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Video Super Mario RPG Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & SNES)
See how the remake holds up
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the latest Nintendo Direct presentation was the reveal of a Super Mario RPG for the Switch. It's a remake of the 1996 Squaresoft turn-based RPG and will feature updated graphics and cinematics to add even more charm to this already amazing game. Players will also be reunited with some...
News Nintendo's Upcoming Party Game Everybody 1-2-Switch! Showcases "100 Players At Once"
And introduces Horace the horse
In case you missed it, Nintendo is releasing Everybody 1-2-Switch! later this month on 30th June. It's a follow-up to the 2017 party game and launch title, 1-2-Switch. To help promote the game, Nintendo invited 16 content creators from "around the world" to Tokyo, Japan to try out the new entry. The event was hosted...
Video 30 Subtle Differences Between Zelda: Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom made quite a lot of major changes to the formula established in Breath of the Wild. Yes, it still feels very familiar in the sense that you're exploring what is effectively the same environment, but entire regions have been altered, you can now go underground, and your power-ups have...
Video Ubisoft Shares New Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Gameplay Footage
Launching on Switch January 2024
Last week, Ubisoft announced it was working on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, releasing on the Switch in January 2024. Today, at the latest Ubisoft Forward livestream, Ubisoft Montpellier (Rayman Legends) showed off a new cinematic trailer as well as more gameplay footage of the upcoming side-scroller...
Random Console Modder Creates A Fully Functional "Wii XL"
Move over, 3DS XL
There's a huge scene online invested in modding and recreating Nintendo's past systems in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways, and the latest video doing the rounds is a "Wii XL" project. Yes, move aside 3DS XL, because there's a new and much bigger system on the block. Modder and YouTuber Jon Bringus (Bringus Studios) thought...
News Story Of Seasons Multiplayer Game Announced Alongside New Traditional Instalment
"Look forward to hearing more"
During the 'Marvelous Game Showcase 2023' livestream, the company announced not one but two new entries in the farming and life simulation series Story of Seasons. The first trailer showed off new footage of the next major traditional game - with series manager Hikaru Nakano detailing what exactly fans could look...
News DAEMON X MACHINA: Titanic Scion Announced, Here's The First Teaser
"Visionary producer" Kenichiro Tsukuda returns
During the Marvelous Game Showcase earlier today, the video game company surprised fans with the announcement of DAEMON X MACHINA: Titanic Scion. Yes, it returns with an "all-new entry". First Studio and "visionary producer" Kenichiro Tsukuda will also return. Here's what we know about it so far,...
Feature 21 Amazing Shield Fuse Combos In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Shield with it
It was back in Eiji Aonuma's 10-minute gameplay demonstration for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that we first got a glimpse at the possibilities of shield fusing. The series producer took a Puffshroom, stuck it to Link's shield, and faced a Construct head on, sending up a cloud of smoke around them both. At the time, this...
News Former Pokémon Artist's New Project 'The Plucky Squire' Gets A Gameplay Trailer
"3D platforming to top-down dungeon crawling"
One game we're eager to get our hands on is the 2D and 3D storybook adventure The Plucky Squire. As you may recall, it comes from a new studio, co-founded by the former Game Freak Pokémon artist James Turner. In the lead-up to the game's release at some point this year, publisher Devolver Digital has...
Video Extended Gameplay Of Warhammer's New Retro FPS Boltgun, Out Next Week
Get ready to obliterate the daemons of Chaos
If you're eager for more 90s-style FPS experiences similar to Doom and Quake, one to be on the lookout for next week is Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. It was announced for the Switch and multiple other platforms last June, and offers up a "hardcore, sprite-based experience" in the boots of a Space Marine...
Feature 26 Tweaks That Make Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Better Than BOTW
There's a change in the wind
Given the sheer amount of time that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had been in development, it was obvious that the game would make a number of quality-of-life improvements over its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. We won't lie, there were moments in the run-up to its release in which we wondered just how...
Video Overclocked Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Smooths Out Performance On Switch
Check out 30fps "locked"
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a masterpiece, but like the original title Breath of the Wild, it does suffer from some serious performance dips during more heated gameplay moments - with the frame rate dropping from around 30 to the low 20s. If you're wondering what a more consistent frame rate would look like...
Video We Went To A Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Midnight Launch
Time to use Rewind
Ah, the video game midnight launch. Standing in the cold darkness in the early hours of the morning, surrounded by a group of people all excited for the same event. Is there any better feeling? For many, the midnight launch event will be a thing of the past, but when we saw the opportunity to get The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the...
Video Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom And Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Side-By-Side Comparison
Take a look
If you've been wondering what exactly Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom looks like alongside the Switch launch title Breath of the Wild, this side-by-side video of the two games is well worth watching. It shows the differences between the draw distance, resolution, loading times, how shadows and water look, and most importantly the resolution...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Tears of joy or sadness?
This week sees the release of a little-known game called The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — you might have heard of it. While we have all been waiting to dive in for what feels like an eternity, we can now, finally, get an idea of how this thing actually runs on the Switch thanks to the tech experts over at...
News New Mortal Kombat Seemingly Teased By NetherRealm In 30th Anniversary Video
Update: "It is almost time" according to a new teaser
Update [Thu 11th May, 2023 05:45 BST]: The Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios has now teased a new teaser clip with the line "it is almost time attached". Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon also joined in on the fun, with a comment asking about the time. The teaser shows a clock jumping...
Video The OneXPlayer 2 Is Very Switch-Inspired, But What Do We Make Of It?
Introducing "The Anti-Switch"
Back in 2017, we had never seen something like the Switch before. It has a screen. It has controllers that you can attach to the screen. It has controllers that you can detach from the screen. You can plug it into your TV to make (you guessed it) a bigger screen. It was revolutionary. Now, there are a couple of other...
Video Get Ready For Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom With Nintendo's Breath Of The Wild Recap
"Relive the story"
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a follow up to the Switch launch hit Zelda: Breath of the Wild and if you are struggling to remember the finer details of the original story or haven't even played the first game, this narrated video is for you. Here's the summary about it from Nintendo: "This video serves as a story...
Video We Unbox Every Special Edition Switch OLED
Yes, even the Tears Of The Kingdom one
With the release of the sweet new Tears of the Kingdom model, the Switch OLED has managed to rack up three particularly tasty special edition designs to date. But what do these consoles look like outside of promotional photos? How do they appear fresh out of the box? Do the colours really pop just like they do...
Video 7 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In May 2023
Zelda, Lego 2K Drive and more!
In April the focus was on the Mario Movie and this month it's all about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Yes, after yet another incredibly long development cycle, next week Nintendo will finally release its latest entry in the Zelda series and the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild...
Video How To Fully Prepare For The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Push-ups are optional
With less than two weeks remaining until the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on May 12th, 2023, it's perfectly natural to feel like a bit of preparation might be in order. It's a good job, then, that video extraordinaire Felix Sanchez is on hand to explain everything you'll need to do to ensure you're ready...
Video Unboxing The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Switch OLED
It's already out in the wild
Ahead of the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launch early next month, Nintendo has today released its new Zelda-themed Switch OLED system in select regions. It seems users have already got hold of it as well - with many taking to social media platforms to show off their shiny new system. If you are wondering exactly what to...
Hands On Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Indulges Your Idiocy In The Very Best Way
This just in: Bokoblins hate apples
To say there’s been hype surrounding The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom would not just be an understatement, but a fairly poor opening line to any sort of hands-on feature. On an unrelated note, Nintendo recently invited us to go and have a go at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at their...
Video We Test Dokapon Kingdom Connect's Friendship-Ending Multiplayer
Ahead of the game's release next month
If you're looking to ruin some friendships, then boy, do we have a game for you. Dokapon Kingdom Connect launches on Switch on 8th May 2023, and this hybrid board game RPG has a bit of a reputation for being a brutal time with friends. Originally released on the PS2 before jumping over to the Wii in 2008,...
News New Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Trailer Welcomes Back Orange Star
Andy, Sami and Max return
This week marks the return of the turn-based strategy series Advance Wars with the release of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp on Switch. Nintendo has already uploaded an overview trailer - providing a rundown of what to expect, and now it's officially re-introduced the Orange Star team including the members Andy, Sami and...
Video The Completionist Talks To Us About His Upcoming Roguelike Game, Elsie
Plus, we interview the lead developers
We have known about Playtonic Friends' runnin' and gunnin' roguelike, Elsie, for a little while now (since around June 2022, if we're being specific), but did you know that the game is being worked on Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil? Yes, the YouTuber who just last month bought every 3DS and Wii U eShop game...
Random Modder Constructs Wii & GameCube Portable With "Reactive RGB"
"In-person, it looks really, really cool"
Nintendo hardware modder Shank is back at it, this time with a "reactive color-changing" Wii and GameCube portable system. It's called the 'GloWii' and uses RGB LEDs & video processing to display lighting through the transparent GB case. Here's a quick highlight reel of it running all sorts of Nintendo...
Video We're Playing More Zelda: Ocarina Of Time In Our YouTube Series 'First Bytes'
The adventure continues
We are back for another entry in the 'First Bytes' series over on our YouTube channel which sees the wonderful Felix playing through a collection of classic games for the first time. This week, Felix is continuing his adventure through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is the third livestream in the series and he...
Video Pokémon Stadium Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & N64)
Spot the difference
Today marks the return of the classic Nintendo 64 title Pokémon Stadium this time for the Switch Online service. This new version will now doubt look sharper and seemingly runs smoother in terms of performance, but just how much of an improvement is there compared to the original version from the year 2000? The YouTube channel...
Video Jack Black Performs Bowser's Mario Movie Song 'Peaches'
"Peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches..."
Update: In a quick update, it seems 'Peaches' has already reached the top 100 on iTunes - coming in at #61, in between Linkin Park and Ellie Goulding. Original: The Super Mario Bros. Movie had an amazing soundtrack filled with all sorts of appropriately themed tracks, but one that stood out was...
News Mario Videos Now Have More Than 100 Billion Views On YouTube
Mamma Mia!
There's a celebration of Mario taking place right now with the launch of his new animated movie. As part of this, YouTube's Gaming division has joined in on the fun - releasing a video to highlight "over 100 billion views" of Mario-related content on the worldwide video platform. Here's a quick breakdown of the many Mario milestones on...
Video Let's Discuss The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Covering the good, the bad and the ugly
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally out today and we have some thoughts. There are thoughts about things that we liked, thoughts about things that we didn't like, and thoughts about all things in between. We managed to get a lot of these down into our review, but a movie of this size was always going to...
Video We're Playing Zelda: Ocarina Of Time In Our New YouTube Series 'First Bytes'
Hey, watch!
We've got a couple of new things going on over on our lovely YouTube channel at the moment. And in one of our new series, Felix is tackling older games that he's never played before, yet among our community, are highly beloved. First Bytes has been kicking around as an idea for a while here at Nintendo Life because not everyone in the...
Exclusive Tin Hearts' Gameplay Mixes Cosy Narrative With Lemmings-Like Mechanics
Get your violins out
If you've had your eye on Tin Hearts, a Lemmings-inspired puzzle game from publisher Wired Productions and developer Rogue Sun, then the good news is that it's heading to the Switch later this month on April 20th, 2023. Tin Hearts has been cooking for a little while now, but with the game boasting over 40 levels of...
Video Let's Discuss That Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Gameplay Trailer
Felix and Alex combine their thoughts
A week ago at the time of writing, Nintendo finally lifted the curtain on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - properly, this time. We were treated to a whole ten minutes' worth of gameplay footage from the upcoming game, giving us a glimpse at Link's four new abilities: Recall, Fuse, Ultrahand, and...
Video Super Mario Bros. Movie 'Princess Peach Training Course' Clip Released
Peach shows Mario how it's done
Ahead of the launch of the Super Mario Bros. Movie in cinemas around the globe, Illumination has uploaded a brand new clip revealing a scene from the film called 'Princess Peach Training Course'. It runs for a total of 46 seconds. If you've ever played as Peach in a Super Mario game before, this should bring back...
Video 10 Exciting Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In April 2023
Mega Man, Advance Wars, and more
It's April already? Crikey. Yes, another month is here, and that means there's a tasty handful of new games to look forward to in the coming weeks. March brought us excellent titles like Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, Have A Nice Death, and more. Can April...
Zion investigates
The start of this week saw the closure of the 3DS and Wii U eShops, a sad time for all of us, many of whom spent last weekend feeling a little sentimental about all of the brilliant games that we would be losing as we attempted to download as many titles as possible (not speaking from personal experience, of course). But what does...
Video The History Of Nintendo Life's Most Famous Catchphrase
"Hello there lovely people"
If you've been a long-time fan of Nintendo Life, there's probably one thing you associate with us as much as you do Nintendo news: the words "Hhhhhello there lovely peeeeeople". Coined by the very lovely Alex Olney over on YouTube for us, he, Zion, and Felix have decided to finally crack open the egg and reveal the truth...
News PlatinumGames Announces Next Instalment In "Neo-Classic Arcade" Series On April Fools' Day
But is it legit?
You might remember that last year, PlatinumGames released a video from a clearly fake press conference at which Hideki Kamiya and co. announced nine new "upcoming" games as a part of a series called the Neo-Classic Arcade. This year, the studio is back at it again as it revealed a "Spectacular Side-Scrolling Action" game starring...
Video 3 Great Switch Games You Might Have Missed In March 2023
Have you played these?
We're back with our new monthly video recapping some hidden gems on the Switch eShop, and we've got three cracking games for you this time around. We say "we", but we actually mean Alex, Zion, and Felix over on our YouTube. Admittedly, Nintendo's had a bit of a quiet month on its home console, with only Bayonetta Origins:...
Feature Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Gameplay Trailer - Every New Detail Revealed
Updated with even more details!
We've updated the following list with even more details that we have noticed since the gameplay trailer dropped — and you can see them all in the video above courtesy of the lovely Alex-from-Nintendo-Life. For the big announcements and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it hints, this list has it all (or at least, all that...
Hands On Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories Is Our Biggest PAX Surprise
Oh honeydew
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories really caught our eye earlier this month with its lovely green Game Boy-style visuals and weird, wonderful characters. So we knew we had to get our hands on it at PAX East. And that's exactly what we did. The lovely Zion and Austin, who are both representing us at the event, headed over to XSEED...
Hands On Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - The Harvest Moon GameCube Classic Returns On Switch
Familiar ground
PAX East 2023 is currently taking place and our American-based video producer Zion has kept himself busy over the past few days checking out the latest and greatest releases. One, in particular, he got some time to sit down with was the upcoming Marvelous / XSEED title Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - a remake of the 2003...
Poll What Are Your Hype Levels For Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Off the charts?
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is only 50 days away from its launch on May 12th, 2023 at the time of writing, and our hype levels here at Nintendo Life are through the roof. Despite the fact that Nintendo is keeping the game very close to its chest (and if this is a concern for you, then our Video Producer Felix has the...
Video Everything To Do Before The 3DS And Wii U eShops Shut Down
The end is nigh
Are you starting to panic about the impending closure of the 3DS and Wii U eShops? Do you find yourself wondering which last-minute games to pick up, or even how to link your Nintendo accounts properly? Then worry not, dear readers, we're here for you. Our lovely video producer Zion has put together an extensive video that goes over...
Video Looking Back On Animal Crossing: New Horizons Three Years Later
Time flies, hm?
In decades to come, folks around the world will be telling their children and their grandchildren exactly what happened during those first few months of 2020. It was a time of great stress and uncertainty as the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly upended the lives of millions of people, with governments announcing nationwide lockdowns,...
Video Yep, These Sunglasses Really Are Compatible With Nintendo Switch
Tinted lenses
VR headsets, 3D glasses — there are lots of peripherals that you pop on your head to interact with films and video games in different ways. But the Viture XR Glasses are something very different altogether — they essentially work as a projector that sits right in front of your face. And it works with the Switch. Launching on...
Video Everything That Could Go Wrong With The Switch's Successor
No themes AGAIN?!
It's now been over six years since the Switch launched globally back in 2017. Naturally, our thoughts are beginning to drift over to what could potentially come next from Nintendo. Will the company's next major hardware be a simple evolution of the Switch itself, or will it be something completely new? We could hypothesise for...
News The Super Mario Bros. Movie Plumbing Website Has Been Updated
Support chat, new testimonials & more
Update [Fri 10th Mar, 2023 01:30 GMT]: Following the reveal of the final trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie, Illumination has updated the promotional 'Mario Bros. Plumbing' website. You can get a glimpse of Pauline, read some new testimonials, visit new areas, and access a customer support live chat...
