Nintendo Download Update: August 14, 2025 (North America)

Oh boy, so this week’s Nintendo eShop update is rolling out like a long grocery receipt. We’ve got stuff for the Nintendo Switch and the not-yet-invented Nintendo Switch 2. Anyone else remember the times when games came on floppy disks? Just me?

Nintendo eShop Sales

Bargain hunters, rejoice! Dive into this week’s deals on Nintendo of America’s site. I tried to write them down, but my pen ran out of ink. Story of my life.

Nintendo Switch 2 Games Out This Week

Drag X Drive
Not gonna lie, sounds like a wild ride — or a car wash commercial.

EA Sports Madden NFL 26
I stopped playing Madden after 03. Don’t ask why. Long story. Okay, not that long — just lost my PlayStation to a college dorm flood.

Nintendo Switch Games Out This Week

Here goes! If you’ve got time to kill, try untangling this list:

• 1989 After the War: Dropping Friday. I hear it’s retro vibes.

• Bendy: Lone Wolf: Also Friday. Bendy? Benny? Honestly, I’m squinting here.

• Bubble Wizard IV Saga: Magic and popping soap bubbles? Who can say no?

• Bunkers 1944 FPS: Oh, the nostalgia of pixelated helmets, hitting Friday.

• Camp Life: Wilderness Survival 2025: More survival tips than my last camping trip. Mind the bears.

• Cats in Cozy Rooms: Think feline yoga but in-game. Love me some digital purring.

• CORE.SYS: Arriving next Wednesday. What’s a CORE.SYS, anyway?

• Crossout Legends: Rumbles on wheels. Sounds like my first car.

• Curse Rounds: Bullet dodging? Maybe. Cursed circles? Probably.

• Cyber AI Defense: Fighting rogue bots just got cool.

• Cyber Car Seller Simulator: Because selling cars IRL isn’t hard enough.

• Demons Are Coming!: Out Friday. Let’s hope they bring snacks.

• Discounty: Mark your calendars for next Wednesday. It’s discount season!

• DUCK: Dangerous Ultimate Cartridge Kidnapper: Ducks have never been more intense.

• EGGCONSOLE Brandish Renewal PC-9801: A game or a mad scientist’s tool?

• Escape the Backrooms BODYCAM: Captures my everyday vibe – trying to escape life’s mazes.

• GOST of Time: Friday. I’m guessing there’s ghosts. Or maybe it’s just mistyped.

• Hop ’n’ Marty: Hop-in Friday. Best friends forever, or so they claim.

• Hyper Dots: Think Pong, but… probably different.

• Iwakura Aria: Sounds like an opera I fell asleep in once. Only techy.

• Kimono Cats: Fashionable felines run wild. Purrs without purpose.

• Learn to Play – Jungle Frog: Coming Friday. Ribbiting gameplay awaits.

• Mad Skills BMX 2: Pedaling in for Friday. Remember falling off your bike? Good times.

• Mind Over Magnet: Friday. Gravity and brain power, tough combo.

• NanaKnight: A game or powered-up grandma? Place your bets.

• OFF: Yep, drops Friday. Wasn’t an 80s band called OFF? Hmm.

• Re:Play: Thinks it’s better than Play? Arrives Friday.

• Rogue Raccoon: Sounds like the time I had to chase a raccoon out of my garage.

• Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution: Avails Tuesday. Alliteration anyone?

• Super Darling Panic／スパダリ★パニック: Cuteness overload ahead?

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown: Because what’s a week without TMNT?

• TetroMosaic, RacY: AutomatA: Friday seems mosaic-y.

• Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & 2: Double the retro, double the fun.

• Tokyo Racer X: Friday. Racing through alleys of Tokyo in my dreams.

• Tralalero Tralala Simulator: Singing karaoke in a game. Could be genius.

• Yarn Guardians: Guarding yarn sounds like a heroic mission. I’m in.

• Zumba – Treasure of the Marble Sea: Dance or adventure in tights? Only one way to find out.

Anyway — wait, what was I saying? Oh, Nintendo sales. Right. Enjoy hunting those deals!