TodayTue, 29th Nov 2022

• 

  5

  Random Masahiro Sakurai Shows Off His Impressive Controller Collection

  "Too many?"

  You might have heard the phrase "there's no such thing as too many books" before, but can the same also be applied to console controllers? Your answer may depend on your current living situation and, crucially, how much space you have in the house, but we reckon most would agree that an extra pad here and there is nothing to be sniffed...

  • 23 mins ago
  • Random
  • Hardware
  • Sakurai
• 

  1

  Review Ship Of Fools - Roguelite Deck Defence That's A Blast With A Mate

  Cannon fodder

  If you’ve ever played a roguelite, you’ve seen it all before. Head out on a run, collect resources and equipment, fail at some point, use those resources to purchase upgrades, and try again and again, getting a little bit further each time until the Big Evil is defeated. In an increasingly crowded genre, Ship of Fools adheres to...

  • 53 mins ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
• 

  10

  News Square Enix Unveils Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion 'Launch Trailer' Ahead Of Release

  Coming 13th December

  The term 'launch trailer' is thrown around a lot these days. If, in this instance, you read it used alongside Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and were instantly struck by fear of missing the game's release, worry not - the launch trailer may well be here, but the launch itself is still on 13th December. Once we had got...

  • 1 hour ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Square Enix
  • Final Fantasy
• 

  1

  News Cancelled 'Toki Tori' Nintendo DS Prototypes Surface Online

  Time Extension The cancelled game was based on the WiiWare version released in 2008

  The archival group Forest of Illusion has preserved another piece of Nintendo-adjacent history online, this time securing and publishing three prototypes for a cancelled Toki Tori Nintendo DS port developed around 2007-2008. In case you're unaware, Toki Tori is a puzzle platformer...

  • 1 hour ago
  • News
  • Toki Tori
  • Two Tribes
• 

  3

  News New 'Mythical Wishes' Season Announced For Pokémon GO

  Starting this week

  The Season of Light is finally drawing to a close in Pokémon GO and Niantic has been quick off the bat to let us know what is in store next for the mobile franchise. 'Mythical Wishes' will be coming our way from 1st December and we already have a trailer showing off some of the things that we can expect - including the tease of...

  • 2 hours ago
  • News
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon GO
  • Updates
• 

  10

  News Upcoming 2D Platformer 'Onion Assault' Pays Homage To Super Mario Bros. 2

  From the director of Gunman Clive

  Bertil Hörberg, the Swedish game developer who brought us the modern classic 3DS title Gunman Clive, has recently been showcasing Onion Assault, an upcoming platformer that looks to pay loving homage to Super Mario Bros. 2. Based on the trailer above and the additional footage from Hörberg's below tweet, the game...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
• 

  7

  News Mega Sceptile, Blaziken And Swampert Debut In Pokémon GO Event Next Week

  Hello from Hoenn

  The Season of Light is almost over in Pokémon GO, but Niantic has already announced that the next season is going to start off with a bang. Season nine, Mythical Wishes, will begin on 1st December and its opening event is bound to be a big one for fans of the Gen III starters. As if this article's title wasn't enough of a clue,...

  • 4 hours ago
  • News
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon GO
  • Updates
• 

  24

  News Humongous Classic Collection Receiving Limited Run Physical Switch Release

  Six games, one collection

  If you're a fan of classic point and click games like Spy Fox, Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish, you might want to be on the lookout for the physical version of Humongous Classic Collection. Physical distributor Limited Run Games is releasing a physical version of the collection. With it you'll get the following games: Pajama...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Limited Run Games
• 

  37

  News Splatoon 3 To Receive New Update This Week, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  An absolutely huge update is coming

  Nintendo has announced a new update is coming to Splatoon 3 later this week on November 29th. It will bump the game from Version 1.2.1 (released in October) to Version 2.0.0. This update includes added features, feature improvements and various adjustments. There are also changes to multiplayer, X battles, ranked...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Splatoon 3
  • Updates
• 

  15

  News Nintendo Switch Sports Golf Update Now Live, Here's What's Included

  Download it now

  Last week, Nintendo announced it would finally be rolling out its new free golf update for Nintendo Switch Sports. It's now officially gone live, meaning you should be able to update your copy and play it right now. This latest update bumps the game up to Version 1.3.0. Included with golf is the 'survival mode' - supporting...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
• 

  78

  News Mario Movie Posters Appear To Have Leaked Online, First Look At Peach & More

  Classic character also teased

  Uh-oh! It looks like there may have been a Super Mario Bros. Movie leak ahead of the second trailer reveal. As highlighted on certain social media websites and game forums, some new posters have surfaced online. In the first one, we've got an image of Mario and Luigi with a van in the background (Note: this van was...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Super Mario
  • Mario Movie
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Direct
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  25

  News Ubisoft Is Rebooting A Classic RTS Series On Nintendo Switch In 2023

  The Settlers return

  Ubisoft is rebooting the classic RTS city-building series The Settlers in 2023 with the launch of The Settlers: New Allies. While the French publisher has already been sharing regular updates, in the latest development video, it was revealed the game would also be coming to the Nintendo Switch and other console platforms...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Ubisoft
  • Upcoming Releases

YesterdayMon, 28th Nov 2022

• 

  28

  Guide Cyber Monday 2022: Best Deals On Nintendo Switch Consoles, Games, eShop Credit And More

  Plus microSD cards, toys and accessories

  There have been plenty of decent deals for Nintendo fans this Black Friday, but now it's time for Cyber Monday to bless us with even more fantastic savings. We're still busy keeping track of all the best deals on Nintendo Switch consoles, games, eShop credit, accessories and more during this year's Cyber...

  • 1 day ago
  • Cyber Monday
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Deals
• 

  26

  Deals Save On Switch Games And eShop Credit In Nintendo Life's Black Friday Sale

  Update: Offers still live for Cyber Monday

  Update: Here's a friendly reminder that our Black Friday sale is still live as part of today's Cyber Monday celebrations. Our 'BLACKFRIDAY' code will get you 10% off all products listed below until 30th November. November usually means two things: the weather's turning absolutely miserable (blergh), and...

  • 1 day ago
  • Deals
  • Black Friday
  • Nintendo Switch
• 

  72

  Guide Fire Emblem Engage Characters - Every New And Returning Hero Revealed So Far

  Update: Introducing Ivy

  Fire Emblem Engage is set to come to Switch on 23rd January, 2023, bringing the series to the new world of Elyos. As we have come to expect from the franchise, Engage will introduce us to a new team of heroes but, as confirmed by Nintendo, there are also set to be cameos from few recognisable faces of entries past. Summoned...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Fire Emblem
• 

  39

  Video You Can Improve Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Performance Yourself

  Just don't expect any miracles

  Yes, we're back talking about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's performance, again. Look, if the game had shipped in a better state, then we wouldn't have to, but for now, let's just crack on. It turns out that, yes, you can actually improve the games' performance yourself. Granted, the actual end result will likely not...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Video
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
• 

  76

  News Nintendo Direct Announced For The Premiere Of Super Mario Bros. Movie's Second Trailer

  A Peach reveal incoming?

  A special Nintendo Direct has been announced showcasing the second trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, November 29th at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00pm EST / 10:00pm GMT / 11:00pm CEST and looks likely to introduce Princess Peach, if the teaser image included in the tweet...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nintendo Direct
  • Nintendo
  • Super Mario
  • Mario Movie
• 

  50

  News Turn Your Switch Into A GameCube With This Gorgeous Controller Case

  Gotta go back in time

  Before the Wii U Pro Controller and the Switch Pro Controller, the general consensus amongst Nintendo fans was that the GameCube controller was, in fact, the very best plastic shell to enable the wiggling of various thumbsticks. Granted, when compared to what came before it - the safe, yet dependable NES and SNES controllers...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • GameCube
  • Controller
  • Case
• 

  43

  News Players Believe Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Battle Stadium Is Rigged

  A not-so-random RNG

  There are a lot of unfortunate oversights which have been unearthed in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's first weeks out in the wild. Though many of these have had us chuckling away or otherwise afraid to turn the light off at night (spaghetti trainer haunts our dreams), none of them have the potential to be quite as annoying as this...

  • 20 hours ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
• 

  11

  Review The Knight Witch - An Intense Fusion Of Metroidvania And Bullet Hell

  Bewitching

  At this point, it’s easy to think that the Metroidvania genre has become played out. The indie community has positively run away with the genre over the past decade, producing projects that need to work increasingly harder to differentiate themselves from the pack. Still, this pressure has also bred some impressive innovation. Who...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
• 

  14

  News Cryptic Disney Dreamlight Valley Tweet Could Signal New Surprise Content

  Compass down map rocket!

  Disney Dreamlight Valley fans will already know that the next update isn't due for another week, on December 6th, but perhaps you'll also have seen this cryptic emoji tweet from the official Disney Dreamlight Valley Twitter account: Of course, this could mean absolutely anything, but players are always hoping that new...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Updates
• 

  8

  Review Finding Paradise - A Wonderful Sequel That Will Linger Long In Your Memory

  To the moon and back

  The sequel to Freebird Games' superlative To The Moon, Finding Paradise is a game we weren't sure we really wanted or even needed when it first released back in 2017. How on earth could anything be expected to live up to the power and emotion of Kao Gan's wonderful 2011 adventure? Surely any attempt to return to this world and...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
• 

  3

  Random Did You Catch This Team Star Easter Egg In Pokémon Scarlet And Violet?

  Be warned: Here Be Spoilers

  Spoilers: Don't read past this point if you haven't finished the Starfall Street questline! As we've been tackling Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Starfall Street quest, in which you'll have to battle a bunch of bases run by Team Star on the request of the mysterious Cassiopeia, we can't help but wonder... why are these...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Random
  • Pokemon
  • Easter Eggs
• 

  3

  News Valkie 64 Is A Promising, New Zelda-Like Adventure, Available Now On Steam

  Time Extension A Wink To The Past

  Many players today consider The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask as classics of the action-adventure genre, so it comes as no surprise there are countless independent projects that aim to evoke the same look and feel of these celebrated N64 titles. Valkie 64 is the latest of these and comes...

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Valkie 64
  • N64
• 

  27

  Random Players Are Finding Ways To 'Hug' And 'Kiss' Their Pokémon In Scarlet And Violet

  The most wholesome glitch

  These Pokémon Scarlet and Violet glitches have really been something, right? At their best: hilarious, at their worst: game-breaking. But the one reaction that these bugs haven't tapped into is making us go 'awww'. That is, until now. Indeed, it seems that some players have discovered a way to share the love with the...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
• 

  29

  Random Website Domain For Mega Man 12 Draws Attention Ahead Of Anniversary

  Keep expectations in check, though

  Whenever a significant anniversary for a video game franchise looms on the horizon, certain parts of the internet inevitably start speculating about the potential announcement of a brand new game. It's not entirely unfounded, as some companies have used such milestones to break down their future plans, but we've...

  • 1 day ago
  • Random
  • Mega Man
  • Capcom
• 

  11

  News Nintendo Publishes Job Listings For Newly Acquired 'Nintendo Pictures'

  Picture the scene

  Back in July it was announced that Nintendo would be fully acquiring Dynamo Pictures - the production company behind the adorable Pikmin Shorts - and would be immediately undergoing a rebrand, naming the company 'Nintendo Pictures'. Well, after launching its website last month, it appears that the studio is on the hunt for...

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Pictures
  • Movies
  • Industry
• 

  44

  Soapbox The Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Remake Doesn't Look Weird Enough Yet

  What have they done to my boy Gustafa

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kate's not impressed by what she's seen of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life so far... My very first Harvest Moon game was A Wonderful Life on the GameCube,...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Harvest Moon
  • Story of Seasons
• 

  37

  UK Charts Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Hold Strong As FIFA 23 Reclaims Its Crown

  Sonic Frontiers also benefits from heavy discounts

  We've got the latest UK boxed charts data and its looking fairly self-explanatory this week, with FIFA 23 reclaiming its crown to take the spot in the midst of the 2022 World Cup. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has also climbed a couple of spots this week to come in at number two, knocking...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • UK Charts
  • UK
• 

  7

  News Debut Manga From F-Zero And Star Fox Artist To Become A Switch Game In 2023

  Quick on the draw

  Just last week we heard that Takaya Imamura was all set to release his debut manga, Omega 6, after years of iconic art work for Nintendo. This news gets all the more exciting today, as we have learned that Imamura is working to bring a version of his manga universe to a Switch game next year (thanks, Gematsu).

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases

Sunday27th Nov 2022

• 

  144

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers

  Workin' the Z-axis

  Updated with Lunistice. 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 the plumber himself, but his bespoke Switch...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Switch Games
• 

  37

  News The First Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Event Has Begun

  Reminder: The Eevee event ends soon!

  Update [Sun 27th Nov, 2022 13:55 GMT]: This event is currently underway, so if you haven't already joined in on the fun, do it while you still can. This Tera Raid Battle will run until the 27th / 28th of November, depending on your location. Original article [Fri 25th Nov, 2022 02:55 GMT]: It's been a week...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Reminder
• 

  101

  Feature 30 Changes We'd Like To See In The Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Update

  Customisation, better settings, and little hats for Koraidon

  Let's start this off with a big old disclaimer: We are not game developers. We are not good at programming. We don't really know why Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were broken and buggy on release. And also, we definitely don't just want to join the pile-on of hate aimed at Game Freak right...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Pokemon
  • Updates
  • Patches
  • Nintendo Switch
• 

  75

  News TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, LEGO Star Wars & More Crowned TIME's 'Best Video Games Of 2022'

  Check out the full list

  It's been another exciting year in the world of video games, and as usual, it's now that time of year when outlets around the globe share their own favourites. TIME's website recently revealed its own top 10 for 2022. First place went to Sony's recent release God of War: Ragnarok. It was followed by another PS5 title. Bandai...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
• 

  14

  News Tetris Effect: Connected Receives Another Update On Switch, Here's What's Included

  Update now

  The Switch version of Tetris Effect: Connected received another update earlier this month. This latest patch bumps the game up to Version 1.3.3. The official support page has now shared the full details - revealing a number of changes for all platforms. It's also aware of certain exploits tied to the system clock on Switch. Here are the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Updates
• 

  49

  Poll Box Art Brawl: Castlevania: Bloodlines

  A new generation

  Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking with this week's brawl, let's cast our minds back to last week. We looked at Sonic CD for the Sega CD and, surprising no one, the more action packed box art for North America won the vote by a decent margin, bringing in 48%. Europe came in second...

  • 2 days ago
  • Box Art Brawl
  • Poll
  • Castlevania
  • Genesis
• 

  13

  News Overwatch 2 Reveals Gameplay Footage Of New Tank Hero

  Coming December 6th

  Update [Sun 27th Nov, 2022 02:55 GMT]: Blizzard has now released gameplay footage of Ramattra. He'll make his debut in Season 2 on December 6. Original article [Wed 23rd Nov, 2022 02:05 GMT]: If you're still playing Blizzard's free-to-play title Overwatch 2 on a regular basis, you might be interested to know there's a double...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Overwatch
  • Blizzard
  • Video