A new Islanders: New Shores update has arrived in celebration of Halloween.
The update provides a creepy twist to the otherwise cozy minimalist city builder. It adds the “Halloween” biome, the new Boon called “Replace”, pumpkins, gravestones, and candle variants as Seasons items, a new camera filter, and a new building facade to unlock for the Aviary building, both unlockable via new challenges.
The full rundown is as follows:
Ratalaika Games today shared the news that it will be publishing Coralina on Nintendo Switch. The game is due out this Friday, October 24.
Coralina is a retro RPG in which you’ll solve cases alongside a crow with a top hat. By the end of the game, you’ll “solve the mystery of why you are on limbo and why other deaths occurred”.
Here’s a bit of additional information:
A new sale is now running on the Nintendo Switch eShop – specifically “Screaming Deals”. Nintendo has rounded up a bunch of third-party games, some of which have received heavy discounts.
The full list is as follows:
It’s been a long wait for Schildmaid MX on Nintendo Switch, but the game has a release date. We have confirmation that it’s planned for November 26, 2025.
Schildmaid MX was announced for Nintendo Switch almost three years ago – we heard about it at the very start of 2023. While it was planned for that year, obviously it took much longer time to launch.
We have a new location guide for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, this time for Yveltal, one of Kalos’ two signature Legendary Pokemon.
As you might expect, you won’t be able to catch Yveltal until you clear the game’s main story. If you’re rushing, you can reach the final boss within 20 hours or so, tacking on a few extra hours if you’re clearing side content along the way. Since Pokemon Legends: Z-A forces the player to use autosave, it is actually impossible to fail catching Yveltal. If you defeat it, it will simply respawn and ask you to try again. As a cover art Legendary Pokemon, Yveltal has a low catch rate. Expect this one to take a while!
After it came to Nintendo Switch this week, Deathless: The Hero Quest has been given a launch trailer. Fulqrum Publishing and 1C Game Studios released the card-based adventure rooted in Slavic folklore on Nintendo Switch this week.
Here’s a bunch of information about it:
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending October 18, 2025 is now available.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A made its debut last month and easily lands at #1. However, it’s worth noting that launch sales were 40 percent lower than Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Still, it’s the second biggest launch for Nintendo Switch 2 this year behind Mario Kart World. 51 percent of the game’s sales were on Nintendo Switch 2.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending October 18, 2025:
A new version 3.1.0 update is now live for Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo.
This is a relatively small update, with no new alarm additions. The Animal Crossing New Horizons clock user interface has been slightly changed for the sake of visibility. And of course, Nintendo’s famous unspecified stability improvements.
Check out the full patch notes below:
Nintendo has just announced that Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC will begin hosting regular in-game events. The first of which titled “Chip Fever” will start on October 28, 2025, and will last until November 4.
These events will allow you to play a special version of Emerald Rush on designated stages, under certain conditions. If you get a high enough score, you can get limited edition character statues which are exclusive to said event.
For the full details on the first of these events, Chip Fever, you can read the overview below:
Famitsu’s most wanted games – October 19, 2025 – Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave makes first appearance
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. This week, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave pops up for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 1 and October 7.
