Those of you of a certain age will bear in mind Neopets. Arriving with a bang in 1999 as a free-to-play digital browser recreation where you look after digital pets, it exploded in reputation, spawning merchandise, toys, video video games, trading playing cards, and more. It’s still fairly large at present, even!
On the video recreation aspect, issues have been a little quieter on that entrance in latest years for console homeowners, (it’s been 20 years since the last home console recreation), but that modifications on twenty sixth March 2026 with the release of Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection.
Acting as a kind of return to the heyday of Neopets, this assortment brings collectively 25 traditional Neopets minigames including Turmac Roll, where you roll a little turmac across the ground and accumulate fruit while avoiding obstacles, and Meerca Chase II, which is a bit like Snake.
Of course, you can still play most of these on a browser, but developer Outright Games has acknowledged that these minigames have been up to date with refreshed visuals and more-polished controls.
There’s also a model new minigame in the kind of Starlight Symphony, and secret twenty seventh one. DLC, seasonal occasions, story mode, and online leaderboards (all linked to your Neopets account if you want) all spherical out the bundle.
Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection was initially announced back in October 2025, but at present’s announcement confirms that the recreation will be obtainable to pre-order on the eShop from15th January 2026.
A Neopets recreation was rumoured to be coming to Switch years in the past, but that never occurred. We only had to wait another 4 years for an precise announcement!
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