It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is still ascending, and this time around, it lands in second.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 25 and March 3.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Nintendo Switch eShop. These include the lowest prices ever for Hob, The Last Spell, Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
December 30: Deprecated Games is working on Living Dead House for Nintendo Switch, it’s been confirmed. The project is planned to debut in 2026.
Living Dead House is a classic arcade-style experience. Either alone or with a friend, you can use an arsenal of weapons and survival items to outlast the night against zombies.
If you’re interested in a complete breakdown, we have the following details:
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of March 15, 2026:
There are a couple of periods planned, including one for GameChat on Nintendo Switch 2. This is the first time we can recall a dedicated session for that feature.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of March 15, 2026:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch games. These include Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, MLB The Show 26, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
The latest Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of March 15, 2026 are now available.
Pokemon Pokopia has seen some tough competition as of late, and this time around, the game battles Monster Hunter Stories 3. However, it’s still Pokemon in first here. It’d be interesting to see what the results would be if the different versions of Monster Hunter Stories 3 were combined, but for now, it has spots at #2, #4, and #14.
Below are the full Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of March 15, 2026:
New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of February 2026.
Dragon Quest has long been popular in the country, so it’s no surprise that it’s the best-seller here and takes up the top three slots. On Nintendo platforms alone, it sold over 400,000 copies at retail. While it’s not in the top five, Mario Tennis Fever moved 54,099 units while the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties sold 18,929 copies.
Below is the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of February 2026:
It feels like we say this every time a new season comes around, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s ranked battle season 8 is probably the worst one yet – but for real this time. Not necessarily because a small group of Pokemon overpowers the rest (that is the case here to an extent), but because your choices are extremely limited. Not only are you restricted to using Pokemon that got Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: Z-A (which means no Mega Evolutions from X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire), but they cannot be entered unless they’re holding their Mega Stone. This means you can’t run Focus Sash at all, which means if you’re going for the Consummate Gamer bonus, you have no protection against one-hit KO moves. At any rate, given how small the selection of Pokemon is here, it makes sense that there are a few that tower above the others.
This year, The Legend of Zelda series is celebrating its 40th anniversary. And today, we’ve got a bold prediction for what we’ll see for its big anniversary: absolutely nothing.
In all seriousness, though, the timeline doesn’t line up for there to be a new 3D or 2D Zelda anytime soon. Tears of the Kingdom was in development for well over five years, and it released in 2023. Given that games are only getting bigger and more ambitious since then, there’s no way a new 3D Zelda would be ready even within another five years – it’s likely going to take a little longer than that. Likewise, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom released in 2024, and though we don’t have an exact development timeline, it’s safe to assume it started shortly after the Link’s Awakening remake wrapped up in 2019. That being said, it’s entirely possible that we see ports or a simple remake this year, though nothing has yet been confirmed at the time of writing. Some fans are even convinced that there will be a Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct – but there’s no way Nintendo has enough content coming up to pull that off, right?
