Rumour SNES Games Might Be Coming To Switch Sooner Than You Think
New datamining efforts reveal
News - 2019, Week 03
Sunday20th Jan 2019
News Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster And Final Fantasy XII Receiving Physical Releases In Europe
Japan and US release previously confirmed
Europe won't be left out in the cold, with a listing on Amazon UK confirming Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will both score physical releases in this region. The
News Leaked Magazine Scan Confirms Jiren Is Joining The Battle In Dragon Ball FighterZ
For justice!
During Bandai Namco’s “Dragon Ball Games Super Showcase” live stream earlier this week, we found out a second season of characters for Dragon Ball FighterZ would be officially announced at the World Tour Finals, taking place on 26th and 27th January. Following this, Bandai Namco’s official Twitter account
News Mortal Kombat 11 Art Director Seemingly Reveals Reptile's Return
Mean and green
It sounds as if a Mortal Kombat 11 fighter may have been confirmed ahead of schedule. Following the grand reveal earlier this week - showing off the new character Geras and confirming classic ones such as Sonya Blade, DualShockers has shared new information about another popular character who appears to be making a return. During a...
News Level-5 Shares New Yo-Kai Watch 4 Trailer
Out this spring in Japan
After being delayed last October, the next installment in the Yo-Kai Watch video game franchise - Yo-Kai Watch 4 - arrives this spring in Japan. To help build hype, Level-5 has released a new trailer for the upcoming Switch release at World Hobby Fair 2019, currently taking place in Nagoya, Japan. The trailer stars Keita -...
Rumour Legendary Entertainment Has Plans For More Live-Action Pokémon Movies
Building a cinematic universe
The Detective Pikachu movie isn’t even out yet and already there are some wild rumours about Legendary Entertainment’s plans to expand the Pokémon cinematic universe. We Got You Covered has "trusted sources" claiming there are plans to release a separate live-action CGI movie based on the original Game Boy titles,...
Saturday19th Jan 2019
News Piranha Plant Will Become Available In Smash Bros. Ultimate “Around” February
Pipe up
An update on the Nintendo Switch news feed has narrowed down the release date of the Piranha Plant fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. According to the post - which is a reminder to claim your Gold Points before the end of January, so you can receive the Piranha Plant fighter for free - the classic Super Mario enemy will become...
News The Darksiders Twitter Account Might Have Teased A Switch Release
THQ Nordic plays it down
The history of Darksiders on Nintendo platforms dates back to 2012 when Darksiders II was released on the Wii U as a launch title. Years later, at the very end of the system's life, THQ Nordic followed up with Darksiders: Warmastered Edition. The question now is, will this hack and slash action-adventure series - drawing...
News Limited Run Games Publishing Dragon's Lair Trilogy Physical Edition
Nintendo website makes it official
Last week, we found out Dragon's Lair Trilogy would be released on Switch eShop on 17th January after a listing on the European Switch eShop. With the game now available on Nintendo's digital platform, many fans of the classic series are probably wondering when they can get their hands on a physical release. The...
News Roguelike Dungeon Crawler Tangledeep Launches On Switch eShop This Month
Classically inspired
The roguelike dungeon crawler Tangledeep, previously described as a tribute to the golden age of RPGs, is finally being released on the Nintendo Switch eShop later this month on 31st January after missing its Q2 2018 window. The developer Impact Gameworks first showed interest in bringing the game to the Switch in October 2017...
News First Run Of Legendary T-Shirts Are Being Added To Travis Strikes Again In February
One of them is a JSR print
Earlier this week, the one and only video game designer and director Goichi "Suda51" Suda, revealed the No More Heroes spin-off Travis Strikes Again would include a special t-shirt design from
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 19th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Congratulations everyone, we've made it to yet another weekend! As is tradition, members of Team Nintendo Life have gathered together to talk about our weekend plans. Featuring games ranging from Mario's latest platforming adventure to digital versions of trading card games, you can find our entries below...
Friday18th Jan 2019
News A New Line Of Smart, Customisable Pokémon Shirts Is On The Way, Orders Open Next Week
151 designs planned
Finding clothing based on your favourite video game franchises, especially ones like Pokémon, isn't always easy as an adult, especially when most designs available can be a little childish or in your face in nature. This new line of shirts could be just the thing you've been looking for, though, and orders are opening very soon...
Legendary power awaits
Today sees the introduction of Diablo III's Season 16, and there are plenty of goodies waiting for you when it eventually drops. Season 16 comes alongside a new patch, carrying with it a new theme in which all Seasonal players will benefit from the legendary power of the Ring of Royal Grandeur. There are new cosmetic rewards...
With a power-up twist
Retro-style Nindie developer Ultra Dolphin Revolution has revealed its latest project Real Men Use Items!, a Super Smash Bros.-like fight to the death planned exclusively for Nintendo systems. Featuring a complete 8-bit aesthetic, the game has you relying on your reflexes and using anything you can find to survive. Rather than...
News Game-Breaking Bug Found In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story On 3DS
Hopefully a fix is on the way
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey has been out for a week on the 3DS in the US now and already a major game-breaking bug has been found. According to a post over on Reddit by the user FrankCopper, when you lose Mario from your party in the Nimble Woods area of the game and then go back a...
News Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid Morphs Classic Franchise Into A Fighting Game
Arrives on Switch this April
Power Rangers has had somewhat of a resurgence in recent years with a live action movie in 2017. Now, nWay - the developer and publisher behind hit multiplayer mobile game Power Rangers: Legacy Wars - is teaming up with Hasbro and Lionsgate to release Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid on multiple platforms including the...
News Kombat Kast For Mortal Kombat 11 Takes Place On 30th January
Kabal also konfirmed
During the Mortal Kombat 11 live stream, fans of the long-running fighting series got their first proper look at the game. This included the gameplay reveal, a fatalities trailer, the story prologue, the reveal of Ronda Rousey as Sonya Blade, the Geras character reveal and a behind-the-scenes look at the development. You can...
One for the physical collectors
Arc System Works and PQube have shared more details surrounding the releases of both Guilty Gear and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R on Switch, revealing that they'll actually be available together as part of a very special bundle. Launching this spring, both the original Guilty Gear and XX Accent Core Plus R - the...
News Nintendo President Says Company Is Working On "New Methods" For Nintendo Labo
Sales not as strong as other top games
It's no secret that Nintendo Labo hasn't quite managed to reach the lofty heights Nintendo may have hoped for or expected, but it certainly isn't done just yet. From the start, Labo has been a particularly intriguing venture for Nintendo; rather than the standard marketing process for games, Labo has been...
News Here Are The Top 30 Best-Selling Nintendo eShop Games Of 2018 In Japan
Digital and retail releases
Nintendo has shared lists of the best-selling eShop games of 2018 in Japan, providing us with a good look at which games were the most popular in the gaming giant's homeland. Each of the two lists below shows the top 30 most-downloaded games from the eShop during the year 2018. The first list shows exclusively...
Available separately, too
Developer JoyMasher has partnered with Digerati to bring two of its retro-inspired games to Switch next month. The two games in question are Oniken: Unstoppable Edition and Odallus: The Dark Call, both of which arrive on the console on 8th February (other platforms are getting it later in the year). You'll be able to snag...
Video Old-School Footage Of Reggie At E3 2006 Surfaces On YouTube
Travel back to the past
Old footage of Reggie Fils-Aimé at E3 has surfaced online. Apparently, it's a formal introduction to media managers at a manager media brief about all the content Nintendo intended to showcase at the annual event in 2006. In the one minute clip, you'll get to see a younger version of the current Nintendo of America...
News Travis Strikes Again Gets Launch Day Trailer, New Stage Info And News Of A 'Day 7' Patch
Out now
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes launches today on Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo UK has shared a brand new launch trailer to celebrate (see above). If you've already watched it, don't go away just yet, because Grasshopper Manufacture also has a couple of final announcements for its latest project, adding to the somewhat last minute...
Video Get Over Here And Watch More Footage Of Mortal Kombat 11
All is revealed
If didn't tune into the Mortal Kombat 11 live stream earlier on, the official YouTube account for the game has now uploaded several clips. Combined, it provides a prolonged glimpse at what the new entry in the long-running fighting series will be like when it finally arrives this April (and possibly in May, for anyone located in...
Inspired by Monkey Island
The Switch is about to play host to another point-and-click adventure in The Mystery of Woolley Mountain, but this is one of the craziest looking ones we've seen so far. The game is described as "an otherworldly point-and-click adventure" which takes inspiration from the likes of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and The...
Thursday17th Jan 2019
Rumour SNES Games Might Be Coming To Switch Sooner Than You Think
New datamining efforts reveal
Yesterday may well have introduced a few more NES games to play on your Switch, but it appears that they might not have been the only things added to the Nintendo Switch Online service in the update. Just a few days ago, datamining efforts uncovered a total of 22 SNES games listed in the NES online app's code, and...
News Here's Your First Look At The Special Detective Pikachu Pokémon Card Set
Gotta collect 'em all
Earlier this month, we shared the news that a special set of Pokémon cards had been announced to tie in with the upcoming Detective Pikachu movie. Now, we can have our first look at what these cards, and even their packaging, will look like. Firstly, in the image above, you can see exactly how the cards featuring Detective...
Video Watch As One Player Defeats Six Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Guardians In Six Seconds
A true hero
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild may well be nearing its second anniversary at this point, but players are still regularly sharing their favourite moments online and discovering new things. One of these moments includes the short video below, in which one player manages to defeat six of the game's most fearsome enemies in as many...
Reminder The Wii Shop Channel Closes This Month, Here's What That Means For You
Redownload your games ASAP
On 30th January, all online services for the Wii including all functions associated with the Wii Shop Channel will be closed down. That means you have exactly two weeks to get all of your Wii-based affairs in order. Of course, Nintendo has now released two new home consoles since the hugely popular Wii first launched back...
News Masahiro Sakurai Reveals He Plays Smash Bros. Ultimate For Fun Just Like The Rest Of Us
Fancy a match, Sakurai-san?
It's been well documented over the years that each and every Super Smash Bros. game takes an awful lot of development, and every so often we hear stories of director Masahiro Sakurai overworking to the point of exhaustion before being forced to consider retiring from games altogether. Amazingly, though, this doesn't stop...
Random What Ever Happened To The Queen's Golden Wii?
The truth revealed
Just under a decade ago, publisher THQ released Big Family Games, a Wii title which hoped to follow in the famous footsteps of Wii Sports with its own family-friendly, motion control minigames. If you haven't heard of it before, that's likely because it never reached those high levels of success, but there's a rather comical PR...
Talking Point Amazon's Efforts To Tempt Gamers Show Why We Need Dedicated Games Consoles
But is Nintendo missing a trick here?
'Convergence' is a word that has often been mentioned when it comes to consumer tech, and we've seen firsthand how it can manifest itself; the smartphone that many of you will be reading these words on right now is a wonder of convergence, as it has made the camera, PDA, MP3 player and (for some people) portable...
Review Caveblazers - A Middle-Of-The-Road Roguelike That Ends Up In The Shadows
Not exactly blazing the trail
At this point in time, the “roguelike” indie game has become a trite and overused thing; there are more roguelikes out there now than any human could possibly have the time to play, and a lot of them don’t really do much to try separating themselves from the pack. Enter Caveblazers, a Spelunky-esque new roguelike...
News Wii U's Getting A New Game Tomorrow, And It's All About Bashing People On The Head With Chairs
El Silla - Arcade Edition
Put down your trusty Nintendo Switch for just a moment, folks; the Wii U's getting a new game tomorrow and it looks fittingly bonkers. Meet El Silla - Arcade Edition, an arcade game where your one and only task is to whack everyone in the head with a chair. It really is as simple as that; players need to help the titular...
Nintendo Download 17th January (North America)
Travis Strikes Again, YIIK and The Raven Remastered!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch retail: Travis Strikes Again: No...
News Nintendo Switch Exclusives Were Japan's Best-Selling Games In 2018
Smash Bros. Ultimate takes out top spot
In Nintendo's homeland, the Switch has continually reinforced its position as the top video game system on the market. Within less than two years, it's now shifted more than six million units. The recent release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has further increased sales domestically. With sales of the system...
Dead on arrival
Horror has enjoyed quite the renaissance over the last few years, and that now synonymous first-person spin has helped up the realism and make the likes of Outlast: Bundle of Terror, Amnesia and even Resident Evil terrifyingly relevant once more. Of course, for every PT or Layers of Fear: Legacy there’s always going to be those...
News Xenon Racer Aims To Scratch That Futuristic F-Zero Itch On Switch This March
Release date now confirmed
Publisher Soedesco has revealed that its upcoming racing game Xenon Racer will be speeding onto Switch on 26th March. A new trailer has been released to celebrate. The game takes place in the near future, where an official racing federation has allowed teams to transition from the cars we know today to flying vehicles...
News Ronda Rousey Teases Mortal Kombat 11 Invitation
Not long until the big reveal
Ronda Rousey is best-known as an Olympic medal-winning martial artist in Judo and UFC Women's Batnamweight Champion. In more recent times she's appeared as a professional wrestler in WWE. It's also well documented how the talented fighter and actress enjoys playing a variety of video games in her downtime. With this in...
News Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Rated By The Australian Classification Board
A local release nears
In addition to Joker being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in the near future as the game's first DLC fighter, it looks like Persona fans in the west can also look forward to the eventual arrival of Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth on the 3DS. After being revealed in Japan last August and then locally released on 29th...
Video Watch The Official Reveal Of Mortal Kombat 11
Live at 10:30 PST / 18:30 GMT
Developer NetherRealm Studios is hosting a 'Mortal Kombat 11 - The Reveal' stream today to show off the game and get us unhealthily excited for the big release this April. The show is scheduled to start exactly 45 minutes after this article goes live (so that's 10:30 PST / 13:30 EST in North America, 18:30 GMT / 19:30...
Nintendo Download 17th January (Europe)
Travis Strikes Again! Onimusha! Dragon's Lair!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Travis Strikes Again: No More...
News Switch Release Would Take Priority If Mobile Game Alien: Blackout Ever Gets Ported To Consoles
A scary thought
The Alien video games based on the popular sci-fi horror movies of the same name have had many ups and downs over the years. The latest game Alien: Blackout - by FoxNext Games, D3 Go! and Rival Games - arrives on Android and iOS devices on 24th January. It has drawn comparisons to the Five Nights At Freddy's series and requires...
News The Physical Edition Of Trüberbrook On Switch Sees The Return Of A Proper Game Manual
Oh, how we miss these
We still don't have an exact release date for this one just yet, but it has already been confirmed that upcoming title Trüberbrook will come with a proper game manual in the box (and we're not talking just a single-sided controller input sheet, either). Publisher Headup Games has noted that development on the game is...
Video Work Up A Sweat With This NES Indoor Cycling Game
Welcome to the RacerMate Challenge II
Indoor cycling has really taken off in recent years, with innovations made with modern smart turbo trainers such as the Wahoo Kickr combined with software such as Zwift, which offers cyclists who wish to get in some virtual miles in their pain caves a gamified experience as they can user power-ups to gain an...
News Get The Party Started With Stunt Kite Party, A Four-Player Game Coming To Switch Next Month
There ain't no party like a Stunt Kite Party
HandyGames has announced Stunt Kite Party, a new party game heading to the Nintendo Switch early next month. If you're starting to get a little tired of the same old boards in Super Mario Party, this one hopes to grab your attention with the subtle art of kite flying. That's not all you'll be doing,...
News Partner Up In Bleep Bloop, A Cute Co-Op Puzzler Coming To Switch This Month
Single-player available, too
A brand new co-op puzzle game called Bleep Bloop is soon to be released on Nintendo Switch and we've got a new trailer for you to check out above. The game sees the titular Bleep and Bloop helping each other to overcome the puzzling challenges in their way, using each other to successfully slide around each level...
News Wandersong DLC Unlikely As Creator Moves Onto New Projects
"I feel like it ends in a really nice place"
The side-scrolling musical adventure Wandersong has had tremendous success since it was released in September last year. On the Switch front, the game outperformed the Steam version, selling nearly three times as many copies. In an interview with
Wednesday16th Jan 2019
Review Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - A Stylish Return For The Otaku Hitman
Everything IS awesome
We haven’t heard a peep from otaku assassin Travis Touchdown since he last graced our screens in 2010’s No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Brainchild of enigmatic industry figure Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda, Travis cut a stylish swathe through Wii’s catalogue of casual fodder. That same infectious energy is alive and well...
Review YIIK: A Postmodern RPG - EarthBound For A New Generation
What if David Lynch made a turn-based RPG?
People have been waiting years for YIIK: A Postmodern RPG’s release. The game’s been in development since 2014, and you can go read interviews floating around from 2015 onward for more background on its journey. Finally, the big day is here... but can it live up to nearly a half-decade of anticipation?...
News VLC Media Player Being Considered For Nintendo Switch
Company president is thinking about it
Certain file formats on computers can be a pain in the neck. Some are immediately recognised and some aren't. The VLC media player is a free-to-use program - created by nonprofit organisation VideoLan - and is a helpful solution when applications or operating systems won't support a particular video file. With...
News Dysmantle Is A Zelda, Stardew Valley And Dark Souls Mash-Up Coming To Switch This Year
An open-world action RPG
Indie developer 10tons has today announced a brand new open-world action RPG for Nintendo Switch called Dysmantle, and we've got its debut trailer for you up above. With your regular RPG aspects such as fighting, levelling up, and crafting better gear, as well as an emphasis on being able to completely destroy more than 99%...
Review Elli - A Charming Yet Scruffy 3D Platformer
Bumpy landing
We wouldn't exactly say that the 3D platformer has experienced a complete resurgence of late, but the likes of Yooka-Laylee and Spyro: Reignited Trilogy have certainly scratched a particular itch for faithful fans of the genre. And that's not even to mention the obvious example of Super Mario Odyssey, which is arguably the finest 3D...
Reminder Zelda II And Blaster Master Hit Switch Today, Plus Two New Special Edition NES Games
Your monthly retro fix
Just in case it had slipped your mind, we've once again reached that time of the month when Nintendo updates the Nintendo Switch Online service's selection of NES games. A total of four new offerings have arrived today (five if you're in Japan), so let's get stuck in. The two main additions this month are Blaster Master and
News Nintendo's Bold Switch Sales Target Could Be Achievable After All
'Unexpectedly good' holiday sales provide boost
Remember when Nintendo projected it would sell 20 million Switch consoles in the current fiscal year? The prediction was met with pretty widespread derision, with many industry analysts claiming it was far too high to be achievable – especially when you take into account the Switch's second year on...
Random Singer Ariana Grande Gets Eevee Tattoo After Pokémon: Let's Go Marathon
Completely obsessed
It’s well known the American singer, songwriter and actress Ariana Grande is a fan of the Nintendo Switch. She’s already performed in a Nintendo Labo music clip with Jimmy Fallon and last November made headlines thanks to her online troubles with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. In terms of how her experience with Nintendo's new hybrid...
Japanese Charts New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Knocks Smash Ultimate Off Top Spot
After a solid five week run
Japanese chart figures are now in for 7th - 13th January, revealing that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has managed to steal the number one spot from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Smash Ultimate has had an incredibly impressive run since it launched back in December, taking the top spot every week for five weeks in a row...
Feature The Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Team On Remaking A Beloved Classic
Forgotten cameos, unused art and... fat Bowser?
With Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey having released recently on the 3DS, we felt it was high time for a closer look at the now decade-old DS classic. We were lucky enough to get the chance to sit down with the teams from Nintendo and AlphaDream to discuss what it's like...
News Doctor Eggman, Metal Sonic And Zavok Join Team Sonic Racing
Triple trouble
Since the official delay of Team Sonic Racing last October, Sega has continued to release more information about the game via its social media platforms. Following on from a number of character and song reveals, the latest update over on the Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account confirms the mad scientist and main antagonist of the...
Random This Official Sonic Candle Makes Your House Smell Like Green Hill Zone
Finally
It's been a long time coming, but we're delighted to share the fact that you can now finally make your house smell like Sonic the Hedgehog's famous Green Hill Zone, and it's all thanks to this official candle set. You wanted that, right? Based on the classic item box from the original game, this candle holder comes with a "Green Hill...
News These Officially-Licensed Micro SD Cards Are A Snazzy Solution To Your Switch Storage Woes
And they've just been reduced
The Nintendo Switch has some fantastic qualities - the games, the portable and home console mix, and its smart, sleek design - but it does have one glaring issue: the storage space. We've said it time and time again, but the console's 32GB internal storage (which gets reduced by the operating system before you can even...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Global Sales Passed Five Million In Just One Week, Says Nintendo President
Switch software sales are soaring
According to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold more than five million copies worldwide after just one week on sale. The news comes from a short interview in Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun today (thanks, Dr. Serkan Toto). In this interview, Furukawa shared Smash...
News Nintendo's Private Store Event Turned Out To Be A Promotion For Fitness Boxing
Mystery solved
Last weekend, the Nintendo New York store posted a message on Twitter notifying followers it would be closed until 11:30am on 15th January due to a private event. It turns out it was a promotional event for the recently released rhythm-based Switch game, Fitness Boxing. Thanks to the PR, we now know the Nintendo NY store invited a...
News Fire Emblem Spirit Board Event Returns To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Different spirits on offer
Nintendo has revealed its next Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will begin on 18th January. In a post over on Twitter, the Nintendo Australia and New Zealand account explained how the three-day event 'Fire Emblem Fest Part 2' will give players the chance to acquire even more Fire Emblem s
News Pokémon GO Goes Hoenn Crazy With New Event, Raid Bosses, Eggs, Costumes And More
Snag Kyogre and Groudon
If you're a fan of Pokémon's third generation, with all those lovely critters that first appeared in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, then you're almost certainly in for a Pokémon GO-shaped treat this month. A new Hoenn event has launched in the game to properly kickstart the year, with Pokémon first discovered in that...
News Dead Cells Sold More Than 100,000 Copies In Its First Week On Nintendo Switch
Impressive
Alongside Celeste and The Messenger, the roguelike game Dead Cells by French-based developer Motion Twin was one of the indie success stories of 2018. In September last year, we heard how the Switch version of the game was
News Suda51 Reveals Zelda: Majora's Mask T-Shirt Design For Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
A terrible fate
With just a couple of days to go until the release of Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, game director Suda51 has revealed that the game will feature a Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask t-shirt design. The game arrives on Nintendo Switch on 18th January (which is now less than 24 hours away in Japan), providing Suda51 with the...
News Dust Off Your Nintendo Labo Rod For Fishing Star: World Tour, Coming To Switch This Month
Gone fishin'
Smartphone firm GREE's first console release is just around the corner with Fishing Star: World Tour heading to Switch later this month. Excitingly, it has been revealed that your Nintendo Labo Fishing Rod Toy-Con will be compatible with the game. The news comes from this week's Famitsu magazine in Japan, with a product listing now...
News A Universe 11 Team Warrior Is Coming To Dragon Ball FighterZ
Plus new Dragon Ball Z action RPG in the works
It seems we did not have to wait after all for the official reveal later this month since the following tweet most certainly confirms a second season of characters DLC is on the way to Dragon Ball FighterZ. While there are several candidates available to pick from the Universe 11 team, our top...
Sport! Puzzles! Shooting things!
Never has the Nindie round up seen such diversity in its games. A real medley of genres here with the SSX-inspired Snowboarding: The Next Phase, a somewhat clunky, yet still altogether enjoyable dungeon crawler in The Keep, some fast-paced and frantic retro fun with Horizon Shift ’81, well thought out and...
News Enjoy Portable Co-Op Tower Defence When Defense Grid 2 Comes To Switch Next Month
With 'Aftermath' expansion included
Tower defence-strategy title Defense Grid 2 launches on Nintendo Switch early next month, it has been confirmed. This new edition of the game (it originally launched on other platforms back in 2014) combines the base game with the five-mission expansion 'DG2: Aftermath' which was previously only available in VR...
News Little Legend Is An Intriguing 2D Adventure Hoping To Launch On Switch In 2020
Kickstarter now live
2020 feels like it's ages away, and Q4 2020 feels even further away, but Little Legend is hoping to plonk its name down for that specific release window on Switch. It just needs a little help to get there. The game is a 2D adventure title taking place in a "dream-like open world" setting. You play as Pimpim, a young girl with...
Video Ghostbusting Twin-Stick Shooter Dead End Job Gets New Musical Trailer
Coming to Switch later this year
A brand new trailer has been released for Ant Workshop and Headup Games' upcoming Switch title Dead End Job; we hope you're ready to (ghost) bust a move to this one. The musical number above hopes to demonstrate exactly what players will be getting up to in the game, a procedurally-generated twin-stick shooter which...
Tuesday15th Jan 2019
Review Onimusha: Warlords - A Classic Action Title Gets Resharpened For Switch
Way of the blade
While Capcom is busy remaking the Resident Evil series’ first and most memorable entries, one of its lesser-known (or perhaps less commonly recalled) series is also getting the revival treatment. Sure, it's more of a HD rez-up than a full-blown recreation, but Onimusha: Warlords is a faithful port of a PS2 classic that benefits...
Random It Turns Out That Kirby Has A Skeleton
Update: Source material found to be unofficial
Update: It has been confirmed that the image in question comes from a book published by Kadokawa/Media Factory. While this publisher does release official Nintendo works, the particular book in question is not an officially licensed release and instead depicts the author's imagination of how Kirby might...
After "thorough investigation"
One sour note in an otherwise splendid year for Nintendo during 2018 was the reported behaviour of, and allegations against, Nintendo Russia CEO Yasha Haddaji. After a video in which Haddaji was seen losing his temper with staff - and threatening to fire them - went viral, a handful of Nintendo Russia employees came...
They just keep coming
Yet another glitch has been discovered in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Switch, this time giving King K. Rool a much larger-than-usual crown to batter his opponents with. As always with these glitches, you need to meet a very specific set of requirements to make it trigger. For this one, you'll need to go into a match with...
News New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Launch Sales Were Actually 56% Higher Than On Wii U, Not 24.8%
It was better than we thought
Yesterday saw the latest batch of UK chart data roll in, revealing that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe's launch on Nintendo Switch saw sales that were 24.8% higher than the original release on Wii U. As it happens, a chart tracking error means that this information was incorrect; instead, the results are even more...
News Mario, Zelda And Star Fox Games Are Joining The Nintendo Selects Range In North America
Will retail for $19.99 each
Three major Nintendo 3DS releases will soon be added to the Nintendo Selects range in North America, officially reducing their suggested retail price to a very welcoming $19.99. That's right, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Star Fox 64 3D are all about to see major price...
News Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Is Getting A Gorgeous New Art Book
And pre-orders are now live
Nintendo and Kadokawa are set to release a brand new Xenoblade Chronicles 2 art book called 'Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Official Artworks Alrest Record'. The book will feature illustrations from the game's main character designer Masatsugu Saito, four special illustrations by rare blade designer CHOCO, and contains art from...
Hardware Review Insurrection Industries Carby - GameCube HDMI Support On A Budget
Yet another HDMI adapter, but this one doesn't cost the earth
Keen readers of the site will know that we're always on the lookout for ways to make vintage hardware look as good as possible on modern-day TV sets. Years ago, we dabbled in the world of scanline generators such as the SLG3000, and more recently we sang the praises of the OSSC, a device...
News This New Switch Case Protects Your Console And Gives It A Proper D-Pad At The Same Time
And it even stores your games
Accessory maker Nyko has revealed a brand new Switch case design which will protect your beloved system and offer a traditional D-pad solution all in one. The 'Dpad Case' was first revealed at CES 2019 last week, offering an ultra-thin protective solution for your console. As well as protecting the main unit, a...
Rumour Dataminers Find Evidence Of Popular Nintendo Character In Mario Tennis Aces
Update: False alarm
Update: The Mario Tennis Aces Club Twitter account has posted a new tweet explaining how there is no evidence confirming the information in the below story: Original article: Since its release last year, Mario Tennis Aces on the Nintendo Switch has sustained itself with new content and character updates. If this wasn't enough,...
Talking Point Which SNES Games Do You Want To See On Nintendo Switch Online?
What are your must-have picks?
While it's by no means written in stone, a recent datamine suggests that we may soon be playing SNES games on our beloved Switch consoles via the wonder of Nintendo Switch Online. The games uncovered in this datamine are Super Mario Kart, Super Soccer,
The first episode from new publisher Skybound Games
The third episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season, and the first to arrive under the game's new publisher, Skybound Games, has launched on Nintendo Switch today. After Telltale Games sadly closed its doors last year, Skybound Games popped up to
News Fire Emblem Premium Arrange CD Album Hits Japan In March, Soundtrack Samples Shared Online
Medleys, main themes and more
A brand new Fire Emblem album is soon to be released in Japan and soundtrack samples have been provided online for all to hear. The album is called 'Fire Emblem Premium Arrange' and has been designed to coincide with the Fire Emblem Expo event scheduled to take place in Japan later this year. The soundtrack has been...
Random Tokyo's Unofficial Mario Kart Service Really Wants You To Know It's "Unrelated To Nintendo"
Stickers solve everything
Nintendo might have won the lawsuit against Tokyo's Mari Mobility company - formerly known as MariCar - but somehow the go-kart business continues to bite back. Even though the company was required to pay 10 million yen (roughly USD$88,000) in damages last year and immediately stop wearing Mario-themed outfits, it's now...
News Full Cross-Platform Play Now Live In Rocket League
Play with your buddies on PS4
Last October, the CEO of Psyonix released a public statement via Reddit about the current state of cross-platform play in Rocket League. At the time, it was mentioned how it would take a while to unify the community. In a news post over on the Rocket League website, Psyonix has now revealed full cross-platform play has...
News Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission Unleashes Card Battles Locally On 5th April
It's over 9000!
The month of April just got a little bit busier, with the Bandai Namco's "Dragon Ball Games Super Showcase" live stream confirming Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission will arrive on the Nintendo Switch here in the west on 5th April. As previously revealed, Japan will receive the game on 4th April. This Dragon Ball themed arcade...
News Cursed Castilla EX Brings Its Arcade Brilliance To Switch Next Week, Pre-Orders Get 10% Off
Now in 60fps in docked and handheld
Abylight Studios has revealed that Cursed Castilla EX is headed to Nintendo Switch very soon indeed, with a release date now locked in for 24th January. Yes, Don Ramiro is back, but this time on Switch. Loved by critics and fans alike when the game launched on 3DS in 2017, Cursed Castilla EX has you banishing...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ Producer Teases Second Season On Bandai Namco Live Stream
Tune into the finals for more details
During Bandai Namco's "Dragon Ball Games Super Showcase" live stream featuring Dragon Ball FighterZ producer Tomoko Hiroki, the host of the event Dmitryi Khlynin enquired about a possible second season of fighters for the game This was Hiroki's reply: "Yes. I really want to say it, but please wait until the...
News Ubisoft's Just Dance Series Is Being Transformed Into A Feature Film
Just watch
Video game movie adaptations are all the rage nowadays, with Deadline Hollywood reporting Sony Pictures sub-division Screen Gems has acquired the rights to create a film based on Ubisoft's incredibly popular video game series, Just Dance. Multiple studios competed for the rights to the best-selling music video game franchise of all time...
News At Sundown Is A BAFTA-Winning Hide-And-Seek-Style Shooter Firing Onto Switch Next Week
Deathmatch in the dark
Publisher Versus Evil and indie developer Mild Beast Games have announced that their arena shooter game At Sundown: Shots in the Dark will be firing its way to Switch next week. The game is a top-down, stealth-based arena shooter which pits up to four players against each other in online and local deathmatch games. Players...
News IHUGU Arrives On Switch Next Week, Tasking Players With The Simple Art Of Hugging
And a Switch-exclusive multiplayer mode
From indie developer Kool2Play, IHUGU is set to launch on Nintendo Switch next week. There's none of your typical fighting, battling, or zombie survival antics to be seen here, though, as this game is all about hugging. The rules are refreshingly simple, tasking players with hugging everyone they meet, but...
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News Official Pokémon Site Suggests Charizard Disobeyed Its Trainer For Smash 4, Just Like Ash's Did
So that's why it went solo
One of the biggest selling points for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is arguably the "Everyone is Here!" statement. As you'll likely know, the game features every single playable character that has ever been available in a Smash game - and also throws in a few new ones - but there's one character which actually causes a little...
Random Smash Bros. Ultimate Camera Mode Reveals That Isabelle's Net Decapitates Her Victims
What a monster
Isabelle may be the cutest thing to bound out of Nintendo HQ since Kirby's oversized shoes, but one thing's for certain: she has an absolutely terrifying dark side. Since her inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, we've already seen Isabelle team up with Villager to shut down the game in a not-so-friendly glitch, and she even found...
Random The Grandma Who's Played Animal Crossing For 3,580 Hours Is Back With A Town Tour Video
Four years in the making
One of our favourite stories over the past few weeks was the incredible tale of the 87-year-old grandma who had put a whopping 3,580 hours into Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Now, she's back, giving her new-found admirers a tour of her town and talking about her experiences with the game. Since we reported on the story at the...
News Switch eShop Glitch Leaves Customer Facing $239 Charge For Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Luckily, it's since been fixed
As we're sure most of you will agree, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a pretty great experience which easily justifies its recommended price of $59.99. We enjoyed every moment of our playthrough, and we'd happily recommend it to just about everyone, but we're not sure that this would hold true if its...
Feature 10 Ways The Nintendo Switch Can Have Its Best Year Yet
Third year's a charm?
After a trailblazing 2017, Switch has enjoyed an equally impressive sophomore year, albeit one that was perhaps lighter on first-party hits and had more robust eShop and third-party support to make up for it. The console continues to sell in decent numbers and, with 3DS fading from contention, is likely to become Nintendo's...
News Switch eShop Lists Estimated Release Dates For Four THQ games
More digital offerings
2019 is shaping up to be busier than ever for the Nintendo Switch, with dozens of games already arriving each week on the eShop. Publisher THQ isn't wasting any time, either. In the 'Coming Soon' sections of Nintendo's digital platform, the estimated release dates for four THQ titles have been listed. They include Sphinx and...
Review Everything - A Game Unlike Any Other, But It's Not For Everyone
Life, the Universe and Everything
Everything is a game about, well, everything. A universe of interconnected lifeforms, from cosmological constructs to the smallest of subatomic particles. Each and every object has a mind, and every mind is filled with thoughts. A flower muses that repetition is its only form of expression. A planet ponders on a...
News Mortal Kombat 11 On Switch Appears To Have Been Delayed Until May In Europe
No issues for other platforms
Despite initially receiving an official worldwide release date of 23rd April, it would appear that Mortal Kombat 11 has been delayed until 10th May in Europe. Several European retailers have simultaneously updated their product listings for the Switch version of the game, changing the expected release date from 23rd...
UK Charts New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Launch Sales 24.8% Higher Than On Wii U, Hits Number One
Update: Actually, it's much higher
Update 2: The new data is now in and we have updated the chart table accordingly. The new data reveals that Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition actually debuted in the top ten and that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe actually sold 56% more copies than the Wii U original, not 24.8% as previously reported. - -...
News Super Mario Run Promo Celebrates Launch Of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Runs until 26th January
If you've forgotten Super Mario Run on iOS and Android devices is even a thing, Nintendo is currently running a special in-game promotion to remind you it is. To help advertise the release of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on the Switch last week, the auto-runner on mobile is handing out a few free items. If you log-in...
News Our World Is Ended Release Date And Day One Edition Announced For Switch
Get exclusive goodies
PQube and Red Entertainment have today revealed the Switch release date for Our World is Ended, while simultaneously sharing details of a special day one edition with exclusive goodies. The game will become available in Europe on 22nd March, with the North American release following just after on the 26th. Anyone who...
Review Octahedron: Transfixed Edition - Twitch Platforming In Yet Another Definitive Switch Port
Slave to the beat
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Video Can You Complete Super Mario Odyssey Without Walking?
Just as hard as it sounds
If there's one aspect of platforming games that we'd consider to be absolutely essential, it's movement. Whether you're jumping, running, walking, crouching, ground-pounding, or whatever else you can think of, you're almost always engaging in some sort of movement when playing a platforming game, so what would happen if you...
News Switch Exclusive Dragon: Marked For Death Was Originally Planned For PSP 10 Years Ago
An unexpected journey
Dragon: Marked For Death may be about to launch as a Nintendo Switch exclusive at the end of this month, but recent findings have revealed that the game's development actually dates back as far as ten years, with the title originally being destined for Sony's PSP. The news comes from this tweet shared by Inti Creates president...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Has Already Outsold Smash 3DS In Japan After Just Five Weeks
It's pretty popular
You may have heard about this little game called Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, correct? Well, Japanese sales data has revealed that the game has already outsold its 3DS counterpart despite only being on sale for five weeks. At the very end of last week, new sales figures came in for the week of 31st December - 6th January,...
News Celeste Creator Matt Thorson Shares New Information About Upcoming DLC
Don't expect any strawberries
The challenging uphill platform game Celeste was one of the indie standouts of 2018. It received multiple awards and the creator Matt Thorson followed this by announcing farewell levels for the title would arrive early on in 2019. Now that the new year is underway, Thorson has posted yet another tweet about this DLC...
News Nintendo Reveals That Fortnite Was The Most-Played Switch Game Of 2018 In Europe
Beating first-party titles
The Switch has a mightily impressive lineup of games at this point, from the launch year megahits like Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to this year's new additions like Pokémon: Let's Go and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but the game that has really taken
News Awesome Games Done Quick Raises An Amazing $2.39m For Charity
With lots of great Nintendo moments
Last week, we shared the news that Awesome Games Done Quick was back for another week, with ridiculously talented speedrunners strutting their stuff live on Twitch to raise funds for charity. The event is now over, and a grand total of $2.39m was raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Amazing. There were...
News Bedtimes Blues Is A Five Nights at Freddy's-Inspired Horror Scaring The Switch This Week
What was that noise?
Forever Entertainment is bringing HANNMADE Studios' upcoming horror game Bedtime Blues to Nintendo Switch later this week, no doubt hoping to scare you silly in the process. Described as a "great mix of classic Five Nights at Freddy's games with new mechanics", Bedtime Blues has you playing as a child surviving through the...
News Run A Mega Mall When Kairosoft's Next eShop Game Opens For Business Later This Week
Micromanagement at its best
Japanese developer Kairosoft continues to release its small-sized but highly addictive simulation games on the Switch eShop. Starting out with Game Dev Story, Hot Springs Story and Dungeon Village in October, followed by
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