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August2021
News In Just Five Days, Mario Golf: Super Rush Became The Second Best-Selling Game In The Series
Fore blimey!
Nintendo has provided its first official sales update for Mario Golf: Super Rush, and the figures show that our favourite plumber's latest outing is likely already his most successful yet. In its financial earnings report covering April through June 2021, Nintendo revealed that Mario Golf: Super Rush sold 1.34 million units worldwide...
News Nintendo's Profits Drop As Expected, But It Remains In A Strong Position
Annual estimates remain unchanged
Since the last set of financial reports Nintendo has enjoyed a positive E3 showing and unveiled the Switch OLED, giving us indications of why the company has remained optimistic of generating major profits this year. The headline summary is that the estimates given in the previous year-end results remain unchanged...
News Nintendo Shares Updated Release Schedule For 2021 And Beyond
Major Switch release windows reconfirmed
As part of Nintendo's latest financial report, the company has published an updated look at its upcoming release schedule. Below, you'll find a list of Nintendo's major releases planned for 2021 and beyond (so not including third-party releases). Thanks to upcoming hardware launches, the list also includes...
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2021
How many of these do you own?
Nintendo has provided updated sales figures for its best-selling games on Switch, giving us a great look at which titles have performed the best since the console first launched more than four years ago. It's a very familiar list, with most of the system's best-sellers holding their positions from previous reports...
News Switch Console Sales Hit 89 Million, Has Now Outsold PS3 And Xbox 360
Despite facing a year-on-year slump
The Nintendo Switch has reached a grand total of 89.04 million hardware sales, Nintendo's latest financial report confirms. Between April and June 2021, the system sold a total of 4.45 million units (3.31 original model, 1.14 million for the Lite) to help it close in on that 90 million milestone, although sales...
News Another Shmup Joins The Arcade Archives Collection On Switch
UPL's Bio-Ship Paladin
Hamster's Arcade Archives release this week for the Nintendo Switch has been confirmed as the 1990 horizontal side-scroller shoot 'em up, Bio-Ship Paladin. "BIO-SHIP PALADIN” is a shooting game released by UPL in 1990. Players use a variety of weapons to defeat bosses, including a main weapon with charge and chain shots,...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2 Second Major Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update today
Following on from our previous post, Capcom has now released Version 1.2.0 for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. It adds a new co-op quest - allowing you to take on the dazzling Kulve Taroth. There are also new monsters - Hellbalde Glavenus and Boltreaver Astalos. Some of this content will also roll out later this month on...
News The Pokémon And Stardew Valley Hybrid Monster Harvest Gets Delayed For The Third Time
"There was one final development hurdle"
Update #2 [Thu 5th Aug, 2021 00:55 BST]: You might find this hard to believe, but Monster Harvest has been delayed for the third time in a row. Merge Games and Maple Powered Games are now promising the upcoming farming sim meets critter collecter adventure will arrive on 31st August, across all platforms -...
News Creepy-Cute Japanese Horror Adventure 'Last Light' Coming To Switch
Set in an abandoned hospital
Last Light is certainly an intriguing horror game, but it's a little hard to decipher. With just a 30-second trailer and a Steam page that's largely been translated from the Japanese website, we know that the game is set in an abandoned hospital, and the main character — Lumi — will have to avoid the darkness in...
News Huntdown To Get Wider Retail Release And Second Run Of Collector's Edition
Hunt those copies down
During its E3 event Limited Run Games announced an awesome Collector's Edition of Huntdown, the stylish run and gun title on Switch. Unsurprisingly it proved popular, selling out in under 12 hours. In good news for those that missed out another batch of 2000 units will go on sale soon, on 10th August to be precise. Here's the
News RICO London Will Kick The Doors Down On Switch In September
Not long until bullet time
The original RICO was an enjoyable shooting romp on Switch - designed to make you feel like an '80s action hero, it was arguably also more fun in co-op with a buddy. We're expecting its sequel, RICO London, to feature in an Aksys showcase later this week, but publisher Numskull Games has taken the plunge and already...
News Cruis'n Blast Track Showcase Emphasizes Its Wacky Side
Stay on course
Perhaps not traditional E3 fare, but Cruis'n Blast nevertheless made its mark during Nintendo's E3 Direct, confirming release details for the arcade title's Switch conversion - if you need the reminder it arrives on 14th September. Developer Raw Thrills, Inc. has now released a rather fun new trailer for the arcade retro-inspired...
News Jet Set Radio's Beat Joins Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania As A Playable Character
Only two months until launch!
If you weren't already sold on Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, perhaps the news that Jet Set Radio's Beat is set to be a playable character will be enough to convince you to grab a pre-order. That's right, the protagonist of Sega's graffiti-spraying, city-skating 2000 action hit will be rollin' right into the world of...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds Mario Golf: Super Rush Spirits This Weekend
Available for a limited time
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next Spirit event has been detailed, and this time we're being treated to a selection of brand new Spirits based on Mario Golf: Super Rush (thanks, Perfectly Nintendo). Just like in the past, this latest event will run for five days in total, starting on Friday 6th August and wrapping up on...
News New Pokémon Snap's First Major Update Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today!
The first major update for New Pokémon Snap is now officially live on the Nintendo Switch. As previously mentioned, this free content adds 20 additional pocket monsters and three new courses. There'll also be some quality of life improvements. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's official website: Ver. 2.0.0...
News Axiom Verge 2 Update Data Has Apparently Surfaced On Nintendo's Servers
Could it be arriving soon?
Tom Happ's Axiom Verge 2 has suffered multiple delays, but the latest findings doing the rounds online suggest the game could be arriving on the Nintendo Switch very soon. According to Nintendo Everything, update data for the game has recently been discovered on Nintendo's servers. In the past, there have been similar...
News Two More Of Capcom's Legendary Street Fighters Join Fortnite
Cammy and Guile drop in
Fortnite has arguably taken the crown as the most ambitious crossover video game of all time - allowing all sorts of video game characters, stars, singers, athletes, and even superheroes to drop into its universe. Following on from the addition of Ryu and Chun-Li from the Street Fighter seri
Random Football Manager Jose Mourhino Calls Fortnite A "Nightmare" Game
It's [redacted], apparently
Fortnite might be popular, but it's also drawn a lot of criticism as it's become more and more successful. The recently appointed manager of Italian football club AS Roma, Jose Mourinho – famous for leading the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United to silverware glory – has now shared his own thoughts...
Soapbox Playdate Sold Out In 20 Minutes - Is It Time For A New Nintendo Handheld?
The Game Boy... 2
Many of us at Nintendo Life have been patiently, excitedly waiting for the Playdate to go on sale, because we're suckers for bits of colourful plastic. Well, it did, and we missed it, because all 20,000 initial units (for the 2021 batch, at least) sold out in just 20 minutes. [Not all of us missed it! - smug Ed] It's hardly...
News Here Are The Switch eShop's Best-Selling Games Of July 2021 (Japan)
Zelda loses out to Monster Hunter
Nintendo has released an updated list of its best-selling titles on the eShop in Japan, this time covering July 2021. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin has managed to claim victory this time around, just ahead of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. It's worth noting that Monster Hunter launched a week...
News Castle Of Pixel Skulls Brings Old-School Difficulty Platforming To Switch This Week
"Everything in this castle is trying to kill you"
Launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop this Friday is Castle of Pixel Skulls, a retro-style platformer from indie developer Josep Monzonís Hernández and publisher 2Awesome Studio. The game has you taking on the role of a skeleton who wakes up in a haunted castle. To escape, you'll need to overcome...
News Spiritfarer Physical Edition Is Out Today
A cosy management game about death and boats
Spiritfarer is one of those games that you can't help but call "wholesome". It's all about ferrying the dead to their final resting place, but only after completing various tasks and fetch quests that help them fulfil their last requests. Sometimes, it's something as simple as tasting a particular food...
Round Up Here Are The First "Hands-On" Impressions Of The Nintendo Switch OLED
What are the critics saying?
Update (Tue 3rd Aug, 2021): First hands-on impressions of the Switch OLED model have now cropped up in various UK publications, following on from US outlets' first looks last month. We've added a selection of hot new takes to our round up below. Nintendo surprised everyone when it announced a brand new system — the...
News Indie Platform Adventure 'Smashroom' Explodes Onto Switch This Week
Featuring a "simple" levelling up system
The explosive indie platformer Smashroom will be launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop later this week, Forever Entertainment has confirmed. Created by Jonathan Calsolaro, the game sees you take on the role of a small mushroom that can explode at will. This handy skill can be used in a number of different...
News Spelunker HD Deluxe Scores Western Switch Release
Update: Digital version arrives this week
Update: If you've been holding out for the digital version of Spelunker HD Deluxe, your time has finally come. The game will be launching on the Switch eShop on 6th August and will be priced at $24.99. The legendary game "Spelunker" is back with a full remake! Overcome difficult obstacles in search of the...
News This Week's New Pokémon Snap Update Also Includes Quality Of Life Improvements
Missions will be far less frustrating
We're just hours away from checking out New Pokémon Snap's first major update, but more details on what it will actually contain are still trickling through. Of course, we already know that the update is adding 20 new Pokémon and three new courses, but it turns out that a number of quality of life...
News Pokémon Unite Is Getting A Game Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Includes fixes, balance adjustments and more
Pokémon Unite has been out for a few weeks now and it's not bad if you're into MOBA games. There have been a lot of freebies and handouts so far, and very soon the game will also be getting a game update. It includes text and bug fixes as well as a special spectate feature test release. A number of...
Gallery Atlus Shares 30 Screenshots Of Shin Megami Tensei V For Switch
Characters, demons, battles and more!
Later this year, Atlus will be releasing Shin Megami Tensei V exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. In the lead-up, the Japanese company has been sharing new videos, screenshots and information. It's now shared around 30 screenshots showing off the game's characters, demons and battle sequences. We've rounded...
Does not include water or wine
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine is a narrative adventure that's partly about trekking across America, partly about the rich tradition of oral storytelling, and partly about what it means to live in a place that calls itself a melting pot in an era where many people aren't even invited to get in the pot. Developer...
News COVID Delays Doki Doki Literature Club Physical Release
"Unforeseen delays with manufacturing and shipping"
Although Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! has been out digitally on Switch since the end of June, people who are waiting on the physical edition to play the game are going to have to wait just a little longer to woo the ladies of the literature club. Publisher Serenity Forge posted a statement...
Soapbox A Strange Desire For Switch Sports And A Return To Wii's Wuhu Island
Yes, including the cycling
The Wii, the Revolution, the era of motion controls, bathroom scales as peripherals and fun for all. It can be a bit of a trendy thing to tease the Wii, as if its concept of introducing new control schemes and luring traditional 'non-gamers' into being gamers was somehow bad - well, it was actually brilliant. Sure, the Wii...
News Nintendo And Lunchables Are Giving Away Nintendo Switch Prize Packs (US)
Including a mystery $1,000 bundle
Remember last year when Nintendo teamed up with Lunchables to give away Switch consoles to lucky winners? Well, the partnership's making a comeback this year with more exciting prizes to be won. From now up until 30th September, you'll spot QR codes on specially marked Lunchables products that'll take you to the...
News UK Charts: Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Stays Second, NEO: TWEWY Debuts In Tenth
NEO: The World Ends With You sells best on Switch
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 31st July, revealing that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is still serving as Nintendo's best-selling title in the country. The game has managed to stay in second spot for a second week in a row, with F1 2021 also keeping hold of its first...
Feature The History Of Streets Of Rage
Mmm... trashcan chicken
This feature originally graced your screens on 25th December 2019, republished today to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Streets of Rage. For a lot of us more ‘seasoned’ gamers, the announcement of Streets of Rage 4 brought a tear to the eye. The original Mega Drive/Genesis Streets of Rage trilogy holds a special place...
News Here's A Closer Look At New Pokémon Snap's Brand New Courses
Including the shrinking Secret Side Path
New Pokémon Snap's getting some welcome new content this week, and thanks to several new clips that have appeared online, we can now get a closer look at the new courses we'll be exploring. As detailed last week, an update will go live for the game tomorrow, 3rd August for those of you in North America, and...
Feature Zooming Through Sonic Colors: Ultimate And Getting The Switch Lowdown
Sonic customisation, the new Wisp and that Switch framerate
SEGA has had various events and tie-ins to celebrate 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog, but the big event from a gaming perspective is the upcoming Sonic Colors: Ultimate, which will see the previous Wii-exclusive come to various platforms including, of course, the Nintendo Switch. We were...
News Fortnite's Rift Tour Musical Experience Will Star Ariana Grande
Update: Epic shares the deets
Update: Epic Games has now confirmed that the record-breaking superstar starring as part of the Rift Tour is Ariana Grande. "Ensuring that fans around the world can catch the Rift Tour, the experience spans five showtimes over three days. We recommend fans arrive in Fortnite 60 minutes before showtime, and the Rift...
News Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Players Are Reporting A Frustrating Soft-Lock Glitch
Trouble at the Lanayru Mining Facility
Thanks to last month's release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, a whole new generation of fans are experiencing the series' opening story for the first time. Hopefully, those of you who've been lucky enough to give it a go have been progressing smoothly – sadly, others haven't been quite so lucky...
News Minecraft Dungeons Is The Next Nintendo Switch Online Trial In Japan
Is the service upping its game?
Nintendo Switch Online is a service that elicits some feisty conversations online as its merits are debated. As a service it can be relatively inexpensive (especially if you utilise the family subscription), and alongside some 'free' games like Pac-Man 99 it also offers up access to full online play and cloud saves...
News .hack//G.U. Last Recode Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch
Is an official announcement on the way?
The Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2 anime action-RPG series '.hack//G.U.' could be en route to the Nintendo Switch, based on a new rating in North America. According to the ESRB, the four in one collection .hack//G.U. Last Recode has been given a 'Teen' rating for the hybrid system. It contains the following:...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For August And September 2021
No More Heroes III and lots more
We're now well into the second half of 2021, and Switch owners have plenty to look forward to over the coming months as we slide inexorably towards the Holiday season and the promise of 2022, a year that will hopefully be the most boring and uneventful on record - at least outside the realm of video games. Below...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects - July 2021
July's best Switch eShop games!
July was a slightly quieter month for big digital releases on the eShop, but no month ever goes by without at least a few treats that are worthy of your time. These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo's digital store, giving some love and attention to the games that could so easily be missed in the Switch's...
Video 9 Exciting New Games Coming to Nintendo Switch In August
No More Heroes III, Baldo and more...
August is here and for Nintendo Switch owners that means there are more new releases on the way. This month we've highlighted 10 exciting games coming to the hybrid platform over the next 31 days. Perhaps the standout of the lot is Suda51's No More Heroes III. That's not all, though - we've got other...
News Nintendo Teases Microgame Mayhem In Wario's Upcoming Switch Release
"Who said tweezing couldn’t be fun?"
The fan favourite Nintendo series WarioWare is returning this September in a brand new outing for the Switch. WarioWare: Get It Together! is a bit different to past entries. This time around the player controls the cast of the series to interact with a vast array of quick microgames. Each character comes with...
July2021
Reminder A Demo For Jupiter's Sega Picross Is Now Available On Switch eShop
Try before you buy
Update [Sat 31st Jul, 2021 20:00 BST]: This demo is now available on the Switch eShop in Europe and North America. It will require around 170MB of free space. Enjoy! Original story [Thu 29th Jul, 2021 01:53 BST]: Yesterday, Sega finally locked in a local release date for Picross S Genesis & Master System Edition (also known...
News Suda51 Hopes To Make No More Heroes Movie Or TV Show A "Reality"
He's even had some offers and proposals in the past
Travis Touchdown is quite the character, but what would his own television or movie be like? While we're yet to see such a thing, apparently there's been a number of proposals for it in the past. Speaking to IGN, Suda51 mentioned how he was still "hoping" to transform No More Heroes and the...
Soapbox The Hidden Delights Of The Great Ace Attorney
Or, why TGAA is the LOTR DVD of video games
Did you know that Viggo Mortensen, the actor who played Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies, broke his toes on-set by kicking a helmet? The take ended up in the final cut, and Aragorn's cry of frustration, grief, and despair is made all the more real knowing that poor Viggo's toesies were probably...
News Animal Crossing Datamine Suggests Popular Hangout Could Still Return
Is something brewing behind the scenes?
Rumours about a popular location returning in Animal Crossing: New Horizons have resurfaced this week. Datamining over on DodoCodes.com has highlighted code and event references that have renewed hopes of Brewster appearing in a future update. Since picked up and summarised by
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 31st)
Plenty to choose from!
Another week has passed, with plenty of Nintendo-related news that's kept us intrigued. There were our reviews for games like The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and NEO: The World Ends With You, Streets of Rage 4's DLC finally arrived on Switch,
News A New Limited-Time Pokémon Sword And Shield Beast Ball Distribution Has Begun
Get it while you can!
There's a new item distribution available in Pokémon Sword and Shield and it's only available until 2nd August 2021 so be sure to act fast! This time around it's a Beast Ball. As explained by Serebii.net, this item was given out during the Pokémon Players Cup IV stream. The code you'll need this time around is:...
News New Life Is Strange: True Colors Trailer Shows Off Colorado Setting, Arcade Machines
Pew pew pew colors
We still can't quite believe that the Life is Strange games are coming to Switch, but it's just over a month until we get True Colors on the Switch, and a couple of weeks longer than that until we can play the Life is Strange Remastered Collection, too. What a year! Ahead of the imminent release of True Colors, Square Enix and...
Random Someone Worked On Outer Worlds AND Outer Wilds At The Same Time, Somehow
"I am chaos incarnate"
A while back, writer and narrative designer Kelsey Beachum was working on Outer Wilds, the fantastic space-adventure game with a very cool twist that we won't spoil (just play it when it comes to Switch!). When The Outer Worlds — Obsidian's "Fallout in space" game — came out a few months later, people were very confused,...
Soapbox In Praise Of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Two Years On
Support systems have never meant more
This past week marked the second anniversary of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the latest entry in Intelligent Systems’ popular tactics series. Ten years ago, you would’ve been forgiven for believing that the Fire Emblem series was going the way of the dinosaur, and yet Three Houses now sits at somewhere around...
News Charming Farming Sim Littlewood Gets Physical Version Next Week
Hoe's about that
If you've ever wondered what life is like after the evil villain has been vanquished, Littlewood has the answers: a lot of farming, town building, and romancing the dark lord who has lost all his memories and is very sorry about all the evil stuff he did. It's Stardew Valley with more responsibility; Harvest Moon for people who are...
News Two Point Hospital Receives Free Sonic DLC Pack
The base game's currently playable for free, too!
Well, here's a nice little treat for Two Point Hospital players. Starting today, you can now get your hands on some in-game Sonic goodies for the wonderfully low price of free. That's right, in celebration of Sonic's 30th anniversary, a free Sonic pack has been released for the hospital management...
News Meet The Quirky Alien Enemies In No More Heroes 3
Certainly not for kids
No More Heroes 3 is only a month away, but much of the promotion for the game in recent weeks has been targeting the Japanese market. Nintendo of Europe is now pitching in, though, with an 'Alien Superheroes?' trailer that introduces some of the wacky enemies Travis will take on. It's not embedded above because it's age-gated...
News King's Bounty II Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Key Choices For Progress
More than one way to win a battle
King's Bounty II isn't far off release, landing on Switch and assorted platforms on 24th August. It's a long awaited successor in a series that is turn-based fantasy RPG royalty, and we're hopeful that the Switch version will be well worth playing. 1C Entertainment has released an extensive gameplay trailer that...
News Papa's Quiz Brings Eight-Player Family-Friendly Trivia To Switch Today
With "thousands" of questions to answer
If your family's the sort who likes nothing more than to gather around the TV for some late-night quizzing (and lots of snacks, preferably), then Papa's Quiz should probably be on your radar. The debut game from Stockholm-based developer Old Apes, Papa's Quiz boasts "thousands" of questions spread across 185...
News Minimalist Visual Novel 'The Last Survey' Puts The World's Fate In Your Hands
Launching on Switch next week
From Essay Games and RedDeerGames, visual novel The Last Survey has secured a 6th August release date on Switch. Made up of more than 1,500 hand-illustrated black and white drawings, The Last Survey is said to offer a "unique story-rich experience about the Earth’s bleak future". In the game, you're stuck in a world...
News Marvelous Shares A Look At The Less Glamorous Jobs In No More Heroes 3
Toilets aren't just for saving any more...
No More Heroes 3 will no doubt have certain key features - hyper violent levels in which you wipe out minions, tough boss battles, and menial jobs. A familiar gag in the series is that Travis Touchdown has to make ends meet, one way or another, and often does this with undesirable work. Publisher Marvelous...
News Respawn's F2P Shooter Apex Legends Gets A New Character On 3rd August
Update: Here's some Seer gameplay
Update: Here's some Seer gameplay: Update [Tue 27th Jul, 2021 06:00 BST]: As promised, Respawn Entertainment has now released a new gameplay trailer Apex Legends new character and update. Take a look in the video below: Original article [Sun 25th Jul, 2021 04:45 BST]: Apart from the Lost in Random
News Legendary Composer Jun Senoue Joins Sonic Colors Ultimate OST Remix Line-Up
Listen to his sample work
If you needed one extra reason to get excited about Sonic Colors Ultimate, Sega has now revealed legendary Sonic composer Jun Senoue - and the lead guitarist for Crush 40, has joined the remix roster for the upcoming release. Attached to this is a sample of his new remix for vs. Rotatatron & Refreshinator. In the words...
News Capcom Wants To Know If You Would Buy More Great Ace Attorney Games
Fill out a survey and get a free wallpaper
This week marks the release of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms - we're big fans of the game by the way. As part of this release, Capcom has opened a survey that's available until 30th September, allowing fans to share their thoughts about this game and...
News Ori's Physical Games Are Getting A New Two-In-One Release On Nintendo Switch
The Collector's Edition is also back
Physical game distributor iam8bit has announced it will be releasing an Ori double-pack for Nintendo Switch with the help of Moon Studios, Xbox Game Studios and global distribution partner Skybound Games. This physical release contains Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This two-in-one...
Japanese Charts Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Stays Top As Nintendo Dominates Top Ten
Skyward Sword hits 200k physical sales in two weeks
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 25th July, revealing that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD has stayed on top for a second week running. The game sold another 42,642 copies at retail this week, taking its total to just over 200,000 physical units sold across its...
News SkateBIRD Gets Pushed Back Once More, Now Kickflipping Onto Switch In September
But post-launch content is also in the works
Glass Bottom Games has announced that SkateBIRD, which you might remember from its appearance in a Nintendo Indie World Showcase back in 2019, will now launch a little later than planned. After initially being delayed to 12th August this year, the game will now land on Switch and all other platforms...
Nintendo Download 29th July (Europe)
NEO: The World Ends with You! SAMURAI WARRIORS 5! The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New...
Nintendo Download 29th July (North America)
B.ARK! Eldest Souls! Blaster Master Zero 3!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: B.ARK (Tic Toc Games, 29th Jul,...
News New Pokémon Snap Is Getting More Areas And Pokémon In Free Update
New content drops next week
The Pokémon Company has announced that New Pokémon Snap will soon be treated to a free update, bringing new content along for the ride. Launching on Tuesday 3rd August, the new update will add three new areas in total and 20 new Pokémon, including the likes of Snorlax, Psyduck, Shroomish, Gyarados, and more. The new...
News Switch Online NES And SNES Controllers Are Back In Stock, NES Bundle 50% Off (Europe)
A Switch Online exclusive
If you're a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber who hasn't yet taken the opportunity to pick up the NES and SNES-inspired controllers for Switch (which just so happen to be perfect for playing the NES and SNES games available as part of your subsciption), you now have another chance. Both controllers are once again available...
News Kitaria Fables Gets A Charming New Trailer And Updated Release Details
Feline fine
Kitaria Fables combines some very nice things - cute characters and lots of cats, farm-sim gameplay, combat and co-op. As you can see in the new gameplay trailer above, it looks like developer Twin Heart Games has been working hard on polishing the experience. Publisher PQube has also confirmed that the game is now coming one day...
News Story Of Seasons' Latest DLC Update Adds New Costumes And 'The Legendary Sprite Dance'
Four DLC parts down, one to go
The fourth piece of downloadable content from the Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Expansion Pass is now available on Switch. This latest batch of content adds a new sub-scenario called The Legendary Sprite Dance and the Yukata Set costumes; The Legendary Sprite Dance allows players to explore a new quest in...
News Fuka & Desco Get A Flashy Trailer For Disgaea 6: Defiance Of Destiny DLC
Grand slam?
About a month ago Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny landed on Nintendo Switch, and despite some performance issues we gave it a hearty recommendation in our review. Its early sales, combined with plenty of predecessors, recently tipped the franchise past 5 million sales - not bad, Dood! It's a full price - a
News Capcom Reports Record Q1 Profits, Monster Hunter Rise Continues To Grow
The hits keep coming
A sentiment we've shared in Nintendo Life Towers, and we suspect is also shared by a number of Switch owners, is that Capcom is on a roll. In this calendar year we've had Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Win
Random Hey, The Switch Is Also Getting A Flight Simulator Game This Week
Who needs that fancy Microsoft version?
If you keep tabs on the latest releases outside the realm of Nintendo, you might have heard about the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator on the Xbox Series X|S this week. Our sister site Pure Xbox has been doing a fantastic job with its coverage of the game by the way. What can Switch owners play though to...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
You've got to give it to Capcom - it's shown some outstanding support for Monster Hunter Rise since the game arrived on the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, and the developer has been rewarded for its efforts having now shifted more than seven million copies worldwide. Following on from the announcement of a new themed...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.11.0 Patch Notes - Seasonal Events, Fixes And More
Return to island life
Nintendo has now released the latest free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It includes new seasonal items and weekly fireworks shows. The patch notes have also been made available on Nintendo's official support page. Apart from the seasonal events, there's also a brief mention of minor adjustments and corrections that...
News What Pokémon Will You Be Using In The Diamond And Pearl Remakes? Nintendo Wants To Know
A classic adventure is about to unfold
Over the past few days, Nintendo has been using social media to remind Switch owners about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. These titles are remakes of the Nintendo DS classics and will be arriving later this year on 19th November. In its latest tweet, the company has now asked Pokémon trainers
Round Up Idea Factory Confirms Its Upcoming Nintendo Switch Releases
Plenty to look forward to...
The publisher Idea Factory International earlier today hosted a special summer event livestream featuring a bunch of different announcements. On the Switch front, it revealed the release dates of three upcoming titles. Here's the full round-up: Mary Skelter Finale - September 30th / October 1st, 2021: The conclusion to...
News James Bond Is Coming To Rocket League (Or His Car Is, Anyway)
License to beep
Rocket League is a game about cars playing football. But are people inside the cars? Apparently not — the cars, like the audience, are filled with sentient eggs, according to actual Rocket League lore — but we like to think that James Bond can be the eggception. Er, exception. 007's iconic Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in...
News Check Out This New Gameplay From Eastward, A Post-Apocalyptic Pixel Art Zelda-Like
Hit a big moth with a frying pan
IGN just published a juicy half-hour long video of gameplay for Eastward, the post-apocalyptic pixel art action-adventure RPG. It's giving us a little bit retro Zelda, a smidgen of Secret of Mana, and a dash of The Last of Us; it also has cooking minigames, environmental puzzles, and frying pan combat. But most of...
News Unbound: Worlds Apart Is Out Now, Bringing Hand-Drawn Puzzle-Platforming To A Switch Near You
Freed from its chains
After five years of work, the gloriously colourful metroidvania Unbound: Worlds Apart is finally finished, and on the Nintendo Switch. You'll play as Soli (the little red mage) who teleports into a strange and savage new place, with the power to open portals which change the very nature of the world by altering gravity, time,...
News Minecraft Dungeons' Echoing Void DLC Is Out Now
The final chapter of the story
Minecraft Dungeons has been getting regular, massive story updates for a while now — Hidden Depths is the last one, which came out in May and added a bunch of stuff in the Ocean biome — but now the "final chapter" is here. Echoing Void is, appropriately, set in The End, and wraps up the story of the Arch-Illager...
Video The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem Gets A Spooky New Gameplay Trailer
See some of the game's levels and minigames
Outright Games has shared a new gameplay trailer for The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem, a new game based on the hit franchise that's set to launch on Switch later this year. As we learned upon its initial announcement back in May, the game is a 3D platform adventure that boasts four-player co-op, complete...
News Metroidvania 'Enter Digiton: Heart Of Corruption' Explores Switch eShop Next Week
And it's fairly cheap, too!
Metroidvanias are plentiful on Switch – and heck, an actual Metroid game is even on the way! – but if you're looking for another one to add to your collection, you might want to keep an eye out for Enter Digiton: Heart of Corruption. The game's launching on Switch next week, published by eastasiasoft, and is said to...
News Digimon Survive Has Been Delayed Yet Again, This Time To 2022
It was originally supposed to launch in 2019
It would appear that Digimon Survive is further away from launch than we thought, with yet another delay resulting in a new and updated '2022' release window. With the game initially revealed to be launching in 2019, but then delayed to 2020, and then
News Sega Shares New Trailer And Screenshots For Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Meet the gang
In just over two months' time, Monkey Ball fans will be reliving the series' glory days with the release of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania on Switch. The remastered compilation rolls onto Nintendo's platform on 5th October, featuring more than 300 stages from GameCube's Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2, as well as Super Monkey...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online SNES Game Ranked
All the SNES games, ranked by you
Update: Now includes Claymates, Jelly Boy and Bombuzal, which are the most recent arrivals on Nintendo Switch Online's SNES app. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below alter. All of the above additions...
News Two Point Hospital Is Free On Nintendo Switch Online For A Limited Time
Update: Game Trial now live!
Update: Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can now check out Two Point Hospital for free for a limited time as part of Nintendo of Europe's latest Game Trials offer. If you enjoy the game and feel like keeping a copy forever, you can then go ahead and purchase Two Point Hospital: JUMBO Edition and its DLC at 30% off...
News As Square's Mana Series Turns 30, Key Figures Discuss Legend Of Mana's Development
A great year for Mana fans
This year, Square's beloved fantasy RPG series, Mana, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The series' first game, Final Fantasy Adventure, first launched in Japan in June 1991, before eventually coming to North America later that year and to PAL regions in 1993. Of course, Nintendo Switch owners have recently been...
News A Special Porygon-Z Will Be Given To Pokémon Sword And Shield Players Next Week
A great addition to your team
Yet another distribution event has been announced for Pokémon Sword and Shield, this time offering players a special Porygon-Z. The Porygon-Z up for grabs is based on one that was used by Jeong Sang-yoon, winner of last year's Pokémon Trainers Cup in Korea; the distribution coincides with the final of this year's...
News Pokémon Unite Update Adds Gardevoir, Charizard Gets Nerfed
Update: Gardevoir now available
Update: As was promised yesterday, new fighter Gardevoir is now available in Pokémon Unite. Alongside the new character's inclusion, it's also been announced that "a few bugs" have been addressed, including an issue that arose when equipping Charizard with the Muscle Band. Game8 reports that the Muscle Band's effect...
News Super Mario Bros. 3 Special Version Jumps Onto The Switch Online NES Library
Fashionably late
The NES Nintendo Switch Online app has had a decent number of Special 'SP' game versions since it launched - these typically give you shortcuts to specific areas of games and apply unique conditions. Somewhat randomly, alongside today's expected addition of 3 SNES games, we now have a Super Mario Bros. 3 SP version (hat-tip to...
News Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online SNES Service With Three More Titles
Update: Out now!
Update [Wed 28th Jul, 2021 08:25 BST]: These games are now available on the Switch Online SNES service. An SP version of Super Mario Bros. 3 has also been added to the NES library. Original article [Wed 21st Jul, 2021 02:45 BST]: It's now the month of July and that means Nintendo is adding even more classic games to its Switch...
News GungHo Doesn't Necessarily Want To "Restrict" Ninjala To Switch Forever
It's just the most suitable platform right now
While it might seem like Ninjala could potentially generate a lot more interest on systems like the Xbox, PlayStation and PC - you know, platforms without a game called Splatoon, GungHo Online Entertainment isn't really interested (at least for now) in releasing the team-based bubble gum brawler...
News Sega Confirms Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania Will Run At 60FPS On Switch
And gives fans another look at the gyro controls
Sega's upcoming release Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania looks incredibly promising but how will it run on the Switch? In a post over on social media, the company has confirmed the latest entry in the series will run at a silky-smooth 60FPS, alongside another look at the gyroscopic controls:
News Nintendo Reminds Us Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Are Coming To Switch
You remember, right?
The Switch releases are in full swing at the moment and there's no sign of things slowing down, either - with games like Sonic Colors Ultimate, WarioWare: Get It Together! and Metroid Dread to follow. One other release to look out for is Pok
News Cosmic Express Is A Constellation Of Train Puzzles Rocketing To Switch
Far out
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE CUTENESS OF COSMIC EXPRESS. This space-themed-train-themed puzzle game about transporting aliens is HARD. Much like being on a real train, you will probably get very stressed and cry. Or is that just us? Cosmic Express — previously known as 'Train Braining' — was conceptualised and prototyped on an actual...
News A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, But You Can Try Anyway Later This Year
Do you want to build a snowmaaaaaan
Yes, yes, we know. The title is incredibly confusing. We can't help it! The name of this wonderful little puzzle game — "A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build" — is really hard to fit in a news headline. But it is indeed coming to Switch later this year, and here's why you should be terribly excited. A Good...
News Ghibli-esque RPG Baldo: The Guardian Owls Finally Gets Launch Release Date
It'll be a hoot
What do you get when you mix Zelda, Studio Ghibli, and Ni No Kuni? You get the best summer holiday of your life, of course, but you also get Baldo: The Guardian Owls, which we've been patiently waiting for since 2019. Now we have just a month to wait, as the developers have announced a release date of August 27th, complete with a...
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