A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Nintendo Switch eShop. These include the lowest prices ever for Astroneer, TMNT: Splintered Fate, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
A fresh launch trailer has been prepared for the revival City Hunter. Now releasing outside of Japan for the first time, the side-scrolling action game has made it to Nintendo Switch and Switch.
Everything you need to know is available in the following rundown:
New details have been released about the storage limits and subscription with Pokemon Champions.
Pokemon Champions, which was first announced last year, is all about battling with your favorite creatures. The title “will feature familiar mechanics such as Pokemon types, Abilities, and moves, creating an environment conducive to rich and varied strategies for new and experienced Trainers alike.”
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of March 1, 2026:
As of now only one session has been officially announced. Tomorrow, both the Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch eShops will be impacted, but thankfully the downtime isn’t expected to be very long.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of March 1, 2026:
The SNES game Ken Griffey Jr.’s Winning Run has been around for three decades, but one player has now discovered new codes to access secret teams. Credit goes to TakuikaNinja for this one.
In the game, players typically unlock hidden teams by winning an MLB season. Players can then further access a Hidden Games menu option with the input A, B, X, Y, Up, Down, Select on the title screen.
Hunt the Night has arrived on Nintendo Switch, and we have a final look with the new launch trailer from Dangen Entertainment and Moonlight Games. The 2D action-RPG has been described as “16-bit Zelda x Bloodborne”.
A whole bunch of details about the game can be found in the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch games. These include Pokemon Pokopia, Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered, Scott Pilgrim EX, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
The latest Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of March 1, 2026 are now available.
This time around, Pokemon Pokopia beats out the pack thanks to the start of pre-loads. It faced some competition with Resident Evil Requiem, however. If its different SKUs were combined (technically three if you count the GeneratioN Pack), it may been able to come out on top.
Below are the full Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of March 1, 2026:
On the surface, things haven’t been particularly easy for amiibo as of late. Last year, the line did celebrate its 10th anniversary, which is a pretty big milestone for toys-to-life: they’re usually long discontinued by the time by that point. Still, that doesn’t necessarily mean amiibo are doing better than ever – it’s kind of the opposite, in fact. When they first launched in late 2014, each amiibo figure cost $12.99 each. They were marketed as affordable statues and add-ons to games – these bonuses were fairly inconsequential for the most part (but Super Smash Bros. amiibo training is still surprisingly deep), and if you didn’t want to spend the money on each figure you didn’t have to.
Recently, Nintendo upped the general price of new amiibo figures to $24.99 – $34.99 each. Of course, these are much more detailed than the original $12.99 amiibo that released in 2014, but it’s a steep bump nonetheless. Furthermore, the prices of all older amiibo were increased to $19.99 each. That means characters who were originally released for $12.99 now cost $19.99 without any significant increase in quality. Even if there were an increase in quality, this price bump puts amiibo out of range for most collectors. And yet, despite these price troubles, Nintendo announced a boatload of amiibo in the September 2025 Nintendo Direct. In my opinion, this marks kind of a doubling down of sorts – rather than going the amiibo card route like we previously suggested, Nintendo is doubling down on making amiibo into figurines of the highest possible quality.
