{"id":135542,"date":"2026-01-06T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195892"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:30:00","slug":"tetris-99s-first-maximus-cup-of-2026-celebrates-animal-crossing-switch-2-edition-and-free-3-0-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/06\/tetris-99s-first-maximus-cup-of-2026-celebrates-animal-crossing-switch-2-edition-and-free-3-0-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetris 99&#8217;s First Maximus Cup Of 2026 Celebrates Animal Crossing Switch 2 Edition And Free 3.0 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/469e440cde0d7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/469e440cde0d7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ywe0_qq4Exc\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywe0_qq4Exc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/a> officially launches next week, and ahead of this, Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tetris_99\">Tetris 99<\/a> has announced it will be hosting a Maximus Cup to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 51st Maximus Cup (<em>also known as a Grand Prix<\/em>) and will take place between <strong>8th January 2026<\/strong> and <strong>12th January 2026<\/strong>. As usual, when you earn a total of <strong>100 event points<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll unlock a new theme featuring unique art, music and Tetrimino designs. This is all &#8220;inspired by the updated content in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game&#8221;. You can see it in motion in the gameplay trailer above.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"9c363a9d4c916\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tetris 99 - Animal Crossing New Horizons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c363a9d4c916\/tetris-99-animal-crossing-new-horizons.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9c363a9d4c916\/tetris-99-animal-crossing-new-horizons.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tetris 99 - Animal Crossing New Horizons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Here&#8217;s the theme you&#8217;ll unlock \u2014 <em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already seen our previous coverage about the Switch 2 Edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the free 3.0 game update, the update comes loaded with new features like the Resort Hotel, Expanded Home Storage, the return of Resetti, collaborations and much more.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 version of the title will also include improved resolution and graphics, and some other cool features like mouse controls, a megaphone and a higher player count online. You can find out more in our previous coverage here on Nintendo Life. Once again, the Switch 2 Edition and free update arrive next week on <strong>15th January 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this upcoming Tetris 99 collaboration, Nintendo has also made a set of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Online icons avaialble from now until 2nd February 2026. Here&#8217;s a look <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/2008357853715648856\/photo\/1\">via social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b75bc160331eb\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b75bc160331eb\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b75bc160331eb\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:193215,85699,193227 @ 1767689827 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be returning to your island in Animal Crossing next week? How about this Tetris 99 event? Are you planning on checking it out? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Animal Crossing: New Horizons &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition officially launches next week, and ahead of this, Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale game Tetris 99 has announced it will be hosting a Maximus Cup to celebrate. 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