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Animal Crossing fans who want a blast from the past can now listen to the GameCube version’s soundtrack on Nintendo Music. This release also happens to line up with the series 25th anniversary.

This week’s update adds 158 tracks (that’s a huge run time of 5 hours and 18 minutes) and also includes songs from Doubutsu no Mori e+. The one and only Kazumi Totaka was the sound director on this game, and was supported by multiple other composers.

Thanks to this album update, you’ll be able revisit tracks such as the opening theme, Resetti’s Lecture, and the classic Able Sisters song. Here’s the full tracklist included in this latest Nintendo Music update:

Animal Crossing GameCube soundtrack – 14th April 2026 Update

1. Opening Theme
2. Opening Theme (Doubutsu no Mori e+)
3. On the Train
4. Arrived at the Village
5. Meeting Tom Nook
6. Decided on a House!
7. It’s Your Village
8. Part-Time Job
9. Done Working
10. 12am clear
11. 1am clear
12. 2am clear
13. 3am clear
14. 4am clear
15. 5am clear
16. 6am clear
17. 7am clear
18. 8am clear
19. 9am clear
20. 10am clear
21. 11am clear
22. 12pm clear
23. 1pm clear
24. 2pm clear
25. 3pm clear
26. 4pm clear
27. 5pm clear
28. 6pm clear
29. 7pm clear
30. 8pm clear
31. 9pm clear
32. 10pm clear
33. 11pm clear
34. Rainy Day
35. 12am – snowy
36. 1am – snowy
37. 2am – snowy
38. 3am – snowy
39. 4am – snowy
40. 5am – snowy
41. 6am – snowy
42. 7am – snowy
43. 8am – snowy
44. 9am – snowy
45. 10am – snowy
46. 11am – snowy
47. 12pm – snowy
48. 1pm – snowy
49. 2pm – snowy
50. 3pm – snowy
51. 4pm – snowy
52. 5pm – snowy
53. 6pm – snowy
54. 7pm – snowy
55. 8pm – snowy
56. 9pm – snowy
57. 10pm – snowy
58. 11pm – snowy
59. 12am – spring
60. 1am – spring
61. 2am – spring
62. 3am – spring
63. 4am – spring
64. 5am – spring
65. 6am – spring
66. 7am – spring
67. 8am – spring
68. 9am – spring
69. 10am – spring
70. 11am – spring
71. 12pm – spring
72. 1pm – spring
73. 2pm – spring
74. 3pm – spring
75. 4pm – spring
76. 5pm – spring
77. 6pm – spring
78. 7pm – spring
79. 8pm – spring
80. 9pm – spring
81. 10pm – spring
82. 11pm – spring
83. Continue
84. Nook’s Cranny
85. Nook ‘n’ Go
86. Nookway
87. Nookington’s
88. Tom Nook’s Store – Closing Time
89. Tom Nook’s Store – Late-Night Hours (Doubutsu no Mori e+)
90. The Able Sisters
91. Museum – Entrance
92. Museum – Fish Exhibit
93. Museum – Bug Exhibit
94. Museum – Fossil Exhibit
95. Museum – Paintings Exhibit
96. Post Office (Pelly)
97. Post Office (Phyllis)
98. Police Station
99. Katrina’s Fortune Reading
100. Crazy Redd’s
101. I’ll Save
102. Are You Done Playing?
103. Resetti’s Lecture
104. Don’s Lecture?
105. Reset Surveillance Center (Doubutsu no Mori e+)
106. Travel Plans – All Set
107. Travel Plans – Depature
108. Traveling
109. Kapp ‘n’s Sea
110. Animal Island
111. Kapp ‘n’s Sea Shanty – Homeward
112. Igloo
113. Groundhog Day
114. Resetti’s Groundhog Day
115. Cherry Blossom Festival (Doubtsu no Mori e+)
116. Cherry Blossom Festival
117. Tent Camping
118. Meteor Shower
119. Fireworks Festival
120. Aerobics
121. Sports Fair (Footrace)
122. Sports Fair (Ball Toss)
123. Sports Fair (Tug-of-War)
124. Harvest Moon Festival (Doubutsu no Mori+)
125. Harvest Moon Festival
126. Halloween
127. Harvest Festival
128. Toy Day
129. Countdown – 11pm
130. Countdown – 11:30pm
131. Countdown – 11:50pm
132. Countdown – 11:55pm
133. Happy New Year!
134. New Year’s Day – 12am
135. New Year’s Day 6pm
136. New Year’s Day
137. New Year’s Day (Doubtsu no Mori+)
138. Wishing Well
139. Retro TV
140. Apple TV
141. Snowman TV
142. My Axe Broke
143. Chased by Bees
144. Stung by Bees
145. Got It!
146. Done and Done (Loan Repayment)
147. Done and Done (Bugs)
148. Done and Done (Fish)
149. Nintendo! 1 (Dounbutsu no Mori+)
150. Nintendo! 2 (Dounbutsu no Mori+)
151. Nintendo! 3 (Dounbutsu no Mori+)
152. Nintendo! 4 (Dounbutsu no Mori+)
153. Nintendo! 5 (Dounbutsu no Mori+)
154. Nintendo! 1
155. Nintendo! 2
156. Nintendo! 3
157. Nintendo! 4
158. Nintendo! 5

This album joins the Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Animal Crossing: New Leaf soundtracks on the Nintendo Music service. To listen to these songs on this app, you’ll need to have an active Switch Online subscription.

Nintendo has also released Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 3.0.2 today, and it comes with a special 25th anniversary item.

What do you think of the latest album for Nintendo Music? What else would you like to see added to this service? Let us know in the comments.

Capcom’s new IP Pragmata is finally out this week, and in a huge win, it’s launching simultaneously across all platforms including the Switch 2.

Now that the reviews are in for this new game starring Hugh and his android companion Diana, we’re curious to know if you’ll be showing your support and picking it up when it arrives on 17th April 2026.

In our review here on Nintendo Life, we said the Switch 2 version of this sci-fi puzzle-shooter was an “excellent” experience, awarding it nine out of ten stars.

“With a strong relationship at its core, a striking sci-fi aesthetic, and an addictive puzzle combat loop, Pragmata is the full package.”

If you’re still not sure if this game might be for you, there’s a “Sketchbook demo” you can download on the Switch 2 right now.

So, will you be getting Pragmata on the Switch 2? Vote in our poll and leave a comment below.

Just over two months after shedding the number 2 from its title, and teasing a Switch 2 release, Blizzard has finally given us a date for the upgraded version of Overwatch, and it’s pretty soon: tomorrow, even!

Yep, the Switch 2 release for the online hero shooter — which was known as Overwatch 2 until February 2026 — is coming on 14th April 2026 and it promises improved visuals and audio and 60fps in both handheld and docked. That latter is a huge boost over what is a less-than-ideal Switch 1 version.

Season 2, titled Reign of Talon: Summit, also drops tomorrow and kicks off at 11am PT (that’s 2pm EST / 7pm BST), but we don’t know exactly when the Switch 2 version will drop; maybe the same time? Maybe earlier? Keep an eye on the eShop if you’re looking to upgrade (or dive in for the first time).

We’ll also be getting Sierra, a brand new DPS hero who comes with a rifle and a combat drone named Dorothy, alongside a dedicated three-week event that lets you experience her story in-game.

Other upgrades and additions include new battle passes for Season 2, new perk options for some heroes, two new mythic skins, with Soldier 76 getting a new look and Genji’s weapon getting some fresh theming.

A redesigned Antarctica map, post-match accolades, and and a set of Sakura designs roughly round things out for the second stage of Overwatch’s rebirth. You can find more details on the official website.

Will you be downloading Overwatch on Switch 2? Be heroic in the comments below.

A bunch of video game details and story spoilers have been leaked accidentally by the Indonesian Game Rating System (IGRS) from a number of upcoming releases, with the most-significant coming from IO Interactive’s 007 First Light, VGC reports.

According to VGC, story spoilers for upcoming action game are now out in the wild. This apparently includes over an hour of footage and what may well be the end of the game, too.

The details have slipped through the cracks as reports say that security on the IGRS’s website isn’t exactly the best, and that someone outside was able to easily access private information. We obviously won’t be sharing any specific details here for any of the titles potentially affected.

Other games that are apparently part of the leak include Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake, and Echoes of Aincrad (Bandai Namco’s upcoming Sword Art Online title), though no footage has been found for these yet.

Worst of all, thousands of email addresses linked to game developers may also have leaked. It’s not a great situation, and it sounds like the process has been a bit of a mess.

Just last week, Niko Partners reported on criticism of the IGRS’ implementation of age ratings on Steam, where it’s been labelling games incorrectly, including the ability to Refuse Classification and subsequently get the game banned.

And, quoting the article, Riot’s age rating manager Nic McConnell has shared some of the difficulties Riot has has with the system on BlueSky, mostly due to small staff numbers. “IGRS, best as I can tell, is going through each submission manually… It wouldn’t blow my mind if some links got opened more broadly somehow during that…ad hoc process.”

“…the team at IGRS I think is small and being given a huge task without real resources. I was able to meet with them after harassing them on Instagram for months last year and my sense is it’s a small group of good folks doing their best.”

It’s a bit of a blow to IO, as the game is only six weeks away from launch. Well, for all platforms except Switch 2, since the team announced a delay to the game on Nintendo’s console only.

Let us know what you think of the situation in the comments.

Back in February, Lego released a wave of Pokémon sets — somehow, the first ones ever — for the franchise’s 30th anniversary. But one of the most-popular ended up being a small set, the Kanto Region Badge Collection, which only available if you splashed the cash on the most expensive set.

But there’s some good news for Lego enthusiasts, as Eurogamer has spotted that the toy company has released an official build guide for the kit. Meaning you can create a replica using pieces you may already own — or can buy separately.

If you’re not used to these guides, well, be prepared — if you want your own set of Kanto Badges in Lego form, you’ll want to consult this 80-page PDF which details all 312 bricks you’ll need, along with instructions on how to put it together.

Of course, it’s not quite the same as buying and putting the set together that way, though it does save you the £600-ish you need to spend on the Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise set. And you also can avoid scalpers on online auction sites this way, too.

But it’s a great alternative, especially for a set that’s really fun. Perhaps some of the more creative builders can use this as a template to come up for badge sets for other regions?

If you’re hoping for more Pokémon Lego, then you might be in luck, as rumours suggest some minifigures will be coming out at some point in the future. Let’s hope so!

Have you got the Kanto Badge Set? Will you be building your own using this PDF? Let us know down below, budding builders!

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FuturLab has announced that two free DLC packs for PowerWash Simulator — the first, not the sequel — are being delisted next month.

Those of you who haven’t snapped up the Tomb Raider and Midgar Special packs, based on the Tomb Raider series and Final Fantasy VII Remake, will have until 3pm BST / 10am EST on 19th May 2026 to snap them up.

Why are both of these disappearing? Well, in the announcement post, FuturLab reveals that this reveal “coincides with the end of our formal relationship with Square Enix in June,” who published the first game. Eagle-eyed fans will have noticed that the sequel, PowerWash Simulator 2, is self-published.

Additionally, the developer praised the company, calling it an “incredible partnership”. So don’t expect any Final Fantasy VII Rebirth DLC for the sequel, then!

The Tomb Raider pack has you cleaning up Lara’s Treasure Room, her Jeep and Motorboat, the Croft Manor itself, the maze, and the Obstacle Course. While in Midgar, you’ll be scrubbing up the Hardy Daytona, Shinra Hauler, the Scorpion Sentinel, the Airbuster, a Mako Energy Exhibit, and the Seventh Heaven.

We’re sure most PowerWash fans already have both of these, since they’re free anyway. But anyone who has picked up this chill title in more recent months, now’s the time to head to the eShop and get downloading.

It’s a good Switch 1 port, too, and likely a little better on Switch 2 thanks to Boost Mode.

Have you played the DLC for PowerWash Simulator? Or have you moved onto the sequel? Let us know in the comments.

This week’s big Nintendo release is Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, and fans of the 3DS game have been desperate to get their hands on this surprise follow-up. Unfortunately, just three days before the game launches on Switch, it appears to have leaked online.

Nintendo Everything and r/GamingLeaksAndRumours report that a ROM of the upcoming simulation game is out there ahead of the game’s launch on Thursday. There were some rumours that the game leaked last week, and that some places in the US were selling it, but we haven’t been able to verify where the leaks have come from.

Obviously, we won’t be sharing any links here, nor will we be reporting on any spoilers. We think we can all wait a few more days to get our hands on the game, right?

It might feel like it’s been a while since a Nintendo game has leaked, and that’s because Switch 2 games seem to be a lot less piracy-friendly.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Z-A both leaked before release, but both of those games were also available on Switch 1. So with Tomodachi Life being a Switch 1 exclusive, this probably isn’t a huge surprise. Disappointing, but not huge.

So, if you want to go in completely out-of-the-loop on the game, stay off the internet just in case. If you are curious about the game so far, check out our early impressions from a newcomer and keep an eye on NL’s front page for more Tomodachi Life news.

Are you excited for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream this Thursday on Switch? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.

After the $1 billion+ box office success of the first movie, we all knew that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was going to put up big numbers. Well, those crystal balls didn’t let us down, because after just a few weeks in cinemas, the sequel is already the highest-grossing release of 2026.

The weekend’s updated box office figures (thanks, Variety) saw Mario’s latest big-screen jaunt hit $629 million globally ($308 million of which comes from the North American market), leapfrogging the previous frontrunner, Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi Project Hail Mary, which managed to cross the $500 million-mark this weekend.

According to Variety, Mario & co. pulled in $81.5 million in its second weekend — which isn’t all that surprising, considering its record-breaking launch at the start of this month.

Whether the movie can hold onto box office gold for the rest of the year remains to be seen. Let’s not forget that Nintendo’s prized plumber will have to stand up against two MCU behemoths in the shape of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers Doomsday if it is to remain in the top spot, and that’s not to mention Toy Story 5, which will also likely be a big hitter. Whichever ends up with the crown, we’re foreseeing a fair number of billion-dollar box offices this year.

How much money do you think the Galaxy Movie will end up making at the global box office? Will it surpass the Mario Bros. Movie? Let us know your predictions in the comments.

Blimey, that rolled around fast! It’s once again time for our Games We Missed round-up, our community callout where we ask for Switch game recommendations for games we weren’t able to review.

Back in October we rounded up 32 gems, as recommended by you lovely people, in the first edition of this twice-yearly feature to come out after the Switch 2’s launch. Part 12 featured such winners as CATO: Buttered Cat, Gibbon: Beyond The Trees, Call of the Sea, Barony, Mini Motorways, and ISLANDERS New Shores.

All the games featured last time were Switch 1 releases, but with more S2 games dropping on the eShop every week, we wonder if one or two may sneak in this time. If you’d like to highlight a Switch 1 or Switch 2 game that we haven’t reviewed, send us your recommendations as per the guidelines below, and we’ll showcase as many as we can.

Reminder: We won’t be reviewing these games, but with so many releases every week, we want to shine a light on deserving software that slipped through our net. Please read the instructions below carefully if you want your recommendations included:

Submission guidelines

• 100-word limit – Keep it brief! A history of the genre and deep-dive into every mechanic is unnecessary. Concentrate on what the game is about, what sets it apart from other games, and why you enjoyed it.
• One entry per game – Feel free to send your thoughts on multiple games, but there’s no need to duplicate.
• Choose only games that we haven’t reviewed on the site – To check if a Nintendo Life review exists, simply type the name of the game into the search box at the very top of the page (look for the magnifying glass icon in the top-left corner) and click on the game page that appears. If there’s no review, and it doesn’t appear in a previous Reader Recommendations feature (which will also appear on the game page if it exists), you’re good to go!

How to send a recommendation

• Head to Nintendo Life’s Contact page and select the subject “Switch eShop Hidden Gems” from the drop-down menu (it’s already done for you in the link above). Type your name, email, and beautifully crafted message into the appropriate box, hit send, and Bob’s your uncle!

We’re looking forward to seeing what you recommend!