TodayThu, 21st Feb 2019

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  8

  Japanese Charts Jump Force Kicks New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Out Of The Top Spot

  Switch sales maintain momentum

  Japanese chart figures are now in for 11th - 17th February, revealing New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has been pushed down to third place. It's been replaced by Bandai Namco's new fighting game Jump Force in first and the PlayStation 4 version of the new Atlus release, Catherine: Full Body. Despite this, Nintendo...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Japan
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  21

  News Untitled Goose Game Will Not Be Arriving Until Later On In 2019

  "We'll get this goose to you as soon as we can"

  At the Nintendo Switch Nindies Summer Showcase last year, there was one game about a goose that captured everyone's hearts. Developed by the Melbourne-based Australian developer House House, Untitled Goose Game was originally due to arrive early on in 2019. Unfortunately, in the latest update, this...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases

YesterdayWed, 20th Feb 2019

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  9

  Nindie Round Up Inops, The Raven Remastered, Utopia 9, Heroes Trials and Debris Infinity

  More indie hits than you can shake a joy con at

  This week, we have some solid entries from the Indie scene, bringing you five more lovely titles to potentially add to your library. Atmospheric puzzler Inops delivers some quirky brain teasers via platforming, The Raven Remastered offers a Switch port of a mystery solving classic, Utopia 9 – a...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Nindie Round Up
  • Switch eShop
  • Features
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  29

  News Julian Eggebrecht, Ex-Head Of Factor 5, Joined Epic Games Last Month

  What if...?

  Warning: the following news may have you pining for 'the good old days' and thinking back wistfully to when EA wasn't fouling up good Star Wars games with lootbox nonsense. Erstwhile Nintendo Life contributor Liam Robertson has noted on Twitter a recent movement of a prominent industry figure under the considerable umbrella of Epic...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Industry
  • Epic Games
  • Factor 5
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  67

  Feature Getting Reacquainted With Zelda: Link's Awakening, An Irreverent And Often Very Silly Classic

  "It was like we were making a parody of Zelda"

  The Switch is getting its second Zelda game, but it perhaps wasn't one that people were expecting. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening was the franchise's first serious foray into the handheld arena (if you don't include the 1989 Game & Watch release, that is) and remains a beloved entry in the...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
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  103

  News New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Japanese Sales Prove Plumber Port Profitability

  Blimmin' game takes up half the headline!

  While the number of Wii U ports Nintendo has bought to Switch might be a bone of contention for some fans - especially the ones that stuck with the company through those lean years and already bought these games once before - it's easy to see why they make sense. Not only do these gems find a new audience...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • New Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Japan
  • North America
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  33

  News Cheeky Brawler Skullgirls 2nd Encore Lands On Switch This Spring

  Limited Edition boxed version up for grabs

  Previously released across a whole bunch of platforms stretching all the way back to 2012, we knew that 2D beat-em-up Skullgirls 2nd Encore was coming to Switch after the game was announced at Anime Expo 2018 without a release window, but Skybound Games has now narrowed it down to spring this year. Not...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  7

  News VR Game Elevator...to the Moon! Is Coming Soon To Switch

  Going up in the world with this Turbo Champion's Edition

  Previously released on VR platforms, Elevator...to the Moon! Turbo Champion's Edition is a sci-fi comedy set in an elevator that - true to its title - goes to the moon, and it arrives this March on Switch courtesy of Roccat Game Studio and Arcade Distillery. This elevator belongs to the...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  27

  News New Book Delves Into The History Of Star Fox And F-Zero

  Otherwise known as "the franchises fans really want"

  Star Fox and F-Zero. Hearing those two names – assuming you're of a certain age – will probably force you to come out in fits of nostalgia, your mind flooded by memories of the good old days when the SNES and N64 were the hottest tickets in town. Today, neither franchise really seems to be at...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Star Fox
  • F-Zero
  • Books
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  77

  Rumour Pokémon News Coming Soon According To Leaker

  Someone who predicted most of the last Direct

  It's not even a week since the February Nintendo Direct dropped and finally kickstarted 2019 for Nintendo fans. Of course, the world of video games is fast-moving, and we all knew it wouldn't be long before the rumour mill began creaking and moving again. Our friends over at NintendoSoup have noticed...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Rumour
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokémon
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  20

  News Hard West, A Gunspinning XCOM-Alike Is Coming To Switch Very Soon

  Howdy, stranger

  There's no shortage of cowboy simulators for fans of the Old West, but Forever Entertainment's upcoming Switch version of Hard West will let players enjoy barroom brawls with a shot of turn-based XCOM-style strategy. From the screens and the trailer, it bears a passing resemblance to Wasteland 2, a game which strugg

  • 15 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  28

  News Nintendo Switch Online To Launch In Hong Kong And South Korea

  Coming this Spring

  If Switch owners in the west thought they had to wait a long time for Nintendo's belated Online service to arrive, spare a thought for their counterparts in the east. The service, which launched back in September last year, will finally arrive in South Korea and Hong Kong this spring. Interestingly, @chinesenintendo, the Twitter...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Asia
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  55

  News Chrono Trigger Director Takashi Tokita Is Producing Switch JRPG Oninaki

  And he's heading up quite a dream team

  Oninaki was one of the new titles announced during last week's Nintendo Direct, and has been the beneficiary of some significant coverage in this week's issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu. Published by Square Enix and developed by Tokyo RPG Factory, Oninaki is being described as an "intensely shocking title"...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Oninaki
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  30

  Reminder SMITE Is Now Free-To-Play On Switch

  Get your MOBA on for the best possible price

  Following its closed-beta at launch, SMITE is now free-to-play on Switch and includes crossplay with PS4 and Xbox One players. Not only that, but players on other consoles can also pick up their game on Switch, with all progress and gear being shared across platforms. The MOBA was always free-to-play...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Reminder
  • Nintendo Switch
  • SMITE
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  16

  News Valley, An Acrobatic First-Person Adventure, Arrives On Switch In March

  Fear no evil

  First released back in August 2016, this game comes from Blue Isle Studios, the team resonsible for Slender: The Arrival, a first-person horror experience that came to the ol' Wii U. However, Valley takes a step back from horror into a more fantastical world where you have the power to manipulate nature and perform some impressive...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  94

  News Early NPD Figures Suggest Nintendo Outperformed The Competition In January

  Switch shows year-on-year growth as the other consoles decline

  According to NPD figures seen by @DirectFeedGames, early numbers from the US indicate that Switch comfortably outsold the competition in January with 284,000 sales against 195,000 for PlayStation 4. These figures are unconfirmed at this stage, but that's a sizeable lead for Nintendo,...

  • 18 hours ago
  • NPD
  • Sales
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America
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  60

  News US Government Spices Up Its Flash Game With Yoshi's Island DS Music

  Uncle Sam's a Yoshi fan

  Where would Mario be without Yoshi, his trusty steed ever since Super Mario World? We're big fans of the dinosaur's work, and can't wait to raid the art room in the upcoming Yoshi's Crafted World. It seems somebody working for the US government is also a fan; as noted on Twitter by The Fore

  • 19 hours ago
  • Yoshi
  • Nintendo DS
  • US
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  45

  News Go Back To The Future In Fortnite With This Limited Time Driftboard

  It's like 1080° or SSX with guns

  After coming under fire for allegedly stealing dances from famous people and taking ideas from other battle royale shooters, Fortnite appears to be coming up with more and more inventive ideas on a regular basis. This includes recently hosting its very own in-game Marshmello concert, with more than 10 million...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Fortnite
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  13

  News Red Hook Studios Announces Sequel To Darkest Dungeon

  No platforms or release date announced

  Early last year, the Switch eShop received the brutal role-playing game Darkest Dungeon and this followed up with a physical release a few months later. Red Hook Studios, the developer behind the title, has now announced a sequel to the multi-platform game first launched in 2016. A release date for Darkest...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  24

  News Mario & Luigi Developer AlphaDream Seeking Production Assistant

  What's next?

  Remember in July last year when it was reported AlphaDream was recruiting for game development on Switch, smartphone devices and also PlayStation 4? Well, the Japan-based company is now seeking a Production Assistant to help progress game software development, according to a listing on its official website. AlphaDream is best known for...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mobile
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  48

  Random Hideki Kamiya Would Like To See Bayonetta In Mortal Kombat 11

  Just imagine...

  Just after the Mortal Kombat 11 community had come to accept the fact Shaggy from the Scooby Doo series wouldn't be added to the upcoming release, Bayonetta Director Hideki Kamiya has decided to send fan speculation into overdrive once again. All it took wa

  • 1 day ago
  • Random
  • Hideki Kamiya
  • Nintendo Switch
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  16

  News The Next Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board Event Is A Donkey Kong Family Reunion

  Starts later this week

  The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit board event is a Donkey Kong-themed family gathering. It starts this Friday and as usual runs for a total of three days. During this period, you'll be able to collect more Donkey Kong spirits than usual, including the likes of Tiny Kong and Chunky Kong from DK64. Here's the official...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Nintendo
  • Donkey Kong
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  27

  News Nintendo Secures Trademarks For Dr. Mario World And Dr. Mario

  The doctor returns

  One game announced at the start of this month that has seemingly been forgotten about after the recent Nintendo Direct presentation is Dr. Mario World for mobile devices. The free-to-download game will be co-developed by LINE and NHN Entertainment and will include in-app purchases. Now, in related news, Nintendo Co., Ltd has...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo
  • Dr. Mario
  • Japan

Tuesday19th Feb 2019

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  57

  News Turns Out Many Characters Shared One Body In Zelda: The Wind Waker

  How did we not notice this before?

  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker got off to a rocky start with fans. The 'Celda' backlash may seem like a dim and distant memory now, but at the time many fans were furious that their beloved series was being twisted and turned in a way they didn’t agree with. Fancy that, eh? Fortunately, Nintendo stuck to...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
  • Wind Waker
  • Retro
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  62

  News Nintendo Switch System Update 7.0.1 Resolves Minor Pokémon: Let's Go Issue

  Enhancing the experience

  The last Nintendo Switch firmware update in January added in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe icons. This time around, the focus is on Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee. Nintendo has resolved a small bug where the newly released Pokémon games were unable to reconnect to the

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Fireware
  • Pokemon
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  91

  News Former PlatinumGames Producer Pooh-Poohs Scalebound Rumour

  "I’d highly doubt this is a thing"

  Last night the internet was a-buzz with whispers that Scalebound was the "dead and buried" game to be revived on Switch. Outlandish as the rumour may sound, the game that Microsoft cancelled started out as a Wii project, so it's no strange

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Rumour
  • PlatinumGames
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  23

  News Confusion Reigns After Mistake Leaves Popular Pokemon GO YouTubers Banned

  Overzealous AI seemingly to blame for the unfortunate error

  A raft of popular Pokémon GO YouTubers – including Marksman, Mystic7 and Trainer Tips – received accidental bans yesterday and were locked out of their Google accounts after being informed that their family-friendly content contained prohibited material. Account owners were informed...

  • 2 days ago
  • Pokemon
  • YouTube
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  25

  News Prototype Red & Blue Data Sheds More Light On Pokémon's Origins

  We could have been catching Capsule Monsters instead

  Similar to the previously unearthed prototype designs for Pokémon Gold & Silver, further discoveries seem to have been made about original Pokémon Red & Blue monsters. A fresh batch of prototype assets has been published by Helix Chamber

  • 2 days ago
  • Pokemon
  • Nintendo
  • Retro
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  64

  Random Epic Games Sues After Unofficial Fortnite Event Sullies The Brand

  100 lawyers parachute into Norwich

  Yesterday we reported on an unofficial Fortnite event in the UK (in the fair city of Norwich, to be exact) and it seems that the weekend woes, bad press and refund requests aren't the last of the headaches for the organisers. Not even an attempt to avoid legal complications with that logo According to Eurogamer,

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Random
  • Fortnite
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  67

  News Yacht Club Games Has Delayed Shovel Knight: King Of Cards

  And everything else

  Scratch the 9th of April release date from your calendars, as Yacht Club Games has revealed the next major update for Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove – comprised of Shovel Knight: King of Cards and S

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  42

  News Famitsu Report Reveals Japan's Highest-Selling Games And Top-Selling Hardware In 2018

  Nintendo dominates the competition

  2018 was a big year for Nintendo, with the Switch and the system's library of the games dominating the charts for many months of the year worldwide. Famitsu has now published its own report, revealing the top 10 highest-selling video games and top-selling hardware in Japan last year. According to the estimates...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Japan
  • Famitsu
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  87

  Reminder Nintendo Sending Out Survey About Daemon X Machina Demo

  Your feedback is valuable

  Following the conclusion of last week's Nintendo Direct presentation, a number of demos were uploaded to the Switch eShop. One of these gave players the chance to try out the DAEMON X MACHINA Prototype Missions. If you were of the people who happened to download and play this particular demo, be on the lookout for a survey...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reminder
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  35

  Review BlazBlue Centralfiction Special Edition - Well Worth The Wait For Fighting Game Fans

  Don't be Blue

  In the world of virtual fisticuffs there are 2D fighting games and then there are 2D fighting games, those series and franchises that are often the richest in mechanics and delicately-balanced subsystems, filled with equally convoluted plots and backstories. On the flip-side, that usually means said games are super-niche in their...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • BlazBlue Centralfiction
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  37

  Review Away: Journey To The Unexpected - A Colourful Roguelike Plagued By Bad Design Choices

  Go away

  On paper, roguelike game design sounds like a fantastic idea. Most small developers don’t have access to the finances or resources of big studios, so it takes considerably more time to produce a quality, lengthy video game. The shortcut, then, is that smaller developers can utilize procedural generation to make a little bit go a lot...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Away Journey to the Unexpected
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  24

  News Brand New Pokémon Cards Announced for Detective Pikachu Movie

  The creepy CGI card creations continue

  The Pokémon Company International recently announced some additions to its latest line of trading cards, inspired by the upcoming Pokémon film, Detective Pikachu. The three new cards, available beginning April 5th, will include Mr. Mime, Jigglypuff and Psyduck – characters all featured in recent trailers...

  • 2 days ago
  • Pokemon
  • TCG
  • Pokemon Trading Card Game
  • Detective Pikachu
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  35

  Random 'Mario' And Yoshi Spotted Flogging Vitamins In China

  Seems legit

  We're used to seeing Mario and friends adorning all sorts of products outside the sphere of video games, from backpacks to bottlecaps and beyond. Occasionally, we'll find them featured on unofficial products, such as this rather nifty-looking boardgame or on the sides of a bouncy castle - that sort of thing. On yet other occasions we...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • China
  • Mario
  • Yoshi
  • Fake
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  52

  News Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom Appears To Be Getting A Switch Demo

  Try before you buy

  Not long after December release of Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, publisher FDG Entertainment said the number of copies sold on Switch was eight times the amount of combined sales on other platforms. In an attempt to boost sales on Nintendo's hybrid device even more, it appears the publisher is releasing a demo for the game...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Demo
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  15

  Random Plush Neo Geo Mini Arrives To Steal Your Heart And Wallet

  Falling asleep at the arcade was never this comfy

  We're as partial as the next gamer to quality video game merch, however needless or useless it may be. Make a cool, smaller version of some retro hardware and we'll snap it up, as the growing collection of mini consoles around the Nintendo Life offices attests. We're also not averse to tiny rubber...

  • 1 day ago
  • Merchandise
  • Neo Geo
  • SNK
  • Random
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  9

  News Vambrace: Cold Soul Brings Roguelike Fantasy To Switch This Summer

  Single-player adventure coming in 'Q3 2019'

  Coming from Devespresso Games, the Korean studio behind The Coma: Recut, their latest game is planned for a summer release on Switch and other consoles following a PC launch in April. Vambrace: Cold Soul is a hand-illustrated 'roguelite' adventure set in the city of Icenaire. The city is populated by a...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Black Future '88 Brings An Alternate Past To Switch This Year

  There's no future, or past, without neon or roguelike elements

  Coming to Switch and PC later this year, self-described 'roguelike action shooter' Black Future '88 is set in an alternate reality where, it appears, it's always 1988. Presumably this is an alternate 1988 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac and gifted it to his past self because things...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  21

  News Isometric Puzzler Golf Peaks Tees Off On Switch Soon

  Become a mountaineer and a golfer in one!

  If you're in the market for a nice relaxing round of golf on your Switch, then Polish publisher 7lvls.com has you covered with their upcoming Golf Peaks, which looks rather nice indeed. Let's find out a bit more about this upcoming puzzler from their press release: No understanding of golf is required –...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Golf Peaks
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  25

  News Awesome Pea Is Rolling Onto Switch At The Start Of March

  Busting for some retro platforming?

  https: Boasting an instantly recognisable art style, thirty levels and a 'stunning retro soundtrac

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  39

  News Devil Engine Is The Closest We'll Get To A New Thunder Force Game In 2019

  Feel the thunder

  DANGEN Entertainment is bringing Protoculture's 2D shooter Devil Engine to the Nintendo Switch this week, it has been confirmed. 'Heavily-influenced' by shooters from the 32-bit era of consoles, Devil Engine comprises of six levels with multiple bosses. Three different shot types are promised – each with its own unique smart bomb...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases