Nintendo Switch Online gains Holiday 2025 icons
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December 4: To ring in the holidays, special icons have now been made available on Nintendo Switch Online. This is a limited time event for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch owners, lasting until December 25.
Characters, backgrounds, and frames are available. Everything here is focused on Super Mario, with Mario himself, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Yoshi featured – at least for wave one. There’ll be a couple of additional waves during the month.
More: Nintendo Switch Online
The Game Awards 2025 live stream
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The last big event of 2025 is here with The Game Awards, and for those looking to tune in, we’re passing along the live stream. It’ll start at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET / 12:30 AM in the UK / 1:30 AM in Europe ( a half hour pre-show is up first).
Various titles have been nominated for tons of different categories – you can catch up on that here. Aside from the awards though, announcements are a big part of The Game Awards. Nintendo itself hasn’t participated in the last couple of years, but we should be seeing some third-party content for Switch 2 and Switch – LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Resident Evil Requiem are already confirmed.
Below is the official live stream for The Game Awards 2025:
Deus Ex Remastered delayed, statement released
Posted on 2 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Aspyr just announced a delay for Deus Ex Remastered.
Originally, the game was planned to hit Nintendo Switch and other platforms on February 5, 2026. However, the project has now moved back to an unspecified date. Aspyr says that in delaying the game, it hopes “to better meet fan expectations and deliver the best possible experience for players”.
The full statement reads:
More: Aspyr, Deus Ex Remastered
Winx Club: The Magic is Back announced for Nintendo Switch
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Maximum Entertainment and Rainbow today announced Winx Club: The Magic is Back, which is coming to Nintendo Switch. It will be in April 2026.
Winx Club: The Magic is Back is the first Winx Club video game in over a decade. The upcoming title coincides with the upcoming animated series, featuring magical combat, puzzle-solving, and cooperative gameplay.
Here’s some additional information:
LEGO Party 1.3.0 update out now, patch notes – Easy Mode, additional levels, more
Posted on 2 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
LEGO Party has received a major update with version 1.3.0.
New content and features are included. It comes with new festive minifigures, 130 new levels for fan favorite mini-games, a new “easy” difficulty setting for CPUs, and more.
The full rundown is as follows:
More: Fictions, LEGO Party, SMG Studio, title update
Famitsu sales (12/1/25 – 12/7/25) – first week sales revealed for Metroid Prime 4, Octopath Traveler 0
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Curse Warrior announced for Nintendo Switch, new Nippon Ichi Software dungeon crawler RPG
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Nippon Ichi Software today pulled back the curtain on its latest game project, which is Curse Warrior. The title launches for Nintendo Switch in Japan on March 26, 2026.
Curse Warrior is a dungeon crawler RPG. The main hook is that your party members can become cursed while exploring the dungeon.
Here’s some additional information:
Disney Illusion Island is Europe’s next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial
Posted on 2 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
A new Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial has been announced for Europe, which is Disney Illusion Island. The event begins today, lasting until December 17.
With the Game Trial, if you’re a Nintendo Switch Online member, you can access the entire game for free. Additionally, all progress transfers to the full version. And simply by participating, you’ll earn 100 Platinum Points on My Nintendo.
How to get Mega Raichu X and Y in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Posted on 2 days ago by Ethan in Guides, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC is out now, and of course it introduces a whole bunch of brand-new Mega Evolutions. But we already know about Mega Raichu X and Y, and in the interest of not spoiling the new Mega Evolutions, we’re starting out our guide coverage with how to get the Raichunite X and Raichunite Y items. In order to access the associated side quest, you’ll need to play through the game until a side mission wormhole appears within in the shopping district at the very north-middle end of Lumiose City. You’ll also need to have completed Side Missions #2 and #108, which require that you trade NPCs a Pikachu and a Raichu, respectively.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Legends Z-A
Kirby Air Riders icons come to Nintendo Switch Online
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November 19: Nintendo Switch Online has added in a new set of icons, which celebrates the release of Kirby Air Riders. They can be claimed on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch.
Like most sets, there are characters, backgrounds, and frames available. If you’re going for a character, each one costs 10 Platinum Points on My Nintendo. The others are 5 Platinum Points each.
