August2023
News Pixel Art RPG 'Creature Keeper' Is Looking Absolutely Adorable
Launching later this year
Publisher Graffiti Games and developer Fervir Games have confirmed that the pixel art RPG Creature Keeper will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Boasting some lovely retro-inspired visuals, the game sees you befriend a number of unique creatures, dress them up, cook for them, and craft a number of...
News Creepy Puzzle Platformer 'Ugly' Jumps Onto Switch Next Month
Mirror, mirror on the wall...
After being announced for Switch back in June, publisher Graffiti Games and developer Team Ugly have today revealed that the spooky platformer Ugly will be coming to Switch on 14th September. In Ugly you play as a troubled nobleman (is there any other kind?), whose past you will gradually unravel as you make your way...
June2023
Exclusive Turnip Boy's Hilarious Crime Capers Return In Upcoming Sequel On Switch
Withdraw mash
Turnip Boy has already got away with tax evasion, but apparently, our raucous root vegetable is still up to his usual tricks, if today's announcement is anything to go by. That's right — Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is getting a sequel, and it's coming to Switch later this year, developer Snoozy Kazoo and publisher Graffiti Games...
October2022
News Build Your Own Fiendish Levels In Blue Fire's New Free DLC, Out Next Week
Titled 'Void Maker'
2021's Blue Fire, a rather brilliant 3D platformer that mixes up sword-based combat with challenging platforming, is getting yet another free DLC expansion on 1st November, following last year's 'Void of Sorrows'. 'Void Maker' introduced some pretty grotesque stuff, such as levels filled with eyeballs and tons of deadly traps...
August2022
News Fourth-Wall-Breaking Adventure Game 'Restless Soul' Has Strong Super Paper Mario Vibes
The ghost of a smile
If you've been alive for the past couple of decades, you've probably, at some point, dreamed of packing it all in, throwing your phone and computer into a lake, moving to a cottage in the forest, and living off the land. We're with you, friend. The video game equivalent of that is eschewing modern photorealistic games that are...
April2022
News Lila's Sky Ark Is A Psychedelic Adventure Coming To Switch Very Soon
Lila in the sky with pixels
Lila's world is in danger in Lila's Sky Ark, and you are Lila. This dreamlike, puzzley world looks like Hyper Light Drifter meets Alice in Wonderland, and explores themes like grief, loss, loneliness and depression through its gorgeous pixel-art levels. Lila's Sky Ark is a prequel to German developer Monolith of Minds'...
October2021
News The Superb 3D Action-Platformer Blue Fire Just Got A Free DLC Expansion
And it's out now!
One 3D action-platfomer that's well worth a look on the Switch is Blue Fire - we said it was a "superb" title that put gameplay first, and was inspired some of the greats. If you still haven't played it, now might be the time - with the publisher Graffiti Games and developer Robi Studios announcing the release of the Void of...
March2021
News Nira Is A Island Survival Game Where You Can Fly Planes
It arrives on Switch this Spring
You know, survival games can be a lot of fun, but they tend to not let us leave the forbidding wasteland that we've found ourselves stuck on. But Nira, the debut game from one-man studio Baseline Games, has planes. And that means we can escape. Sort of. Nira's simple pixel style gives us Atari vibes, but from the...
February2021
Video Exclusive Peek At Soundtrack Sessions For Upcoming Zelda-Style Dungeon Platformer, Blue Fire
Launches later this week
We're big audiophiles here at Nintendo Life Towers, and there's nothing we like more than a little behind-the-scenes peek at a recording studio (well, there are some things, but it's up there!). Remember that Mario Medley from Abbey Road? Yep, that's the stuff! There's just something about the cellos, mics, mixing desks, and...
January2021
News Zelda-Inspired Combat Platformer Blue Fire Slices Its Way To Switch In February
Check out the new trailer
Graffiti Games and developer Robi Studios has announced that Blue Fire is arriving on Switch (and PC, if that's your bag) on 4th February. Inspired by the dungeon combat of the Zelda series and the fast-paced platforming of 2D titles like Hollow Knight (with some lashings of Dark Souls added for good measure), this indie...
September2020
Hands On Blue Fire's Platforming And Zelda-Style Dungeon Combat Shows Promise
Blue Fire walk with me
Over the past few months we've seen an influx of incredible games from smaller studios on Switch and Nintendo's platform feels like a perfect fit for them. We here at Nintendo Life highlighted a bunch of titles in our recent Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight, and the platform holder's Indie World Showcase broadcasts regularly...
May2020
"Some Dark-Soulish interactions [...] A Hat in Time cuteness, with maybe a Zelda base"
Cast your minds back to Nintendo's Indie World Showcase in March this year and you may well remember the intriguing reveal that kicked off the presentation. Blue Fire is a mysterious 3D combat platformer from Argentina-based Robi Studios which piqued our interest,...
May2019
News Mable And The Wood Is A Metroidvania That Allows You To Slay Or Spare Your Enemies
Play the way you want to
Publisher Graffiti Games has confirmed that it is bringing Triplevision's Metroidvania Mable And The Wood to the Nintendo Switch this summer. The game tasks the player with hunting massive monsters and acquiring their power, morphing the main character into a clone blessed with the same attacks and skills. However, there's...