We’ve been in the late era of the original Nintendo Switch’s life span for a good while now, which means it’s as good a time as any to work on a Pokedex. At the time of writing, there are a whopping 1,025 existing Pokemon, and the only way to hoard ’em all at once is to put them in Pokemon Home. To be clear, I’d finished my “Living Dex” a long while ago – but to fill the time between Nintendo’s official releases, I decided to redo my entire Living Dex – but with every Pokemon caught in a standard Poke Ball and with my OT (which means traded Pokemon don’t count towards it). If you don’t know this already, a Living Dex is when you have every single Pokemon in the game stored in your boxes. That means the entire evolutionary line, and in my case, every gender difference and form difference for each Pokemon as well.
Working on a Living Dex in 2025 made me realize how absurdly difficult it is to complete this task in 2025. Having completed all of the main series Pokemon games, this was much easier for me than for someone just starting a Living Dex project. But today, I’ll explain what the toughest Pokemon to obtain for Living Dex purposes are and how to go about obtaining them in the easiest way. Surprisingly, there are also a lot of Pokemon that cannot legitimately be caught in a standard Poke Ball along with your OT. We’ll be going over those too.
Ogre was previously revealed as a DLC character for Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, and we now have a proper look at the character.
Here’s some information about him:
Aided Yunaka & Rearmed Nel is the next summoning event for Fire Emblem Heroes, it’s been announced.
Aided Hero Yunaka: Hidden Mask and Rearmed Hero Nel: Stoic Dragon, along with two other Heroes from Fire Emblem Engage, will be appearing. Additionally, a Grand Hero Battle with Griss: Indulging Pain is starting up in a couple of days.
Fire Emblem Heroes goes live with the Aided Yunaka & Rearmed Nel summoning event on February 16 at 11 PM PT / January 17 at 2 AM ET. We have the official trailer below.
A new February 2025 Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions update went live this week, led by support for custom matches.
Custom matches lets players create their own matches with a customized ruleset. Players can adjust the following settings: Mode Selection, Map Selection, Score Limit, Quaffle Score Value, Snitch Score Value, Snitch Fill Rate, AI Difficulty, and Allow Bot Fill (Pro Quidditch Only).
That’s not all for the update. The snow variant of Weasley’s Burrow and a new variant of Hogwarts are available as maps. That’s along with other adjustments and fixes.
Below is the full rundown:
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has addressed the current situation with U.S. tariffs and how that could impact Switch.
President Trump has been pursuing tariffs that would be enacted on countries such as China, Canada, and Mexico. That could affect various industries, including the video games business.
Regarding the potential impact of policies, Furukawa had this to say (as translated by Nintendo Everything):
The latest EDGE review scores for issue #408 (April 2025 issue) have now been released. Among the Nintendo Switch games covered include Civilization 7, Afterlove EP, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
A final launch trailer has been released for Amber Isle. It took a bit of extra time following delays, but the dino-centric shop management sim was finally made available on Nintendo Switch this week.
Lots of details about the game can be found in the following overview:
As usual, there were a ton of new releases on the Nintendo eShop, but there’s one that went under the radar: Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2.
We previously reported on this one last year. Cosmic Fantasy 3, Cosmic Fantasy 4: Prelude to Legend, and Cosmic Fantasy 4: Van’s Return are included. You can opt to purchase everything as one collection or individual games.
It sounds like there’s a strong chance of Marvel Rivals finding its way to Nintendo Switch 2.
Speaking with IGN, producer Weicong Wu said that the team is “open to” a port. Wu indicated that it’s all about making sure it can perform well. As long as the game can provide “a great experience for our gameplay”, we should be seeing it on the new console. The most encouraging thing here is that NetEase has already been in touch with Nintendo and is “working on some development kits.”
Wu’s full words:
The latest Nintendo Switch eShop charts for the week of February 15, 2025 are now available.
For the second time in a row, Hello Kitty Island Adventure comes out on top. However, Super Mario Party Jamboree is still showing few signs of slowing down, coming in right behind.
Below are the full Nintendo Switch eShop charts for the week of February 15, 2025:
