Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of January 11, 2026:
A few more sessions have been added to the lineup. Over the next few days, there’s a lot happening with Nintendo Switch in particular.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of January 11, 2026:
A fresh trailer is here to accompany the launch of I Am Future on Nintendo Switch. The game, a cozy post-apocalyptic survival sim, comes from tinyBuild and Mandragora.
Catch up on everything you need to know with the following overview:
Nintendo reveals Europe’s best-selling digital games for December 2025 – Metroid on top for Switch 2
This week, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for December 2025. We have data for both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch here.
Over on Nintendo Switch 2, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond comes out on top with Assassin’s Creed Shadows (#5) and Octopath Traveler 0 (#11) appearing as new releases as well. Metroid also shows up for the previous system, but down at #13.
The full list of Europe’s top 15 downloads on the Nintendo Switch eShop for both Switch and Switch for December 2025 is as follows:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch games. These include Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
The latest Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of January 11, 2026 are now available.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and a free update next week, and fans are getting excited. The upgrade pack has skyrocketed to #1 before launch, which was done with pre-loads.
Below are the full Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of January 11, 2026:
For those playing Kirby Air Riders, we’re going over the best characters in the game’s City Trial.
In many ways, Kirby Air Riders is a racing game. But in just as many ways, it kind of isn’t – City Trial is arguably its premier game mode, and it’s more about combat and collecting than it is racing. If you’ve never played this mode before, you’re tasked with exploring Skyah, a City Trial-unique location, and gathering stat boosts to power up for the final battle. The final battle in question is different each game, and you can pick from a selection of four based on your currently equipped machine and its upgrades. As is the case with all competitive games, some characters are better than others. And as you might expect, the best rider for City Trial may just be a certain masked knight.
Tales of Berseria Remastered is almost here on Nintendo Switch, and for those curious about the technical side of the game, Bandai Namco has shared details about the frame rate and resolution.
For frame rate, the RPG targets 30 FPS. However, Bandai Namco indicates that this could temporarily change depending on what’s happening on screen. In case you’re curious, Tales of Berseria Remastered targets 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series.
A new month started up last week. Now that we’re in January (and 2026), we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Given the holiday period and very start of the year, things have been slow for new releases. Still, it’s the perfect time to catch up on games you may have missed. No matter what you’re playing currently, let us know in the comments.
System: Switch 2 (reviewed) / Switch
Release date: January 15, 2026
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Publisher: NIS America
For more than two decades, The Legend of Heroes has been quietly building one of the most intricate and patient narratives in video game history. What began in 2004 with Trails in the Sky evolved into a sprawling, interconnected saga spanning multiple arcs, continents, and generations of characters, all unfolding within a single, meticulously constructed world. Unlike many long-running RPG franchises that reset with each entry, the Trails series treats its timeline as sacred: political shifts linger, personal choices echo forward, and side characters return years later shaped by events players once thought complete. By the time Trails Beyond the Horizon arrives, it does not stand alone so much as it stands atop the accumulated weight of twenty years of storytelling ambition. With that legacy in mind, Trails Beyond the Horizon arrives with immense expectations.
