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Random People Are Recording Concerts On Their 3DS Consoles, And We Love It
A new level of immersion
We've never really been fans of the idea of buying an expensive ticket for a concert only to spend the 2 hours or so it's likely to last holding some sort of recording device up in the air, watching the whole thing through the lens of a screen. Call us old fogeys, but to us, concerts are one of few experiences in life where...
Random DOOM Fan Has A Novel Way To Display A Destroyed Switch Cartridge
Rip and tear
Over the last week or so, word has got out that Limited Run Games is requesting a select few users destroy their DOOM cartridges owing to an issue relating to Nintendo Account connections. The company is apparently requesting users "disable" their media and send proof before any replacement copy is sent out, citing "international...
Random Mario Would Feel Quite At Home In Elden Ring's World
Mushroom Limgrave?
Mario has seen his fair share of locale over the years, from the tropical paradise of Isle Delfino to the bustling streets of New Donk City, and even... well, outer space. With not an ounce of fear in his heart, our favourite plumber takes to new challenges with gusto, but do we think he would last in Elden Ring's vast and deadly...
Random Here's Why Wolfenstein 3D On SNES Replaced Dogs With Rats
"You can't shoot dogs!"
We love a good documentary here at Nintendo Life, and CREATORVC's upcoming film, First Person Shooter, looks like it will fill a big gap in our lives. Shooting for a Q4 2022 release, this 3+ hour documentary is all about the genre's rise. Ahead of its release later this year, CREATORVC has shared a six-minute snippet with IGN...
Random Kanye West's E3 Game Pitch To Miyamoto Was Apparently "Very Moving"
"Wow!"
It's no secret at this point that Kanye West wanted to work with Nintendo on a video game idea. The presidential candidate and occasional rapper pitched an idea to the publisher but was ultimately rejected, with Reggie Fils-Aime himself "politely declining" the opportunity to work with Mr. West. Now, thanks to a story related by Twitch...
Random The Octopath Traveler Composer Wrote Music For A Yu-Gi-Oh Game
It's time to b-b-b-b-b-b-b-boost!
We can imagine that one of the most fun things about being a video game composer (except, you know, writing music for a video game) is the variety of projects you'll get to work on. One time you might be writing music for a cyberpunk action-adventure game, then your next project might be a cute and cuddly...
Random This Pokémon Fan Now Owns A Second Incredibly Rare Official Pokécar
Lugia joins Pikachu for a double battle
What is the ultimate piece of merch? A limited-edition game console? A rare print of a game? A giant plush? Well, Tiktok user Mewisme700 might just have the answer to this burning question that not even a burn heal will cure. This Pokémon Fan and merchandise collector has shared a video on her Tiktok showing...
Random Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Players Really Want Nintendo To "Fix" Coconut Mall
MK Tour's version of the Wii track includes moving cars
If you're played the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC wave, you've likely noticed some differences with the Wii track Coconut Mall. The major thing players don't seem to be happy about are the static cars just before the final turn. Nintendo recently reminded everyone to check out Coconut Mall in MK8D...
Random WWE's Stone Cold Steve Austin Says Breath Of The Wild Is The Best Zelda Game
"That's a bold choice"
Wrestling and video games go together pretty perfectly, so it perhaps shouldn't be a surprise when some of the world's most famous wrestling superstars have some strong opinions. However, if there's one wrestler that fans might be surprised to hear talk about video games, it's the legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Hall...
Random WWE Superstar 'The Miz' Really Wants To Be Johnny Cage In The Next Mortal Kombat Movie
"I have been working on my splits"
Last year, the Mortal Kombat movie series got a reboot, banking $22.5 million at its domestic box office opening in the US. Although we got to see quite a lot of the Mortal Kombat cast, not everyone featured in the movie. One, in particular, that was missing was Johnny Cage. Fortunately, a sequel has been...
Random The F-Zero X Announcer's Voice Was Inspired By Ridge Racer
This is just what I wanted to see!
Inspiration can come from all sorts of places, and that's certainly the case for part of F-Zero X. Former associate producer at Nintendo of America, Jim Wornell, has revealed the inspiration for the game's announcer's voice. And it came from certain other popular racing game from the '90s — Ridge Racer. In an...
Random This Star Fox LEGO Arwing Set Deserves A Barrel Roll Full Of Votes
Jeez laweez!
It's always a fantastic day when we get to talk about people's lovely LEGO Ideas sets, especially when they're based on Nintendo things! We've seen attempts to get Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, and even a Kirby set made — or sometimes even get enough votes to be considered by the strict LEGO jury — but we t
Random Metroid Prime's Logo Went Through 53 Different Iterations
"I wanted to blow my brains out"
Anyone with a background in graphic design or illustration knows just how many different iterations of a logo are required before landing on the perfect end result. It can be a taxing process, but when it comes to a massive game like Metroid Prime, the time and effort is undoubtedly worth it when you see just how...
Random Wario Really Wanted You To Shop At TESCO In 2009
Every little helps 'n' all that
If you cast your minds back to the mid 2000s, you'll remember that the WarioWare series was just starting to take off, with the launch of WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! in 2003 making a big splash on GBA. The earlier titles in the series didn't feature much voice acting, and it wasn't until the 3DS entry WarioWare...
Random Of Course Someone Has Already Smashed Their TV Playing Switch Sports
Update: It's happened again
Update [Tue 3rd May, 2022 03:15 BST]: Unsurprisingly, this isn't an isolated case. It seems there are other Switch users out there who are also not bothering to wear a Joy-Con wrist strap when playing Nintendo Switch Sports. Here's another player who has supposedly smashed their television while playing this new release...
Random Resident Evil Is The Latest Franchise To Get Its Own 'Heardle'
"What're yer listenin' to?"
It seems folks are still jumping on the hype train after the roaring success of Wordle, the bite-sized daily word game from creator Josh Wardle. We've seen spin-offs involving the world of Pokémon and the craze is even branching into music with the likes of Heardle. With the music game becoming successful in its own...
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Glitch Lets You Break Metallic Treasure Chests
Doing so yields some bizarre results
More than five years after the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the glitches just keep on coming. The latest comes courtesy of YouTube channel Gaming Reinvented, a regular when it comes to glitch discoveries. You know the metallic treasure chests hidden around the land of Hyrule? The ones...
Random Nintendo Switch Sports Contains A Neat Easter Egg In Its Credits
Let's play ball!
Nintendo Switch Sports has just launched worldwide and gamers are swinging their Joy-Con like it's 2006 all over again (in fact, one poor soul has already chucked a Joy-Con straight into his television set). It's a neat return for the franchise that boasts some fun sporting events and solid presentation, but we thought the game was...
Random Pixel Artist Reimagines Super Mario Sunshine As A GBA Release
Fun in the sun
Super Mario Sunshine is arguably one of the best 3D Mario games ever released, but have you ever wondered what it might look like if it was ported across to the Game Boy Advance around the same time as its original GameCube release in 2002? If you have, wonder no more - as a pixel artist known as 'huttaburger' on Twitter has...
Random Of Course "This Is Miyamoto" Has Become A Meme
Here are some of our favourites
We're sure the delay of the Super Mario animated movie has sent shockwaves around the world. Originally on course for a 22nd December release, the film — starring Chris Pratt as the Italian plumber — has been pushed back to April 2023. In the early hours of the morning (for many of us!), Shigeru Miyamoto and...
News Nintendo Australia Finally Adds Search Functionality To Its Web Store
It's been MIA for quite a while
It seems almost unthinkable for a major website to leave out one of the most vital methods of site navigation in 2022. Yet after launching digital games on its online web store in December 2021, Nintendo Australia neglected to allow users to search for specific games. That means for a good four months or so, users...
Random This Stunning Final Fantasy VI 'Terra Magitek Armour' Statue Costs A Small Fortune
How much gil!?
Final Fantasy VI merchandise has up jumping out of our seats in excitement. The much-beloved sixth entry in the legendary Final Fantasy series — which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year — rarely gets much attention from Square Enix. That's despite a successful PC and mobile remaster earlier this year as part of the
Random Another Look At The Super Mario Galaxy DS Fan Project
A "short public demo" has also been released
Super Mario Galaxy is easily one of the best 3D Mario games and was a hit when it was originally released on the Wii in 2007. Have you ever wondered what it would look like if this game was made available on the Nintendo DS instead? While there's been hoaxes and more in the past, as you might recall -...
Random Devolver Cheekily Prods Sega Over Sonic Origins Pre-Orders
To promote Trek to Yomi
Ahhh, you can always count on Devolver Digital to take the bull by the horns and have fun with any kind of situation. And this time, Sega is the butt of the joke. Earlier this week, Sega's long-awaiting Sonic compilation, Sonic Origins, got an official release date of 23rd June after a few days of leaks. And while some...
Random Have A Listen To Nintendo Switch Sports' Main Theme
Retains that Wii Sports vibe
Nintendo is cranking up its advertising for next week's Nintendo Switch Sports. Makes sense — this is their Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort successor, and a lot of people are rightfully excited. One of Wii Sports' most defining parts is its iconic title screen music. It's an absolute jam, and we challenge you not to...
Random Chrono Cross Director Rereleased Radical Dreamers To Stop Scalpers
"Fine, go on then"
Whatever your misgivings are with the recent Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, we can all agree that it absolutely has some good things going for it. One of the best is that the rerelease doesn't just contain the PlayStation classic Chrono Cross, but the Satellaview visual novel Radical Dreamers, which had never seen an...
Just imagine the land of Hyrule on the big screen
As you've probably already noticed, video games are all the rage in Hollywood right now. Sonic the Hedgehog is flying high, Halo just got its own television series, and later this year Super Mario will be getting an animated movie. Of course, talks have popped up about what other Nintendo franchises...
Random Nintendo Might Not Be As Old As You Think
Or it could be even older
There is plenty of Nintendo's history that is well established, especially the more recent period of its video game business. Of course, the company goes much further back with an assortment of previous business ventures, with the original and most famous being Hanafuda and playing cards. It would eventually establish...
Random Power Up Your Tree With These Mario, Zelda, And Pokémon Ornaments
Sonic and Animal Crossing too
We hear you — it's April. Why are we talking about the Holiday season now? Honestly, some days, it still feels cold enough to be the winter season. Some people also get planning for the season very early. And the Holidays fill most people with joy, right? Well, we're bringing you some Nintendo-themed Holiday joy this...
Video Mass Effect Gets Advance Wars-Style GBA Demake
"It's 2001 and you're playing Mass Effect on your GBA"
Have you ever wondered what Mass Effect would look like if it was transformed into an Advance Wars-style game? YouTube channel 64 Bits has uploaded its own 'demake' of a Mass Effect Advance Wars-inspired game, which is part of a larger series of demakes. It's officially titled "Advance Effect:...
Random This Tool Lets You Play 'Just Dance' With Your Joy-Con On Any Console
But you'll need some tech know-how
We're the lucky ones on the Switch. Just Dance allows us to get straight into the groove of things by letting us use our Joy-Con. To play the 2022 version on either Xbox Series X, Series S, or PlayStation 5, however, you need to download an app on your phone. Alright, that's not really a lot of extra hassle, is...
Random A Terrible Mario Game Somehow Made Its Way Onto The Xbox Store
Don't worry, it's gone now
We've seen our fair share of poor recreations of Super Mario games over the years, but somehow one of the worst examples managed to make its way onto the Xbox Store - at least for a little while. The brilliantly titled Supertan Marioner 3D Infinity World Adventures is sadly no longer available to play, but perhaps this...
Random The Weird And Wonderful Super Mario Bros. Anime Is Now Available In 4K
Doing what Nintendon't, again
Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach! has been given the 4K treatment and is now available to watch online. The anime, originally released in 1986 after the success of Super Mario Bros. on the NES, has been available to watch online for quite a while, but this marks the first time the movie has...
Random Princess Peach Could've Looked Very Different According To Early Merch
Update: There's another rare pair out there somewhere
Update: It turns out the shoes were in fact made! While they are pretty rare, there was a sales listing for them in the last year or so. Thanks, bluesun for sharing that with us! Gako Miyao also spoke about these shoes back in 2017, referring to "two types". We've seen one, of course, but we...
Random Nintendo Didn't Know What A Bounty Hunter Was Before Metroid Prime
"A space adventurer with a heart of gold"
Earlier today, we shared a brand new Did You Know Gaming? video (see below) that discussed the development history behind the original Metroid Prime. From its start as a three protagonist-lead fight against eugenics to its eventual shift to a first-person Samus Aran-starring game, it's safe to say the...
Random Test Your Sonic Music Knowledge With 'Sonic Heardle', A Musical Take on Wordle
Listen & Learn
It's still 2022, and Wordle is still a thing. The popular online word game — which The New York Times bought earlier in the year — took over social media for weeks. And while the furor has died down a little, it hasn't stopped many from jumping on the craze. You could play Wordle on your old Game Boy if you so wanted, or perhaps...
Random Krystal's OG Voice Actor Reprises Role For Half-Life 2 Mod
This Star Fox member is going on a new adventure
A modder known as Gagnetar previously released a Half-Life 2 mod that replaced Alyx Vance with Krystal from the Star Fox series. Now, in an update, the same individual has taken this mod to the next level - by getting the original VA of Krystal, Estelle Ellis, to re-record Alyx's dialogue in the voice...
Random "Chunky Cute Aesthetic" In New Pixar Movie 'Turning Red' Influenced By Nintendo Games
Director took inspiration from Pokémon, EarthBound and Zelda
Disney and Pixar have just released their latest animated movie Turning Red. It's about a 13-year-old girl named Mei Lee who becomes a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited or feels a certain way. It turns out the "chunky cute aesthetic" throughout the movie was influenced by...
Random A Novelisation For Zelda: A Link To The Past Had A Very Different Name For Link
It's not as glamorous as you might expect
The Legend of Zelda franchise has seen its fair share of adaptations over the years. One of the most recognisable (and one of few that is still in print to this day) is the manga adaptation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. In lesser-known circles, the game also happened to receive a novelisation...
Random This Artist's Majora's Mask X TNG Mash Up Is Too Good For This World
Night bird!
If you like yourself some Star Trek — and what intelligent, attractive person doesn't? — there's certainly plenty of it around at the moment. New series, new films, new games; it's a bountiful time for fans of the final frontier. Star Trek: Picard is currently deep into its second season, with the full main cast of The Next...
Random Classic Kirby Goes Supersize With This Irresistible 30th Anniversary Plush
More to squeeze and more to love
Did you know Kirby's 30th birthday is coming up soon? The pink puffball's 30th anniversary is on 27th April, which is when Kirby's Dream Land first came out in Japan in 1992. He wasn't pink here then, due to a misunderstanding and the Game Boy's lack of colour, but we know the truth, Nintendo. There are already a...
Random These Pokémon Nail Polishes Will Ensure You Can Win Any Beauty Contest
There's a type for everyone
The Pokémon series pretty much has the market in the palm of its hand when it comes to the amount and variety of merchandise that it has. So no one is going to bat an eyelid at Pokémon nail polish, right? Japanese beauty brand uka has created a line of Pokémon-inspired nail lacquers. This is the latest in the brand's...
Random 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim's Switch Case Hides An Adorable Secret
There are surprises before you even start the game!
Vanillaware's latest title, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, finally landed on Switch yesterday, letting you bring the mystery-laden, mecha-battling, mind-bending story on the go with you. But if you have a physical release of the game, it seems like the surprises start even before you get a chance to boot...
Random You Can Get Boney's Sneaky Disguise From Mother 3 In Plush Form
And the claymen too!
If you're one of the lucky ones and have been able to play Mother 3, you might remember a section where Lucas and his trusty canine companion Boney have to get into a club. When arriving at the club, the pair are turned away because the venue has a strict "no animals" policy. So, how do you sneak your four-legged friend inside a...
Random See Inside The Real-Life Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aquarium Stamp Rally
Japan-only!
Back in 2021, Japanese aquarium Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise held an Animal Crossing: New Horizons tie-in event, which allowed visitors to take part in a real-life stamp rally just like in the game. Obviously, there was zero hope that most of us could visit without already being in Japan, but luckily for us, one insider recorded...
Random Get A First Proper Look Inside The Former Nintendo HQ Hotel
Looks like Masahiro Sakurai stayed recently, too
A week ago, 'Marufukuro', the former Nintendo HQ that has been turned into a hotel, opened to the public. Based in Kyoto, the building is hugely iconic for Nintendo fans, with many of them posing outside in front of the old sign. It's actually where the company was making playing cards and began...
Random Japan's Capcom Café Is Hosting A Monster Hunter X Haikyuu! Event
Volleybombadgy
What more natural collaboration could there be between a monster-hunting video game and an anime series about volleyball? Don't answer that. It's rhetorical. Capcom has partnered with massively-popular anime Haikyuu to present Haikyuu/Monster Hunter Rise-themed food and collectibles in the Capcom Café Aeon Lake Town store and the...
Random Surprise, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Looks Very Similar To The Movies
Scene comparison shared online
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released earlier this month and encompasses all nine mainline movies in the 'Skywalker' timeline: the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and... those other ones. Anyway, we rather liked the game and gave it a lovely 9/10 in our review, which you should absolutely read! Further...
Random Kingdom Hearts 4 Was Hidden In This Artwork All Along
Upcoming title now in development
Update [Mon 11th April, 2022 10:45 BST]: Tetsuya Nomura's completed artwork was shown off for the series' 20th Anniversary event, and to coincide with the announcement of Kingdom Hearts 4, the artwork itself features the new-look Sora from the upcoming title. Should we have spotted this sooner? Perhaps. The...
Random Here's Why Nintendo Doesn’t Want You Using The Word "Nintendo" To Describe Video Games
"There's no such thing as a Nintendo"
If you’ve trundled around the internet for as long as we have, you may have come across a 1990 store poster from Nintendo, correcting its users on how to use the word "Nintendo". While this ad may come across as Mario lecturing your grandmother with a lesson in grammar, when this image first hit the internets...
