Fireman Sam x Donkey Kong Home-Run Combat

Fireman Sam x Donkey Kong Home-Run Combat is a 2025 crossover baseball fighting game developed by Jamie's Games and Button Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is a crossover between the British animated series Fireman Sam and the Japanese video game franchise Donkey Kong, although it also features characters from various other shows and video games, most of whom are either of British origin or with some British crew members on them. It also features and combines every aspect present in both baseball video games such as Mario Super Sluggers and fighting games like the Super Smash Bros. series to create a unique gaming experience. It features a wide variety of game modes, including a single-player campaign and multiplayer versus modes. Its two main modes are Home-Run Mode, where the player chooses different teams in the roster to play baseball against the opponent, and Combat Mode, where player control one of the various characters to attack and weaken opponents and knock them out of an arena. With all the franchises listed above, the game has 120 playable fighters/teams, mainly from either Fireman Sam or Donkey Kong.
Planning for the game had begun in November 2022, with full development starting after Jamie Hickinbottom, who was only twelve at the time, finished for Christmas holiday. The involvement of major game developer Button Studios, as well as support from Hickinbottom's secondary school, Beaumont Leys School, helped speed up the preparation process. Hickinbottom's goal was to create a unique, entertaining combination that both fans of baseball and fighting games could enjoy, and desired to include any character possible regardless of their origin, despite the various development and licensing issues this would represent. Several well-known television and videogame musicians contributed to the soundtrack.
Nintendo first teased Home-Run Combat in a Nintendo Direct in March 2025 and fully revealed it the following June. It later received two additional Directs prior to its release on December 17, 2025.