News - 2016, Week 52

Sunday1st Jan 2017

  • News New Breath of the Wild Art Pays Homage to the Original NES Classic

    "In the midst of a little kingdom, in the land of Hyrule"

    The official Zelda Twitter page has released a new piece of art in line with its holiday pieces; if you missed the previous posts, here's Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween. What's great about the latest art for

  • Feature Five New Year's Resolutions for Nintendo

    Be bold and Switch things up

    2017 is here, which means a fresh start and looking forward with optimism. Many also take the chance to set New Year's resolutions, goals for improving on what's come before. Nintendo, undoubtedly, has some of its own. There's plenty to be excited about for Nintendo's upcoming year and no doubt the company is gearing up...

  • Review Geki Yaba Runner Deluxe (3DS eShop)

    Run, run, Gnomey

    As smartphone gaming has become so popular, the runner genre has seemingly reached the popularity levels of the 2D platformer and first-person shooter before it. The latest title of the genre to grace the 3DS eShop is Geki Yaba Runner Deluxe. It's apparently titled Deluxe due to its presence as a mobile game on Android and iOS; on...

  • Editorial Happy New Year from All at Nintendo Life

    Here's to an exciting 2017

    We're posting this on UK time, as the clocks strike midnight and 2017 arrives. If you're reading this in Japan, Australia or anywhere in that region you're well into the New Year; for those of you with an evening of festivities still to come, have a great night. 2016 has been a mixed bag from Nintendo, to put it...

  • Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Eight

    Greight stuff

    In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.

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  • News Devil's Third Loses Its Saving Grace as Online Servers Are Closed

    And like that... it's gone

    Devil's Third had an interesting time on Wii U, initially as a system exclusive; it was fiercely defended by Tomonobu Itagaki and fans, savaged by others, and greeted with a shrug of indifference by many. Years in the making and a manic 'mature' shooter / action hybrid, it was one of the more intriguing releases of this...

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Wednesday28th Dec 2016

Tuesday27th Dec 2016

  • News Retro-Bit Generations Portable And Super Retro Boy Handheld Coming To CES 2017

    Super Retro Boy plays Game Boy, GBC and GBA carts

    Two new retro-themed handhelds will be shown off at CES 2017, according to distributor Innex. The Retro-Bit Generations Portable is a handheld version of the existing Retro-Bit Generations system which launched this year. It's not known if it will come with the exact same 100 pre-installed games,...

  • Rumour Intelligent Systems Has Canned A Crashmo Sequel For Wii U

    Resource now shifted over to Nintendo Switch projects

    Intelligent Systems has pulled the plug on a proposed Crashmo / Fallblox sequel which was supposed to be coming to the Wii U, according to a report by Unseen 64 and Nintendo Life contributor Liam Robertson. According to Robertson's sources, development on the game - known as Crashmo / Fallblox...

Wednesday28th Dec 2016

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  • News Nickelodeon Allegedly Creating Animated Film For A Nintendo Series

    Hey Paisonos! It's a Super Nickelodeon Super Show!

    Back in May, Nintendo announced that they were looking to do theatrical animated films based on a variety of their IP. This came as a shock exciting many, as Nintendo was known for being very protective of their properties since most early productions received poor responses. While many are...

  • Review Back to Bed (Wii U eShop)

    Would you prefer to walk off a ledge?

    Sleepwalking can be dangerous. It can result in people exiting their homes in the middle of the night and falling off a ledge. Back to Bed by Bedtime Digital Games plays on such fears by introducing us to Bob the sleepwalker and his subconscious guardian named Subob - a four legged creature that must guide him...

  • Review Swap Fire (Wii U eShop)

    Halt and swap fire

    It's an exciting time in the games industry. There are AAA games from big publishers, mid-tier downloadable games and even tiny indie experiences, all of which have the potential to be memorable, interesting experiences. Midnight Status has the makings of one such experience in Swap Fire, a first person shooter with an interesting...

  • Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Two

    The sequel

    In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.