It’s been more than a decade since Electronic Arts released a football game on a Nintendo console, and the absence has been noticeable for a company with one of the biggest fandoms and install bases. The last “Madden” entry was on the Wii U and featured now-retired Calvin Johnson on the cover. EA entirely skipped the Switch generation.

That changes with “Madden NFL 26” making its way to the Nintendo Switch 2. With more powerful hardware, the console can run the demanding code that EA Orlando has crafted over the years to make a more realistic football game.

The animation systems are more complex and they rely on in-game physics to make every tackle and collision feel more visceral. Internet integration is tighter so that rosters are constantly updated and online play is deeper. The graph

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