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While we are still waiting to see what Nintendo has next for the Switch 2 Game Cube library, the April 2026 NES Nintendo Classics updates and the companion trailer have arrived. And these ones didn’t leak ahead of time, like everything else Nintendo has on is release schedule this year.

Home Depot is launching a major Spring Black Friday sale this week. Now set to go live in a couple day’s time, the lawn, tool, and DIY retailer will launch one of its one of its biggest seasonal sale events of the year and we have an early look at loads of the upcoming deals for you below. 

Earlier this week, Home Depot announced a massive Spring Black Friday sale that is set to go live starting tomorrow, and Lowe’s has decided to get in on the action. On the heels of the Amazon Big Spring Sale, the DIY juggernauts are going toe-to-toe this week with big-time sales of their own, and we now have an early look at the deals set to go live tomorrow at Lowe’s as well. 

James Bond’s next outing on home consoles is quickly approaching if you have a PS5 or Xbox anyway – the Switch 2 version has been delayed until later this summer. We are, however, getting our first look at the new 007 First Light Limited Edition DualSense Wireless Controller. 

After LEGO began giving us sneak peaks and teasers of several upcoming Jurassic World sets mid-March, the brick-built company is officially unveiling its full lineup of seven new sets – and they’re all now available for pre-order starting today! It’s going to be an exciting summer for fans of the theme, as there is a really nice mix of sets here that are sure to bring up plenty of nostalgia for older fans of the original movie, as well as younger fans. Head below to learn more, browse all the collected photos, and get your pre-orders in ahead of their releases.

When is the next major Switch 2 game announcement going to be? Well, apparently very soon. Rumors and relatively reliable leakers have been divulging Nintendo’s 2026 release plans for a few weeks now, but it looks like what might very possibly be the most reliable of them all has just doubled down saying the first of these big announcements will happen this month. 

I’ve been familiar with Bluetti’s power stations for years now, having used different models owned by friends while camping and during other off-grid adventures, and they’ve always been as reliable as those from other brands like Anker SOLIX, EcoFlow, Jackery, Goal Zero, and more. A few months ago, the brand launched its smallest solution, the Elite 10 Mini Portable Power Station, and as someone who does prefer the phrase “less is more,” I was eager to get my hands on one after the loss of the now-discontinued Jackery Explorer 100 Plus over the course of 2025. It’s been a handy companion for my regular trips to Virginia to help my parents in their old age, and below, you can get my hands-on breakdown of what you can expect.

SANDMARC is back at it again today with a new release. The brand is easily among our favorite accessory makers when it comes to the sorts of gear that supports creators and iPhoneographers, not to mention its gorgeous Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases. But today it is introducing the all-new Capture Leather Wallet to neatly stow SD cards and everything else you would normally have in there. You can also use our exclusive 9TO510 discount code at checkout to secure a deal on your pre-order. 

Yesterday was your last shot to claim the March PlayStation Plus FREE games (as we reminded folks about), but that also means today is the day the latest slate of Monthly FREE games will go live. April’s collection for PS Plus Essential members is, or will be, live at any time now. Scope out the details below. 

Satechi is the maker of one of my personal favorite MagSafe charging stands – this metal 3-in-1 model right here, but today it is finally ready to jump into the next-generation with a brand new 25W unit and an upgraded design. 

Nintendo has a serious leak problem right now, as we have already discussed. It seems as though just about all of its major 2026 releases have already surfaced online, leaving very little to the imagination when it comes to the upcoming summer and holiday Switch 2 release schedule. There are couple of other titles that have been mentioned among the leaks and, while they don’t come from sources quite as reliable as some of the others, if they do end up coming to fruition we could be in for a new Wario Land game and a potential new classic Metroid remake this year. 

Welcome to 9to5Toys News Weekly – your go-to spot to catch up on the latest new product releases, features, and hands-on reviews. This week we have a look back at the massive leak problem Nintendo is dealing with at the moment – just about all of its major 2026 Switch 2 game releases and more have seemingly all surfaced online – alongside a new Olde Dublin leather release from Nomad, this Limited Edition all metal Apple II-inspired keyboard, three new LEGO three new Toy Story sets, and this epic NES-SY2.0 setup, and more. Check it all out below.

Is Walmart open on Easter Sunday? Is Target closed today? Is Costco open today? Are grocery stores open today? Easter weekend has arrived and that means we will be seeing adjusted hours and various store closures. Let’s take a look. 

Update 4/3: We have now updated this post with some additional leaked details on some potential upcoming Switch 2 releases.

As we have already reported, there have been some major Nintendo leaks surfacing across the interwebs over the last week or so, much of which coming from folks with solid track records for this sort of thing. While these sorts of early details and rumors were very much expected last year with the launch of the Switch 2, it appears as though much of the Nintendo 2026 launch plans have leaked already. 

There’s no shortage of affordable, budget-friendly gaming keyboards on the market, but only a handful come packed with features that truly come through for gaming. You’re likely to end up with a standard mechanical keyboard when shopping for models under $100, but the EPOMAKER G84 HE we’re looking at today checks all the basics while also bringing some noteworthy extras to the table at this price point. I kept my expectations in check when I started using it as my daily driver for gaming – especially since I was coming from some more premium boards in my collection – but I have to admit it’s proven to be a reliable performer that has consistently earned a spot on my desk alongside the LOFREE Flow 2 wireless model I usually rely on for work. You can read more about my experience using it as my everyday gaming keyboard below.

With Apple celebrating its 50th anniversary this week, 8BitDo has unveiled a special version of its Retro mechanical keyboard to mark the occasion. Called the AP50th Limited Edition, this model is built to celebrate 50 years of Apple and it’s inspired by the Apple II with classic beige and brown tones. It features a compact 68-key layout with a full aluminum build, including an aluminum shell, keycaps, and buttons. The limited-edition keyboard is now up for grabs directly from the brand’s online store for a rather hefty $499.99 shipped price, and you can get a closer look at it below along with more details.

Nomad already unleashed its latest Find My-equipped MagSafe Wallet, but it has just issued a new Limited Edition model with its gorgeous Olde Dublin leather treatment. 

The Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary celebrations continue after the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in theaters this week as a few new collectibles and goodies have surfaced at retail (or will be very soon). Both Best Buy and Target have new Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary collectibles up for grabs, including a pair of game cases (they are sort of like a SteelBook case that holds multiple Switch and Switch 2 cartridges).

The LEGO Group is not joking around right out of the April gates, as we’ve already had the newest wave of 15 LEGO sets followed up by the reveal of three new Toy Story builds, and now things are taking a turn towards the World Cup, which officially starts in a few weeks. Not only is the LEGO Group adding some soccer legends to its LEGO Editions theme as minifigures, but we’re also getting some buildable figures, and a massive and gorgeous 1,427-piece wall art, too – all available to pre-order ahead of their releases! Head below to learn more and check out all the photos we’ve collected together.

Update: PS5 hardware is scheduled to jump up in price at some point today.

Last week Sony announced sweeping and particularly significant upcoming price hikes across the current-generation PlayStation hardware – PS5 is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Starting this Thursday PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, and PS5 Pro are going to be $100 and $150 more expensive and you might want to score one now before that happens. 

While the leaks and rumors regarding upcoming Nintendo plans have slowed to some degree compared to last year’s Switch 2 launch cycle, there have been some seriously exciting tidbits floating around as of late. Not the least of which, some fairly high-profile Nintendo Insiders have already claimed we are in for a complete remake of one of the most celebrated Nintendo titles of all-time: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. And now it looks as though there’s good reason to believe there will also be a special edition Zelda Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Console. 

Alongside our recent roundup of 15 new LEGO sets that hit the market this morning, we’re now getting an exciting reveal of three new LEGO sets for the Disney and Pixar theme – all of them giving us some long-overdue Toy Story sets. Fans won’t have to wait very long to get their hands on these new sets, with all three also able to secure right now with pre-orders. Head below to learn more about them and browse through all the collected photos.

The new Super Mario Galaxy Movie is hitting theaters today! I will likely be making my way to a local screening this weekend, but for collectors or those who would rather skip the lines and overpriced popcorn, pre-orders for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Limited Edition SteelBook Blu-ray + Digital are now live alongside some upcoming listings for the The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Collectible Tin edition.

The all-new Anker Nano Power Strip has arrived. The brand is unleashing the newest member of its Nano power lineup today with a unique power strip product that neatly clamps to the side/back of a desk or shelf, leaving a series of USB ports up top and some AC outlets neatly stowed away out of sight underneath. The white is now live on Amazon (the black model is also now live on Amazon but we are still awaiting the white model listing) and the black variant directly on the Anker site.

There have been some notable releases for Switch 2 thus far, but nothing overly remarkable at this point. We have had some notable first-party releases with the new Mario Tennis game and the Super Mario Bros. Wonder expansion, not to mention the surprisingly well-received Pokémon Pokopia. But Nintendo is going to need some heavy hitters to keep the hype rolling this year – will we finally get a new 3D Mario experience? Doesn’t sound like it at this point, but rumor has it a massive Zelda remake is inbound alongside a new Star Fox game and much sooner than later at that.

It’s that time of the months again folks, when all the builders are buzzing with the anticipation of a new wave of LEGO sets hitting the market in April 2026! Unlike last month’s 43-set release, we’re only seeing 15 new builds jumping onto shelves in April 2026, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to be excited about. We’ve got curated a list of all these new releases below, so head down and start planning ahead of the clock officially ticking us over into April.

The better part of 20 years after its initial release, Speed Racer (2008) is getting a 4K Blu-Ray remaster and coming back to theaters for a limited time. Here’s where you can view it and where you can pre-order the physical release.

Love Hultén is, in many ways, a one of kind designer and instrument creator. We have featured this stuff around here many a times in the past, but the epic new NES-SY2.0 has to be one of the more interesting and nostalgia-fueled new releases from Hultén in a minute. 

Xbox has now officially announced its massive summer showcase. Every year, typically in June, Xbox hosts its massive summer games showcase and it is now set it stone alongside a dedicated Gears of War: E-Day Direct.

We are well into Day 3 of the Amazon Big Spring Sale and coming to the close of the first week of discounts. While offers will carry through the weekend and into next week in some cases, not everything will as we are already starting to see some discounts disappear. So in the name of ensuring folks get a chance at the best of them, we have collected our top 10 favorite deals down below alongside a host of honorable mentions thereafter.

Target has now unleashed a new 50-page spring sale ad to give us a look at the deals set to go live this weekend. Still in the midst of its Circle Deal Days spring sale event through today (March 27), the retailer’s larger spring event will continue into week 2 starting this Sunday and you can get a look at the deals set to go live down below.

Nomad makes some of, if not, the best Find My Tracking Cards on the market if you ask, and it just unleashed its first Google Find My Hub model, as first spotted by the squad over at 9to5Google. Now available for purchase, you can also land a nice launch deal – Buy 2 save 10%. 

Earlier this week Xbox announced its next Partner Showcase, and today is the day. Set to go live at 1 p.m. ET, Xbox is ready to put some of its prime time partner developers in the limelight to give us in-depth looks at upcoming releases, but it also has some surprises in store by the sounds of it. 

Nintendo unleashed the final trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie earlier this month, but the reveals ahead of the April 1 release aren’t quite done yet – it has now confirmed that Fox McCloud from StarFox is in the film. 

The massive Amazon Big Spring Sale is now live, Walmart has launched a wide-ranging spring sale of its own, and now the scheduled Target Circle Deal Days sale has arrived as well. Featuring thousands of its own price drops, all you need is a FREE Target Circle account to get in on the action. 

Alongside the official kick-off to Amazon’s massive Big Spring Sale, and the $100 price drops on AirPods Max, today is also the day the brand new AirPods Max 2 go up for pre-order. The long-awaited next-generation Apple over-ears will go up for sale for the first time this morning at major retailers and directly from Apple and we are here to uncover the best ways to save. 

The Amazon Big Spring Sale is now live. Amazon’s first gigantic sale event of the year is now in full swing with thousands of price drops on Apple gear, the new AirPods Pro 3, Google devices, Samsung tech, smart home, apparel, tools, smartphone accessories, and a whole lot more. You’ll find everything waiting for you on this page alongside even more details down below. 

The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have now officially announced the release date for the upcoming Pokémon Champions Releases on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 alongside a brand new overview trailer. 

Just after some details on the next-generation Xbox console surfaced at GDC, Microsoft has now announced the next installment of its Xbox Partner Preview. 

Target’s early spring sale is now live with thousands of price drops on apparel for the whole family, all of the easter treats and decor you could ever need, and much more. Its major Circle Deal Days sale, to directly take on the upcoming Amazon Big Spring Sale, however is officially set to kick off on March 25 and it has now launched a preview of the upcoming deals. 

The big Target spring sale will kick off this weekend and we now have a nearly 50 page ad detailing loads of upcoming deals. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale will officially go live next Wednesday (although there are already plenty of deals now live) and Best Buy is already in the midst of a giant Tech Fest sale, but there will be thousands of deals going live at Target starting this Sunday ahead too. 

Burton Goods is one of our favorite leather Apple accessory gear makers, and today it is debuting its all-new desk collection with some deals using code BG20 at checkout.  

8BitDo has been on a roll with its lineup of retro-inspired controllers and accessories, and it has now introduced a pair of new options tailored for N64 fans. Leading the drop is the 8BitDo Retro Receiver, a BLE-powered wireless adapter for the N64 that works with a wide range of 8BitDo and official first-party controllers. Alongside it is the N64-style 8BitDo 64 2.4GHz controller, which ships with the new receiver, letting you wirelessly enjoy classic titles on original hardware. Both are now available via 8BitDo’s official Amazon storefront, with the Retro Receiver priced at $24.99 and the 64 controller at $39.99 shipped. Head below for a closer look and more details.

Nintendo just recently issued firmware update for Nintendo Switch 2 and, among a series of mostly unexciting, albeit welcomed, updates, there is one particularly notable enhancement here with the new “Handheld Mode Boost.” 

While it was never the true modern PlayStation portable everyone wanted, Sony says it has steady growth on PlayStation Portal engagement and it is now ready to unleash some enhancements to the platform. 

Target has now officially announced its bring spring sale to take on Amazon. Target Circle Deal Days are now official, just hours after Amazon announced its 2026 Big Spring Sale, and we have the details for you below. 

Last week, LEGO gave us two new teasers on Instagram – one for a new Mario minifigure, and the other for the long-awaited Ideas Jurassic Park Jeep, but the LEGO Group was busy over the weekend continuing its sneak peeks pertaining to the Dinosaur-centric theme, as we also got a new video on the upcoming Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops set, as well as short-term story peeks at three additional sets – which means we’re going to be have a nice wave of 2026 Jurassic World releases. Head below to get a rundown on what we can surmise from the limited info we have, as well as watch the official reveal video and browse the few collected photos pertaining to all these new building sets.

The 2026 Amazon Big Spring Sale has now been officially announced. Amazon’s giant annual spring sale event will once again take place in late March and we now have the official dates alongside a teaser on some of the deals, what to expect, the Amazon Big Spring Sale Doorbuster deals, and more.