The following content is available for Nintendo Download this week:
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Now updated for the Nintendo Switch 2 system, welcome back to your personal island paradise! Take advantage of higher-resolution visuals, Joy-Con 2 mouse control compatibility, and a megaphone that allows you to use the system’s integrated microphone to summon your citizens. Additionally, you can share your island in 12-player sessions online1 with GameChat2 and CameraPlay3 support if you and your pals own the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. All gamers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons can now access the free update! Visit the brand-new resort hotel owned by Kap’n’s family, use Slumber Island to create a cooperative dreamscape with pals, gather brand-new themed merchandise, and more. The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition game Animal Crossing: New Horizons and its free update are currently accessible.
- Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics:
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance – This entry of the Fire Emblem series, which was first released for the Nintendo GameCube system in 2005, follows Ike and his colorful group of soldiers-for-hire while a huge drama plays out around them. The reintroduction of the cruel fighting system, in which your units are permanently destroyed if they lose a battle, is accompanied by fully narrated cutscenes and three-dimensional maps!Members of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack can now access Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on the Nintendo Switch 2.
Demos:
- DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined –Discover the reason your kingdom is the only island left in the globe as you relive a story of courageous friends full of happiness and sorrow. It has a simplified plot, a moonlighting system that enables the simultaneous use of two professions, a new art style that combines diorama images with recognizable character designs, and more. When Dragon Quest VII Reimagined debuts on the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch on February 5, you can experience a timeless classic in a whole new way. Pre-purchase to get the Hero’s in-game attire and useful gear for the upcoming adventure. Prior to the game’s release, you can play a free demo, which is currently accessible on the Nintendo eShop!
Pre-orders:
- FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE – With the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE, which tells the original plot of FINAL FANTASY VII up until the escape from Midgar, you can enter the reimagined world of a cherished role-playing game classic. Join Cloud, a former soldier brandishing the famous Buster Sword, as he embarks on a mission that evolves into a conflict that will determine the planet’s future in a hybrid fighting system that combines real-time action with strategic leadership. FF7R EPISODE INTERmission, a side narrative starring Yuffie Kisaragi that provides a novel viewpoint parallel to Cloud’s quest, is also featured.for January 22, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE will be available for the Nintendo Switch 2. When the game is launched, pre-load it by placing an order for the early buy edition.
- DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS – In this tactical action game set during China’s Three Kingdoms era, you take on the role of an anonymous hero and battle valiantly while making daring decisions to bring about peace and change history. Your decisions will affect the narrative and have the potential to change historical events in Dynasty Warriors, a game with the biggest armies and fiercest fighting. You can take an alternative route and discover new developments that weren’t in the main tale thanks to the paid DLC4’s simultaneous release with the game.On January 22, DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS launches on the Nintendo Switch 2. The Nintendo eShop is currently accepting preorders.
Game Trials:
- EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 – This new Game Trial, which includes EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26, is available to Nintendo Switch Online users for free from today at 10 a.m. PT until January 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT. You won’t have to worry about losing your progress if you choose to buy the game during or after this promotion because you will maintain all saved data. Members of Nintendo Switch Online can also participate and win 100 My Nintendo Platinum Points5. Additionally, until January 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, you can get EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 for 60% less.
Activities:
- Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island + Emerald Rush DLC Event – Freeze Break – It’s just about time to dive into the next monthly limited-time event in the DK Island + Emerald Rush paid DLC for the Donkey Kong Bananza game! During the “Freeze Break” event, you’ll breeze through the frosty terrain of Freezer Layer for a chance to collect statues of Lord Fredrik and Tucks, who previously appeared in the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze game for the Wii U system. This event will take place from Jan. 20 at 12 a.m. PT to Jan. 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Nintendo Music:
- Songs to Rally the Spirit – Prepare to take your place among the Greil Mercenaries with the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance soundtrack – now available on Nintendo Music6. Relive memorable moments on the journey to restore peace to Tellius with tracks including “Ike’s Resolution,” “Against the Black Knight” and “Life Returns.” For more info, visit HERE.
- Nautical Notes – Set sail for new tunes from Shipshape Island, because the soundtrack from the Mario & Luigi: Brothership game is now available on Nintendo Music! Sink into dynamic tracks from the Nintendo Switch title, like “Brothership!” and “The Power of Bonds.”
Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2:
- Supercharge Sale – Boost your gaming collection during the Supercharge Sale! Rev up your fun with great deals on a variety of digital games for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 when you shop on Nintendo.com or Nintendo eShop on your device. These electric deals last through Jan. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. For more information and to view the full list of games, visit HERE.
Also new this week on Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch 2:
- BEYBLADE X EVOBATTLE Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- MIO: Memories in Orbit – Available Jan. 20
- Overrogue: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
- The Rumble Fish 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Available Jan. 21
Also new this week on Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
- Arcade Archives TOUCHDOWN FEVER
- Axis Football 2026
- Battle Puzzle 2048 – Queens of the Abyss
- Big Game Bundle 10-in-1
- Bunninjutsu
- CASSETTE BOY
- City Bus Simulator – Available Jan. 20
- Cup Heroes: Handful Bundle – Available Jan. 17
- DEATH FOREST REMAKE
- Dirt Racing Bundle WildTrax & Rally – Available Jan. 16
- Draknek and Friends Puzzle Bundle
- Driving World Collection
- Earnest Evans Collection – Available Jan. 16
- EGGCONSOLE Mad Rider MSX2
- EmyLiveShow: Demons and Mistresses Tale
- Hextreme Void – Available Jan. 21
- Is it True? Castle True-or-False Quiz
- Jewel Match Solitaire L’Amour
- Kick it to Stickman
- Magical Magic World – Available Jan. 17
- Mighty Arms – Available Jan. 16
- Milo’s Dream – Available Jan. 16
- Moto Championship 26
- Mr. Whiskers Bubbles
- My Little Haven
- Nature Escapes 5 Collector’s Edition
- Popper Lands Colony
- Real Truck Simulator USA & Ultimate 4×4 Offroad & Real Car Driving Simulator Bundle
- Storm Chasing Sim 2025 – Tornado Hunter
- Stray of Lostcat
- Super Chipflake Ü: Quest for the Uncooked Schnitzel – Available Jan. 19
- Super Princess & Puzzle Collection: 18 Games in 1
- Tenshinouta: The Angel’s Verse
- Tenshi no Uta: The Angel Verse II: The Fallen Angel
- The End of the Beginning of Courage, Reasoning, and Seaweed 10
- The Lab – Escape Room – Available Jan. 16
- The Murder Hotel
- Voxel Panic
- Wall Of Insanity 2 – Available Jan. 20
- Word Quest Fantasy
Related: Nintendo Download Update (Jan. 8, 2026)
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