News More Nintendo Switch Rumours Emerge Online
Say goodbye to friend codes and more
Ninterview Learning Retro Secrets With A Former Nintendo Game Play Counselor
"We couldn't say 'kill', we had to say 'defeat'"
News Nickelodeon Allegedly Creating Animated Film For A Nintendo Series
Hey Paisonos! It's a Super Nickelodeon Super Show!
News Hype Builds as Nintendo Switch Advertisements Continue to Appear in Stores
"It's time to make the Switch"
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.
Saturday31st Dec 2016
News Hype Builds as Nintendo Switch Advertisements Continue to Appear in Stores
"It's time to make the Switch"
It's almost 2017, the year of the Nintendo Switch, and hype is building ahead of the upcoming January event and March release. Just recently a Reddit thread popped up showing some in-store displays from GameStop in the US. Also, Reddit user 'PMurphy1978' took to the /r/NintendoSwitch subreddit
Rumour Nintendo Switch VR May Have High-Profile Support from Capcom
Resident Evil 7 / Biohazard possibly heading the list
Just recently YouTube user OBE1Plays has shared another 'leak' on his YouTube channel; though it should be taken with a healthy dose of salt, it's nice for a little bit of debate. This time the report is that Capcom is trying to make Resident Evil 7 work with the proposed VR implementation on the...
News The Game Boy Was Nearly a Cheap, Short-Term Project
You can thank Satoru Okada for what it turned out to be
The Game Boy was a pivotal moment in Nintendo's history, establishing near-complete dominance over the portable gaming market that still persists to this day somewhat. Part of the appeal of the Game Boy was offering a largely console-esque game experience on the go, and its usually attributed...
News Speculation on Fire Emblem Game Progress Prompted by Voice Actor's Credits
Company with ties to Fire Emblem: Awakening listed
Update: Since publication Sarah Blandy has updated the relevant line in her credits to now simply read 'Cup of Tea Productions - NDA', removing the mention of Nintendo. We've amended the article to reflect this. Original Article: The last we heard of the Fire Emblem mobile game was a statement...
Deals Buy a Deluxe Wii U from Nintendo for $200
Making up for Black Friday
While the Wii U didn't receive the discounts many were anticipating this year, Nintendo of America has come through with an after-holiday deal for its 32GB Deluxe System which comes with Nintendo Land; it's a refurbished unit for $200. You can buy a system from Nintendo here. These Wii U's are straight from Nintendo...
Rumour Grant Kirkhope to Compose Music For Mario & Rabbids Crossover RPG
Known for Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, and Yooka-Laylee
Back in November there were reports from multiple sources that Ubisoft would be producing an RPG for the Nintendo Switch, serving as a crossover between the Mario series and the Rabbids universe. You can read what we had to say about it here. Today we might have a hint as to who will be...
Feature A Year in Development - 3Souls and the Debut of a New Nindie
"Games are a really powerful tool for connecting with people"
In this series of features we invite 'Nindies' to share thoughts on their experiences in 2016. In this entry Arturo Chaves Maza of Red Column writes about a year in which his studio released its debut game on the Wii U eShop - 3Souls. If you haven't heard about Red Column before, I...
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Seven
Lucky number seven
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.
Friday30th Dec 2016
Talking Point Splatoon May Be Winding Down, But Its Legacy Could Be Significant
Modern trends with a Nintendo touch
In the remainder of 2016 we'll re-share some of our favourite feature articles from the year. This article from 4th August reflects on the end of an era after the final Splatoon Splatfest, and how the colourful shooter established a DLC model for Nintendo that's sure to return in the future. Recently we had the...
News Fan-Made Pokémon Prism Game Leaks Online After Nintendo Shutdown Notice
Trainer used Revive
After Nintendo delivered a cease and desist notice, fan-developed game Pokémon Prism has now leaked to the web. Adam "Koolboyman" Vierra received a letter from the gaming giant (on 21st December) requesting his project immediately stop production; he promptly obliged, shutting down both the website and the unreleased game. Now,...
Thursday29th Dec 2016
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...
Friday30th Dec 2016
Feature A Year in Development - Yacht Club Games on Digging In With Shovel Knight
"We couldn't feel more honored that people still care about Shovel Knight"
In this series of features we invite 'Nindies' to share thoughts on their experiences in 2016. In this entry we chat to David D'Angelo of Yacht Club Games; we discuss another year of evolution for Shovel Knight, including its retail release in Japan and ongoing free updates...
News Super Mario Bros. Movie Due to Receive an Ultimate Steelbook Blu-Ray Re-release
"This ain't no game, it's a live action thrill ride"
The Super Mario Bros. movie doesn't need any sort of introduction. Not only does it feature one of the worst post-credits scenes known to cinema, it was also considered the poster-child for why you shouldn't base your film off of a renowned video game franchise. UK retailer Zavvi has updated its...
Random Sega Almost Released A Parking Attendant Game Starring Donkey Kong
The man behind Zelda and Mario on the CD-i talks
Stephen Radosh might be more famous nowadays for creating the TV show Catchphrase - which remains incredibly popular in the UK - but he also has quite a history in the video game arena, too. Radosh kicked off his career decades ago working for a publisher which produced textbooks before helping to...
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Six
Six-a-ma-phone
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.
Thursday29th Dec 2016
News More Nintendo Switch Rumours Emerge Online
Say goodbye to friend codes and more
YouTube user OBE1plays was very intensely streaming a match of Splatoon before a well-known journalist named Laura Kate Dale began conversing with him in the YouTube chat. OBE1 proceeded to stop the stream and decide to start a Skype call with her that was then broadcasted to YouTube. The stream lasts around...
News Nintendo Slams 3DS Homebrew App Which Enables Piracy With Takedown Notice
Shiver my timbers
For those of you who don't know, Freeshop is homebrew software tool which is designed to allow you to download 3DS games you already own. However, as you might expect many people are abusing this tool by downloading games they don't own - and that's something Nintendo is naturally unhappy about. So unhappy in fact that the company...
Ninterview Learning Retro Secrets With A Former Nintendo Game Play Counselor
"We couldn't say 'kill', we had to say 'defeat'"
In the remainder of 2016 we'll re-share some of our favourite feature articles from the year. We're actually cheating with this one, as it was originally published way back on 20th January 2015; with the NES Mini hype of 2016, however, it nevertheless seemed worth sharing once again. In its day the...
Rumour Egyptian Assassin's Creed Game To Release Simultaneously On PS4/Xbox/Switch
Enthusiast YouTuber releasing rumors for 12 days
YouTuber OBE1Plays revealed that the new Assassin's Creed title, rumored to be coming out next year - would be releasing day-one on all three major consoles. This includes the Nintendo Switch. This is reminiscent of the Wii U generation, as Ubisoft adequately supported the console with many ports...
Nintendo Download 29th December (North America)
Mario Kart 64! Castlevania: Dracula X! Pokémon HOME Themes!
It's the final Nintendo Download Update of the year, and as expected we have a couple of Virtual Console releases and no 'new' downloads - the New 3DS gets another SNES title, while the Wii U get some classic kart racing. Let's get to it. Missed the European Nintendo Download details?...
News You Can Now Pre-Register for Super Mario Run on Android
Maybe it's not too far off…
Super Mario Run has been grabbing a lot of attention over the past few weeks, as this is the first time Nintendo brought its mustachioed mascot to mobile markets. While the game has admittedly been bringing in mixed reception—how could we forget that stock drop?—it's nonetheless been a popular app downloaded by...
Feature Looking Back at Nintendo's 2016
The Nintendo Life team considers the good and bad parts of the year
2016 is nearly at an end, and it was an interesting year for Nintendo. It made its first moves into mobile, played its part in the extravagances of the Pokémon 20th Anniversary, while also going big on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It was a year that also had some lows,...
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Five
Five alive
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.
Wednesday28th Dec 2016
A Link to the Present
In the remainder of 2016 we'll re-share some of our favourite feature articles from the year. This article considers the bigger picture behind the design decisions in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, based on some extended playtime with the E3 build at Nintendo UK's HQ. This was originally published on 29th June, back...
Video Check Out These Canned Game Prototypes for Wii From Red Fly Studio
Ever want to see Arkham Asylum running on a Wii?
Red Fly Studio is a name that may be familiar to some of you; a few years back, it came out that the studio was working on an ambitious open world game for Wii starring Darth Maul of Star Wars lore. Though that game never made it into production, the studio had notably done work porting the two...
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
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Four
Four score
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.
Tuesday27th Dec 2016
Nintendo Download 29th December (Europe)
Happy New Year Sales! Videos! Erm... more discounts!
For most it's still a Holiday period, which might explain the rather quirky distribution of Nintendo Download Update details for Europe. There's been no UK press release that we can see, but the ever-generous Daan Koopman has sent us a press release from Nintendo's Dutch subsidiary. The offering...
Feature The Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards 2016
Reader and staff choices
It's the season for end of year awards, and now it's time to reveal the Nintendo Life winners for the best games on Nintendo hardware in 2016. Thousands of votes have been cast in the Reader Awards, while our staff have also pitched in with their choices. The results are interesting, with the community results naturally...
News The Second Global Mission for Pokémon Sun and Moon Has Been Revealed
Hopefully this one goes over better
For those of you out of the loop, Game Freak holds monthly "Global Missions" for the recently released Pokémon Sun and Moon in an effort to keep players engaged in the games. They're entirely optional challenges based on basic in-game tasks, though it requires the collective effort of millions of fans in order to...
Feature A Year in Development - Drinkbox Studios on Finding a Cutting Edge with Severed
"Working with Nintendo to launch Severed was a really positive experience"
In this series of features we invite 'Nindies' to share thoughts on their experiences in 2016. In this entry we chat to David Rusak, Producer and Designer at Drinkbox Studios. We consider the creation of Severed as the studio's follow-up release after the critically-acclaimed...
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Three
Third day's the charm
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.
Monday26th Dec 2016
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.
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