TodayThu, 7th Jul 2022

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  3

  News Kazuki Takahashi, The Creator Of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Has Died

  Celebrated manga artist was 60

  Kazuki Takahashi, the Japanese manga artist known for creating the wildly successful Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, has sadly died. As reported by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Takahashi was found in the ocean 300 metres off the coast of Nago City, Okinawa. He was discovered wearing snorkelling equipment and the Police and...

  • 12 mins ago
  • Industry
  • Yu-Gi-Oh
  • Deaths
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  1

  Random You've Never Seen An OG Game Boy Quite Like This One

  It's stunning and we want it

  The humble Game Boy is no stranger to the modding scene. We've seen plenty of incredible creations over the years, including a bizarre GBA / Tiger Electronics hybrid, along with a whole bunch of incredible custom designs by just one person. This new one might be one of the coolest creations we've seen yet,

  • 27 mins ago
  • Random
  • Game Boy
  • Mod
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  6

  Guide Where To Buy The Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch OLED Model Console And Pro Controller

  First pre-orders go live in the UK

  Nintendo has unveiled a special Splatoon 3-themed Switch OLED console that looks perfect for fans of the series – and anyone who just wants to add a seriously cool Switch to their collection. The special edition console launches on August 26th 2022, with a gorgeous new Splatoon 3 Pro Controller and carry case...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon 3
  • Pre Orders
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  6

  News Nintendo Switch Sales See 24% Increase In June In The UK

  And sales are steadily increasing

  It's good news for hardware sales in the UK for Nintendo for June. After a few quiet months in hardware and game sales, Nintendo has seen a bit of a boost — as have Sony and Microsoft. Switch hardware sales have increased by 24% on the previous month, gameindustry.biz's Chris Dring shared on Twitter. The Xbox...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Industry
  • UK
• 

  4

  News Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia Barrels Onto Switch This Fall

  That's a heavy one

  Publisher Microids has announced Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram From Hibernia, a new action adventure title in the 'XXL' series starring history's favourite Gaulish Warriors. The game will be a top-down adventure filled with exploration, puzzles, and plenty of chaotic brawls to dive into. For the first time in the franchise's...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  9

  News Made In Abyss RPG Gets New Trailer Showing New Systems And Ending Song

  Update: See 'Deep in Abyss' in action!

  Update [Thu 7th Jul, 2022 09:40 BST]: Spike Chunsoft has now released a brand new trailer showcasing all of the systems coming to the Made in Abyss RPG. The beloved anime show has just returned for its second season, and it seems like the publisher is jumping on the buzz — and we don't blame them! Singer...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Anime
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  94

  News Intellivision Amico Trademark Is Live Once Again

  Update: Console still apparently in development

  Update: Thu 7th Jul 2022 09:15 BST: The trademark for the Intellivision Amico is once again live on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. It looks like rather than request a further extension on the existing trademark, Intellivision has instead opted to file for a brand new one as of...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Intellivision
  • Amico
  • Hardware
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  12

  News The Karate Kid TV Series Cobra Kai Is Getting A Second Video Game

  "Cobra Kai never dies!"

  QUIET! Right, now that we've got your attention - publisher GameMill Entertainment and developer Flux Games have today announced a second Cobra Kai video game for Switch and multiple other platforms. Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising follows the 2020 beat 'em up release Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues and will be released...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  17

  Video Bandai Namco Shares Klonoa Launch Trailer & Time Attack Gameplay

  Klonoa is back!

  After a number of trademarks, Klonoa makes a return across multiple platforms this week in KLONOA Phantasy Reverie Series. This new collection features remasters of KLONOA: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil. As part of the game's launch, Bandai Namco has shared not one but two trailers on its official YouTube...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Video
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Bandai Namco
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  7

  News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Celebrates 2 Million Units Shipped With Free Item Packs

  Team now "hard at work on the first Title Update"

  Earlier this week, Capcom announced it the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak had already surpassed 2 million units worldwide. In the same sales update, it revealed the base game had shipped over 10 million units worldwide since its release. To celebrate this milestone, the Japanese company has now...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Monster Hunter
  • Capcom
  • DLC
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  16

  News Final Vendetta Dev Considering "Free DLC" And Even A Sequel

  "We certainly have a load of ideas"

  If you enjoyed the recent Switch eShop beat 'em up release Final Vendetta, and were left wanting more - you might be in luck. During a recent interview with the gaming website Co-Optimis, the game's developer Mike Tucker mentioned how he was open to perhaps offering some "free DLC" and even had loads of ideas...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
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  31

  Video 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In July 2022

  Xenoblade 3, Klonoa, Live A Live and more!

  We've made it to July and in terms of video game releases, it's as busy as last month. Kicking off the fun on July 8th is the return of Klonoa. Further, into the month, Square Enix releases Live A Live - a game that has a demo available for it right now. The remainder of July is then stacked with titles...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Video
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases

YesterdayWed, 6th Jul 2022

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  47

  News Rejoice, The Wii Shop Channel And DSi Shop Are Finally Back Up

  After months of being down

  Yes, your eyes aren't deceiving you — the Wii Shop Channel and DSi shop are finally accessible again after the two were suffering outages for months. The stores were first reported as offline back in March. Then, in May, GameXplain reached out to Nintendo, who stated that it had "nothing to announce", but thanks to

  • 20 hours ago
  • Nintendo
  • Wii
  • DS
• 

  44

  News Nintendo Teams Up With Cold Stone To Create Kirby, Mario, And Animal Crossing Ice Creams

  I scream, you scream

  Everyone wants to eat Kirby. He looks delicious. And now, you sort of can, alongside Mario and Animal Crossing, because Nintendo and US ice cream chain Cold Stone Creamery have teamed up to decide, once and for all, what Kirby actually tastes like. Here are the three new ice cream flavours: 🍨 The Mighty Pink Puff is a...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Food
• 

  146

  News Nintendo Reveals A New And Colourful Splatoon 3 Switch OLED

  Plus a blue and yellow Pro Controller

  Nintendo has just unveiled a brand new Switch OLED with a shiny lick of paint! The new Splatoon 3-themed Switch OLED features some gorgeous-looking Joy-Cons with gradient colourations and splats of paint all over them. The dock itself also has a lovely dollop of sunny yellow paint on it complete with all of the...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon
  • Hardware
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  14

  News 'Dreamed Away' Is An Emotional RPG With EarthBound's Style And Spirited Away's Charm

  Cosy AND unsettling

  Dreamed Away is a lovely-looking pixel-art RPG being published by Pineapple Works, and it's coming to Switch late next year. This game looks warm and cosy on the surface, but underneath its guise hides a mystical, unsettling vibe that's akin to Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away. Developed by solo developer Nicolas Petton, who was...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  49

  News Nintendo Sets Switch Trailers To Private, But It's "Most Likely Nothing"

  Former Nintendo employee chimes in

  A Nintendo fan on the Famicom Boards has discovered the Switch OLED reveal trailers for North America and Japan were recently set to private on the company's official YouTube channels. It's seemingly been enough to fuel a new round of "Switch Pro" rumours - with some anticipating...or at least hoping for a big...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch OLED
  • Nintendo
  • US
  • Japan
• 

  32

  Hands On 'Live A Live' Gives A Unique 16-Bit RPG A Gorgeous New Lease Of Life

  We're LIVE from the past, present, and future

  If you have any interest in Super Nintendo RPGs, then you’ve likely heard of Live A Live. Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom in Japan, it came out during what many claim is Square Enix's — then known as Square, or Squaresoft in the West — 'Golden Era', launching just under a year after Secret...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Hands On
  • Features
  • Previews
• 

  9

  News Fall Guys Gets An Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Includes improved vibration on Switch

  In case you missed it last month, Fall Guys is on Switch now in its updated free-to-play form — and it's good! But that doesn't mean it couldn't be better, and as a service game it's subject to regular updates that come with — you guessed it — big ol' lists of patch notes. As posted on Twitter, the July...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Fall Guys
  • Updates
• 

  82

  News Suda51 And James Gunn Aren't Involved With The 'Lollipop Chainsaw' Remake

  Update: "Grasshopper Manufacture has nothing to do with development"

  Update [Wed 6th Jul, 2022 09:00 BST]: Both Suda51 and James Gunn have taken to Twitter to clarify that neither of them has any involvement with this remake project. Suda's company, Grasshopper Manufacture, also has "nothing to do with development". Answering a follow-up tweet,...

  • 1 day ago
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  26

  Review Zero Tolerance Collection - A Significant 16-Bit FPS That's Hard To Take These Days

  Virtual neutrality

  Thanks to ray casting, an early form of graphics processing that allowed the rendering of a 2D map as a pseudo-3D environment, Zero Tolerance, a true First-Person Shooter, arrived on Sega’s Mega Drive in 1994. What makes Zero Tolerance Collection significant — particularly for fans of the original — is its boast of...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Mega Drive
  • Genesis
  • Retro
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  27

  News The DioField Chronicle Launches Worldwide This September, Pre-Orders Live

  Update: Western release is confirmed

  Update [Wed 6th Jul, 2022 17:35 BST]: Square Enix has now confirmed that The DioField Chronicle will be launching in the west on the same day as it is in Japan, 22nd September. The publisher has also opened up pre-orders for physical copies of the game on its website. The standard Switch version will cost...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Demos
  • Japan
• 

  43

  News Nintendo Supply Chain Disruptions See Switch Sales Fall By 33% In Japan

  Procuring parts has been a struggle

  Nintendo is reportedly experiencing supply chain disruptions in Japan again. According to a new report from Nikkei, the company is currently experiencing a "frustrating" sales slowdown - shifting 33% fewer units in April - June compared to a year ago. Famitsu data reveals Switch unit sales totaled around 840,000...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Japan
  • Sales
• 

  26

  News Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion To Get A New Menu-Based Battle System

  Other changes incoming for the remaster

  Square Enix's PSP prequel to the PlayStation smash Final Fantasy VII was recently announced to be getting a remaster during FFVII's 25th-anniversary stream. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is the first time that Zack Fair's tale has been available outside of Sony's handheld, and it's also coming to...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Final Fantasy
  • Square Enix
• 

  43

  Back Page Making The Perfect Nintendo Frankenconsole

  Sum of its parts

  In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag". We don't have (paper) pages on the internet, but we still love terrible jokes —...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Back Page
  • Features
• 

  29

  News Creator Of Philips CD-i Game 'Hotel Mario' Talks Getting Approval From Nintendo

  "They were pleased as far as I knew"

  The Philips CD-i is one of the rare consoles that has the distinction of having played host to a few officially licensed Nintendo games. And not just any old Nintendo licenses, either, but Zelda and Mario. The latter of the two only got one game on the system — Hotel Mario, which is often considered one of the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Super Mario
  • Retro
  • CD-i
• 

  25

  News Microsoft Renews Trademark For Rare's Classic N64 Game Blast Corps

  Viva Piñata, too

  Video game trademark renewals are always happening, and while they don't necessarily mean something is on the horizon, they do tend to create some excitement whenever it's a classic game or series we haven't heard about for some time. The latest ones, as highlighted by Game Rant, are tied to iconic British developer Rare - owned...

  • 1 day ago
  • Rare
  • N64
  • Nintendo 64
  • Industry
  • Trademarks
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  26

  News Danny Phantom, Rocko, And More Nickelodeon Favourites Join 'Smite' In New Crossover

  "Wait, you're not Dib!"

  The Godly free-to-play MOBA Smite has just revealed its next crossover event coming later this month, and it might just be one of the most unexpected ones yet. Nintendo Everything reports that coming this July to the MOBA are Nickelodeon favourites Rocko, Danny Phantom, Invader Zim, Jenny (or XJ9), and Powdered Toastman...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
• 

  21

  News Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Is The Next Switch Online Trial

  Update: Confirmed for US and Europe

  Update [Wed 6th Jul, 2022 02:15 BST]: Nintendo has now confirmed Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will be the next free trial game for North America. It's available to Switch Online subscribers at no additional cost from now until 12th July. Enjoy! Original article [Tue 5th Jul, 2022 04:30 BST]: Mario + Rabbids...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Switch eShop
  • Ubisoft
  • Super Mario
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  27

  News Nostalgic N64-Inspired Platformer 'Frogun' Leaps Onto Switch In August

  Low-poly, with the soul of the 90s

  We need more frog-influenced platformers in our lives, right? Well, Frogun might just have us covered then. Even if you aren't controlling an actual frog... Today, developer Molegato and publisher Top Hat Studios announced that this nostalgic 90s-style platformer will be launching on the Switch on 2nd August. The...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  18

  News NBA 2K23's Cover Star Is Michael Jordan, Scores September Release On Switch

  There's a Michael Jordan Edition, too

  Can you have too much Michael Jordan in your life if you're a basketball fan? 2K don't think so! Yesterday, the sports game publisher announced a release date for the next NBA title, NBA 2K23, and it's exactly when you think it is — September! On 9th September, you'll be able to shoot as many hoops as you...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  9

  News KURSK, A Docu-Game About The Nuclear Submarine Disaster, Is Coming To Switch

  "The first ever proper documentary game"

  First released elsewhere in 2018, Kursk, a game described by its makers as "the first ever proper documentary game", is coming to Switch on 14th July. Exploring the tragic real-life story of the Russian submarine which sank in August 2000, the game casts you as a spy that finds his way onto the ill-fated sub...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  11

  News Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Delves Into Unique Monsters, Ouroboros, And Colonies

  Even more to chew on...

  The Xenoblade Chronicles 3 news isn't dying down anytime soon! And, at the time of writing this, we're only 23 days away from the release of the upcoming JRPG. The official Japanese Twitter account has been sharing more tidbits from the game, both new and returning from previous entries. And, as always, Perfectly Nintendo...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Xenoblade
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3
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  33

  News Fall Guys Reaches 50 Million Players In Two Weeks Since Going Free-To-Play

  A number worth falling for

  Fall Guys went free-to-play just over two weeks ago when it finally debuted on Switch in June. Mediatonic's colourful multiplayer game has already hit a milestone of 20 million players within 48 hours, and those numbers have more than doubled since then. Mediatonic celebrated with a rather bright and bean-y visual of a...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Fall Guys
  • Switch eShop
• 

  18

  News Type-Moon's 'Witch On The Holy Night' Receives Western Release In December

  Type-Moons first localised visual novel

  Developer Type-Moon, known for the Tsukihime series (which includes the fighting game series Melty Blood) and the Fate series, has never really cracked the Western market with its visual novels. While beloved worldwide by genre fans, the developer's VN output has never been localised. Which makes this...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  16

  News Ubisoft Forward Returns September 10th, Expect News, Gameplay, Reveals & More

  Save the date

  It's that time of year where video game companies normally host their own 'Direct-like' presentations - revealing new and upcoming projects. The French publisher and developer Ubisoft announced last month it wouldn't be hosting its usual E3-style presentation in June and would wait until "later this year". Now, in an update, it's been...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Ubisoft
  • Industry

Tuesday5th Jul 2022

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  232

  Guide Nintendo Switch Online Missions And Rewards: July 2022 - Animal Crossing, Super Mario Odyssey

  Earn Platinum Points to unlock new 'user elements'

  Nintendo first added 'Missions' and 'Rewards' to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service in April 2022. These elements can be accessed by navigating to the NSO icon on your Switch home screen, then selecting the 'Missions & Rewards' section. Here, you'll find a list of available...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Guides
• 

  66

  News Nintendo Files Trademark Application For 'NSW'

  Commonly used as an abbreviation for Switch

  Donkey Kong isn't the only thing Nintendo has filed a trademark for recently. As spotted on ResetEra, the Japanese company recently applied for to trademark 'NSW' in Europe. VGC points out how this is commonly used as the abbreviation for Switch. While there's speculation from some fans it could be a new...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Trademarks
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Europe
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  60

  Reminder Nintendo's "Super" Switch Sale Ends Soon, Up To 50% Off Some Huge Games (North America)

  Roll up for the "Big Ol' Super Sale"

  Update [Tue 5th Jul, 2022 15:05 BST]: There's not much time left on the "Big Ol' Super Sale" on the North American eShop, so this is your last chance to get some amazing deals on some big Nintendo releases. The sale ends tomorrow, 6th July at 11:59pm PT. Make sure you check out our original story below to see...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Sales
  • North America
  • Reminder
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  69

  News Yuji Naka Erases Former Co-Worker And Sonic Creator Naoto Ohshima From Team Photo

  Update: Naka adds more detail

  Update: Naka has posted some tweets which appear to give a little more insight into the altered photo: It would seem that Naka is referring to the fallout surrounding the release of the much-derided Balan Wonderworld, which was created alongside Ohshima. Original Story [Tue 5th Jul, 2022 21:30 BST]: Things are...

  • 2 days ago
  • Yuji Naka
  • Industry
  • Sonic
  • Sega
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  43

  Guide Where To Pre-Order Splatoon 3 On Nintendo Switch

  Best deals and cheapest prices

  Kids and squids alike will no doubt be looking forward to Splatoon 3, the latest game in Nintendo's family-friendly shooter series that's headed to Switch later this year. If you're super keen, you'll be pleased to know that pre-orders for the title have started to appear at a number of retailers. Nintendo has now...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Pre Orders
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  22

  News The Pokémon Company Combats Card Shortage By Printing 9 Billion Pokémon Cards

  A super effective strategy

  You may have noticed plenty of stories over the past year or so covering Pokémon cards and scalpers. Extremely rare cards going for absurd prices, and even Target stores in America suspending sales of the cards due to high demands and safety. The Pokémon Company acknowledged these issues and the shortages that were...

  • 2 days ago
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon TCG
  • TCG
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  55

  News NieR:Automata For Switch Handled By Nintendo Port Specialist Virtuos

  It was meant 2B

  Throughout the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, there have been a number of "impossible" ports released. We're talking games like The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt and the new version of DOOM, developed by specialist teams such as Saber Interactive and Panic Button. One other developer who is also known to work miracles on Nintendo's...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Square Enix
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  34

  Random Witness The Star Trek DS9 Intro In Glorious 64-Bit, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Style

  It is not linear

  A little while ago we covered the incredible work of @SpinaSanctuary and their Zelda 64-inspired, low-poly Star Trek creations. The last batch focused on the crew of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation, rendering them in brilliantly blocky 64-bit form with a variety of instruments — Data with his violin, Riker...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Zelda
  • N64
  • Retro
  • Star Trek
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  43

  Review Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition - A Cyberpunk Classic, Compromised On Switch

  Zoom and enhance… Yuck! Zoom out!

  Cyberpunk is an inherently old-fashioned genre. Its iconic works draw on futuristic ideas that have either become unremarkable, like essential spheres of life based on tech owned by megalomaniacal corporations, or been superseded, like an obsession with cybernetic enhancements instead of codified social status...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
• 

  29

  Guide Best Space And Sci-Fi Games On The Nintendo Switch

  The answer to the Ultimate Question

  Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the — sorry, er, these are the best space and science fiction games that can be found on the Nintendo Switch, despite the fact that none of the developers in this list has actually been to space. What makes a good space game? Well, first it has to take place...

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

  18

  News PowerA Celebrates Cuphead's DLC With A Brand New Wireless Switch Controller

  Update: We've been sent one to try out!

  With the arrival of the long-awaited Cuphead DLC – The Delicious Last Course – accessory manufacturer PowerA has released an appropriately-themed enhanced wireless controller for the Nintendo Switch. We were fortunate enough to be sent one of these controllers, and we've been trying it out. On the plus...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Controllers
  • PowerA
• 

  63

  Rumour Potential Mario Kart Tour PC References Found In Datamined Details

  Mario Kart: Master Race?

  Okay, grab yourself a big ol' fistful of salt, everyone. A little datamined detail which is just plausible enough to be true suggests there might be a Nintendo game coming to PC at some point in the nearish future. According to datamined information from the latest update to the mobile free-to-play racer Mario Kart Tour,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rumour
  • Mario Kart
  • Nintendo
  • Mobile
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  25

  Random This Incredible Super NES Manual Archive Will Get You All Nostalgic

  All 844 English language manuals

  We really miss physical game manuals. There was always a particular kind of joy that came from opening the box of a brand new video game and flicking through the pages of a manual to find out what the game was going to be like. Some of our favourites would get dog-eared, and torn up, but they were always well-loved...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • SNES
  • Retro
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  50

  Rumour Planned Remasters For GTA IV And Red Dead Redemption Have Apparently Been Scrapped

  Well, that's a shame

  Rumours have been swirling for quite some time regarding a potential remaster for Red Dead Redemption. The game originally launched over twelve years ago on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and followed the exploits of ex-outlaw John Marston as he hunts down his former gang members. The sequel, launched in 2018, showcased John's gang...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rumour
  • Nintendo Switch
  • GTA
  • Red Dead
  • Rockstar
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  38

  News Taito & M2 Bringing Shmup Collection 'Ray'z Arcade Chronology' To Switch

  Due out in Japan next year

  Update [Tue 5th Jul, 2022 15:30 BST]: Taito has announced a Japanese release date for Ray'z Arcade Chronology — 9th March 2023 (thanks, Gematsu). It'll cost 7,480 yen, although there's a fancy special edition version with a Blu-ray, a two-disc CD set, a guidebook, and other printed goodies that will set you back 18,480...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Shmup
  • Japan
• 

  37

  News Shuntaro Furukawa Reveals What Nintendo Is Doing To Combat Info Leaks & Security Threats

  "We are taking a variety of initiatives"

  Nintendo has arguably been one of the biggest victims of video game industry leaks - with inncidents like the 'Gigaleak' revealing years of company secrets across multiple generations - including concepts, prototypes and even

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Shuntaro Furukawa
  • Leaks
• 

  15

  News Grab 22 Fighting Classics With The 'Capcom Fighting Bundle'

  Hadoooken!

  With the recent launch of Capcom Fighting Collection - which includes the likes of Darkstalkers, Cyberbots, and Red Earth - Capcom now boasts an incredible 22 classic fighting games on Switch alongside the previous launch of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. The good news is you can now pick up both collections in one go with...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
• 

  20

  News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Surpasses 2 Million Units Shipped

  Main game also breaks 10 million

  The Monster Hunter franchise continues to demonstrate its monumental success with the release of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, a major expansion for Switch and PC that introduces new monsters, weapons, story elements, and more. We love it here at Nintendo Life and called it "a success in multiple ways" in our...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Monster Hunter
• 

  11

  News Toy Soldiers HD Finally Shoots For An August Switch Release Date

  After multiple delays

  The last we heard from Toy Soldiers HD, an upcoming tower defense-FPS-strategy game, was that the Switch version had been pushed back from the intended October 21st release date, needing further testing. It's good news at last, as Accelerate Games today announced that the game would be coming out on the Nintendo Switch on the...

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

  11

  News PlatinumGames' Shmup Sol Cresta Receives An Update, Here's What's Included

  Bayonetta 3 can wait

  In case you missed it, Sol Cresta actually got a release on Switch earlier this year (after starting out life as an April Fool's joke). Since then, PlatinumGames has been issuing updates for this new shoot 'em up, and we're now up to the next major one (Version 1.0.4). The Japanese publisher and developer has shared the full...

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

  14

  News This Latest Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Track Will Get You Seriously Pumped

  Hmm, that title is familiar..!

  Nintendo has shared a brand new track from the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 OST and its title might be familiar if you're a fan of the series. Titled 'You Will Know Our Names - Finale', the track will play when you encounter unique monsters as you traverse the land of Aionios. Of course, if you've played the first Xenoblade...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  9

  Exclusive Sing-Along To This Brand New 'Time On Frog Island' Trailer

  Hip-hoppin', flip floppin'!

  Publisher Merge Games has shared a brand new video of the rather delightful-looking Time on Frog Island as pre-orders go live on the US and UK Switch eShops — an exclusive trailer that includes a little sing-along with an overview of what the game is all about. Talk about a frog chorus, eh? If you've somehow

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News 'Emo' Visual Novel Gloom And Doom Brings Slacker Movie Vibes To Switch

  Apocalyptic

  Publisher Viridian Software is bringing its new visual novel Gloom and Doom to the Switch on July 19th, promising throwbacks to '90s slacker movies but with a supernatural twist. It stars Winona, an ordinary 'emo' teenager who is secretly an immortal doom-bringer who could bring about the end of the world - except she doesn't want to...

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop