What to know

• Nintendo’s new Fire Emblem game is by far the most ambitious the series has ever been, with a massive new adventure that elevates the franchise to new levels.S1
• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave is a monumental achievement for Nintendo and Intelligent Systems, and it's one of 2026's best gamesS2
• Nintendo has gotten quite good at making open-ended games. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upended the idea of what a Zelda game could be by giving the player free rein to tackle any part of the map, a philosophy iterated upon with Tears of the Kingdom...S3