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Formerly of Official Nintendo Magazine, GameSpot, and Xbox UK, you can now find Kate's writing all over the internet. She moved to Canada a few years ago, but gets tea imported from England, because she has good priorities.
Formerly of Official Nintendo Magazine, GameSpot, and Xbox UK, you can now find Kate's writing all over the internet. She moved to Canada a few years ago, but gets tea imported from England, because she has good priorities.
News Fangamer's New Hades Merch Includes A Zagreus Switch Controller And Fancy Art
Hell yeah
[Update: Tue 26th Jul, 2022 19:00 BST] Fangamer's new Hades merch line is now live, which means we can have a look at what's on offer. We've got: Cerberus plush — $32 Dusa talking plush (see below for examples) --$32 Underworld triptych print set — $179 Hades character pins (Zagreus, Megaera, Thanatos, Nyx) — $10 each, $18 for...
Random Speedrunner Challenges Himself To Beat Nintendogs World Record
Mostly out of spite
Anyone who's ever had a dog knows what a pain it is to try to train a puppy. They're constantly peeing and yelling, and they would much rather chew on all your delicious belongings than learn a bunch of useless commands. As it turns out — according to the Nintendogs speedrun, at least — the answer is twofold: One, give your...
News Cozy, Witchy Farming Sim 'Wylde Flowers' Confirms 2022 Release Date
Hardcore cottagecore
The Australian developer Studio Drydock has confirmed that Wylde Flowers, an award-winning, fully-voice-acted life and farming sim with witchy elements, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Wylde Flowers is a game that prides itself on the diversity of its cast of characters, and won an Apple Design Award for...
News Ecco The Dolphin Devs Are Offering Money To Anyone Who Can Beat Them In Their New Game
And it only costs $2 to buy!
Starship combat game Space War Arena is looking for new players at any cost. Well, almost any cost. Specifically, $100, which will be given to any players who can beat the developers at the game. Space War Arena is made by the original Ecco the Dolphin team, but has yet to meet the same level of cult appreciation. "So,...
News "Cozy Indie RPG" Bound By Blades Is Bringing Crafting And Combat To Switch
A boss rush game for people who find boss rush games too hard
A new RPG is coming to the Nintendo Switch, and this one sounds like it might be a little different. Bound By Blades bills itself as "the first cozy boss rush game", and, you know, we honestly can't challenge them on it. Boss rushes don't tend to be the snuggly relaxing kind of game, so...
News "Hard-As-Nails" Platformer RITE Is Jumping Onto Switch Soon
Super Celeste Meat
If you finished Celeste with all strawberries and your fingers intact, then you'll be happy to know that another mega-tough platformer is on its way to Switch. It's called RITE, and it stars an adorable little mouse... thing called a Nim, who has to weave his way through axes, saws, spikes, and other obstacles to reach the end of...
Random Lucas Pope Jokes About Papers, Please Coming To Consoles In "2031"
The game is coming to mobile in August
Lucas Pope has only released two full-length games — Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn — but across those two games, Pope has roughly ten billion awards. The man is basically buried under BAFTAs and GOTYs, so it's no wonder that it's been a while since we've heard about what's next, other than a...
News "Bean Bone Update" Adds Among Us To Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
The first of many crossovers
We hope you haven't eaten much today, because it's time for a word salad: Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator's free "Bean Bone Update" will add delicious Among Us organs to the game. Did you follow all that, or do you feel like you're having a stroke? Allow us to explain: Among Us, the popular social deduction game...
News The Nintendo Store Is Down For Maintenance For Three Days (UK)
Could it be something to do with Xenoblade's release?
Earlier in the month, we reported on several EU countries losing access to My Nintendo as the site went down for maintenance for "a few weeks". Now, it seems that the UK My Nintendo site has followed suit, although only for three days. Xenoblade fans may once again be suspicious of the timing...
News Funko Pop Teams Up With Ex-LEGO Developers To Make "AAA" Video Games
A plastic dream team
Funko Pop seems to be one of those polarising brands — you either own enough of them to create your own plastic multiverse of your favourite pop culture characters, or you would be more than happy to melt down the parade of dead-eyed figurines that fill the shelves of your local game shops, if arson wasn't "technically" a...
Watch Is Five Years Between Splatoon Games Too Short A Wait?
If this were Call of Duty, we'd be on Splatoon 18 by now
HHHHHHeeeeeeello there, lovely peeeeople. Kate, representing Alex from Nintendo Life, from Nintendo Life here. Splatoon 2 turned five years old this week, meaning that it's old enough to walk, talk, and drive a car, I think. Five years! Can you remember what you were doing five years ago?...
Poll What Order Should You Play Live A Live In? And Does It Even Matter?
Chronologicalive A Live
You might be forgiven for thinking that we here at Nintendo Life are a little too excited by Live A Live, an HD-2D remake of a 1994 JRPG that, by many accounts, was a bit of a flop. But even though not all of us were blown away by the demo, the reviews are in, and they're looking pretty good — so we're anticipating the game...
Random 'Cohost Plays Pokémon' Is The Newest Collaborative Game Trend
A wild Eggbug appeared!
There's a new social media platform on the block called Cohost, and this one has one up on Twitter: It has rich text and html support. What does that mean? It means posts like this: That's not an image! That's a bunch of scrollable boxes nested inside one another! Why would you make that? WHY NOT! Anyway, the point of...
Random Sonic Is Too Tall, And It's All Your Fault
Step aside, Tails. It's time for Legs
Y'know, "slow news day" isn't just a thing that happens to journalists. Sometimes, on a quiet July Friday, with nothing much on the slate, a community manager might just create a goofy post about Sonic's legs. At least, that's what the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account is doing right now. They posted...
Talking Point What Are The Nintendo Switch's Defining Moments (So Far)?
A timeline of awe and tragedy
The Nintendo Switch has been around for almost five and a half years, and in that time, it's made headlines over and over again in ways that other consoles haven't — for better or worse. And you know what? It's pretty refreshing to be able to talk so much about one piece of hardware. We were there for the Wii U years...
Random Immortalise Cloud Strife In A Pretty Dress With This $200 Poseable Figure
Gerudo Link, eat your heart out
Does that iconic Final Fantasy 7 scene in Wall Market plague your dreams? Do you wish that you could spend every day looking at the ridiculously attractive Cloud Strife all dressed up in a nice gown for plot reasons? Yeah, Square Enix knows. Their newest statue is the lovely Cloud in the dress that he wears in the...
News Fall Guys Adds Kaiju Costumes To The Game For Maximum Stomping
Godzilla, Mothra, and more
Fortnite may have almost everything, from multiple Batmans (or Batmen? Batsmans?) to a Dune crossover, but do they have Godzilla? No they do not. Fall Guys does, though — in fact, it has two, plus Godzilla's girlfriend, Mothra. Starting today, July 21st, four new costumes will be made unlockable in the game: Godzilla,...
News Forgotten Gem 'Avenging Spirit' Is Making Its Way To Nintendo Switch
Game BOOy Horror
Right, get this — you're out on a nice date with your girlfriend until, annoyingly, you get horribly murdered by a crime syndicate. Now you're a ghost, and you have to team up with your girlfriend's dad to rescue her from said syndicate, but wait! There's more! The syndicate are one step ahead of you, because they're researching...
News Mojang Says No To Minecraft NFTs
No blocks on this chain
In a post on the Minecraft blog today, July 20th, 2022, Mojang staff drew a line in the sand when it comes to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the blockchain in their game, following feedback from players seeking clarification on the company's position on the controversial topic. Multiple mod-makers, companies, and creators...
News Test Your Rhythm Game Skills With 'Encounters', A Wholesome Two-Handed Music Game
Joy-Concerto
Musical instruments require a great deal of hand-eye coordination — especially those which require the deft use of both hands at the same time, like woodwind and strings. And percussion. And brass. Okay, pretty much all instruments. But rhythm games don't always replicate that tricky ambidextrous skill, so we're intrigued by the...
News FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Will Have Women's Football, But No New Features
Party like it's FIFA 2019
Nintendo Switch players are once again being shot in the foot(ball), as EA announced today that FIFA 23 on Switch would once again be the "Legacy Edition", which is essentially the same as FIFA 22 on Switch. In EA's own words, from the eShop page for FIFA 23: FIFA 23 Legacy Edition will feature the same Gameplay features...
Exclusive "The Farming Genre Is A Bit Tired" - How SunnySide Aims To Refresh The Farm Sim
"In order to have a Sunny Side, there has to be a dark side…"
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that farming games all have a lot in common. Crops, livestock, and dateable townsfolk are the staples of the genre, and if you've played one, you've likely experienced what a lot of them have to offer — and that's not even necessarily a bad...
Soapbox Mario Gave Us The Powerwashing Fantasy Before It Was Cool
Mario was the original ASMR powerwasher
As Super Mario Sunshine turns 20 on the 19th July, 2022, Kate wants to get a few things off her chest about how the game would have been a massive hit today, probably... ALRIGHT, LISTEN. Whenever I am in polite company, and I mention enjoying Super Mario Sunshine — yes, despite its insistence on collecting...
Feature What Is Live A Live? Everything You Need To Know (And Maybe More)
Find out how JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is involved!
If you've been following game news lately, you've probably heard about Live A Live. You probably also belong to one of two camps: Someone who knows what Live A Live is, and someone who can't really tell it apart from all the other HD-2D Square Enix games, like Triangle Strategy and Octopath...