Excellent news, everybody! No must trouble with all that GOTY rigmarole subsequent 12 months, because it’s already wrapped and bagged. Commiserations to the losers, and congratulations to Rhythm Heaven Groove! Catch you all once more in ’27…
Okay, okay. That is a little bit untimely, however the truth that we’re getting a model new Rhythm Heaven/Paradise recreation places 2026 forward of yearly since 2016 (which introduced us Megamix on 3DS), so the rest on the calendar is simply gravy, actually.
Jokes-not-jokes apart, with Change 2 now off to the races, there’s hundreds to look ahead to within the coming 12 months. Capcom’s going arduous with not simply Resident Evil Requiem, but additionally Gold Editions of RE7 and eight, Monster Hunter Tales 3, and new IP Pragmata. Sq. Enix has the FF VII Remake Intergrade on the best way, adopted by DQ VII Reimagined, however they are not simply redoing seventh entries of their largest collection – there’s additionally the promising-looking Adventures of Elliot on the best way.
FromSoft’s Elden Ring will make a long-awaited look on Change 2, and we’ll discover out extra about system-exclusive The Duskbloods this 12 months. Koei Tecmo’s remaking Deadly Body II, and Stage-5’s DECAPOLICE and Layton needs to be returning (though GenAI issues you, you could be on purple alert with these).
Elsewhere, you’ve got received Indiana Jones, Batman, Bond, erm, Bubsy – all of the greats have Nintendo appointments in 2026. There will be no let-up on the indie entrance, both; Mina the Hollower, The Everlasting Lifetime of Goldman, Neverway, and MIO are only a tiny handful we have our eye on.
And Nintendo? With new Yoshi, Fireplace Emblem, and Mario Tennis entries, Splatoon and Pokémon spin-offs introduced, a sprinkling of NS2 Editions, and Tomodachi Life (and the aforementioned GOTY shoo-in) on Change 1, it is shaping up fairly properly already. Throw in some surprises later within the 12 months, and 2026 has actual potential.
No matter lies forward, we’ll be proper there with you to share the ups, downs, middles, insides, outsides, and all different sides of the world of Nintendo. And whereas we have simply mentioned a teary goodbye to the stunning Felix (we’ll miss you, Felix!), preserve a watch out for video group information quickly!
We have got some thrilling plans, and we’re honoured to have you ever aboard the great ship Nintendo Life. From everybody right here, we want you the happiest of New Years!
Adios, 2025. Tell us under in case you’ve received any gaming resolutions for the brand new 12 months – we hope you get 2026 off to an important begin!
Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 earlier than becoming a member of the positioning full-time the next 12 months, rising by way of the ranks to develop into Editor. He can at the moment be discovered squashed beneath a Change backlog the dimensions of Normandy.
