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Dragapult is set to star in the latest Tera Raid Battle event for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which starts next week.

Players can take on Dragapult in 7 Star Raids. The creature features the Mightiest Mark and can be caught once per save file.

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

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Nintendo Switch Parental Controls

Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of November 30, 2025.

There wasn’t anything involving Nintendo Switch last week, but that’s not the case this time. A bit of downtime is currently planned for the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app.

Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of November 30, 2025:

Switch demos

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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In the span of a year or so, Square Enix came out with both Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake and Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launched first last November. We then just saw the new versions of the series’ first two games a few weeks ago.

In a recent interview, producer Masaaki Hayasaka spoke about the release order. Speaking with Famitsu, he mentioned how he was “worried” that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake would be launching first – he didn’t want 1 & 2 to “seem inferior”.

A few more Nintendo Switch games have been fixed so that they work properly for backwards compatibility on Switch 2.

Earlier this week, we reported separately that NieR: Automata is now in proper order. However, that wasn’t the only game that was fixed up. Several other titles were patched as part of this week’s firmware update, which you can read about here.

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Publisher Fireshine Games and developer Pugstorm not only announced that Core Keeper is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, but also a “Void & Voltage” update is in the works. Both will be available January 28, 2026.

Core Keeper will be upping the player count on Nintendo Switch 2 as eight users will be able to play together. On Nintendo Switch, the limit is four. Fans that own the Nintendo Switch version can upgrade to Switch 2 for free.

Pokemon Legends Z-A Season 3 Best Pokemon

A while back, we wrote a guide on the best Pokemon to use in ranked battles online in Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s second season. Garchomp, Xerneas, and Metagross were all centralizing threats, but now Pokemon has thrown a wrench into the metagame by allowing Zygarde in Season 3’s ranked battles. Theoretically, that means you’ll be seeing a whole lot of Zygarde in high-ranked matches. So if you want to win in Season 3 ranked, a Zygarde counter is an absolute necessity – and while all of Zygarde’s counters crumple in the face of its Complete Form, they can cause it a great deal of trouble before it transforms. There are spoilers afoot in the full guide, so keep that in mind before you continue. On that note, entering ranked battles in general will also spoil you on the same thing, so keep that in mind as well.

July 31: CFK has just announced that they will be bringing Nightmare: The Lunatic to Switch. The game is set for December 4, 2025 with a physical release in Japan.

Nightmare: The Lunatic is an action rogue-lite in which you swap weapons, parry, and you special attacks to escape a Nightmare. Developed by Maetdol Games, it originally released on Steam in 2024.

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Troubles Witches Final Episode 01: Daughters of Amalgam

May 21:ININ  Games, in partnership with Studio Siesta, today announced Troubles Witches Final Episode 01: Daughters of Amalgam is getting a release on Nintendo Switch. It will be available in late summer.

The game, a comical witch side-scrolling shoot ’em up game, originally released in 2007. Japan first received the Nintendo Switch version in 2023.

Here’s an official overview:


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