TodayMon, 6th May 2024

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  Review Wrath: Aeon Of Ruin (Switch) - Impressive Quake-Like FPS Is A Bad Fit On Consoles

  You will not survive

  Wrath: Aeon of Ruin has been a long time coming. Running on a heavily modified version of the Quake engine and developed by some of the Quake scene’s most skilled modders, Wrath looked set to take over the retro shooter world when it hit Early Access in 2019. Then it was hit with delay after delay, partially due to the...

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  • Reviews
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  News Details Emerge Of A Cancelled Donkey Kong Project From Vicarious Visions

  Rope burn'd

  Of all the studios to potentially work on a Donkey Kong project, Vicarious Visions (now known simply as Blizzard Albany) admittedly wasn't particularly high up on our list. However, details have emerged of a now-cancelled DK project at the studio via a new video from Did You Know Gaming (with prior reporting from DK Vine). According to...

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  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Activision
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  News GameBook Color: The Unofficial CGB Companion Is Out Now

  Time Extension The book was previously crowdfunded on Kickstarter

  If you have a particular fondness for the Game Boy Color, then you'll be glad to hear that Ninty Media — the company behind Switch Player, Ninty Fresh, and GameBook: The Unofficial DMG Companion — has just released a new 300+ book celebrating the beloved handheld. The book was previously...

  • 4h ago
  • News
  • Game Boy
  • Books

YesterdaySun, 5th May 2024

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  Soapbox 'Revenge Of The Sith' On DS Is Still Top-Tier Star Wars Gaming

  Heart Palpatinetions

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim celebrates Revenge of the Fifth with a DS throwback... You felt it, didn't you? A disturbance in the Force. Over on Coruscant, Darth Sidious has called for the execution...

  • 21h ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Star Wars
  • Nintendo DS
  • Retro
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  52

  News Nintendo Shares Luigi's Mansion 2 HD 'Rude Awakening' Video

  A spooky introduction

  Next month, Nintendo is reviving the 3DS title Luigi's Mansion 2 for the Switch. In the lead-up to the release of Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, it's now uploaded a new video in the form of the game's introduction. It's officially titled 'Rude Awakening'. In this "visually enhanced" adventure for the Switch, Professor E.Gadd calls on...

  • 1d ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Luigis Mansion
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Incredibly Rare SNES Prototype Goes Up For Auction

  Time Extension Has several key differences from the final version

  A prototype Super Famicom / SNES console has gone up for auction in Japan. The system is largely the same as the design which would eventually appear in Japan and Europe, save for the fact that it has a red power switch, an expansion port on the front (rather than on the bottom, as was the case...

  • 18h ago
  • Nintendo
  • SNES
  • Japan
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  News New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Now Available

  Get it while you can

  The Pokémon Company is currently running a new limited-time distribution for the latest Switch titles Scarlet and Violet. This time it's a special Gift Distribution for a Flutter Mane based on a Pokémon used in last year's Korean Trainers Cup stream. It will be available until 7th May 2024. Here are the details courtesy of...

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
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  News Paper Mario: TTYD And Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Estimated Switch File Sizes Revealed

  Make some space

  Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door returns later this month and if you're planning on downloading a digital copy, you might be curious to know how much space this new "revamped" version takes up on your system. According to Nintendo's official game page listing, you'll need to have 5.0GB of free space on your device to install it...

  • 22h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Paper Mario
  • Luigis Mansion
  • Nintendo
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  Feature Unpacking The 64DD, Nintendo's Most Infamous Flop

  Time Extension We take a closer look at one of Nintendo's biggest failures

  The N64 Disk Drive is one of Nintendo's most fascinating failures. Initially teased at the company's Shoshinkai event in November 1995, the peripheral took advantage of proprietary 64MB magnetic disks to expand the console's available storage with rewritable data as well as introducing...

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  • Features
  • Nintendo
  • 64DD
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  Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers' Choice (April 2024)

  Our picks for the best eShop games in April

  It's that time — welcome back to our monthly eShop Selects feature! This time, we're covering April — somehow, we're already in May. As mentioned last month, we've made another change to the piece. Now you'll be voting for your favourite hidden gem for the current month within this piece, rather than...

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  • Features
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • eShop Selects
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  News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Now Available To Pre-Order

  Two other Animal Crossing figures teased

  Update [Sun 5th May, 2024 08:00 BST]: First 4 Figures has now shared another teaser of the other two Animal Crossing: New Horizons figures (Tom Nook and K.K. Slider) on social media. Early bird pre-orders are now available for the Isabelle figure until June. Original article [Fri 3rd May, 2024 02:30...

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  • Animal Crossing
  • First 4 Figures
  • Merch
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
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  32

  Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Mario Paint (SNES)

  Vincent van Goomba

  Hey folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! We had a veritable doozy last week when we checked out Pokémon Yellow Version for the humble Game Boy; truly one of the standout titles in the gargantuan franchise. It was a good ol' duel in which North America and Europe teamed up against Japan, and we must admit...

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  • Features
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • SNES
  • Super Mario

Saturday4th May 2024

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  Guide Best Star Wars Video Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems

  You sort the padawans from the poodoo

  In honour of 'Star Wars Day', as May 4th has come to be known, we're republishing this reader-ranked list of all the Star Wars games on Switch and other Nintendo consoles. As they say in Britain, Fourth of May be wi—hang on... The release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker back in 2019 may have...

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  • Star Wars
  • Nintendo
  • Retro
  • All Time
  • Best Games
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  News Nintendo Has Filed Two New Trademarks

  Could Kirby and Mallo be returning?

  It's already been quite an interesting week on the Nintendo front, and now to add to this, it's been discovered some new trademarks were recently registered by the video game giant in Australia. As highlighted by Vooks, trademarks have been registered for the 2015 Wii U title Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush...

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  • Nintendo
  • Trademarks
  • Kirby
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  News Star Wars Day Switch eShop Sale, Up To 75% Off Multiple Games

  "A galaxy of savings"

  As part of this year's Star Wars Day celebrations, there's currently a sale taking place on the Switch eShop in select regions. So if you're looking for a Star Wars game to play this weekend, here's a list of games you can currently grab on sale: "You can score a discount on several Star Wars games right now! We hope you...

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Star Wars
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
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  News Zelda Live-Action Movie Director Confident "Fans Are Gonna Be Happy"

  It's a franchise close to his heart, like Star Wars

  Movie director Wes Ball has recently been doing press rounds to promote his new Planet of the Apes movie and he's once again been asked about his upcoming live-action Zelda movie. Although he can't say much, during a chat with The Direct, The Legend of Zelda movie director reassured fans about his...

  • 2d ago
  • Zelda
  • Movies
  • Nintendo
  • Star Wars
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  Guide Best SaGa Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems

  Every SaGa game, ranked by you

  Square Enix has a plethora of RPG series under its belt, but of all of them, SaGa is certainly its most experimental, unique, and the hardest to crack into. Starting life on the Game Boy, and initially marketed as a Final Fantasy spin-off in the West, the SaGa series is known for ditching traditional levelling...

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  • Guides
  • All Time
  • SaGa
  • Best Games
  • Square Enix
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  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th May)

  May the Fourth be with you

  Hello there. Happy Star Wars Day, folks! With a glass of blue milk in hand, let's kick off the weekend's celebrations with another edition of What Are You Playing. This week in the world of Nintendo, we heard yet more 'Switch 2' rumours and asked whether you'd like to see your Joy-Con carry over to the next model. We also...

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  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
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  Round Up Celebrate Star Wars Day 2024 On The Nintendo Switch

  "May the 4th be with you"

  Today is May 4th and that means it's Star Wars Day! If you're looking for something to play in a galaxy far, far away, there's plenty to jump into on the Nintendo Switch. There's even a sale to go with it in select locations (including the US and UK). So without further ado here's a look at all the Star Wars events and...

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Star Wars
  • Switch eShop
  • Round Up