It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download Switch report for the week of October 9, 2025. The latest releases on the Nintendo eShop include Absolum, Little Nightmares 3, Yooka-Replayee, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
All Hands on Deck will be appearing on Nintendo Switch, Studio Mantasaur announced today. Fans can look forward to the game this year.
All Hands on Deck is a puzzle platformer that fully supports two-player co-op. You’ll play as a pair of hands on a quest to find plushies that have gone missing in a day-care.
October 8: Nintendo has now come out with a second “Close to You” video, and this time around, we can clearly see Pikmin included in the animation.
Yesterday, the Big N set the internet ablaze with speculation after releasing its first “Close to You” clip. It seemed pretty random at the time and it came without any sort of explanation. Some thought it could be related to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, but others were convinced that it was Pikmin-related. As it turns out, the latter guess was correct.
Today, Bloober Team revealed that it’s working on Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition for Nintendo Switch 2.
Layers of Fear, a psychological horror adventure game, was originally released in 2016. It made it to Nintendo Switch in 2018 as Layers of Fear: Legacy.
Alongside the launch of Little Nightmares 3, the game has received a day one update. Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch players can access it now.
A number of improvements and fixes are included. This relates to stability, multiplayer synchronization, companion and enemy AI, and more.
Below is the full rundown:
August 27: It’s been a bit since Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo was updated with a new theme, but now an initial announcement has been shared that support is planned for Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Right now we’re waiting on most of the details, including a release date. However, we do know that there’ll be seven new alarms, including ones from Star-Crossed World.
October 6: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds hasn’t been out for very long, but a new collaboration DLC is coming very soon as we now have the release date for the Minecraft Pack DLC. Players can access it starting on October 8, 2025. The Minecraft Festival will be held until October 11.
Several more collaboration packs are in the works. SpongeBob SquarePants, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Avatar Legends were previously announced.
Below is a trailer for the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds x Minecraft Pack DLC:
Three more SNES classics have just arrived on Nintendo Switch Online with Mario & Wario, Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, and Fatal Fury Special. All three are live for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch users with an active membership.
Mario & Wario is especially noteworthy. The game, which only released in Japan on the Super Famicom, has options for mouse controls on Nintendo Switch 2.
September 17: This isn’t much of a surprise, but Nintendo has confirmed Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 icons for Switch Online.
The company tends to celebrate its new releases with user icon drops. For Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, this will be starting next week. Fans can grab icons starting on September 24 (September 25 in Japan), which is one week before launch. Three waves are planned in total.
