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January2021
News My Time At Portia Sequel To Offer Revamped Character Customisation, Still On Track For Switch
100,000 Steam wishlists unlocks new treats
Back in October, Pathea Games announced that it's working on My Time at Sandrock, a sequel to My Time at Portia that's planned to launch on Switch. Now, thanks to fans eagerly anticipating the new release, the team has confirmed that a new set of customisation features will be added to the game, too. My...
News Think You've Got What It Takes To Beat Nintendo's Pikmin 3 Quiz?
What kind of Pikmin are you?
After a couple of months away, Nintendo's back with a brand new edition of its 'Do You Know Your Nintendo?' video series. This latest episode focuses on Pikmin 3 Deluxe, the recent Switch remake of the real-time strategy series' third entry that first appeared on Wii U, and serves up three questions that are sure to...
News Nintendo Is Buying Luigi's Mansion Studio Next Level Games
Deal will mean an "improvement in development speed and quality"
Nintendo is buying Canadian developer Next Level Games, it has been announced. The studio – which has created titles such as Luigi's Mansion 3, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!! and Metroid Prime: Federation Force – will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nintendo. Next Level...
Video This Newly Discovered Sephiroth Glitch Completely Breaks Every Single Final Smash Attack
"Now, I shall give Smash despair"
A new glitch has seemingly been discovered in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and it's linked to the latest DLC fighter Sephiroth. Under the right conditions, the one-winged angel from Final Fantasy VII can break other character's Final Smash (and the animation of every single move, for that matter) - drastically...
News Immortals Fenyx Rising DLC Release Dates Appear On The Switch eShop
"A New God" could be arriving later this month
Back in November, Ubisoft lifted the lid on its post-launch DLC plans for Immortals Fenyx Rising. There'll be three episodes all up. Season Pass owners will obviously have access to all of them. While there's no official release date just yet, a listing on the European Switch eShop reveals the first...
News Bandai Namco Announces Platinum Edition Of SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays For Switch
Mecha my day
Bandai Namco will be releasing a "Platinum Edition" of SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays for Switch on 25th March in Japan. It'll be priced at 5,980 yen. As you might have already worked out, this version includes the base game along with all of the previously released downloadable content. Here's exactly what will be included,...
News Heck Yeah, Dood! There's A New Gameplay Video For Disgaea 6: Defiance Of Destiny
You could also win a custom Pro Controller
One of the many upcoming titles we're looking forward to in the new year is Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny. In case you forgot, this 'Summer 2021' game will be launched in the West exclusively on the Switch, while in Japan, it'll be getting a PlayStation 4 release, too. To build up some excitment ahead of...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Listed For A Switch Release On Nintendo's Website
Update: Listing is a "mistake", apparently
Update 2: Warhorse's PR Manager Tobi Stolz-Zwilling has now shared the following message on Twitter, explaining how the studio is investigating how the listing appeared on Nintendo's official release schedule in the first place: "As much as I would love a #kingdomcomedeliverance version on Switch -...
News Industry Analysts Are Still Confident We'll See A Switch Pro This Year
Maybe they'll just call it "The New Nintendo Switch" though
GamesIndustry.biz is back with its annual predictions for the year, and it seems like industry experts think it's about to be a big year for Nintendo. Mat Piscatella of NPD, Dr Serkan Toto of Kantan Games, and Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis all predicted that the Switch family...
Random Animal Crossing Meets Hades With These "Chthonic Villagers"
Who needs Raymond, tbh
It's the crossover no one asked for, but we all secretly wanted: Animal Crossing: New Horizons x Hades! Thanks to Twitter user @greatsenpai, AKA Krizzia, we can enjoy the idea of our most favourite Greek gods dwelling in our AC towns. Imagine giving Lion-Achilles a wrapped-up gift of Nectar! Picture a beachside walk with...
News This Free Minecraft Mod Lets You Grow A Garden
Stardew Valley who?
We've been discovering a lot of cool stuff while covering Minecraft's Community Celebration, during which players have been able to download a bunch of free stuff courtesy of Mojang. If you enjoyed the free Farm Life mod, you'll probably love this week's freebie:
Random The Switch Subreddit Is Having A Bit Of A Meltdown
Mods are telling members to pay their rent
Reddit is strange place at the best of times, but it seems like it's particularly weird today. According to Twitter user @beackupburner, one of the Switch subreddits has new moderation, and they're cracking the whip. The Switch subreddit has always been a bit of an odd place. The larger forum by far is...
Reminder Capcom's Switch And 3DS Sale Ends Today, Up To 75% Off
Update: Hours remain in North America
Update: As a quick reminder for our chums in North America, Capcom's current sale on Nintendo Switch and 3DS is ending later today. The deals ended in Europe a few days ago, but North American Switch owners still have a few hours left to snap them up. The offers listed below will vanish at 11:59pm PT...
News Another Ghost-Filled Mansion Comes To Switch In New Puzzler Ghostanoid
With no Poltergust in sight
Mario's bumbling brother may well have sucked up and defeated a whole bunch of ghosts in Luigi's Mansion 3, but this latest Switch game will give you yet another ghost-filled mansion to clean up (and yes, we know Luigi's Mansion 3 is technically set in a hotel, but just go with it). Ghostanoid is a block-breaker arcade...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Fitness And Exercise Games
Get in shape with these Switch games
Cooped up at home and need something to keep you active? Looking to get in shape this year but find the lure of gaming too hard to resist? Worry not, because with Switch it's easy to mix your favourite pastime with a little cardiovascular exercise to get your blood pumping. Below we've collected our picks of the...
Hardware Review 8BitDo's Arcade Stick Grants That Coin-Op Feel To Your Switch
Spare change not required
While analogue control is the preferred means of interacting with console games in 2020, there are many cases where good, old-fashioned digital input is still best. Whether it's a game like Tetris which requires responsive control in the four cardinal directions or a title like Street Fighter II which simply calls for a...
News Got Animal Crossing For Christmas? You Probably Missed Out On The Game's Best Festive Moments
A bit of an oversight, or just hard luck?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers hours of fun all year round, but as veteran players will know, things get even more exciting when in-game events take over your precious island. As you might expect, the festive season is a particularly joyous time – this weekend saw plenty of social media users...
News Nintendo's New Year Switch Sale Discounts Mario Kart, Mario Odyssey, Zelda And More (Europe)
Luigi's Mansion, Skyrim, Dragon Quest and more!
Nintendo of Europe's festive sale may well have only just come to an end, but that doesn't mean the offers have to stop, right? Yes, yet another mighty sale has landed on the Switch eShop, with plenty of top games seeing very welcome discounts. We've gathered up just some of the highlights for you...
UK Charts Animal Crossing Returns To Winning Ways With A New Year's Number One
And Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe makes a comeback
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 2nd January, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has returned to the number one spot. Nintendo's smash hit managed to climb past last week's number one, FIFA 21, to get there, kicking off 2021 with yet more success. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also...
News Our Switch Ports Will Keep Getting Better, Says Conversion Specialist Virtuos
"I’d say we’re several levels higher than less experienced teams"
Virtuos, alongside Panic Button Games, is one of the leading lights in the field of handling ports to the Nintendo Switch. The company has been involved with titles such as Dark Souls: Remastered, L.A. Noire and BioShock: The Collection, and clearly has a solid understanding of...
News Turns Out Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's NPCs Share A Common Bond With The Humble Mii
Facing facts
Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild continues to throw up cool secrets even today, and Twitter user @HEYimHeroic has just unearthed another: the NPCs in the game use an updated version of the Mii face creation tool which first appeared when the Wii was released in 2006. It makes sense that Nintendo would use an existing...
News The Original LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Game Appears To Be Coming To Switch
According to a recent rating
We've already got LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 on the Nintendo Switch, so where's the original game? According to the ESRB, it's on the way... Yep, the 2013 title previously released on the Nintendo DS, 3DS and Wii U appears to have been recently rated by the ESRB in America for the Switch. Obviously, there's been no...
Feature Switch Puts The Arcade Of Your Dreams In The Palm Of Your Hand
Insert coin?
The Switch can be anything anyone wants it to be. It has all the big Nintendo-magic hits you could hope for from the Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon series (we all continue to mourn the extended hibernation of Metroid and F-Zero), a slew of high profile cross-platform gems old and new to suit any budget and taste, and even quirky not-games...
Random Doomguy And Animal Crossing's Isabelle See In The New Year Together On Twitter
"happy new horizons"
Perhaps the most unlikely duo in 2020 was Doomguy and Isabelle. It all started when DOOM Eternal got delayed until 20th March, knocking the release date back to the same day as Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The internet thought it was a match made in
News Capcom To Share "Brand-New Information" About Monster Hunter Rise This Month
"So please stay tuned"
Ahead of Monster Hunter Rise's exclusive Switch launch this March, the game's producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and director Yasunori Ichinose have issued a special new year message. The team intends to share some "brand-new information" at the beginning of this month and asks fans to keep an eye out for that. Monster Hunter Stories...
Random Hades Fan Transforms Last Year's Indie Hit Into A Fully-Functioning Arcade Cabinet
Imagine this in your home
One of the highlights of 2020 was the indie hit Hades by Supergiant Games. The title was one of the best-selling indies on the Switch eShop and we said it was a heavenly trip to hell, awarding it an outstanding ten out of ten stars. As you can probably imagine by now it has got some serious mega fans, and one over on...
News Top Hat Studios Issues Statement Regarding Demands To Censor Sense - A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
"We categorically refuse"
Update: Top Hat has now shared a series of tweets highlighting the messages circulating on social media about Sense - A Cyberpunk Ghost Story and the studio. You can see them in full over on Twitter. Attached to this is a follow-up response: We originally did not want to make this post, as to not accidentally incite a...
Feature Moon Studios On Ori And The Will Of The Wisps' Journey From Xbox To Switch
"A lot of us questioned if this wasn’t just a foolish dream"
The previously unannounced appearance of the remarkable Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Switch eShop last month was a huge and very pleasant surprise. Of course, the really big surprise came last year when Microsoft permitted developer Moon Studios to bring its predecessor Ori and the...
December2020
Round Up Nintendo Life 2020 - A Year In Interviews
So many questions
Throughout 2020 we here at Nintendo Life have spoken to many game developers and industry types, large and small, who have brought their work to Switch. Whether those games have gone on to sell millions or gotten a little lost in the abyss of the Switch eShop, it's always fascinating to get behind-the-scenes insights about what...
Feature Year In Review - A Look Back At Nintendo's 2020
A 2020 recap, plus our most popular reviews and articles
2020 might have put most of us through the wringer to a greater or lesser extent, but it's been a surprisingly strong year from a games perspective. Of course, it's become Nintendo's MO in recent years to concentrate discussion on projects it has in the pipeline for the year in question, so...
News Ubisoft Switch Sale Discounts Immortals Fenyx Rising, Mario + Rabbids And Plenty More
Deals live across Europe and North America
Update: If you've had your eye on any of Ubisoft's current Switch eShop discounts, you'll want to add them to your basket and get them bought ASAP – the sale ends today. You can find all of the discounts available listed below. Original Article (Mon 21st Dec, 2020 12:30 GMT): Rounding off 2020 in style,...
Reminder Bandai Namco 'Winter Meltdown' Sale Ends Today, 25 Switch Games Discounted
Get 'em cheap while you can!
Update: Just like Nintendo's huge 900+ game sale, Bandai Namco's current Winter Meltdown sale is ending today. Only hours remain to grab these games at their discounted prices, so make sure to head on over to the eShop and snap them up while you still can. Original Article (Mon 21st Dec, 2020 15:30 GMT): Following on...
Nintendo Download 31st December (North America)
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled demo and more!
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 - New Releases: #Xmas, Super Puzzles Dream...
Reminder Nintendo's Huge Festive Sale Ends Today, Over 900 Switch Games Discounted (Europe)
It's over 900!
Update: Just in case it had slipped your mind, here's a friendly reminder that Nintendo's monstrous Switch eShop sale is ending today. The deals below, and 900 more on the eShop itself, will all remain live until 11:59pm your local time. So get a move on! Original Article Thu (17th Dec, 2020 14:30 GMT): Nintendo of Europe has...
Reminder It's New Year's Eve In Animal Crossing: New Horizons Today
Head to the plaza for the grand countdown
Today is officially the last day of 2020, and to go out with a bang, your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is hosting a special grand countdown event in the plaza to welcome in the new year. All the animals on your island will be there! Leading up to the big event, players will be able to purchase...
Random Sakurai Won't Be Sharing As Many Smash Ultimate Photos Next Year
Update: And here's his last shot of 2020
Update [Thu 31st Dec, 2020 03:35 GMT]: Masahiro Sakurai has now posted his final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate photo for 2020. Here it is: Original article [Tue 29th Dec, 2020 03:30 GMT]: Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is known on Twitter for uploading photos of Ultimate, but next year he'll slow...
News Skunkape Games Confirms Remasters Of Sam & Max Season 2 And 3
The comic book crime-fighting duo will return
Update [Wed 30th Dec, 2020 00:00 GMT]: Skunkape Games was nice enough to reach out to us, and well, it turns out it has already teased Season 2 on Twitter. Below is an "early look" at a remastered location from the first ep, Ice Station Santa. "We hope that playing Sam & Max Save the World gives...
News Pokémon Café Mix Gets Visited By Chansey And Galar Starters
Take a chans on ey
Who doesn't love Chansey? It's one of the few Pokémon that comes with breakfast! Thanks to Pokémon Café Mix, you can now welcome the eggy round friend into your café. "Work as a team, keep it happy, and it will join the staff," says Nintendo, who've also managed to describe how all of us ended up here at Nintendo Life: by...
News Blathers Finally Gets Some Recognition In 2020's Best Video Game Museums
Hoo hoo! Could it really be...?
It's the GOTY list we've all been waiting for: the best video game museums of 2020! Created by YouTube channel, The MinnMax Show, the shortlist includes The Last of Us Part II, the Final Fantasy VII Remake, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and our personal favourite, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons museum, curated and...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: New Year's Eve Guide - Tom Nook New Year's Items List
The game that saved 2020
While saying that 2020 was a disappointment is a massive understatement, one of the saving graces of this year's tribulations has been the timely release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. This game not only helped us all pass the time in quarantine, but it also allowed many of us to spend time...
UK Charts FIFA 21 Reclaims Top Spot And Switch Titles Rise Despite Week-On-Week Sales Slump
Rise and fall
EA's FIFA 21 has reclaimed the top spot in the UK charts for the week ending December 26th, dethroning the previous top dog, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. FIFA 21 sold 8% more physical copies compared to last week. The embattled Cyberpunk 2077 slumped to eight place (it was third last week), and several evergreen Switch titles also saw...
News A Cyberpunk Ghost Story Will Be Haunting The Switch Soon
Cyberpunk 2083
The clever folks over at eastasiasoft know when is a good time to jump on a bandwagon as they're bringing Cyberpunk 2083 to Switch on 7th January 2021 which is likely to run a lot more smoothly than that old-fangled 2077. Jokes aside, Sense - A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a side-scrolling survival horror which is set in Neo Hong Kong in...
News Nintendo Reveals Its First Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament For 2021
Star power!
It looks like Nintendo is set to continue its weekly events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next year - with the official Smash Bros. Twitter account revealing a special star-themed tournament will be taking place on 1st January 2021. As you might have worked out by now, there'll only be star items available - like the Super Star from...
News Supergiant Shares Hades Voiceover Stats, Charon Hardly Gets A Word In
How many ways can you say "mmmrrhhh"?
It will come as no surprise to any of you that have played it that there's a literal hell of a lot of writing in Hades. 305,433 words, to be precise, according to Supergiant's infographic. "The numbers may not be 100% accurate, depending on how you count," they warn on Twitter, "but should be close." (For...
News These Were The Best-Selling Switch Indie Games Of 2020
Seems like we have great taste
It's been a brilliant year for indie games, if nothing else, and Nintendo's latest Indie World video is proof. With metroidvanias, side-scrolling brawlers, co-op party games and in-depth RPG adventure games all represented on their 16-game long list of bestsellers, it's a pretty good year to own a Nintendo Switch...
News Level-5 Boss Teases 2021 Announcement, Says He Loves Cyberpunk 2077
New game is unlikely to come to the West
Forgive us this moment of subjective praise in a news story, but Level-5 really is one of the best studios out there. They brought us our beloved, behatted mystery-solver, Professor Layton, as well as the underrated gem that is Fantasy Life, and somehow they also managed to develop Ni No Kuni, Yo-Kai Watch,...
Feature Nintendo Switch Ports We'd Love To See In 2021
Hard to port
Over the past few years Switch has become a home to a wide array of quality ports from other platforms. Games from all over have made the jump to Nintendo's handheld hybrid, including smaller mobile hits, cross-console releases from a few years ago and more unexpected and recent multi-platform titles. 2020 was no exception, with some...
Feature The Complete History Of Paper Mario
A look back at all six games in the series
This week sees the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King, the sixth game in the Paper Mario series and the first to arrive on Switch. As our review explains, it’s a thoroughly entertaining entry and one that’s well worth playing, even if the combat system is a bit questionable. The paper-like...
News Nintendo Switch Online Members Get Free Trial Of Crash Team Racing
Update: Now includes Europe!
Update: Europe is now included in this offer, too. Original Story [Mon 28th Dec, 2020 20:30 GMT]: Starting this Wednesday, December 30th and ending on January 5th, anyone from Canada, the US, and Mexico with a Nintendo Switch Onli
News Kirby Developer HAL Laboratory Teases New Projects For 2021
Games, merch and more...
This year marked the 40th anniversary of HAL Laboratory - the Japanese developer behind the long-running series Kirby. In 2020, it released Kirby Fighters 2 on the Switch and brought across the title Part Time UFO to the hybrid system as well. What's on the horizon for 2021 then? In an interview with
News Stardew Valley's 1.5 Update Could Be Ready For Consoles By The End Of January
But there's no "guarantee"
Last week, Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe surprised fans with the release of version 1.5 on the PC. Unfortunately, for console players, they'll just have to wait until early 2021. When exactly could this update arrive then? In his most recent tweet, ConcernedApe said there's a chance of it dropping by the "end" of...
News Hideki Kamiya Says Bayonetta 3's Development Is "Going Very Well"
Why does this sound so familiar?
The last update we got about Bayonetta 3 was back in August, when series creator Hideki Kamiya said development was going fine. So what's the latest on this highly anticipated Switch exclusive? Japanese video game outlet Famitsu recently spoke to Kamiya in an end-of-year interview looking ahead to 2021, and once...
News Pokémon Fans' Raspberry Pi Project Allows Twitch To Play Pokémon Sword
Here we go again
People keep doing amazing things with technology. Last week, it was a chap playing Among Us on the Wii (sort of); this week it's Twitch Plays Pokémon Sword. Reddit user DmitrievStan posted a video of his complicated setup that allows him to stream his Nintendo Switch to T
News Nintendo Collabs With Starlight To Roll Out Hospital-Safe Consoles Across America
Shut up, YOU'RE crying
You may have thought the Nintendo Switch was the ultimate portable console, but you ain't seen nothin' yet. Nintendo's Starlight Gaming Station - not a new console, per se, but a special version of the Switch designed for hospitals and healthcare centres - comes equipped with 25 games, and can be rolled around to different...
News New Minecraft Freebie Lets You Fly To The Centre Of The Earth
Core blimey
In Terra Swoop Force, there is only one rule: Crash less than your friends. In this latest Minecraft freebie, given to players as part of Mojang's festive Community Celebration, the game has been transformed into an incredible flying course. TSF is actually part of a much larger story by the building team Noxcrew, known as "Geo Descent...
News In 2020, Just Dance Was As Popular As Watch Dogs And Mario Kart 8 Sold More Than In 2019
Sales statistics show surprising successes
Numbers are delicious. We're big fans of crunching all that tasty statistical cereal and spitting out interesting fact-nuggets. Remember when we took a look at gamesindustry.biz's "Year In Numbers", and found out that Nintendo Switch owners were the most likely to own another console? Well, we're back with...
News Lovecraftian Text Adventure The Innsmouth Case Is Out On Switch Today
Nintendo Lich
Little Tabitha Marsh has disappeared, and let's just say that Innsmouth is not the sort of place you'd want to be disappearing in. With a cast of over 30 creepy, weird, and suspicious characters to interview (and 27 different ways to meet an early end), The Innsmouth Case is a story game that's all about trying to avoid whatever fate...
Feature 8 Games That Could Really Benefit From A Modern Remake On Switch
How about revisiting and repairing some flawed gems?
Ever since the rumour that several 3D Super Mario remasters may be coming to Switch, we've been champing at the bit to experience those classics again on Switch. Say what you like about Switch ports but if they're treated with the care and respect they deserve, we're all for bringing...
Feature The Best Hidden Gems And Overlooked Switch Games Of 2020
Great games that might have passed you by
Another year, another huge pile of excellent new vidya games sitting on Switch eShop. If you managed to play everything that caught your eye this year, we're deeply envious! With so many great games, it was once again hard to keep up, even when many people found themselves with some unexpected free time in...
Feature How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Brought Me Closer To My Dad During Lockdown
Nintendo's life sim brings people together in more ways than one
When my dad first brought home a Nintendo Switch for the family to share at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, I couldn’t wait to finally start playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons like all of my friends had been for weeks. I mainly looked forward to collecting all of the custom...
News This "Impossible" Glitch Could Change The Way You Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Forever
Want to keep the Bow of Light? Now you can
Zelda: Breath of the Wild has remained one of the Switch's most popular games despite being released right at the start of the console's life back in 2017. Since its release, fans have spent countless hours trying to unearth all of its secrets and master the strategies that will allow them to speed-run it...
Soapbox I've Been Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons Wrong All This Time, But No More
Take a walk on the (re)wild side
Do whatever you like, however you like – that’s the Animal Crossing: New Horizons mantra. There’s no big bad boss to defeat, and no final destination to struggle towards. Instead, New Horizons offers players complete freedom to create and develop their island paradise however they like. Or so it might seem...
Poll What Was Your Favourite Animal Crossing: New Horizons Event Of 2020?
Event Horizons
Contrary to previous games in the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was very much 'incomplete' when it launched back in March. In a move that upset time travellers the world over, Nintendo made the decision to roll out annual events in the game via updates throughout the year. While this had the benefit of keeping buzz about the...
Feature The Making Of Streets Of Rage 4, By The People Who Made It Happen
"With that reality came pressure, but so much joy and excitement as well"
It took twenty-five years, but Streets of Rage 4 finally delivered a cracking sequel to Sega's beloved pugilism series, no small feat given just how many gamers hold the franchise in enormously high regard. Nintendo Life caught up with the teams at DotEmu, Guard Crush Games...
News Celebrate New Year In Animal Crossing With Some Yummy Seasonal Food Items
"Get those orders in ASAP!"
If you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons over the past week, you'll already know how exciting this time of year can be in the game with Toy Day celebrations and even thick snow falling in the northern hemisphere for the first time. As the animals
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Gets A Free Classic Mode Update In January
Revives "old-school gameplay"
As we get closer to the end of the year, you might be starting to wonder what there is to look forward to early on in 2021. One game that might be worth revisiting in the month of January is Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. This Castlevania tribute has been updated repeatedly since its arrival on the Switch last...
Feature Nintendo Life's Alternative Game Awards 2020
Best Switch Icon, Most Long-Winded Title, Best Late Arrival and more!
It's GOTY time, people! Yes, as 2020 draws to a close, the internet is flooded with customary lists touting the best whatever of the year (with Hades rightfully being at the top of most of them). We've had our say — and so have you — but today we're going to have some
Review Space Invaders Forever - One Great Game Does Not A Great Package Make
We'd rather have a packet of Space Raiders
It’s probably a contentious thought, but does Space Invaders really need to keep coming back? We get it, the game was important. Is it fun to play Space Invaders in the year of our lord 2020? God, no. Not in the slightest. The game, in anything close to its original form, simply doesn’t hold up. But...
Feature The Dark Secrets Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Stalk Market
What kind of turnip trader are you?
If you’re anything like millions of other global-pandemic-lockdown Switch gamers, you’re on a vicarious head-in-sand holiday in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Strolling the beach, shopping windows, listening to chirping insects and lapping waves… you’ve seen this “Stalk Market” thing – interesting,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (Christmas Special)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
With our Game of the Year decided and our bellies gratefully full of Christmas dinner, we're here to chat about our weekend gaming plans for one last time in 2020. Members of the NL team have done exactly that below, and we'd love for you to join in with your own entries via our comment section. Enjoy! Oh,...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2020
A great year for games, at least
2020 is all but over (good riddance!) and it's time to look back and survey the gaming battleground. Despite this year being a particularly ugly one for practically all of us, we've been lucky enough to enjoy some incredible games throughout the year which have helped to restore our spirits in our down time, enforced...
Feature 6 Things My Three-Year-Old Taught Me About Video Games, Via Animal Crossing
Moo.
When a cutie-bunny-hedgehog-kitty game comes out alongside Doom Eternal and Doom 64, it’s a test of self-confidence for a grown man to take it to the shop counter. Failing that test despicably, I invented the weak and unnecessary excuse that I could play Animal Crossing: New Horizons with my little boy. Working at home during the UK's...
Guide Got Yourself A New Nintendo Switch? Do These Things First
Get started with Switch
So you've got yourself a lovely new Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite and don't know how to even begin setting it up? You've come to the right place! In this beginner's guide, we're going to break down all of the things you should do first to help you get set up. That includes setting up a bunch of new accounts, getting the...
Feature The Minds Behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons
And all the other Animal Crossings
We recently we took a brief look at the history of Animal Crossing, from Japan's Animal Forest for Nintendo 64 and its GameCube conversion up to and including the latest entry on Switch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Obviously there are many unsung heroes when it comes to the development of any video game, with...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Ports Of 2020
The 10 most remarkable ports to come to Switch this year
For nearly four years now, we'd estimate there's one question more than any other that developers and PR people of the world's cutting edge video games have heard and perhaps come to dread: "Is it coming to Switch?". Those responsible for delivering the latest and greatest video games must be...
News Smash-Like Brawler Indie Pogo Is Coming To Switch With All DLC Included
And Meat Boy joins as a new fighter
Platform brawler Indie Pogo is heading to Nintendo Switch early next year, it's been confirmed. The news arrives alongside a very timely new character reveal in the shape of Super Meat Boy Forever's Meat Boy. The game is a Smash-like arena fighter for one-to-four players which stars a number of indie favourite...
Feature Nintendo Life's Switch Game Of The Year 2020
NL's staff picks for the Nintendo Switch GOTY 2020
As 2020 draws to a close (finally!) and the fresh-faced 2021 peeks at us from over the horizon, it's time to look back at the best Switch games to release over the past 360-odd days. In what ended up being an extremely tough year for many people, there were positives to be found — at least in the...
Nintendo Download 24th December (North America)
Wingspan! Bit.Trip! Cube Life!
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: WINGSPAN (Monster Couch, 29th Dec, $19.99) -...
News Zelda Fan Recreates Breath Of The Wild Map In Minecraft
Mine-ish Cap
If we could really have anything we wanted for Christmas, we'd ask for Santa to go into our brains, Eternal Sunshine-style, and erase all traces of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not in a bad breakup, "I never want to see you again" way, but so we could play it all over again, and remember what it was like to be happy. (Just...
Reminder Today Is Toy Day In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The most wonderful time of the year
In case it had slipped your mind, here's a friendly reminder that today is the wonderful, magical time of year known as Toy Day in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. If you're not the sort who jumps into the game every single day regardless, you might want to make an exception today to see all of the festive fun...
Reminder What's The Best Switch Game Of 2020? It's Time To Rate Your Favourites
Switch GOTY 2020 incoming!
Update: Thanks to everyone who has participated so far! We'll be publishing the full top 50 tomorrow, but there's still time to rate your favourite games of 2020 beforehand. We've tinkered around behind the scenes and the not-very-shortlist below now only includes 2020 games we've reviewed on Nintendo Life. If you want to...
Video Square Enix Releases New Trailer For Switch Exclusive Bravely Default II
Introducing the country of Wiswald
Following on from the release of a 'final demo' last week, Square Enix has now shared a new clip for Bravely Default II. Although the entire video is in Japanese, the source Gematsu gives us some insight about the location on show: "Wiswald is a country established by mages. Mages have dedicated themselves to...
News Ubisoft's Online Store Lists The Prince Of Persia Remake For Switch (Again)
Really, Ubisoft?
Ubisoft, it's time to own up...is the Nintendo Switch getting the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake or not? In today's update about the rumoured Nintendo version of this game, Ubisoft's official online store has a page where you can pre-order the game right
News Cube Life: Island Survival Comes To Switch On 26th December
Making Boxing Day even boxier
Ah, December 26th. The one day of the year when it is fully acceptable to lie on the sofa all day, playing video games. (What do you mean, that's every day?) When we're all pickled from booze, rounder than a Christmas pudding, and totally gifted out, there's nothing we love more than... more shopping? Well, get used to...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting A 'Dark Reunion' Tournament On Christmas Day
Bah humbug!
If you end up getting a copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Christmas, or if you're really not in the festive mood and have a copy already, you might want to spend a bit of time jumping into the game's next tournament event. Starting on 25th December, a new Tourney called 'Dark Reunion' will be taking place in-game, exclusively...
News Capcom Shows Off More Footage Of Ghosts 'N Goblins Resurrection
And it's looking really promising
The announcement of Ghosts 'N Goblins Resurrection certainly came out of the blue. While the franchise was once one of Capcom's most famous efforts, it has fallen by the wayside in recent years, so it was a nice surprise to see the Japanese veteran dust this one off for another adventure. The hosts of the Japanese...
News 1999 Neo Geo Fighter Fatal Fury: First Contact Has Just Surprise-Launched On Switch
Terry's back with another '90s classic
Fatal Fury: First Contact, a fighting game that released on the Neo Geo Pocket Color back in 1999, has just appeared out of nowhere on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Merry Christmas! Heavily based on arcade fighter Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, which launched just a year before it in 1998, the game features the likes of...
News What Are Your Most-Played Switch Games This Year? Find Out With Nintendo's Year In Review
Update: Emails begin distribution in Europe
Update: While Switch owners in Europe haven't been able to get in on the fun with Nintendo's Year In Review website, emails from Nintendo have now started to be sent out to fans with the same information included. If you happen to receive one of these emails, it'll be sent to the address that's linked to...
News Shadow Gangs Is Like Shinobi, But With Freddie Mercury As An End-Of-Level Boss
And yes, it's coming to Switch
Back in the '80s and '90s, you couldn't move for side-scrolling action platformers packed with ninjas. Shinobi. Shadow Dancer. Bad Dudes. Taking inspiration from Hollywood's late-'80s obsession with all things ninja, these titles became arcade smash hits and captivated a whole generation of players. Ninjas in 2020,...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Sephiroth joins the battle
Nintendo's latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which includes Sephiroth, is now live. Apart from the antagonist from Final Fantasy VII, there are new spirits, a bunch of DLC outfits including Geno from Super Mario RPG and various other changes and fixes to improve the overall game experience. There are some...
News Switch Owners "Most Likely" To Own A Rival Console, 2020 Study Shows
Console also scores highly in 'bestselling' and 'worst game' categories
Our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz love crunching the numbers and turning them into lovely charts, and we love reading them. Their "Year In Numbers" for 2020 shows a pandemic-fuelled frenzy of video game spending, with a 21% increase in the value of the console market,...
News Platforming Shooter Gravity Heroes Comes To Switch In January
Won't have to weight too long for this
Gravity Heroes is a 2D retro-styled arena shooter with a twist: not only do you control the little guy with a gun, but you also control gravity itself. By switching up the gravitational pull of the room, you can walk on the walls and the ceiling, and even dodge incoming hurt. You'll also have the option to...
Video New Pokémon Sword And Shield Trailer Explores Galar Attenborough-Style
A wild trailer appeared
Just in case you hadn't yet explored the wonderous environments of Pokémon Sword and Shield's Galar region, Nintendo's here with a brand new trailer which explores everything it has to offer. Centring around the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra – the two areas added to the game via the DLC Expansion Pass – the video...
News $2 Puzzle Game Kolumno Will Help You Pass The Time On Christmas Eve
Cheap, but challenging
Launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop on 24th December is Kolumno, a simple yet challenging puzzle game. As you can see from the trailer above, the idea itself is pretty straightforward – players must wait for the right moment before making a ball fall through a series of intricate moving columns. There's more to it than...
News Play Ubisoft's Free Browser Game To Unlock Rewards And Store Discounts
Get an extra 21% off already-reduced games
Ubisoft has launched a Google Chrome Dinosaur-like minigame to play online, rewarding those who do with some nice little freebies and store discounts. You can go ahead and play the game here; you simply tap the space bar to jump (double-tap to double jump) and try to stay alive for as long as possible...
News Story Of Seasons And Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin Helped XSEED Games To A Record-Breaking Year
And 2021 looks bright, too
XSEED Games, a publishing arm of Marvelous USA, has announced that the company has this year surpassed previous highest-sales and fastest-selling records worldwide. The company has launched a new video showcasing what it describes as one of its "strongest years," with a diverse range of farming sims, RPGs, action games...
News Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart Of The Forest Brings The Tabletop RPG To Switch
Launching early next year
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest has scored an early 2021 launch on Nintendo Switch, it's been confirmed. Inspired by the fan-favourite tabletop RPG Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Heart of the Forest launched on Steam just a couple of months ago to 'very positive' user reviews. It's said to be a "beautifully...
Guide Last Minute Christmas Games For Your Nintendo Switch
The best games across all genres for your new Switch or Switch Lite
Whether you've been riding the Switch train since Nintendo's hybrid handheld launched or you're just jumping on board this Christmas, there's no shortage of great games to play on Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite. But which Switch games are the best? There are so many to choose from,...
News Pokémon Sword And Shield Version 1.3.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
More fixes
Have you played through Pokémon Sword and Shield's Part 2 DLC yet? If not, now might be the perfect time to return - with Game Freak rolling out version 1.3.1 right before Christmas. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of the Nintendo UK website: Ver. 1.3.1 (Released 22 December 2020): Fixed a number of issues so that gameplay is...
News River City's Kunio And Riki Join 3D Arena Brawler Mighty Fight Federation
"New warriors approaching"
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