TodaySun, 17th Dec 2023

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  News Spike Chunsoft's Annual Survey Wants To Know More About Your Gaming Interests

  "Your input and opinions are incredibly valuable to us"

  Spike Chunsoft, the Japanese developer and publisher behind series like the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, Danganronpa series and ANONYMOUS;CODE wants fans to take its 2023 video game survey, so it can learn more about what they're interested in. If you have any of this company's games...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  News Mortal Kombat 1 Cross-Play Release Window Confirmed, But There's No Mention Of Switch

  The Switch version of MK11 missed out on "Krossplay"

  Although the Mortal Kombat 1 team has shown strong support for the Switch version of the game so far with updates and all the DLC, it seems the cross-play feature might be skipping Nintendo's hybrid system. In a live stream earlier this week, NetherRealm confirmed cross-play was coming on...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat 1
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates

YesterdaySat, 16th Dec 2023

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  81

  News Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC

  A "small patch" is coming soon

  Sabotage Studio director Thierry Boulanger has announced via Discord the company will be removing the content creator and internet personality Jirard 'The Completionist' Khalil from the indie RPG hit Sea of Stars. Sea of Stars arrived on the Switch earlier this year in August and featured a segment in it where Khalil...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indies
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  Guide Best Nintendo Switch DLC & Expansions

  Downloadable loving care

  Updated with the now-complete Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. Enjoy! There was a time, long ago, when games were done when they hit retail shelves. But we're in the 21st century now, and more often than not, additional post-launch content is released months after a developer's main...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Guides
  • Best Switch Games
  • Switch Essentials
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  Feature "Doing Things A Bit Differently" - Blending Final Fantasy & Devil May Cry Combat In 'Worldless'

  "We actually don’t like to talk about Worldless as a Metroidvania"

  Fans of 2D platformers in the Metroidvania mould aren't exactly lacking for excellent examples of the genre. It feels like every other game launching at the moment is either a roguelite deckbuilder or an explorative action platformer. It's a brave developer who dips a toe into this...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Nintendo Switch
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  News A New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Distribution Event Has Been Announced For Japan

  Appearing in next month's issue of CoroCoro

  There's already been a distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet announced earlier this week, and now to add to this, it seems another one has been confirmed for Japan. This one is a little bit different! As explained by Serebii.net, the codes for this particular distribution will be shared in...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Japan
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  81

  Poll Rate Your Favourite Switch Games Of The Year 2023

  Blimey, it's that time already

  It's GOTY time, lovely people. Looking back over the last 12 months, it's been an incredibly fruitful year for gamers. Industry-wide layoffs in recent months have been a sobering counterpoint to the glut of great games for anyone who cares about the talented people who crafted them and the future of the medium, and...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Poll
  • Nintendo Switch
  • GOTY 2023
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  91

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 16th)

  We have liftoff!

  Well, the weekend has rolled around once again so it's time for a spot of gaming, we'd say. Before we get to that, however, does anyone fancy a quick round-up of the Nintendo highlights from this week? We've been taking a look at what classic SEGA franchises you'd like to see return, keeping up with everything going on in Fo

  • 18 hours ago
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
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  News Fae Farm Version 2.0.0 Update Adds Free DLC, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  The Coasts of Croakia has arrived

  Earlier this week the relatively new farming sim Fae Farm got a free DLC update Coasts of Croakia - taking players to the Archl-pal-igo Park, where they can learn the language of the many critters roaming the park. In addition to this, there's been a bunch of updates to the game adding in new dialogue, an increase...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
  • DLC
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  ICYMI Pokémon Home Update Adds Scarlet & Violet Indigo Disk DLC Compatibility

  The Blueberry Pokédex has been added

  Alongside the launch of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk, an update has also arrived for the storage service Pokemon Home. This bumps the application up to Version 3.2.1 and most importantly adds compatibility for the Part 2 DLC. Here's a bit about what you can expect from this update, which also...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon Home
  • Reminders
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  News Rare Japanese TV Footage Emerges Of Luigi In Super Mario 64

  Time Extension See Luigi in Super Mario 64 for the first time!

  Various pieces of evidence have appeared over the years to confirm that Super Mario 64 was originally going to include Luigi as a playable character. In several interviews, including a 1996 interview translated by shmuplations, Miyamoto went on the record as saying that the character was planned for...

  • 1 day ago
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  • Nintendo
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  • N64
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  35

  Round Up The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk DLC

  Here's what the critics had to say

  Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's second DLC expansion 'The Indigo Disk' arrived earlier this week and now the reviews are starting to surface online. If you haven't already caught our review here on Nintendo Life, we thought this new part took a few steps forward but could still use some work in other areas, awarding...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Round Up
  • Updates
  • DLC

Friday15th Dec 2023

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  News No Gravity Games Is Giving Away 12 Free Switch Games This Month (North America)

  Update: Kids: Farm Coloring is the free game of the day

  You know that the holiday season is well and truly upon us when publisher No Gravity Games rolls out its annual free game giveaway, and 2023 is no exception. The 'Switchmas Wonderland' Christmas giveaway began on 11th December and will run through until 21st December with one game being...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • North America
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  News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's 'Game Awards' Artwork Is Now A Reward On My Nintendo

  Get it while you can

  During The Game Awards, Nintendo shared a new (and stunning) piece of artwork for its award-winning game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, featuring Link against the backdrop of the sky islands. Many fans were quite taken with it at the time, and if you have been eager for a wallpaper version of this new artwork, you...

  • 2 days ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • My Nintendo
  • Nintendo
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  News Fan-Made 'Link's Awakening DX HD' Port Taken Down By Nintendo

  It was inevitable...

  Remember the stunning The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX PC port we reported about just the other day? Well, it's sadly no longer. Nintendo has issued a takedown notice for the fan-made port, and it has now been removed from its itch.io page (thanks

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo
  • Business
  • Zelda
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  Feature Nintendo Switch Year In Review 2023 - Our Most Played Games

  ...it's Zelda, isn't it?

  What happens every December? Christmas Day. New Year's Eve. A bunch of sales as we approach the end of the year. Oh, and our year-end video game wrap-ups. Nintendo Switch Year in Review 2023 is officially available, meaning you can scour over every single second of your video game habits for the year. The stats range from...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Year In Review
  • Poll
  • NintendoSwitch2023
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  49

  News Hideki Kamiya Reveals Why He Left PlatinumGames

  "Without that element of trust, I couldn’t continue working there"

  Earlier this year, Hideki Kamiya shocked his fans by announcing that he would leave PlatinumGames. Now unemployed, he's spent much of his time watching streaming content and creating YouTube videos, but after sitting down with IGN, we now have a clearer picture of why he left the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Hideki Kamiya
  • PlatinumGames
  • Japan
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  News Nintendo Launches 'Festive Offers' Switch eShop Sale, Discounts On Over 3,000 Games (Europe)

  Anyone would think it's the end of the year...

  What's that? You thought that the discounts were over because Black Friday is finished? Ohh no, no, no. It is December in Nintendo land, and if that means anything, it means that the discounts are never over. Yes, that's right, Nintendo has today launched its Festive Offers sale on the Switch eShop,...

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
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  News Dave The Diver's Dredge DLC Arrives In New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Something fishy's going on here

  The diving/restaurant management roguelike Dave The Diver had us hooked (heheh) when it swam onto Switch earlier this year, but now things are set to get a whole lot more spooky as its collaborative Dredge DLC (yes, the Lovecraftian fishing game) has sailed into view today. Enough nautical puns for you? We've got...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
  • DLC
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  News New Shiren The Wanderer Trailer Showcases The Upcoming Roguelike's Fresh Features

  Rescue, Parallel Play and Monster Dojo all detailed

  Thanks to confirmation from Spike Chunsoft back in October, we know for sure that Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (catchy little title, huh?) is heading West on 27th February. But what will the latest entry in the roguelike RPG series have in store? What new

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Nintendo Releases Switch eShop Demo For Another Code: Recollection

  And there's a new overview trailer to go with it

  One of the surprise announcements of 2023 was the news Cing's classic point-and-click adventure series Another Code would be getting a remake on the Nintendo Switch. It will contain both Another Code: Two Memories (known as Trace Memory in North America) and the sequel Another Code: R – A Journey

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Demos
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  News Undertale Creator Toby Fox Remixed Ed Sheeran's Pokémon Song In The New Scarlet & Violet DLC

  Fox also composed for the main game

  Remember how the music superstar Ed Sheeran did a song for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet? Well, as highlighted by our friends at VGC, this same song 'Celestial' has now been remixed by the Undertale developer Toby Fox in the latest DLC. As noted by the source, Fox worked on some other music for Scarlet and...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • DLC
  • Updates
  • Music
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  News Score 50% Off Radiant Silvergun And Other Select Shmups In Live Wire's Christmas Sale

  Pew pew

  Publisher Live Wire has today revealed a handful of shmup titles that are seeing tasty discounts throughout the holiday season of up to 50%. The publisher's Christmas sale is now live on the Switch eShop and will be running until 3rd January 2024 — plenty of time to pick up any of the ones that catch your eye, we'd say. Chief among the...

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
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  News Spike Chunsoft's Latest Sale Offers Up To 80% Off Select Switch eShop Titles (Europe)

  Discounted Danganronpa

  Hot on the tail of Black Friday discounts, publisher Spike Chunsoft has snuck into the 'Festive Offers' eShop sale for 2023, providing some pretty meaty savings on select titles. There is a fair selection of games included this time around with series like Danganronpa and AI: The Somnium Files scoring discounts of up to 80%...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
  • Europe
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  News SaGa Emerald Beyond Slashes Onto Switch In April 2024

  Two new character trailers reveal all

  Initially announced in the September Nintendo Direct showcase, Square Enix has today revealed that the next entry in the SaGa series, SaGa Emerald Beyond, will be landing on Switch on 25th April 2024. This release date came directly from Square's SaGa Glimmerfest 2023 livestream, where the publisher was...

  • 1 day ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Point-And-Click Adventure Classics Pajama Sam 3 And Freddi Fish 4 Are Coming To Nintendo Switch

  Out next week

  If you're a fan of classic point-and-click adventures that may or may not date back to your childhood, you might be interested to know there are two more Humongous Entertainment games on their way to the Nintendo Switch eShop next week. First up, we've got Pajama Sam 3, which was originally released on Windows PC. Its extended title...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Mortal Kombat 1's December Update Is Out Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  New season, new DLC characters and much more

  This week marks the "early access" arrival of Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat 1. This is the second DLC character in the Kombat Pack and follows on from the release of Omni Man. EventHubs has also confirmed the Kameo Fighter in this update (Khameleon) will be arriving at some point in January 2024. In addition...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Updates
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  Site News Got A Second To Fill Out Our Reader Survey?

  Thanking you kindly

  As we roll towards the end of 2023, it's once again time for us to ask for a little favour. If you've got a few moments, you'd be helping us out considerably by answering a few survey questions below, as compiled by our partners over at ReedPop. Nintendo Life and the Hookshot family of sites are funded through advertising, which...

  • 2 days ago
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  • Gamer Network
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  News 'Mobile FC Creation Kit' Turns The Nintendo Famicom Into A Handheld

  Time Extension Releasing in Japan by the end of the year

  A new kit that converts early Nintendo Famicom models into a portable device is set to be released in Japan by the end of the year. The Mobile FC Creation Kit came to our attention earlier this week thanks to the manager of the Ken-Chan home appliance shop @zan2zanjp, who is currently demoing the finished...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Famicom
  • Japan
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  Reminder Tetris 99's Super Mario Bros. Wonder Event Is Now Live

  Unlock a Wonderful new theme

  2023 has been quite the year for Mario, huh? Nintendo's prize plumber has had his own movie, a brand-new 2D platformer and an RPG-make thrown in for good measure. Just to put the icing on the cake, he's now appearing in a handful of Tetris 99 crossover Grands Prix too, with the Super Mario Bros. Wonder event now...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Tetris 99
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Mario