YesterdaySun, 5th May 2024

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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...

  • 5h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
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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...

  • 8h ago
  • Nintendo
  • SNES
  • Japan
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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...

  • 10h ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Star Wars
  • Nintendo DS
  • Retro
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  28

  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...

  • 11h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Paper Mario
  • Luigis Mansion
  • Nintendo
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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...

  • 13h ago
  • Features
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • eShop Selects
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  8

  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...

  • 15h ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo
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  29

  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...

  • 17h ago
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • SNES
  • Super Mario
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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...

  • 19h ago
  • Animal Crossing
  • First 4 Figures
  • Merch
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
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  46

  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...

  • 23h ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Luigis Mansion
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases

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...

  • 2d ago
  • Star Wars
  • Nintendo
  • Retro
  • All Time
  • Best Games
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  49

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Trademarks
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  113

  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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  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Star Wars
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
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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...

  • 1d ago
  • Guides
  • All Time
  • SaGa
  • Best Games
  • Square Enix
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  103

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
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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...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Star Wars
  • Switch eShop
  • Round Up

Friday3rd May 2024

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  163

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers

  Workin' the Z-axis

  Revised and updated with Penny's Big Breakaway and Cavern of Dreams. Enjoy! Ah, the 3D platformer. Ever since Super Mario 64 landed and showed everyone just how good three-dimensional platforming could be, there have been developers hoping to capture just a smidgen of that game’s magic. It was a tough act to follow, even for...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Switch Games
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  News 'Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition' For Switch Rated By ESRB

  NES Remix, but not NES Remix

  Following a rather blatant tease from reliable leaker Pyoro, a rating has appeared via the ESRB for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Nintendo Switch (thanks, Stealth). Described as "a collection of 2D challenges and platformer games", it's also noted that the game will likely contain i

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • ESRB
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  22

  News BlackMilk's New Range Of Zelda Clothing Drops Next Week

  Preview the pieces now

  Australian clothing brand BlackMilk is back, back, back with a new collection of The Legend of Zelda-inspired clothing. The new line drops next week on 7th May at 7am AEST / 10pm BST (6th May) / 2pm PT (6th May), but that hasn't stopped the brand from showcasing some of the prized pieces that will be making up the latest...

  • 3d ago
  • News
  • Zelda
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Merchandise
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  Feature The Truth About Retro Game Hunting In A Post-Pandemic Japan

  Time Extension Is it all doom and gloom?

  While the pandemic led to a surge in prices for retro video games in the United States after years of the hobby already getting absurdly expensive, the opposite occurred here in Japan where you couldn’t walk into a used games store without tripping over good deals. In 2021, I was able to get near-pristine copies of Metal...

  • 3d ago
  • Features
  • Japan
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  Review Megaton Musashi W: Wired (Switch) - Good Old-Fashioned Mech-Battling Fun

  Level-5 is back!

  In late 2020, Level-5 shuttered its operations in the West and effectively ended its business outside of Japan, leaving Western fans of franchises such as Yo-Kai Watch and Professor Layton wondering if they would ever see English versions of new entries in their favorite series. Fortunately, the company has since reinvigorated its...

  • 3d ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  27

  News Nintendo Partner Paladin Studios Closes Its Doors After "Almost 19 Years"

  "Our quest has ended"

  Netherlands indie developer Paladin, who worked with Nintendo in 2020 on the Switch eShop title Good Job!, has announced it has "closed the studio" after "almost 19 years". Apart from Nintendo, the 45-person studio (which began life in 2005 and peaked at 55 people at one stage) worked with various other "incredible partners"...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Industry
  • Indies
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  Exclusive Get A Closer Look At Capes' Superhero Turn-Based Tactics In New Switch Screenshots

  Where is my super suit?

  We are just weeks away from the release of the turn-based superhero tactics game Capes on 29th May and today publisher Daedalic Entertainment has given us our first idea of how things will be looking on Switch. Capes is a Midnight Suns-style XCOM-meets-superheroes tactics game (though this one will be coming to Switch) where...

  • 2d ago
  • Exclusive
  • Reveal
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  57

  News Nintendo Wipes Out 8535 Yuzu Repositories In One Big DMCA Takedown

  "I am inevitable" *click!*

  After successfully taking down the open-source Switch emulator Yuzu, Nintendo is on the warpath once again and has wiped out a total of 8535 Yuzu repositories via GitHub in one go. As reported by TorrentFreak (thanks, Eurogamer), Nintendo had filed a DMCA notice to GitHub earlier this week, targeting Yuzu repositories...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Emulation
  • Yuzu
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  11

  News Spread The Balatro Love With This New Range Of Official Merchandise

  We're all in

  There was a time earlier this year where we had two states: playing Balatro, or thinking about playing Balatro. Our daily hours played may have begun to drop in the months since, but there's no denying that it has permanently set up shop in our minds. And guess what, it can now do the same in our wardrobes! Yes, Balatro publisher...

  • 3d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Merchandise
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  30

  News Hide Your Naked Body From The Joy-Con IR Camera In This Weird New Switch Game

  Think inside the box, please

  If you cast your mind back to last year, you might remember Give me toilet paper!, a weird eShop game that had you shoving your Joy-Con in a toilet roll to play. Well, publisher Takahiro Miyazawa is back at it again, but this new game is all about being naked. Mhmm, you did read that correctly. Bruce and Box

  • 3d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
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  News Xbox's Survival Adventure Grounded Receives A New Update On Switch

  Download it now

  Grounded recently made its debut on the Nintendo Switch and although the team at Obsidian has technically rolled out the final major update, it's not done just yet. The developer has now rolled out a new patch, bumping the game up to Version 1.4.1. This latest patch comes with some major fixes, changes, optimisations, and most...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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  News The First Switch Online Event For Endless Ocean Starts Next Week

  Discover the secrets of the Veiled Sea

  Endless Ocean: Luminous has a new feature called Event Dives, where you connect with other players online and explore the Veiled Sea together. As part of the launch celebrations, Nintendo has now announced the first limited-time dive will take place next weekend on 10th May / 11th May and run for three days...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
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  News The Force Is Strong With Nintendo Switch Online's Next Free Game Trial (Europe)

  Do or do not, it's free!

  Just in time for Star Wars Day, it has been announced that STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic will be force-jumping in as Europe's next Nintendo Switch Online free game trial. The trial kicks off today (3rd May) on the Switch eShop and you can play as much of the iconic space RPG as you'd like for free until 9th May. As...

  • 3d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Europe
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  News Knuckles Sets "Record-Breaking" Viewership Performance For Paramount+

  "We're so thrilled"

  If you caught the Knuckles series on debut, you're not alone - with the new show setting a record as the "most-watched" Paramount+ original series of all time in its opening weekend. The viewership racked up more than 4 million hours of watch time in the first few days of release, after releasing all six episodes on 26th April...

  • 3d ago
  • Sonic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Knuckles
  • Paramount
  • Sega
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  News SteamWorld Heist II Trailer Takes A Deep Dive Into The Sequel's Gameplay

  Lots of gameplay!

  Following its recent announcement at the Indie World showcase, SteamWorld Heist II has received a brand new trailer that takes a deep dive into the upcoming title's gameplay. Naturally, we get a glimpse at the turn-based combat, including a tasty tease of the ricochet gunplay. The true highlight of the trailer however, is the...

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