{"id":136867,"date":"2026-04-17T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200045"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:30:00","slug":"marvel-cosmic-invasion-assembles-a-free-switch-1-2-demo-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/17\/marvel-cosmic-invasion-assembles-a-free-switch-1-2-demo-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Cosmic Invasion Assembles A Free Switch 1 &amp; 2 Demo Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a53127428d3c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a53127428d3c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"8a53127428d3c\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Marvel Cosmic Invasion\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a53127428d3c\/marvel-cosmic-invasion.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a53127428d3c\/marvel-cosmic-invasion.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Marvel Cosmic Invasion\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following on from its launch late last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/marvel-cosmic-invasion\">Marvel Cosmic Invasion<\/a> has today landed a sweet free demo on Switch 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the demo on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-2-games\/MARVEL-Cosmic-Invasion-2945386.html\">eShop<\/a> right now, letting you get a taste for the throwback fighter and all of its nostalgic charms. As a reminder, this is the latest beat &#8217;em up from Tribute and Dotemu (the team that previously brought us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_shredders_revenge\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder&#8217;s Revenge<\/a>), so you know you&#8217;re in safe hands.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the demo only gives you a taste of the full experience. If you like what you see, you can pick up the full game for <strong>\u00a326.99 \/ $22.49<\/strong> (note the discount in North America).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tributegames.com\/post\/3mjoycjf5tg2u @ 2026-04-17T17:30:03+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:kstd6oxn4hiqkey3ze3yc6ih\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mjoycjf5tg2u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihrwezondfwzmgbvlxiwukvouevzpn4tejxonh2molknxa55l5o7e\">\n<p>Console players, the galaxy needs your help!\ud83c\udfae The MARVEL Cosmic Invasion demo is dropping TODAY on consoles so now&#8217;s your chance to join your favorite Super Heroes in the fight against Annihilus! \ud83e\ude90<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kstd6oxn4hiqkey3ze3yc6ih?ref_src=embed\">Tribute Games (@tributegames.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kstd6oxn4hiqkey3ze3yc6ih\/post\/3mjoycjf5tg2u?ref_src=embed\">2026-04-17T13:02:50.383Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite some small issues, we had a great time with Cosmic Invasion on Switch last year, calling it &#8220;one of the best arcade Marvel games ever made&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/marvel-cosmic-invasion\">our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:194231,194232,195164 @ 1776443402 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be checking out the Cosmic Invasion demo on Switch (2)? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Following on from its launch late last year, Marvel Cosmic Invasion has today landed a sweet free demo on Switch 1 and 2. You&#8217;ll find the demo on the eShop right now, letting you get a taste for the throwback fighter and all of its nostalgic charms. As a reminder, this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}