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Gallery Shigeru Miyamoto's Exclusive Tour Of Super Nintendo World: Donkey Kong Country
The doors open this December
Super Nintendo World's new themed area Donkey Kong Country opens this December in Japan, and ahead of this, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has taken fans on an exclusive tour. Here's the full rundown from the latest Nintendo Direct. Enjoy! <toc> Entering Donkey Kong Country To enter Donkey Kong Country, you'll need...
News 'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Wii Sports Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Relive the glory days of Wii
The new Switch Online music mobile app Nintendo Music has today been updated with 30 tracks from Wii Sports. If you boot up the app, you can now listen to songs like the game's theme, the main menu song, the catchy Tennis player selection, training and results music, the bowling soundtrack, and much more. All up, this...
News My Nintendo Store Reveals Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Pre-Order Bonuses & Bundle (UK)
In the bag
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD's 16th January 2025 release date might still feel like a long way off, but the new year is rapidly approaching and Nintendo is getting the hype train a-moving with a first look at some pre-order bonuses. My Nintendo Store UK has today provided a peek at some of the merch that will come bundled with DKCRHD...
News Nintendo Has Seemingly Taken Possession Of The Ryujinx Switch Emulator Website
After being taken offline last month
Last month, Switch emulator Ryujinx was forced offline after Nintendo contacted its owner to arrange its removal. While there were rumblings that the emulator might not be completely dead a few weeks back, it seems that Nintendo has now taken official ownership of the website, presumably to stop anything from...
Random GameChops' New 'Zelda & Jazz II' Album Is More Chilled Than The Hebra Mountains
Moblin Club, nice
Pour yourself a strong beverage, grab your swankiest hat and get your clicking fingers ready because game music cover label GameChops has teamed up with the chilled-out jazz group The Deku Trio for another relaxing rendition of some of our favourite Zelda tunes. Fittingly titled 'Zelda & Jazz II', the latest album is a...
News Nintendo's Lawsuit Against Palworld Is "A Clear Case Of Bullying", Says Analyst
The drama continues
Patent analyst Florian Mueller has released an extensive examination into the lawsuit filed against Palworld developer Pocketpair from Nintendo. In it, he describes Nintendo's actions as "a clear case of bullying" against Pocketpair, citing the former's status as a "far older and larger company" with "extensive experience in...
News Nintendo Direct Announced For Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Expansion
Tune in for a 10-minute tour
A Nintendo Direct is on the way, folks. This one, however, won't feature any upcoming Switch games, nor any information on the elusive 'Switch 2'. Instead, Nintendo will be showcasing a 10-minute look at the new Donkey Kong Country expansion for Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan. The broadcast will take...
You 'Ware it well
Welcome once again to Catch-up Crew, where Nintendo Life staffers assemble for a mission to explore an old classic, with veterans leading new recruits into the unknown. Last time we examined Rareware's Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. For today's mission, we're taking a look at WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, or
“On at least fifty occasions in the last two years"
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against an individual who apparently "repeatedly streamed pirated and emulated" Switch games while also promoting "Switch emulators and other piracy tools" to his audience. As highlighted by 404 Media, Jesse Keighin (known online as 'EveryGameGuru') reportedly "got...
News Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.0.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update your app now
Nintendo Music has been out for just over a week now and apart from a few new soundtracks, it's now been updated on Android and Apple devices to Version 1.0.1. This update includes some fixes to enhance the overall experience after users were reporting some issues: Version 1.0.1 (Android), 7th November 2024 [Nov. 7th Resolved]...
News Mario & Luigi Fans Aren't Happy About Brothership's Battle Button Tweaks
It should be 'B' for the Bro, right?
Mario & Luigi: Brothership set sail on Nintendo Switch yesterday and, on the whole, people seem to be rather impressed with this new nautical adventure. That's not to say there aren't a few tiny annoyances, mind you, as we swiftly learned after taking a glance at our socials this morning. Looking past the...
News Palworld Developer Details Patent Infringement Claims From Nintendo's Lawsuit
Nintendo and TPC seek 10m Yen in damages
News on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair had gone quiet over the past few weeks, but a new statement from the latter studio has shed some more light on the complaint — specifically, the patents Nintendo claims have been infringed upon and the prescribed fine...
Random 'Nintendo Music' Is Seemingly Being Advertised On Spotify
Cheeky cheeky
With the launch of Nintendo Music, fans now have a legitimate opportunity to check out some of the very best soundtracks from Nintendo's storied history. Yes, it's a bit barebones at the moment, but we've no doubt it will be expanded upon significantly in the coming months and years. It seems that The Big N is pretty keen on newcomers...
News English Box Art For Famicom Detective Club Remakes Spotted In Official Nintendo Graphic
Mysterious
Eagle-eyed Nintendo fans have spotted something rather interesting in a new infographic from the company's financial results. It's an English physical version of the 2021 Switch release Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind and it appears to include an ES
News Kojima Productions Reportedly Gains Full Control Of Death Stranding IP
Will it deliver a Nintendo release..?
Seemingly out of nowhere, Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding has been launched on Xbox Series X|S and Amazon Luma via publisher 505 Games. The game was once exclusive to PlayStation following significant support from Sony alongside collaboration with Guerrilla Games via the Decima Engine. A PC release followed soon...
News Super Mario Run Celebrates Mario & Luigi: Brothership In New Crossover Event
All aboard!
Remember Super Mario Run? Yeah, we had forgotten it too. But Nintendo hadn't! The Big N has injected a new lease of life into the mobile runner this year with several crossover updates covering Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Princess Peach: Showtime! and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. Today, another event has arrived. Any guesses what it...
News Nintendo Would Rather "Organically Expand The Organisation" Than Rely Solely On Acquisitions
Not that any future mergers are off the table, mind
As a part of its recent Corporate Management Policy Briefing for FY2025, Nintendo has reiterated its stance on mergers and acquisitions. Namely, while future acquisitions are never off the table, it would rather "organically expand the organisation". This, the briefing note claimed, is so that new...
Random "I Consider Myself Quite Ordinary" - Miyamoto Disputes 'Genius' Label
Just normal, innocent men
Nintendo has released its Q&A transcription for the recent financial briefing, and it contains a rather humorous interaction between an investor and legendary creator Shigeru Miyamoto in which the former calls Miyamoto a "genius". To his face. Naturally, given Miyamoto's tendency to view his accomplishments with a...
News Zelda: BOTW And Animal Crossing: New Horizons Composer Yasuaki Iwata Has Left Nintendo
"Thank you very much for your continued support!"
The man behind some of the Switch's best music tracks, Yasuaki Iwata, has announced that he has left his role at Nintendo. The composer took to Twitter to share that he actually stepped back from the position in July 2023, though this is the first time he has publicly acknowledged it. In his...
News Nintendo Spotlights Impressive Sales Increase Outside Its Traditional Territories
Mr Worldwide
There's no doubt that the Nintendo Switch has seen its fair share of success in Japan, North America and Europe, but is it really a worldwide phenomenon? As it turns out, yes, it is. As revealed in Nintendo's latest financial report, the company's recent efforts to expand into "growing markets" — mainly defined as Asia and Oceana,...
News Nintendo Reports Rapid Growth For Metroid, Xenoblade Chronicles, And More
Though specifics are a bit murky
Nintendo is home to a smorgasbord of incredible evergreen franchises, though its safe to say that its often relied heavily upon the likes of Super Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon for those big sales figures. According to the company's latest financial briefing, however, some of its more niche franchises have reportedly...
News Nintendo Highlights Strong Third-Party Relationships Ahead Of 'Switch 2' Reveal
Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Epic Games and more...
Nintendo has experienced moments throughout its history where it's had to rely exclusively on first-party content to get by, but thankfully, things improved during the Switch generation - with many major third-party publishers showing their support for the hybrid device. This has been highlighted...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Schedule For Its Upcoming Movies
Expect the live-action Zelda in '202X"
Nintendo's expansion into cinema is well underway and this week it's provided an update on what's to come. Its current plans for "visual content" are seemingly still on track. After the release of 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' in cinemas last year, the film has now been viewed by approximately 170 million...
News Nintendo Says Switch Online Expansion Pack Subs Are "Steadily Increasing"
But overall there has been a "decrease in membership" YoY
Nintendo's latest financials are in and there are all sorts of insights about the business. In terms of the Switch Online service, it's mostly positive news. According to Nintendo's update, there are now "over" 34 million Switch Online subscribers as of 30th September 2024. In a more...
News It's Official, 'Switch 2' Will Be Backwards Compatible
Switch Online will also be available on the "successor"
Although Nintendo isn't ready to reveal the 'Switch 2' just yet, the company's president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed some big news during the latest corporate management policy briefing. Nintendo Switch software will be playable on this "successor" system. Along with this, it's also been...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Mario & Luigi: Brothership?
Go on, tell us!
Mario & Luigi: Brothership arrives later this week for Switch and it's been relatively well-received by critics so far with the game currently sitting on an aggregate score of 80 out of 100 on sites like Metacritic. In our Nintendo Life review, PJ O'Reilly said Brothership was "easily the best Mario & Luigi RPG yet" with "on...
News 'Nintendo Music' Smartphone App Surpasses One Million Downloads
It got a surprise release last week
The new smartphone app 'Nintendo Music' has been available for almost a week now and it appears we've already got the first update about how it's performing. According to Sensor Tower, this new app for "active" Switch Online subscribers is estimated to have been downloaded by 265,000 smartphone users within the...
News Mario & Luigi Spin Into Action In The Latest Brothership Slapstick Short
UF-BRO
We are getting ever closer to the launch of Mario & Luigi: Brothership on 7th November (that's just two days away!) and Nintendo is on hand to showcase even more of the slapstick humour that we can expect from the dream team. A new video short is here and, just like last week's hammer-based shenanigans, it shows the Bros. getting into a...
News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On Switch Has Already Outsold The GameCube Original
Not folding yet
With the release of Nintendo's financial report for Q2 FY2025, we have updated sales figures for some of the year's biggest Switch titles. And what do you know, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has hit a pretty impressive milestone. At the latest count (up to September 2024), the Switch remake has pulled in 1.94 million sales...
UK Charts Sonic X Shadow Generations Hits The Brakes And Slips Out Of The Top Ten
Jamboree keeps Nintendo in the top five
The latest UK charts are in and after putting up an admirable performance in its debut week, Sonic X Shadow Generations appears to be struggling over a long distance. The blue blur's latest adventure has slipped out of the top ten this week, winding up in 13th while Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and EA Sports FC...
News The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Sales Officially Surpasses Two Million
A good start for the princess
Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has sold a total of 2.58 million units since its release on 26th September 2024. Now, officially, the financial data covers the first six-month period of FY2025 ending on September 30th 2024. Nintendo has played a bit fast and loose when it comes to...
News Plans To Announce The 'Switch 2' Have Not Changed, Says Nintendo's President
So expect it before the end of March 2025
As expected, Nintendo did mention the upcoming Switch successor as part of its latest financial release, but reiterated that its plans around the eventual announcement have not changed. As covered by Reuters, president Shuntaro Furukawa stated during an online press conference that there will be no change...
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2024
Two games switch places
Nintendo has released its latest financial data covering the first six-month period for FY2025 and, as part of that, it has updated the top ten best-selling games list once more. The only major change we can see with this one is that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has usurped Super Mario Party to claim the eighth...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Xenoblade X! Brothership! Donkey Kong Country!
Nintendo has released its financial data for the six-month period of FY2025 Q1/Q2 and, as per the norm, has reconfirmed its upcoming line-up of software for the Nintendo Switch. Truth be told, it's not a bad list of titles considering the console's age. If Nintendo had shown us this a couple of years...
News Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
Still, 146 million ain't bad
Nintendo has released its six-month financial data for FY2025 Q1/Q2, revealing that the Switch family of systems has now topped a whopping 146.04 million units. The downside of this is that the console's momentum has undoubtedly slowed down, selling just 2.64 million more than the 143.42 reported in August this year...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Here's what the critics thought
Nintendo's latest entry in the Mario & Luigi RPG series arrives exclusively on the Switch this week and critic reviews are now rolling in. If you haven't already seen our review of Mario & Luigi: Brothership here on Nintendo Life, our reviewer PJ O'Reilly gave the game an "excellent" 9 out of 10 stars -...
Anniversary The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap Turns 20 Today
Picori of the bunch
We're used to donning our finest party hats when a big birthday rolls around here at Nintendo Life, but today's celebration calls for a special piece of talking headwear. No cardboard cone will suffice today. We need something green, something intrusive, something with the spirit of an acclaimed mage trapped inside it... and with...
News Seven Months After Closure, The Nintendo Network Has Lost Its Final Player
A+ for effort
Back in April, the Nintendo Network servers were officially closed down, wrapping up online play for Wii U and 3DS users and the consoles' respective eShops. A few weeks after the closing date, we posted about four players who were still keeping the dream alive, remaining on the servers thanks to their constant, uninterrupted use of...
Random Kit & Krysta Discuss The "Drama" Behind The Switch Reveal Trailer
"People were not on board"
It has been a little over eight years since we got our first official look at the Switch. Eight years since we first saw Karen on the rooftop. Eight years since we embraced the thought of playing Skyrim on a plane. Eight years since we wondered why the heck you would take a console on a dog walk. To mark this anniversary,...
ICYMI 'Nintendo Music' Has Spoiler Prevention, Here's How To Activate It
Keep your playlist spoiler free
In case you missed it, Nintendo's new smartphone app 'Nintendo Music' has a spoiler prevention feature. If you don't want special moments in certain games revealed before you've actually got the chance to play them, then you might want to activate this feature. From the top right corner of the app, click on your...
Updated alongside the release of Shadow Man and Turok 2
Earlier this week, Nintendo rolled out a surprise update for the Switch Online "mature" N64 application, adding Shadow Man and Turok 2. Apart from this, it seems there have been some fixes applied to Perfect Dark in Version 1.2.0 of the mature N64 app. As highlighted by 'Graslu00' on social...
Random Yes, Doom Is Now Playable On Nintendo Alarmo
Rip and tear on the clock
Nintendo's new music app for smartphone devices might have stolen the spotlight over the past few days, but don't forget about the Japanese company's new sound clock, Alarmo. As you might recall, an individual known as 'GaryOderNichts' on social media (who usually works on reverse engineering for the Wii U) recently worked...
Guide 49 Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Halloween Switch eShop Sale (Europe)
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher
This spooky sale is almost over! Things wrap up on 3rd November, so make sure you've made the most of the following discounted delights while they're still available... Spooky season is almost upon us so Nintendo is celebrating the only way it knows how: a big old eShop sale. The creatively named 'Halloween...
Random Takaya Imamura Ponders The Possibility Of Star Fox Zero On 'Switch 2'
"I've been dying to play it"
Takaya Imamura, famed ex-Nintendo developer known for his work on the F-Zero and Star Fox franchises, has taken to social media to ponder the possibility of a Star Fox Zero release on Nintendo's upcoming 'Switch 2'. Noting how he wasn't involved much in the development of the Wii U title, he states that's it's been a...
News Nintendo Music's Next Batch Of Tracks Will Arrive Next Week
Bring on the tunes!
After just 24 hours on the block, Nintendo Music only went and dropped its first update, throwing a bunch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder tunes into the already pretty impressive line-up. What's more, it looks like our next batch of new tunes will arrive next week. Nintendo's Japanese Twitter account announced Wonder's arrival...
News Come On, Where Are The Composer Credits in 'Nintendo Music'?
Fans think it's out of tune
After years of asking, Nintendo has finally given us official access to some of its most iconic tunes thanks to Nintendo Music. And it's great! Mostly. But there is one gaping missing feature that we can't help but feel is a bit of an oversight on Nintendo's part. Where are the composer credits? We're not the only ones...
Review Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Mobile) - A Breezy, Beautiful Take On TCG, Gacha Aside
Ironically, no trading allowed
Digital card games like Marvel Snap have seen a lot of success in recent years with short, satisfying matches that you can finish in a few minutes. The mobile release of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket almost seems like a direct answer to this trend. From uncomplicated card text to simplified rules, it axes much of...
News 'Nintendo Music' Hosts A Different Version Of Ocarina Of Time's Fire Temple Theme
You're joking... ANOTHER one?
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's inclusion in Nintendo Music was a given, but we were curious which version of the iconic Fire Temple theme would make the cut. Would it be the original, which Nintendo swiftly replaced after discovering that a religious chant was sampled in its mix? Or would it be its chant-less...
Random 'Nintendo Music' Has Fans Reminiscing About Smash Ultimate's Grooviest Feature
"It's kinda like using your Nintendo Switch as a music player"
The Nintendo Music app is awesome. The chance to listen to official Nintendo music from Nintendo might not seem like too big of a deal, but after all these years of asking, it certainly feels like one. However, with a library of iconic soundtracks now at our fingertips, some have...
Guide Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems
A mobile music app exclusive to Switch Online members
'Nintendo Music' is a mobile app from Nintendo giving fans access to thousands of songs from Nintendo's history. If you are curious to know what exactly is available on this mobile application, you've come to the right place. Keep in mind that you can only use this smartphone application if you...
