September2021
News Capcom Confirms Monster Hunter Rise Collabs With Ghosts 'n Goblins And Sonic
Also announces the return of a classic monster in Sunbreak expansion
You may have been watching Capcom's Monster Hunter Showcase from Tokyo Game Show with us earlier, but if you weren't there are certainly a few Monster Hunter Rise updates that you need to know about. First up is a fun collaboration with
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin - Title Update #4 Arrives This Week
With Dreadking Rathalos swooping in on 7th October
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a rather good game, an excellent sequel in the spin-off series and a good jumping in point to the franchise for those that prefer RPGs to intense real-time hunts. Just like the mainline entries Capcom has also stayed busy with frequent free updates, in...
News New Threats Emerge In Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC, Coming To Switch Summer 2022
A "massive" paid expansion
Nintendo's latest Direct event kicked off with a bang - announcing the new Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC. It's noted how this new expansion will be a "massive paid" one - featuring new stories, locales, monsters, hunting actions and quest ranks. Here's a brief teaser of what to expect: Will you be checking out this...
News Legendary Street Fighter II Artist Mick McGinty Has Passed Away
Also worked on Streets of Rage and Shining Force artwork
Mick McGinty, the man behind the iconic SNES Street Fighter II cover artwork, has died. McGinty was an immensely talented artist, as is evidenced by the impressive collection of work on his personal site, but for gamers of the '90s, his output will be almost synonymous with video game covers...
News Former Capcom Designer Wishes He Could Have Stopped The North American Mega Man Cover
"I couldn't believe this was allowed to happen"
The North American cover artwork for the first Mega Man game has become the stuff of legend. It's effortlessly one of the worst covers ever, not just because it's a rough illustration but because it totally fails to capture the nature of the lead character. A lot of the time, western covers for...
Quick Beats Mega Man Composer And Inti Creates Founder Talks Backdraft And Bongos
10 rapid-fire questions for Ippo Yamada
Throughout the Nintendo Life Video Game Music Festival we're speaking to a range of composers and musicians for a mixture of in-depth interviews and shorter, sharper (and perhaps a little goofier) Q&As where we ask just ten rapid-fire personal questions; we're calling these shorter features 'Quick Beats'...
Talking Point It's A Golden Era For Video Game Music Fans, So How Do You Listen?
When you're not playing the games, obvs
Being a fan of Nintendo-based video game music has historically been pretty tough. Older aural aficionados would cling tightly to their Killer Cuts CDs, dedicated collectors wept at the triple-digit pricing of rare Japanese CD sets containing most, but never quite all, of a popular '90s RPG soundtrack, and...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2 - Title Update #3 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
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Following on from our previous post, Capcom has now released Version 1.3.0 for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. It features new Monsties and brand-new quests - and even more content will arrive later on this month. Here are the full patch notes for the lat
August2021
Random Feast Your Eyes On The Horror That Is Street Fighter Stars Rendered Flesh By Google AI
F.A.N.G.S for the nightmares
Street Fighter's iconic leading man, Ryu, has appeared in various slightly altered states over his long and illustrious video game career, from his original red-headed form in 1987's Street Fighter to Street Fighter 2's classic variant, Fortnite's shiny cartoon character model and his recent appearance in
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin - Title Update #3 Arrives September 2nd
New Monsties, quests and more!
The friendlier and more accessible Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is getting another free content update. Just weeks after the second update arrived, Capcom has announced the third free title update will arrive later this week on 2nd September. It will include three new Monsties and brand-new quests. Then on...
News Here's Your First Look At The New Resident Evil Movie, In Cinemas This November
"Welcome to Raccoon City"
There's a new live-action Resident Evil movie coming to cinemas on 24th November. It's expected to be a more faithful recreation of Capcom's long-running survival horror video game series - with the director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night) stating how he worked "very closely with Capcom" on...
Competition Win These Super-Rare Monster Hunter Rise Golden amiibo (UK)
Going for gold
Remember those fancy 7-Eleven Monster Hunter Rise amiibo we told you about a while back? The ones which are exclusive to Japan and could only be obtained in a giveaway? Well, our friends at Nintendo UK have managed to get their hands on a set, and have kindly offered them as an exclusive Nintendo Life competition prize. These bad...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.3.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
Capcom has rolled out Version 3.3.1 of Monster Hunter Rise. As revealed yesterday, it includes another collaboration. This time it's Monster Hunter x Street Fighter - allowing players to become Akuma, the famous fighting villain. This content will unlock on 27th August, but the rest of this update is now live. As usual, there are...
News It's Monster Hunter Rise x Street Fighter For 'Capcom Collab 3'
There is only one winner
Monster Hunter Rise has been steadily serving up some fun free updates, including Capcom Collab additions that bring other popular IP into the game - last time we had Amaterasu from Okami. This time we get a bit of a blast from the past, as once again we're getting Monster Hunter x Street Fighter. As you can see in the r
News Street Fighter II Doc 'Here Comes A New Challenger' Gets New Trailer And Crowdfunding Drive
Now available to pre-order on Indiegogo "due to demand from fans"
Street Fighter II documentary Here Comes A New Challenger raised over £27,000 when it was crowdfunded on Kickstarter recently, but the team behind the project have now announced that another funding dr
News Monster Hunter Stories 2 Adds New Co-Op Quests And Monsties In Free Update
Update - more quests and goodies now available
Update (19th August): The second batch of content from this month's DLC has now gone live; the main additions are a range of co-op and subquests, with a delivery of 'Tantalizing Toe Beans' also thrown in. Original Article (4th August): Though Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
News Monster Hunter Stories 2 Second Major Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update today
Following on from our previous post, Capcom has now released Version 1.2.0 for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. It adds a new co-op quest - allowing you to take on the dazzling Kulve Taroth. There are also new monsters - Hellbalde Glavenus and Boltreaver Astalos. Some of this content will also roll out later this month on...
Guide How To Play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles With The Original Japanese Audio
For "subs not dubs" fans
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles finally got the English localisation that we've been craving for years, but... what if we actually want to play it with the original Japanese audio for maximum authenticity? That's totally possible, as it turns out — and we'll show you how! What you'll want to do first is make sure that...
July2021
Soapbox The Hidden Delights Of The Great Ace Attorney
Or, why TGAA is the LOTR DVD of video games
Did you know that Viggo Mortensen, the actor who played Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies, broke his toes on-set by kicking a helmet? The take ended up in the final cut, and Aragorn's cry of frustration, grief, and despair is made all the more real knowing that poor Viggo's toesies were probably...
News Capcom Wants To Know If You Would Buy More Great Ace Attorney Games
Fill out a survey and get a free wallpaper
This week marks the release of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms - we're big fans of the game by the way. As part of this release, Capcom has opened a survey that's available until 30th September, allowing fans to share their thoughts about this game and...
News Capcom Reports Record Q1 Profits, Monster Hunter Rise Continues To Grow
The hits keep coming
A sentiment we've shared in Nintendo Life Towers, and we suspect is also shared by a number of Switch owners, is that Capcom is on a roll. In this calendar year we've had Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Win
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
You've got to give it to Capcom - it's shown some outstanding support for Monster Hunter Rise since the game arrived on the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, and the developer has been rewarded for its efforts having now shifted more than seven million copies worldwide. Following on from the announcement of a new themed...
News The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Is Already The Fifth Best Switch Game Of 2021
The jury's in
You might not really believe in the power of Metacritic — a review aggregation site — to represent the opinions of many, but for those of you who love the Ace Attorney series and want to see it succeed, this will be good news nonetheless. Here's the current top five Switch games on Metacritic for 2021, based on their average...
News Capcom Promises To Fix "Known Issues" With Monster Hunter Stories 2 In A Future Update
Version 1.1.0 is causing a bit of trouble
Monster Hunter Stores 2: Wings of Ruin had a smooth launch, but apparently has run into a few issues since then. Following on from the Version 1.1.0 update Capcom rolled out last week, the company has now confirmed the existence of a number of bugs. It's currently investigating these issues and will release...
News Capcom Just Uploaded A Bunch Of Spoileriffic Case Teasers For The Great Ace Attorney
It was [SPOILER] in the [SPOILER] with the [SPOILER]!
Look away now if you want to play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles without knowing any of the plot details, because this news train is going all the way to Spoiler Town. Just a week ahead of the double-feature game's launch in the West with a whole new localisation and a ton of special extras,...
