{"id":408640,"date":"2026-01-15T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408640\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:27:09","slug":"nintendos-first-game-trial-of-2026-is-exclusive-to-switch-2-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408640\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo’s First Game Trial Of 2026 Is Exclusive To Switch 2 (North America)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Nintendo has announced its first Switch Online game trial of 2026 for North America. It’s also apparently the first time a trial has been exclusive to the Switch 2.<\/p>\n

It’s EA Sports Madden NFL 26<\/a>, which launched on the Switch 2 in August last year. This game trial is available between now and 21st January 2026, and gives players access to the “full” game. If you don’t have a subscription, Nintendo is also currently offering a free 7-day online trial in this region.<\/p>\n

\"Madden<\/a> Image: EA<\/p>\n

If you do decide to purchase this game, you’ll be able to get the digital version for 60% off its regular price until 25th January 2026, reducing it from $69.99 USD \/ $89.99 CAD to $27.99 USD \/ $35.99 CAD. Save data will also carry over to the full game, so you can continue on. There’s a chance to earn 100 My Nintendo Points just by playing this Game Trial as well.<\/p>\n

You can find out a bit more about this title in our review here on Nintendo Life. We gave it eight out of ten stars, calling it a “very solid port of one of the best outings for this franchise in recent memory”.<\/p>\n

Will you be checking out this game trial for the Switch 2? What other trials would you like to see in the future? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has announced its first Switch Online game trial of 2026 for North America. It’s also apparently the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[8664,1299,75,12799,4265,74],"class_list":["post-408640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ea","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-nintendo-switch-online","tag-north-america","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}