Nintendo Download – April 9, 2026 (North America) – Pokemon Champions, Dosa Divas, more
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It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download Switch report for the week of April 9, 2026. The latest releases on the Nintendo eShop include Pokemon Champions, Dosa Divas, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Famitsu sales (3/30/26 – 4/5/26) – Nintendo Switch 2 leads hardware sales
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Nintendo announces Rhythm Heaven Groove release date
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Rhythm Heaven Groove now has a release date. The game is due out on July 2, 2026, the company just announced.
News about the release date just dropped on the Nintendo Today app. Footage from one of the mini-games was also shown.
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Nintendo Switch Online adds Pac-Man, Mendel Palace, The Tower of Druaga
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Three more classic games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online with Pac-Man, Mendel Palace, and The Tower of Druaga. They can be played on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch.
All of these games can be accessed in the NES Nintendo Classics app. The Tower of Druaga counts as an import.
Here’s some information about the different titles:
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Pokemon Champions is off to a rough start – here’s why
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan in Features, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
If you’re a dedicated Pokemon fan, you probably know the drill by now: whenever a new Pokemon game releases, there’s always a whole bunch of negativity that pops up around it. A good chunk of it is justified, but sometimes people take that negativity a bit too far. So when I played Pokemon Champions for the first time last night, I went in as optimistically as possible – after all, this game is the future of competitive Pokemon, and the one official VGC tournaments will use from here on out.
Four hours later, and I can’t help but be massively disappointed with this product. That being said, at the time of writing, Pokemon Champions hasn’t even existed for a full day – is it really that bad? Technically, this is passable in terms of gameplay and mechanics – it’s everything else that truly disappoints. Here are all of the things I hope to see Pokemon Champions improve in future updates, even though those are probably at least a month or two away, if I had to guess.
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Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch update 22.1.0 out now, patch notes
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Another firmware update has just come out for Nintendo Switch and Switch in the form of version 22.1.0.
For the latest patch, our old friend stability has returned. Nintendo says it made the latest improvements in that department for both systems.
The official notice from Nintendo regarding the update is as follows:
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These Nintendo games didn’t get DLC, but could have
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These days, a big majority of games get DLC in some form, whether it’s free or (more often) paid. But with that being said, not every major Nintendo game has its own substantial expansion – some big-name titles that you would expect to have additional content don’t really have any to speak of at all. So today, we’re going over some of Nintendo’s biggest games that never got DLC, and including ideas for what said DLC could have added or changed to each title.
5 things we want to see from a new Star Fox game
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With rumors of a new Star Fox game coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in a matter of months, we’re talking about what we’d like to see.
Advance the canon. That’s about it! In all seriousness, the Star Fox series has been lying dormant for over ten years now. There hasn’t been an all-new Star Fox title since Star Fox Zero on Wii U, but it wasn’t received very well – and, perhaps more frustratingly, it was yet another retelling of the original Star Fox. To that end, the franchise’s biggest problem has been revealed: it keeps telling the same story. The original Star Fox sees the team taking on Andross for the first time. Star Fox 64 also sees the team taking on Andross for the first time, and then Star Fox Zero sees them in the exact same situation. The canon has been at a standstill for twenty years, since Star Fox Command on Nintendo DS. That’s a very, very long time for a series to tell no new stories. We’ll talk about this in more detail soon, but for now, here are some things we’d love to see from a new Star Fox game.
[Let’s Talk] Rate The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie finally released this week. Three years after the previous film, Nintendo’s famous plumber is back. There are even some unexpected inclusions this time with Fox McCloud from Star Fox making an appearance.
Did you get a chance to watch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie this week? If so, what’s your rating for the film? Let us know in the comments below.
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Nintendo and Illumination explain why Galaxy was chosen for the latest Mario movie
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Nintendo and Illumination have commented on the decision to feature Super Mario Galaxy as the second film following The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Before the project was announced, many didn’t anticipate that the Wii games would be adapted for the big screen so quickly. That’s just what we got though, and now Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri have spoken about how we got here.
