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Over the years, both the original Nintendo Switch and the OLED model have had many different versions of Joy-Con controllers. These ranged from simple color changes to completely redesigned controllers with unique artwork. While Nintendo regularly released new official Joy-Cons for the original Switch, the most detailed designs often came out with major first-party games like Pokemon, Mario, and The Legend of Zelda. These special edition controllers were made for collectors and often looked like they were pulled straight from the game world—for example, the Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee Joy-Cons matched the colors of Pikachu and Eevee, and the The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom OLED Joy-Cons featured designs inspired by the Zonai people.

During the September 2025 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced the latest installment in the Mario Tennis series. Mario Tennis Fever is part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Mario franchise and will feature a large roster of 38 playable characters. The game will include a new story mode and a core gameplay mechanic called “Fever Rackets,” where players can collect 30 different special rackets. Nintendo and Camelot are now releasing more information about the various types of Fever Rackets in Mario Tennis Fever.

In any survival game, finding water is essential. It’s vital for life, and your character will quickly become dehydrated and die without it.

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined automatically saves your progress, and you’ll see a gold quill icon in the bottom-right corner when it’s happening. Though this is convenient, it’s still a good idea to manually save your game whenever you can, particularly before stopping playing.

Another point of discussion is the Broadway play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which the show didn’t fully integrate into its story. Because of many unresolved plot points and the open-ended finale, many fans think the Duffer Brothers are planning a true final episode and series conclusion for Stranger Things. There was even a prediction that Season 5, Episode 9 would release on January 7, 2025, but that date passed without any new episodes appearing on Netflix.

Rockstar Games is starting the year with a series of special, time-limited missions and rewards for the online portion of Red Dead Redemption 2. Players can earn these rewards each week until February 2nd, offering plenty to do while they wait for a full next-generation update to Red Dead 2.

With so many shonen anime available, Solo Leveling has quickly become a standout title. It was even voted Crunchyroll’s Anime of the Year, demonstrating its strong fanbase. The series is incredibly popular, and deservedly so. Although it’s newer than established classics, Solo Leveling excels in ways that other shonen anime don’t.

Epic Games recently offered two free games: the strategy game Total War: Three Kingdoms and the shooter Wildgate. These games were available from January 1st to 8th and were worth almost $90 combined. This giveaway kicked off Epic’s weekly free games for 2026, following a two-week holiday promotion in December where players could claim a different free game each day, starting with Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel and finishing with Trine Classic Collection on December 31st.

Despite its simple name, Ball X Pit is a game where you go deeper and deeper into a hole, using different balls to defeat enemies and collect rewards. The further you go, the more challenging it becomes, but it’s proven to be very popular! The game has already earned over 1 million dollars in sales and continues to grow.

ARC Raiders has quickly become a huge hit, attracting more players than even popular games like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Now, the challenge is maintaining that success. In this video, I’ll discuss the important improvements ARC Raiders could make – from how quickly players enter the game and initial equipment, to plans for future … Read more