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| Pokémon Champions brings official Video Game Championship rules to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. |
By Jon Scarr
It's Thursday, and that means we have a new batch of digital drops to dig into. The Nintendo Download for April 9, 2026 brings some heavy hitters right out of the gate. We get a brand new way to battle with our favourite pocket monsters, and Capcom just dropped a demo for their upcoming sci-fi action game. Let's get right into the biggest additions hitting the eShop.
Pokémon Champions Brings Official Tournament Rules Home
The competitive Pokémon scene just got a dedicated hub. Pokémon Champions drops you straight into the battle formats used at official Video Game Championship events. You build your team, train them up, and take them online for Single and Double Battles. The game pulls in the combat rules you already know and love, including Mega-Evolved Pokémon like Mega Dragonite.
If you ever wanted to test your strategies without running through a massive RPG campaign first, this is your chance. It's out now for the Nintendo Switch, and you get a free update to play it natively on the Nintendo Switch 2.
Pragmata Demo Arrives on Nintendo Switch 2
Capcom's new sci-fi action-adventure launches on April 17, but you can try it right now. The Pragmata demo is live on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop. The game follows spacefarer Hugh Williams and an android named Diana as they try to break out of a lunar research station. You play as both of them at the same time.
Diana hacks enemy armour to create openings, and Hugh finishes them off with his weapons. I queued up the download immediately because the dual-character setup looks incredibly fun to control.
Three NES Classics and Super Mario Galaxy Rewards
If you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, three Nintendo Entertainment System games just hit the retro library. You get the original arcade classic PAC-MAN, the 1990 action game Mendel Palace, and the brutal dungeon crawler The Tower of Druaga. If you use the Nintendo Music app, over 100 tracks from Splatoon 3 just hit the service as well, including songs from the Side Order DLC.
On top of the digital additions, the My Nintendo store restocked some excellent physical rewards. The Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Pin Set is back, along with the Super Mario Bros. 3 Desktop Metal Display. We are massive Super Mario Galaxy fans in our house.
Now that the Super Mario Galaxy Movie is finally out, we've been on a huge Mario kick, so I'm grabbing those pins before they sell out again. You can also earn Platinum Points right now by collecting digital cards in the Nintendo Today app.
More Nintendo Switch Games Arriving This Week
Here are the rest of the digital releases hitting the eShop over the next few days.
- A Storied Life: Tabitha (Available April 14)
- Arcadia Fallen II
- BEFORE I GO (Available April 13)
- Beyond Words
- Brave Rounds
- Casual Sport Series: Racket Sports Bundle (Available April 10)
- Cat Doctor: For Loyal Servants
- Cats & Friends: Purrfect Jump
- Cleaning Up! (Available April 15)
- Demon Castle Story (Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2)
- Dog Chaos
- Dosa Divas (Available April 14 on Nintendo Switch 2)
- EGGCONSOLE Schwarzschild II PC-9801
- Empire Hike (Available April 11)
- Fast Food Van Simulator
- Football Cup 2026
- FROGGONIT
- From the Bunker
- Gentle Classical Music Course for Grown-Ups
- Geo Brain Boost! World Map Silhouette Quiz
- Guts ’n Grunts (Available April 10)
- Hoodbound
- Inside The Backrooms
- Killer Toys
- Legends Aligned: Land of Order
- Mathify
- National Adult General Knowledge Selection Test
- Nature’s Question (Available April 10)
- Ninjora Echoes (Available April 10)
- Pengilo (Available April 15)
- People of Note
- Perfect City
- Roll Mad
- Samurai Obby (Available April 10)
- Science Literacy Check for Adults
- SHIKA-Q
- Skautfold: Moonless Knight
- Solid Void - Topsy Turvy World
- Sp(L/R)ite
- Spot Challenge Vol. 1
- Sumo Rumble
- SwooshCat
- Tamashika (Available April 10)
- Tears Revolude
- The Confinement
- THE NEW DENPA MEN
- Timo Boll Beats
- TR-49
- Tricky Monkey Zoo
- Veins of DARKNESS Horror (Available April 10)
- Viking Farm (Available April 11)
- Which Era Is This? Japanese History Era Guess Quiz
- Which Era Is This? World History Era Guess Quiz
- Xtreme Drift Racing Simulator (Available April 10)
- You’d Be Surprised!? Everyday English Vocabulary Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz
- Zumba - Treasures of Marble Island
Wrapping Up the Nintendo Download for April 9, 2026
Pokémon Champions is here on Nintendo Switch, the Pragmata demo gives Nintendo Switch 2 owners an early look at Capcom's next big action game, and the My Nintendo physical rewards are worth grabbing while they last.
This week delivers a really strong mix of new drops and classic arrivals.
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