them at all in the game. In flashbacks, they’re only shown briefly.

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Thousands of games are currently available on Switch, and there are a ton of demos out there for many of them. Not just Nintendo, but also third-parties are offering demos. We’ve now put together a comprehensive list of what’s out there.

Since our reader base is English-speaking, that’s what we’re focusing on here. In other words, we’re highlighting Switch demos that you can find in North America and Europe. Japan has a few extra demos on its end, but a majority of them are for titles that are not currently being sold in the west and are only playable in Japanese.

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The latest issue of EDGE has been released, and as is tradition for the final issue of the year, it includes various awards plus a list of the top ten games of the year.

Various Nintendo-related representation is included for both. While Hades 2 was actually chosen as the best Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Bananza was one of the five top five titles of 2025.

The full list of 2025 EDGE awards is as follows:
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Nintendo has provided some noteworthy insight into the origins of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond as well as challenges with the project.

Metroid Prime 4 is one of the more fascinating games the company has put out in recent years, and its development cycle is a big reason why. Although the game was announced in 2017, it only just released this year. The project being rebooted with Retro Studios played a major role in the time it took between reveal and launch, but there was more to it.

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Stranger Things is winding down on Netflix, and in celebration of the show, new DLC has now come to Minecraft.

Fans can play as their favorite character such as Will, Dustin, Mike, and Eleven. With character abilities, players are able to solve puzzles and take down enemies. Additionally, the Dressing Room is offering a free Hellfire Club T-shirt.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

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Nintendo has shared some interesting insight into how it approached Metroid Prime 4 and has discussed why the game isn’t open-world.

It seems the company noticed at least some fan interest in seeing the franchise adopt that approach. However, rather than going full open-world, Nintendo and Retro Studios created a hub of sorts, which has drawn some comparison to the older 3D Zelda games. Although Nintendo “realized that players’ impressions toward open-world games had changed”, the company didn’t want to backtrack on development again (as the project was already rebooted once) and “resolved to move forward with our original vision.”

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Posted on 3 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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