TodayWed, 12th Jun 2024

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  Rumour New Leaked Codenames Suggest Turok, Tomb Raider, DOOM & More Are Inbound

  According to EpicDB

  Those who are well-versed in Steam will likely be familiar with SteamDB. This publicly-available, unofficial database provides all sorts of figures and information about the games available in the storefront and now, a similar tool for Epic Games exists. At least, it existed. The newly established EpicDB (which is now offline)...

  • 30m ago
  • Rumours
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Leaks
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  Review Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (Switch) - Even Better Than The Stellar Original

  Another HEE-HOme Run

  It’s been nearly three years now since the launch of the original Shin Megami Tensei V and as is tradition at Atlus, the obligatory enhanced re-release (complete with a new storyline centered around a new girl) has now come to all modern platforms in the form of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. Boasting a full-length,...

  • 1h ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
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  News 'Master Key' Is An Intriguing Monochrome Take On Classic Zelda Gameplay

  And it's out now

  Okay, we're not sure how this one slipped through the net, but we've just caught wind of a rather interesting new eShop game called Master Key. Released on 30th May 2024, it's a monochrome take on classic top-down Zelda gameplay in which you take on the role of a fox who discovers a mysterious key hidden in a cave. To find out what...

  • 2h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  Hands On 'Gris' Devs Are Ready To Make Us Cry Again With The Beautiful 'Neva'

  Cry me a Neva

  Just two games in, and Nomada Studio has already established a brand for itself. GRIS, the developer’s first game, explores the five stages of grief beautifully, allowing colour to paint a grey world of pain – it’s a stunning piece of art and a game that’s almost guaranteed to make you cry. The studio’s next project, Neva,...

  • 2h ago
  • Previews
  • Features
  • Hands On
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Poll What's The Best Ganbare Goemon / Mystical Ninja Game?

  Time Extension It's a mystical mystery

  When you consider that only a handful of the games that make up Konami's Ganbare Goemon series have been released outside of Japan, it's amazing that the franchise is held in such high regard in the West. With its uniquely Japanese sense of humour and constant references to the country's complex history and deep folklore,...

  • 4h ago
  • Goemon
  • Konami
  • Polls
  • Mystical Ninja
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  News Outer Wilds' Final Switch Update Improves Visuals, Gameplay, And UI

  Out now

  A new update for Outer Wilds on Switch is out now and it's a doozy. As detailed on Mobius' website (thanks, Nintendo Everything), patch 4 introduces a swath of improvements to visuals, gameplay, and UI while squashing a bunch of bugs in the process. It's also been reiterated that this will likely be the last update for Outer Wilds,

  • 6h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Update
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  54

  News Nintendo Is Seeking More Talent To Help Run Its Switch Online Service

  It wants to create a "lasting relationship" with consumers

  The Switch Online service will seemingly be carried over in some way or form to the next hardware generation, and as we get closer to the reveal of a "successor" system at some point this fiscal year, Nintendo is now seeking recruits in Japan to help sustain its subscription-based offering...

  • 9h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Online
  • Nintendo
  • Business
  • Industry
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  50

  News Capcom's 'Super Elections' Reveals Fan Favourite Characters, Games And More

  "The results are in"

  Earlier this year, Capcom launched a special survey titled 'Super Elections' via its Capcom Town website, where fans around the globe could vote on their favourite characters, series and what sequel or new game they would like to see the most. The votes are now in and the results have been shared across 10 different questions...

  • 11h ago
  • Capcom
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Survey
  • Random
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  34

  News Sonic Team Open To More Characters From Comic Series Appearing In Games

  Takashi Iizuka already works closely with IDW

  The Sonic video game series has introduced all sorts of iconic characters over the years, but there's even more featured in the official IDW comic series. Speaking to Sonic Stadium recently, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka was asked if any of these other Sonic characters could one day appear in the...

  • 12h ago
  • Sonic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • SEGA
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Comics
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  23

  Round Up The First "Hands On" Impressions Of Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Are In

  The spooky 3DS outing returns later this month

  Luigi's Mansion 2 returns later this month on the Nintendo Switch in HD, and we've now had the chance to go "hands on" with it. If you haven't already seen our feature here on Nintendo Life, we mentioned how we couldn't wait to continue our playthrough. It's still stuffed "full of charm and atmosphere"...

  • 13h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Luigi
  • Luigis Mansion
  • Nintendo
  • Upcoming Releases
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  25

  News Atooi's Switch Game 'Hatch Tales' Has Been Delayed (Again)

  A special showcase will now take place this month

  Atooi's latest game Hatch Tales was meant to be arriving on the Switch eShop this month, but it's now been delayed again. It will now apparently be releasing on 23rd August 2024. This follows a last-minute delay at the end of March this year, which led to the game being pushed

  • 14h ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 3DS
  • 3DS eShop
  • Upcoming Releases

YesterdayTue, 11th Jun 2024

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  Talking Point What We Expect From The Upcoming June Nintendo Direct

  We know it's coming

  In a rather unusual move for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa himself took to Twitter as the firm's end-of-year financials went live in May to confirm two things: a new hardware announcement would be made before the end of the current fiscal year (so, by April 2025 at the latest), and that such an announcement...

  • 1d ago
  • Talking Point
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Poll
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  News Nintendo Switch System Update 18.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Download it today

  Nintendo has updated its Switch firmware to Version 18.1.0. As you might have already noticed, this one is a little bit different. It's tied to the previous announcement in May about the Switch's discontinuation of 'X' (formerly Twitter). It means Switch users will no longer be able to post screenshots of videos to X from the...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Updates
  • Firmware
  • Smash Bros
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  Guide 109 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Summer Sale (Europe)

  Every game we scored 9/10 or higher

  Start checking your wish lists, because Nintendo is back with a fresh batch of European eShop discounts. The 'Summer Sale' kicked off on 10th June and will be bringing sweet savings to thousands of eShop delights until 23rd June. This one is only available on the European eShop, though our friends across the pond...

  • 23h ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
  • Europe
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  79

  Hands On Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Delivers More Than Just A Hi-Def Upgrade

  Dark Moon rising

  As well as PJ's opinion below, check out Alex's take on the game in his hands-on preview video There's always been something very tactile, very tangible about the Luigi's Mansion experience. It comes mostly, we guess, from how this most terrified of heroes chooses to tip-toe and panic-run around levels. He moves differently, is...

  • 1d ago
  • Hands On
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Previews
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  News Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'

  Smash Bros. Ultimate and Zelda: TOTK targeted

  Nintendo has seemingly issued multiple DMCA takedowns against mods hosted on the community site GameBanana. As member 'Waikuteru' highlighted, more than 60 separate DMCA takedowns have been issued over just a few days with 40 directed at them specifically, rendering their GameBanana profile empty of mod...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
  • Mods
  • Legal
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  42

  News Konami Promises To Continue Improving Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1

  "We're very sorry that the game wasn't up to standards"

  The Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection didn't get off to the best start when it arrived on the Switch last year, but Konami has been slowly improving the overall experience with regular updates. In a new video update, Konami producer Noriaki Okamura has touched this, admitting the team got "a...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Konami
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  Round Up Every Switch Announcement At Ubisoft Forward (June 2024)

  Prince of Persia, Monopoly and more!

  Ubisoft Forward has now officially wrapped and it included a handful of Nintendo Switch-related game announcements. While it's not quite as big as certain other years on the Nintendo front, we still got a look at the DLC on the way to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a new Monopoly game reveal, another look at...

  • 2d ago
  • Round Up
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Ubisoft
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  22

  News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Final Content Update Is Out Now

  End of an era

  Five years after its initial release, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has just received its final content update in the form of 'Classic II: Dominique's Curse', available now for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99. Building upon the first Classic mode (which essentially arranges the game's environments into a more linear, 'classic' format),...

  • 22h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Update
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  News Retro-Style Racer 'Victory Heat Rally' Power Slides Onto Switch Winter 2024

  Published by Playtonic Friends

  Victory Heat Rally has been a long time coming but the indie title published by Playtonic Friends has finally locked in a Switch eShop release date. It will be speeding onto Nintendo's hybrid system at some point in "winter 2024". The exact date will apparently be shared "very soon". As previously mentioned, this game...

  • 2d ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indies
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  Video Can We Find An eShop Gem By Playing Random Games? Alex Investigates

  The good, the bad and the ugly

  The Switch eShop can be a dark and dreary place. The storefront is home to some absolute gems, but a multitude of rushed, rip-off and scam games can turn these beauties from a shining beacon to a needle in a haystack. Here to prove that there are still some good games out there, our video producer Alex set out on the...

  • 21h ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  Hands On Silent Hill Meets Teen High School Horror In Blumhouse's 'Fear The Spotlight'

  Spotlighting old-school horror

  Blumhouse Productions exploded onto the scene in 2009 as a big deal in the horror film world. The studio had been around since 2002, but Paranormal Activity put it on the map. The use of home cameras to create something that felt much older than it actually was recaptured interest in the 'found footage' genre a decade...

  • 22h ago
  • Previews
  • Features
  • Hands On
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  38

  News Ubisoft Is Releasing A New Monopoly Game On Switch This September

  Monopoly is back!

  Ubisoft has announced the famous board game Monopoly is returning to Switch in September 2024. This "new" Monopoly game will come with improved graphics and gameplay to really help "bring the tabletop experience to life". You'll be able to play with up to six players in your living room (with the ability to share a single...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Ubisoft
  • Ubisoft Forward
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  News 'Among Us' Switch Update Is Supposedly Releasing On 18th June

  But the official announcement was removed

  A new update for Among Us on Nintendo Switch is supposedly launching later this month on 18th June 2024 (thanks, GoNintendo). The problem, however, is that it seems as though the official announcement for the update was uploaded online prematurely. At the very least, we do know what it will entail, and...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Among Us
  • Update
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  Random Sakurai Demonstrates The Importance Of The Finer Details

  Breaking the fourth, fifth, sixth wall

  Masahiro Sakurai is known for his keen eye for detail and staunch perfectionism, but his latest YouTube video demonstrates just how many revisions are required for even the smallest details. The majority of the video focuses on one particular example of this. He discusses the Mishima Dojo stage from Super...

  • 1d ago
  • Random
  • Sakurai
  • Videos
  • Smash Bros
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  News The Animal Crossing Aquarium Experience Is Heading On Tour (US)

  Kicking off this week

  If you cast your mind back to last year, you might remember Nintendo and the Seattle Aquarium teaming up for an Animal Crossing: New Horizons event. Well, that very event is hitting the road as Nintendo has announced that the 'Animal Crossing Aquarium Tour' will be heading to seven different North American cities in the coming...

  • 1d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Animal Crossing
  • North America
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  Anniversary Mario Golf On N64 Is Now 25 Years Old

  Par-fect

  Believe it or not, Mario Golf for the N64 is now 25 years old following its Japanese release on 11th June 2024. 25 years! A quarter of a century! We need to sit down... The game has received multiple re-releases since on the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, so if you're a paying member of the higher tier on Switch,...

  • 1d ago
  • Anniversary
  • Nintendo
  • N64
  • Mario
  • Mario Golf

Monday10th Jun 2024

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  Guide Every Game In Nintendo's 'Mega Extreme Fun' eShop Sale (North America)

  Animal Crossing! Red Dead! Advance Wars!

  Nintendo of America's latest batch of discounts is here, with the 'Mega Extreme Fun' eShop sale bringing some sweet reductions to a wide range of first- and third-party titles. The sale kicked off on 6th June and will be running until 16th June, so you still have a bit of time to check out all of the...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
  • North America
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  News Nintendo's eShop Summer Sale Knocks Up To 75% Off Select Switch Titles (Europe)

  Let the discounts... BEGIN

  After Nintendo of America announced its 'Mega Extreme Fun' sale last week, we had a sneaking suspicion that it wouldn't be long before the European eShop was treated to one of its own. Well, here it is! The 'Summer Sale' (a groundbreaking title if we've ever seen one) has begun on the European Switch eShop today (10th...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
  • Europe
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  21

  Random "Barren" Pokémon Expo Is The Game Industry's 'Willy Wonka Experience'

  "Why did I come here? Just to suffer?"

  When the infamous 'Willy's Chocolate Experience' event went viral earlier this year, you would think that organisers would learn from its mistakes and strive to avoid similar mishaps. Unfortunately, it looks like the video game industry now has its own 'Willy Wonka' expo to call its own with the 'Pokeverse'...

  • 2d ago
  • Random
  • Pokemon
  • Expo
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  29

  News Stealth Metroidvania 'Yars Rising' Gets An Easter-Egg Packed New Trailer

  Was that... Computer Space?!

  Atari and WayForward have revealed a new trailer for the upcoming stealth Metroidvania Yars Rising, launching on Nintendo Switch later this year. It gives us a nice little glimpse at some of the game's core mechanics, including the ability to upgrade protagonist Emi Kimura's powers, hacking into various systems to...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Random Metroid Dread's Chozo Language Was Based On English Syntax

  Quiet Robe speaks out

  During a recent episode of the Kiwi Talkz podcast, Stephen Hughes, assistant voice director for Metroid Dread and the voice of the Chozo character Quiet Robe, spoke about the challenges in adapting a completely new language for the game. According to Hughes, developer MercurySteam wanted the language to flow when recording the...

  • 2d ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Metroid
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  Feature 20 Great Gaming Accounts You Should Follow On Bluesky

  Never saw the sun...

  With Nintendo ending Twitter integration for posting Switch screenshots today, we thought it might be worth taking a closer look at one of the alternative micro-blogging apps which have popped up over the last few years and highlight a few great game-related accounts that are worth following. After an extended period when new...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Bluesky
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  Talking Point amiibo Were First Revealed 10 Years Ago Today, And We Still Want More

  Will they continue with 'Switch 2'?

  10th June 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the reveal of Nintendo's toys-to-life line of figures at E3 2014. A stop-gap project for Nintendo to fill a void between the foundering Wii U and the company's next 'NX' hardware, it's hard to argue that the interactive potential of these little Near-Field...

  • 2d ago
  • Talking Point
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • amiibo
  • Anniversary
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  Random Nintendo Was Initially Hesitant About E3's Iconic Mario + Rabbids Reveal

  But Miyamoto sold it on the day

  If you think about iconic E3 Nintendo moments, a few announcements might pop to mind — Shigeru Miyamoto with the Master Sword and Hylian Shield, those Jim Henson puppets, the fully choreographed fight between Iwata and Reggie for Smash Bros. — but we also think of Ubisoft and the reveal of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom...

  • 2d ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Ubisoft
  • E3
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  91

  News Xbox's Phil Spencer Reiterates Plan To Put "More Of Our Games On More Platforms"

  The floodgates have opened

  After Xbox's promising showcase over the weekend, head honcho Phil Spencer took to the stage with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey to talk about the Xbox business, recent studio closures, and future hardware. Following on from the release of Grounded and Pentiment on the Switch, Spencer reiterated Xbox's plan to release more of its...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
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  22

  UK Charts Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Slips Down To Third

  Still going strong, though

  The latest UK Charts are in and, well, it seems the status quo has been restored with both Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 24 taking the top two spots. This means, of course, that Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has slipped down to position three after its launch on 23rd May 2024. Don't fret though, third place is...

  • 2d ago
  • UK Charts
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • UK
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  News Tabletop-Inspired RPG 'Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector' Will Land On Switch Next Year

  Sequel to 2022's sleeper hit

  While it was formally revealed for PC and Xbox around a year ago, developer Jump Over the Age and publisher Fellow Traveller popped up at this weekend's PC Gaming Show to announce that Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector will also launch on the Switch. What's more, it's been given a release window of early 2025. If the...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases