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Round Up The Reviews Are In For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
And they're lean, green, and mean
Do you know who's having a really good year this year? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Tomorrow, the Year of the Turtle (sorry Tiger, we don't mean anything by it) continues with the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, a collection of thirteen of Konami's TMNT titles for the NES,...
Package due 2024
Developer Rokaplay, the studio behind Spells and Secrets and Super Dungeon Maker, has revealed its rather colourful new project, Lou's Lagoon. This is a gorgeous-looking open-world game that combines the life sim genre with plane flying (yes, really) to bring us a huge, vibrant world. Better still, the game is being delivered to...
News Pixel Art Metroidvania '9 Years Of Shadows' Delayed Until 2023 On Switch
New story trailer showcases stunning gameplay
The pixel art 'Metroidvania' 9 Years of Shadow has been delayed to Q1 2023 on Switch, publisher Freedom Games has announced. The Steam and Epic Games Store release is set for October 10th 2022 as planned, however the decision to delay the release on Switch was apparently made only recently, with no...
News Team Rock Wins The Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere
Crushing the competition
This weekend, Splatoon 3 really made a splash. Splatfest World Premiere gave us the game's first Splatfest and allowed players across the globe the chance to try out a couple of new weapons and maps, as well as the new Tricolor Turf War mode. The new Splatfests saw three teams — Rock, Paper, and Scissors — compete for...
News Sonic Frontiers Switch File Size Seemingly Revealed
Arriving this November
It's been another exciting week for Sonic the Hedgehog fans, with Sega not only releasing a new trailer for Sonic Frontiers at Gamescom's Opening Night Live but also confirming the title would be arriving on all platforms (including the Nintendo Switch) on 8th November. With this anticipated "open-zone" entry getting closer...
News Watch Us Play The Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere Demo - Live!
And we're team Big Man
You didn't think we would be missing Splatoon 3's first Splatfest, did you? Taking place from 9am until 9pm BST, the Splatfest World Premiere brings us our first taste of what Splatoon 3's Splatfests will feel like. While they look pretty similar to Splatoon 2's own, the added three-team aspect and the Tricolor Turf War are...
News Nintendo Has Already Started Banning Splatoon 3 Cheaters
Cracking down on naughty Inklings and Octolings
Splatoon 3 isn't officially out until next month, but it seems Nintendo is already taking action against cheaters. Well-known Nintendo dataminer OatmealDome has revealed the company's anti-cheat measures are already in place for Splatoon 3 - targeting players who modify the new entry in the series. It...
News New Minecraft Legends Trailer Gives A First Look At Fiery Foes
The power of Piglins
Nintendo has shared a new look at Mojang's much-anticipated Minecraft Legends across its social channels, this time introducing us to a clan of fiery creatures who we can only assume will be your central opponents in the game. Seriously, have you ever seen a good guy living in a castle of flames? The trailer carries some...
News Yep, Big The Cat Has Been Spotted In Sonic Frontiers
And of course there's a fishing minigame
Everyone's favourite fishing feline is back! Big the Cat has been spotted in the Sonic Frontiers demo on the Gamescom showfloor, Eurogamer has reported. Sharing the news on Twitter, @Bibouboul posted a photo of someone playing the demo with the large purple cat standing behind Sonic. The blue blur can also...
News Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia Barrels Onto Switch This October
Update: Limited and Collector's Editions announced
Update [Fri 26th Aug, 2022 11:15 BST]: Microids has finally given us a firm release date for the next Asterix & Obelix game! The upcoming action-adventure/beat 'em up will be launching on the Switch on 13th October, just in time for the chilly season. (Thanks, Gematsu!) Not only that, we'll be...
News Switch eShop Pre-Orders For Dragon Ball: The Breakers Go Live
Due out October 14th
Bandai Namco's upcoming title Dragon Ball: The Breakers is rather different from previous entries in the series. In this online asymmetrical action game, you'll mostly be running around as "ordinary citizens" trying not to get killed by enemies such as Cell, Frieza and Buu. This game previously locked in a release date of...
News BPM: Bullets Per Minute Sets Its Sights On Switch This September, Pre-Order Now
A "rhythm-action FPS rogue-like"
Awe Interactive has announced it will be celebrating its 2nd year anniversary of the rhythm-action FPS rogue-like BPM: Bullets Per Minute with a Nintendo Switch release. Fans of Nintendo's hybrid system can get ready to "rock 'n' rogue' on 8th September for £19.99/€21.99/$24.99. Playtonic Friends are publishing...
News We're Getting A New Four-Player 'Puzzle Bobble' Exclusively On Switch Next Year
Everybubble celebrate!
Puzzle Bobble — once known as Bust-A-Move in the west — is one of our favourite Taito franchises, so we're always happy to see more entries in this Bubble Bobble spin-off series. And Taito has today revealed the next new entry, coming exclusively to Switch in 2023. Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! doesn't just come with an...
Watch Nintendo Treehouse Live Presentation August 2022 - Splatoon 3 And Harvestella
New details incoming
Rather than holding a Treehouse Live presentation close to E3 or another Direct, Nintendo likes to keep up on our toes and will be holding one such showcase today. In an announcement that went out on Tuesday, today's presentation will be a standalone feature focussing on the unlikely pairing of Splatoon 3 and Harvestella. This...
News Sonic Frontiers Pre-Orders Come With Famous V-Tuber DLC In Japan
Fast fashion
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 officially revealed Sonic Frontiers' release date as November 8th (though many of us had seen this coming thanks to a leak earlier in the day). Since this announcement, Sega has been moving fast to release new info about the game, including what we can expect to see in the different pre-order packages.
News 'A Little To The Left' Will Come Out A Little To The Later On Switch
PC and Mac release is in November
For fans of indie smash-success Unpacking, which was a game about taking things out of boxes and putting them on shelves (it's better than it sounds, promise), A Little To The Left should be on your radar, too. Except where Unpacking's villain was "not knowing whether items belong in the kitchen or bathroom", A...
Round Up All The Nintendo Switch Titles From The Future Games Show 2022
17 new games are on the way
The Future Games Show took place last night at Gamescom and was streamed live thanks to the folks over at GamesRadar. While the focus seemed to be mainly on PC, there were a number of titles revealed that will be coming to the Switch. We have rounded up all of the games that we could confirm are coming to Switch below...
News Footage From Sonic Frontiers' Cyber Space Stages Emerges From Gamescom
Cyber Space, the final frontier
Sonic Frontiers' latest story trailer gave us a release date for Sonic's open-zone adventure, and it looked pretty darn good, too! The game is currently at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and fans can go hands-on with the game at the convention. Our sister site Push Square has shared the footage from Twitter, and demos...
News Magnet-Magic Metroidvania Sequel 'Teslagrad 2' Confirmed For Switch
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
As part of the Future Games Show at Gamescom, we saw a little bit more of Teslagrad 2 — the sequel to critically-acclaimed metroidvania Teslagrad — as well as a release date and a confirmation that it'll come to Switch. Like the original game, Teslagrad 2 is all about using...
News Guitar Hero Meets Street Fighter In This Rhythm-Based Brawler Coming Soon To Switch
Rock and brawl
Gamescom's Future Games Show might have just revealed the most unexpected genre mashup of the year. God of Rock is a fighting game in which your success in combat is dependent on your ability to keep rhythm with a Guitar Hero-esque music tab at the bottom of the screen. We have all felt the pressure of losing your groove on Guitar...
Video Square Enix Releases New Official Trailer For Dragon Quest X Offline
Launching exclusively in Japan next month
Square Enix has released a third official trailer for Dragon Quest X Offline, due out for Switch, PlayStation and PC in Japan on 15th September. This latest clip highlights the heroes. In case you've missed our previous coverage, this is a new version of the MMORPG that can be played completely offline...
Video Here's A Teaser Of Fear Effect Reinvented, Coming Soon To Switch
See the third-person gameplay in action
We feel like we've been waiting forever for the original Fear Effect to make its return, ever since the remaster Fear Effect Reinvented was announced for the Nintendo Switch in 2017. As you might recall, this version of the action-adventure title will capture the "same spirit and atmosphere" as the original...
News Cadence Of Hyrule Dev Shares First Look At Its Brand New Rhythm Game Spinoff
Introducing Rift of the Necrodancer
Following on from an announcement earlier this month, Brace Yourself Games - the developer behind Cadence of Hyrule - has now officially given fans a first look at its brand new rhythm game known as Rift of the Necrodancer. This is apparently a spinoff - with players required to help Cadence navigate the modern...
PSA Splatoon 3's Splatfest World Premiere Demo Is Now Live
Splatfest will take place on 27th August
Update [Thu 25th Aug, 2022 01:30 BST]: Part of this Splatfest World Premiere Demo is now live. You'll be able to try out the tutorials, get some practice in, and explore the city of Splatsville. Enjoy! Original article [Fri 19th Aug, 2022 10:30 BST]: Splatoon 3's first-ever Splatfest takes place next...
Random Splatoon 3 Takes To The Stairs In This Massive South Korean Poster
Works on so many levels
Splatoon 3 is now just around the corner and we are being drip-fed more content on it each day, with the adverts getting bigger and bigger. Sure, you could watch Nintendo's new five-minute-long trailer published just today, but for those of you who want to step up your Splatoon consumption ahead of launch, look no further...
Talking Point Can We Predict The Other Two Stories In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?
Treasure, school, and evil...
One of the details revealed in the latest Pokémon Scarlet & Violet trailer was that the game would have three main stories, which could be played in any order. We were told about one of the three: The story of battling through all the gyms to get to whatever this game's equivalent of the Pokémon League is...
News Gothic Horror Dating Sim/Murder Mystery 'Mask Of The Rose' Delayed To 2023
"We’ve been seeing signs of an over-tight schedule"
Failbetter announced last week that their new game Mask of the Rose — a dating sim visual novel based around their Victorian-London-but-spooky setting of Fallen London and Sunless Sea — would be pushed back from its initial release date of Q3 2022 all the way to April 2023. The delay is due...
News Are You Ready, Kids? New SpongeBob SquarePants Gameplay Footage Revealed
Sharing the game's secret formula
After its announcement last year, we have been eagerly awaiting updates on Purple Lamp Studio's SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. While we are still without any sign of a release date (guess the mail must be slow out of Bikini Bottom), we have now received the first look at some gameplay footage. Showcased...
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Continues To Look Stunning In New Trailer
With returning characters from Rising
We now know that Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the turn-based Suikoden successor from series creator Yoshitaka Murayama, is coming to Switch thanks to a Kickstarter update back in May. But we haven't seen much of the game for a while except through continued monthly development updates — and in part...
News Never Played Splatoon? Nintendo's Splatoon 3 Beginner's Guide Will Help
Squid study starts now
Before Splatoon 3 splats onto our screens on September 9th, Nintendo has released a new five-minute trailer which serves as a beginner's guide to the world and shenanigans of Splatsville. (Thanks, GoNintendo!) We have learned much about the upcoming sequel over the past few weeks, and with a
News Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! 'Let's Sing ABBA' Brings Band's Biggest Hits To Switch
Will you spend the money, money, money?
After revealing which pop hits would be landing on Let's Sing 2022 last week, Ravenscourt is back with more news on their ABBA karaoke sing-along, Let's Sing ABBA. Setting up shop at Gamescom this week, the studio has announced that the Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid classics will be making their voyage...
Hands On Splatoon 3 Brings New Ideas, But Nothing Revolutionary
Ink, splat, swim, repeat
Recently we were tickled pink to be invited by Nintendo to have a go at Splatoon 3, and as you might expect we accepted the offer. We got to play for about an hour or so, running through a few of the single-player levels, two rounds of Turf War, and three rounds of the new and improved version of Salmon Run — but how did...
News Dev Delays 'A Space For The Unbound' After Feeling 'Exploited' By Publisher
Update: PQube responds
Update [Wed 24th Aug, 2022 16:35 BST]: PQube Games has provided us with the following statement responding to Toge Productions' Twitter post: “We have honoured all obligations of our publishing agreement and have supported Toge Productions at every stage of product development throughout their delays and difficulties. This...
News 'Fall Of Porcupine' Is A Scrubs-Inspired Look At The Hardships In Healthcare
No eagles here
Here's a combination of things we never knew we needed in our lives — Scrubs and Night in the Woods. But that's what publisher Assemble Entertainment has cited as the inspiration for BUNTSPECHT.GAMES' debut title, Fall of Porcupine, a lovely adventure game full of humour, emotion, and profound stories. Choosing to focus on the...
News 'Bullet Soul' Shmup Duo Get Short Delay On Switch, Still Releasing Fall
Update: Now launching a few weeks later
Update [Wed 24th Aug, 2022 10:30 BST]: Bullet Soul and Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst are getting a slight delay on Switch, MAGES. has announced on Twitter. This pair of shmups will now be releasing a few weeks later worldwide on Switch — on 29th September as opposed to 9th September in the west (and 22nd in...
Video Hogwarts Legacy Gets A New Trailer Introducing The Dark Arts
Launching in 2023
The upcoming action RPG Hogwarts Legacy - based on the Harry Potter series - was one of the many games showcased during Gamescom's Opening Night Live event. This latest video (above) introduced the Slytherin student Sebastion Sallow. In the game, it'll be the player's choice whether they "embrace or reject" the Dark Arts in order...
News Nintendo Asks Players To Select Local Region For Splatoon 3 Splatfest Demo
For the best experience possible
The Splatoon 3 Splatfest "World Premiere" starts later this week, and it seems Nintendo has issued some additional advice via its Japanese social media channels. When you first boot it up, be sure to pick the correct region. Once you've selected a region, you won't be able to undo it in the demo. If you select a...
News Chill Landscaping Puzzler Dorfromantik Is Coming To Switch
Maps and naps
Sometimes, you want a game like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or Elden Ring: One that eats up all your free time, requires careful attention, and takes hundreds of hours to properly understand. Sometimes, you want a game that you can half-pay attention to while you watch Better Call Saul and eat an entire bag of cheese-covered snack items...
News Return To Monkey Island Gets A Release Date And A Horse Armour Pre-Order Bonus
P-arrrr-ty time
The long-anticipated next entry to Monkey Island series, cleverly named Return to Monkey Island, has just been provided with a release date and brand new trailer at Gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live. Excitingly for fans of the classic point-and-click adventure series, the game is landing on Switch less than a month from now, on 19th...
News Sonic Frontiers Story Trailer Officially Confirms November Release
Update: After Sega accidentally leaked earlier
Update #2 [Tue 23rd Aug, 2022 19:55 BST]: Right on time! Well, maybe a little late after Sega accidentally shared its advert earlier today. But hey, at least we know officially when Sonic Frontiers launches at last! Sonic made an appearance at this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live and during its...
News New Tales From The Borderlands Officially Revealed, Hitting Switch In October
Update: Gearbox confirm
Update [Tue 23rd Aug, 2022 19:45 BST]: Gearbox has officially confirmed New Tales from the Borderlands for Switch (and other platforms) with the above trailer at Gamescom 2022. Bringing back people from the now-defunct Telltale Games who developed the first Tales from the Borderlands game, it's launching on 21st October...
News The Brilliant Couch Co-Op Game 'Moving Out' Is Getting A Sequel With Online Multiplayer
And they said FART
We love a good couch co-op game here at Nintendo Life, and Moving Out is one of our favourites. So we're delighted that SMG Studio is developing a sequel to this delightful little game. Moving Out 2 was announced during Opening Night Live 2022 at Gamescom, and you'll be able to play both online and locally on your own, with a...
News Vernal Edge Is A Fast-Paced Metroidvania With Family Drama, Coming To Switch
Metroidvania takes to the skies
A mysterious floating city, estranged father figure and sword-wielding combat are but three of the features that seem to run throughout Vernal Edge — the pixel art Metroidvania soon to come to Switch — and this level of mystery has certainly piqued our interest. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign,...
News Open The Early Access Gates With Disney Dreamlight Valley's Founder's Packs
The bear necessities?
Disney's lovely, magical take on the life sim genre, Disney Dreamlight Valley, hits Early Access at the beginning of September. And while the upcoming game is going free to play in 2023, if you want to get in early, you'll have to pay the price of admission from one of three Founder's Packs. All three Founder's Packs are...
News Combat Android 2B Stars In New NieR: Automata Switch Trailer
"Everything that lives is designed to end"
Square Enix and PlatinumGames' masterpiece NieR: Automata launches on Switch in early October alongside some exclusive costumes, and Square is reintroducing the game's central characters to the world before we make our journey to the future to fight a war with the machines. Today, we get to meet 2B (or...
News Nintendo Treehouse: Live Presentation Set For This Thursday
Featuring Splatoon 3 and Harvestella
Nintendo has announced a presentation — no, not a Direct, but a Treehouse: Live presentation. These presentations normally take place during and around E3 or other Directs, but it looks like this will be a stand-alone one, taking place on 25th August. The Treehouse will be split into three segments; the first...
News Disgaea 7 Officially Announced For Switch, And Things Are Getting Bigger
Out in Japan in January
Nippon Ichi Software has revealed the next entry in the popular Disgaea franchise. This over-the-top strategy RPG series' new entry — Disgaea 7 — launches in Japan on 26th January next year, and the developer also shared a ton of details about the game. An English localisation hasn't been announced yet, but we usually get...
News Introducing Koco, A Cute New Character Appearing In Sonic Frontiers
Tune into Gamescom ONL for a new trailer
Gamescom Opening Night Live is taking place soon, and ahead of the showcase hosted by Geoff Keighley, Sega has been hyping up a new Sonic Frontiers trailer that will be airing at the event. Now, in another new screenshot, fans have been formally introduced to Koco - a "lil" creature that will likely feature...
News Splatoon 3's Splatfest World Premiere Will Include "A Whopping 26 Weapons"
Try before you buy
Splatoon 3 is fast-approaching, and later this week there's a Splatfest World Premiere demo going live - where players can see what the game has to offer and get a little bit of practice in before the big release next month. If you have been wondering just how much of the game will be on offer, Nintendo has now revealed on its...
News Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope Announces Season Pass And Gold Edition
A gold star for you
In just two months, Mario and friends — both old and new — will be returning to space in the sequel to Ubisoft's surprise strategy hit, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. And Nintendo has revealed that the upcoming game will be getting a Season Pass! This probably isn't too much of a surprise, as Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle...