News Nintendo Announces New Switch OLED 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' Bundle
Including 12 months of Switch Online
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PSA Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Reportedly Leaked Online In Full
Be careful out there
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News Devolver Digital Confirms The Plucky Squire Won't Run At 60 FPS On Switch
"It can't maintain that unfortunately"
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News Nintendo Shows Off Some Friendly Faces You'll Meet In Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
Zelda's new adventure is out later this month
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News Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection For Switch Confirmed As "Code In Box" Release (Europe)
It seems other regions will still get a physical cartridge
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News Splatoon 3 Version 9.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The Grand Festival has arrived
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PSA Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Reportedly Leaked Online In Full
Be careful out there
If you're active on social media or online forums, you might want to start muting key words or simply opt to spend your time elsewhere, because it looks like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has leaked almost two weeks ahead of its release. Thanks to a heads up from Gaming Reinvented, it appears as though some players are...
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News Devolver Digital Confirms The Plucky Squire Won't Run At 60 FPS On Switch
"It can't maintain that unfortunately"
The Plucky Squire launches on multiple platforms next week, and one thing you might want to know if you are considering the Switch release is how it performs. In a brief response to a fan on social media, publisher Devolver Digital has confirmed the game will not run at 60 FPS on the Switch, mentioning how it...
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News Nintendo Shows Off Some Friendly Faces You'll Meet In Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
Zelda's new adventure is out later this month
Nintendo has been sharing regular information updates about Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and following an overview trailer yesterday, it's now detailed two of the characters Zelda will encounter in her new adventure. First up we have a look at 'The Great Fairy' who can apparently be found "somewhere" in...
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News Nintendo Announces New Switch OLED 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' Bundle
Including 12 months of Switch Online
Following rumours about some new Switch bundles, Nintendo Australia has lifted the lid on a brand new bundle featuring a Switch OLED model and a copy of Super Mario Bros Wonder. This bundle is set to release in this region next month on 24th October 2024. The Switch OLED is the 'white set' and the copy of Super...
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News Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection For Switch Confirmed As "Code In Box" Release (Europe)
It seems other regions will still get a physical cartridge
As you might have seen, the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection made its digital debut on the Switch this week. It will be followed by a physical release on 22nd November 2024. Unfortunately, there won't be a proper physical release on Nintendo's platform in Europe. Capcom provided this...
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News Splatoon 3 Version 9.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The Grand Festival has arrived
Update [Fri 13th Sep, 2024 01:30 BST]: Splatoon 3 Version 9.1.0 is now live. As mentioned there are changes related to the Grand Festival event which is taking place this weekend. You can learn more about this event in the following story: <related ids="171710"> Original [Thu 12th Sep, 2024 01:30 BST]:...
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News Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.3, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it now
Apart from Splatoon 3, Nintendo has rolled out a brand new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today. Yes, after several months of silence, Version 3.0.3 is now available to download. On face value, this update doesn't mention much. According to Nintendo's official patch notes, "issues" have been resolved to improve the gameplay. This...
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Japanese Charts Switch Dominates As PS5 Price Hike Kills Momentum
Ouch
The latest chart data is here courtesy of Famitsu, and to be honest, it's been a bit of a quiet week. At the top, we've got Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost for the Switch with a total of 16,631 sales during its debut week, while the PS5's Astro Bot nabs second place with a total of 12,672. Quite a bit lower than we were expecting, but...
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News Tony Hawk Has Been "Talking To Activision Again" Ahead Of Pro Skater's 25th Anniversary
What's in the (half)pipeline?
Believe it or not, the 25th anniversary of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is right around the corner (29th September, if we're being specific) and the titular Birdman himself is teasing that he and Activision might have something in the works (thanks, VGC). That's according to Hawk on the latest episode of Mythical Kitchen's...
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Poll Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Is Out Today, Will You Be Getting It?
Go on, tell us
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is finally available on the Nintendo Switch eShop today. It's had some impressive reviews so far, including our own here on Nintendo Life (we gave it an "excellent" nine out of ten stars). This package includes a total of seven classic fighting games, rollback netcode, bonus...
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News Splatoon 3's 'Grand Festival' Splatfest Kicks Off Tomorrow, Which Team Gets Your Vote?
Time war
We are mere hours away from Splatoon 3's "biggest Splatfest yet" as the Grand Festival is finally set to kick off tomorrow (or today, for those in North America). This 72-hour-long event pits the Splatlands' biggest musical icons against each other in a battle over "Which is the most important to you?", with the Squid Sisters' Team Past...
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Random Sakurai And Team Asobi Exchange Pleasantries Over Astro Bot
"Great game"
Since its launch on 6th September 2024, PS5's Astro Bot has been making waves in the gaming community thanks to its high quality and ingenuity. By taking heavy inspiration from Nintendo (and specifically the Super Mario franchise), developer Team Asobi has undoubtedly crafted one of the finest platformers in recent memory. One...
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Hands On 'Royalty Free For All' Looks To Smash It With A Cosy Fighting Format & Timeless Roster
Domain game
Over the course of 20 years and five games, Nintendo-employed game director Masahiro Sakurai wove together five decades of video game lore to build the ultimate fighting game franchise: Super Smash Bros., more or less inventing the 2D platform fighter genre in the process. And look, it’s a madcap concept right off the rip to...
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Mini Review Wild Bastards (Switch) - Void Bastards' Follow-Up Is A Bland Misfire
Rio Blando
2019's Void Bastards certainly fulfilled its developer's goal of "unusual, original games that always have a strategic twist." In fact, it fulfilled it so well, and with such style and confidence, we just assumed that Blue Manchu's follow-up was going to be more of the very satisfying same, if not even better. However, what we got with...
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News Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Overview Trailer Gives Us Another Tasty Look
Not long to go
Nintendo is going all-out on marketing for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ahead of its launch later this month on 26th September 2024. The new Overview Trailer, posted earlier today, doesn't show off anything we haven't really seen before, but it's a nice amalgamation of footage from previous trailers and commercials. It goes...
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Nintendo Download 12th September (North America)
Marvel vs. Capcom! Grapple Dogs! Fabledom!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting...
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Video "It's Got Big Nintendo Vibes" - We Dive Into Astro Bot With Our Friends At Push Square
Haptic, feedback
Last week, Team Asobi and Sony released the adorable 3D platformer Astro Bot (you might have heard of it) and in the time since, the game appears to have taken over the minds and hearts of everyone lucky enough to lock eyes on it. Very good, but not all that Nintendo-relevant, right? Well, as we noted earlier this week, fans were...
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Video New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Japanese Commercials Released
We're now weeks out from release
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is just weeks out from launching on the Switch and Nintendo isn't holding back with its marketing campaign. Apart from some lifestyle ads here in the West, in Japan it's also releasing some new commercials. The latest ones give fans a closer look at Zelda and how she'll be able...
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News Harvest Moon: The Winds Of Anthos Plants 'Great Outdoors' DLC Next Month
You wanted s'more?
Publisher and developer Natsume Inc. has today announced that Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos will be treated to a new paid DLC on 3rd October titled 'The Great Outdoors Pack'. Marking the game's first anniversary, the DLC adds treasure hunting, camping, two new characters and the ability to bring your animals along with you on...
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News Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Producer Voices Interest In New Entry (Again)
The team is up for it, but needs fans to "show their support"
This week marks the arrival of the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection on the Switch and multiple other platforms. The collection's producer has already voiced interest in a new entry in the future, and now he's reiterated this in another interview. Speaking to Comicbook.com about the...
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Random Smash Bros. Meets Battle Royale In This Upcoming Playable PC Prototype
"We hope you can see the potential"
Development studio Odyssey Interactive has announced that it is working on a prototype combining Smash Bros-style platform fighting with 40-player battle royale gameplay. What's more, it is releasing this prototype to the public (thanks, Eurogamer). Byte Breakers, as the dev is currently calling it, initially...
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News Upcoming Book Celebrates The Pixel Art Of The GBA
Time Extension Over 4,000 screenshots from more than 240 games
Bitmap Books has revealed that it is publishing the English version of Robert Bannert, Thomas Nickel and Martin Nagel's Unofficial GBA Pixel Art book, which was previously published in Germany by Elektrospieler. Highlighting over 240 classic GBA games, the book will feature the likes of Fire Emblem,...
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$699 is the new $599
Recently, we asked you if $499 would be too much to pay for a 'Switch 2'. 20% of respondees said 'nope', nearly 30% thought it would be too much, and the majority (rather sensibly) said that it would depend on how big of an upgrade Nintendo's next generation of hardware represented. Yesterday Sony pulled back the curtain on the...
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News 'Tales Of The Shire: A Lord Of The Rings Game' Is Getting A 'Hobbit Day' Showcase
Tune in on 22nd September
Private Division and Wētā Workshop have announced that Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game will be getting its own showcase as part of the upcoming 'Hobbit Day' celebrations on 22nd September 2024. In case you're unaware, Hobbit Day is pretty well known within the Tolkien community and represents the respective...
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Rumour Multiple New Switch Bundles Are Apparently On The Way
One is expected to be the Mario Wonder OLED bundle
Last week, a rumour about Nintendo launching a new Switch OLED bundle with a copy of Mario Wonder surfaced online. This was shared by reputable leaker billbil-kun of Deal Labs, and now the same source has expanded on this - with claims
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Review Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines (Switch) - A Purebreed Platformer & Fantastic Follow-Up
Old dog, new tricks
A couple years ago, a small studio called Medallion Games released a cute platformer called Grapple Dog, which as you could probably guess, is a platformer about a dog with a grappling hook. The simple premise played host to an impressively well-made and enjoyable adventure that felt like a meaningful homage to — and evolution...
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News Sonic Team Would "Love" To Remaster The Advance Series, Says Takashi Iizuka
But there are no plans for it at the moment
Like most Sonic fans, we here at Nintendo Life love the GBA's 'Advance' Series. We have fond memories of playing through the Advance trilogy (and even the tangentially related fighting RPG and pinball spinoffs) in the early 2000s, but bar the SonicN N-Gage port and a Virtual Console release in Japan, we...
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"I just have to not be too precious"
Back in 2021, Black Tabby Games — an indie studio formed by husband-and-wife team Tony Howard-Arias and Abby Howard — released the first episode of the episodic visual novel Scarlet Hollow on Steam. Visually striking with ink drawings and a deep branching narrative, the duo put the studio on the map from...
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News The Last Ninja Collection Brings Seven Retro Games To Switch In 2025
"A tribute to the golden era of computer gaming"
The Last Ninja Collection Kickstarter campaign went live earlier before and in less than an hour it reached its funding target. It means the collection is officially on the way to the Nintendo Switch in 2025. It will bring together "every" Last Ninja title across the Commodore 64, ZX S
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News Konami Doesn't Want To Rush Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2
"We just have to ask for everyone to give us time"
Konami has reiterated its plans for a second volume of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection but admits it doesn't want to rush development after "all the issues" it had with the first collection. This update was shared during the 'Q&A' segment of the latest 'Metal Gear Production Hotline'...
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Random "The Time Players Spend In A Game Is A Cost" - Sakurai Talks Long Runtimes
Blocking out a week
Masahiro Sakurai is back with more words of wisdom in his latest YouTube video, which this time is a cautionary tale against long game runtimes. To be clear, Sakurai isn't against putting hundreds of hours into a game — he even apologises for Smash Ultimate being such a time sink — but, he says, a game's length is something...
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Random Even The Manhole Covers Look Cool At The Nintendo Museum
Pokéman(hole cover)
It's easy to dazzle us Nintendo fans with a giant Wiimote, a Toad barbershop quartet and a wall of pristine NES games, but to make a manhole cover exciting? That feels like a bit of a stretc- oh my GOD is that Pikachu?! Nintendo has revealed a special manhole cover which will be housed in Kyoto's Nintendo Museum and it's quite...
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News Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition Physical Switch Release Confirmed
Arriving on the Switch eShop this September
In case you missed it in the recent Nintendo Partner Showcase, Team17 is reviving its classic Worms Armageddon with the help of Digital Eclipse. The Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition is releasing on multiple platforms including Switch and will come with all sorts of improvements like optimised...
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News Beyond Galaxyland Overview Trailer Showcases A Compelling Narrative RPG
And it looks gorgeous, too
A new overview trailer has been released for developer Sam Enright's upcoming RPG Beyond Galaxyland, and it's looking quite lovely, if we do say so ourselves. Clocking in at over five minutes in length, the trailer goes through what you can expect from the game's bonkers story, how you can catch creatures and even bosses...
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Anniversary Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Turn 20 Years Old In The US
Fans would love to see them return
Try not to get too excited, but the official Pokémon social media account has this week acknowledged North America's 20th anniversary of Pokémon FireRed Version and LeafGreen Version. These Game Boy Advance titles originally released in September 2004 in this region, and were remakes of the original Pokémon...
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News Vehicle-Building Sandbox 'Besiege' Brings Medieval Mayhem To Switch Today
If you build it, they will run
Following a hugely successful launch on Steam back in 2020, indie developer Spiderling Studios has brought the physics-based medieval vehicle-builder Besiege to Switch. What's more, it's available right now. This is a game that will see you building deadly devices to take on whichever army is unlucky enough to stand...
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