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Random Donkey Kong Country's Artist Reacts To Nintendo's Redesign
"Everything changes!"
We've seemingly had our very first look at Mario Kart 9 during the Switch 2 reveal trailer, and one thing you might have noticed is the similar but slightly different-looking character designs. Perhaps the highlight is Donkey Kong's new look, which has been labelled a "redesign" by some. It's been a bit of a talking point...
Random Switch 2 Leakers Called Out By Industry Veteran Hideki Kamiya
"All those damn leakers should be cursed"
Okami, Bayonetta and Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya has shared his thoughts about leakers following Nintendo's official reveal of the Switch 2. In a series of messages on social media, he's gone on a bit of a rant, claiming "those who helped leak it" or share any information about the new system should...
News Nintendo Asks Wii U Owners To Refrain From Using "Unauthorised" Online Services
Update: Pretendo responds
Although you would think Nintendo's focus would be completely on the Switch "successor" right now, it seems the company's customer support line has found time to issue a notice about unauthorised services for older hardware. In a brief message on social media, the Japanese branch has apparently confirmed the existence of...
Random Now You Can Play DOOM... Inside A PDF?
PDF Software
Your eyes are not deceiving you, reader — the hugely influential FPS DOOM is now fully playable inside a PDF file. Did anyone ask for this? Probably. And it's a pretty impressive feat. Reported on by IGN (via Push Square), a high-school student known as
Random No, That's Not Wii Sports, That's Live Tennis On YouTube
Quiet, please
Tennis fans hitting YouTube to see live matches from the Australian Open could be forgiven for thinking they've accidentally clicked on a channel recreating the tournament in Wii Sports, but no. It turns out the event's official channel has taken a novel approach to getting around broadcast rights issues. As noted by Kotaku, the...
Random Geez, PS5 Game 'Anime Life Sim' Sure Looks Familiar
Update: More details emerge
This year marks five years since the last mainline Animal Crossing game launched. Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out at the perfect time and made an absolutely huge splash worldwide. But with its fifth anniversary fast approaching, we're sure lots of fans are champing at the bit for a new game. So, if you were...
Random Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
The game was first announced in 2017
If you pre-ordered Metroid Prime 4 on Amazon multiple years ago, you might want to check the status of your order. Amazon customers have been receiving emails recently, confirming the cancellation of this item "due to a lack of availability" and providing refunds. A user on the Metroid subreddit, who ordered the...
Random Let's Be Thankful The 'Switch 2' Won't Be As Big As Acer's Ridiculous New Handheld
C'mon, what is that?
In case the 'Switch 2' wasn't quite enough, 2025 is promising to be absolutely rife with new PC and Android-based gaming handhelds. It's the Big Thing™ at the moment, and manufacturers are understandably eager to get a foothold over their competitors in terms of power, approachability, and – in Acer's case at least – size...
Random Switch Players Report Game Cards Being Swapped Out For Googly Eyes
Get a look at this!
If you got a brand new Switch game for Christmas and it included a game cartridge inside of it, you're apparently doing better than some others out there... As spotted by IGN, multiple Switch users on social media and Reddit are claiming they've received cases with "googly eyes" inside instead of the actual game card. This eye...
Random Balatro Dev Spreads Some Indie Love In His List Of 2024 Highlights
And the LocalThunk Award goes to...
Balatro was one of our games of 2024 and the vast majority of us at Nintendo Life Towers have poured more hours into its poker roguelike gameplay loop than we care to admit. But what were the games that caught the attention of its developer, LocalThunk? With 2025 finally here, the dev took to Twitter to share some...
Random Modder Shows Off Unused N64 Mic Support In Zelda: Majora's Mask
Including multiple actions "triggered by using voice"
Every time Nintendo releases a system it's normally followed up with all sorts of peripherals and during the N64 era, one of the more surprising ones was a microphone, otherwise known as the Nintendo 64 Voice Recognition Unit. Although only a few games used this technology at the time (one of...
Random Helldivers Studio Once Pitched A High-Flying Rail Shooter Inspired By Star Fox
Head in the McClouds
Helldivers 2 was one of Sony's bigger hits of 2024, catapulting its developer, Arrowhead Studio, to an unexpected level of fame. Why are we talking about this on a Nintendo site? Well, while the group shooter might not share all that much DNA with the House of Mario, one of the studio's old game concepts does: an arcade rail...
Random After Almost 25 Years, Majora's Mask's Blue Underdog Has Finally Nabbed A Racing Win
Woof!
If you have played The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask over the past 25 years (and, if you're reading this, we'd wager that you have), then you likely will have engaged in a spot of lighthearted gambling at Mamamu Yan's Doggy Racetrack. The rules of this cute minigame are simple: choose a dog, place a bet, and win big if your pick performs...
Random Zelda Echoes Of Wisdom Was Suda51's Video Game Highlight Of 2024
"I got to experience Zelda all over again"
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was one of the many video game hits of 2024 and if it didn't already get enough recognition for pushing the top-down entries in the series to new heights, living legend Goichi 'Suda51' Suda has now stepped in to give it just a little more praise. Speaking to GamesRadar recently, the...
Random 'Monkey Kong' On Switch Reminds Us Of Nintendo's '83 Legal Battle
Monkey see, monkey do
Nintendo’s been involved in its fair share of legal battles over the years, but we have a feeling it might be thinking twice before taking on publisher Pix Arts over the recent release of Monkey Kong In New-York on the Nintendo Switch. Granted, Nintendo can do whatever it likes, and if it thinks there’s even the slightest...
Random Balatro Fans Start The Ultimate Debate: Is That Jimbo's Clown Ruff Or Tiny Body?
We fold
If a glance at most of our Nintendo Switch Year in Review stats is anything to go by, then more than a few of us have spent a good bit of time with Balatro this year. We've spent so long with it, in fact, that its iconography is pretty much burned into our minds by this point. It sure would be a shame if one joke tweet made us see the whole...
Random Mario Galaxy Returns Next Year In "The Biggest Super Mario Odyssey Mod Yet"
Mario's Wii adventure is back
Modders are always evolving games in new ways and the latest effort is touted as the "biggest" Super Mario Odyssey mod yet. If you haven't already seen it, it's called Super Mario Odyssey - A Galaxy Story and is a "mod by Slycer and many more". It brings the universe of Super Mario Galaxy to Mario's 2017 Switch...
Random Streamer Beats Pokémon's Most Difficult Challenge After 3,978 Attempts
Flareon achieves victory
Pokémon games have often been derided as being too easy for veteran players, which is why fan-made challenges such as Nuzlocke have become so popular over the years. There's one challenge, however, that's been described as the most difficult of them all, and it's taken streamer PointCrow a total of 3,978 resets over the...
Random New Marvel Rivals Game Mode Bears A Striking Resemblance To Splatoon
It's a Wanda-ful Life
The free-to-play hero shooter Marvel Rivals has made quite a splash since it landed on PS5, Xbox Series and PC earlier this month — like, a 10 million players in its first three days-sized splash — and now, as the live-service title gears up for its first festive period, an upcoming new game mode has our Nintendo radars...
Random Upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Mod Is A Nostalgic Trip Through A Bunch Of N64 Classics
Get jiggies with it
Back in 2021, modder Mark Kurko revealed a first look at his monster project, 'BK Nostalgia 64'. This love letter to the N64 and Banjo-Kazooie (whodathunkit with a title like that?) was originally slated for a Christmas 2024 release, though through a variety of complications, the modder has decided to push things back to 2025...
Random PlayStation's Astro Bot Director Pays Tribute To Mario And Nintendo In GOTY Speech
"I didn't plan to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway"
There have been a lot of comparisons this year suggesting the PlayStation hit Astro Bot is more like a Super Mario or Nintendo game than a Sony one. With this in mind, it seems the game's director Nicolas Doucet might have finally put all of this debate to rest. In a surprising moment during...
Random Did You Know About The Korean Version Of Super Mario Bros. Super Show?
It's pretty different!
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show is certainly unique. The animated show, which aired back in 1989, opened with live action segments starring Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells as Mario and Luigi, respectively, with the bros. getting into some strange situations. But did you know that the Korean version of the show is pretty...
News Mario Movie's Spike Voice Actor On His Possible Return: "I Haven't Heard Anything"
Here's why he's not feeling "confident"
We're still over a year away from the next Super Mario movie, but one voice actor who featured in the first film as Spike is already having doubts about a possible return. Speaking to ScreenRant recently, comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco said he doesn't have a lot of confidence in Foreman Spike showing...
"If you're not directly working on the game, go away"
We know that Nintendo can be a little protective of its intellectual properties (now there's an understatement), but it turns out that the company's micromanagement was enough to make one artist on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption leave his position at Retro Studios. That's according to a recent...
Capcom's fighter welcomes "good girl" Mai early next year
During the development of Smash Ultimate's DLC, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed he couldn't add Mai Shiranui from SNK's fighting series because Smash was for the "good boys and girls". While Mai unfortunately missed out on joining Nintendo's all-star brawler, one game she will make a...
Random Nintendo And Acquire Brainstormed "Over" 100 Subtitles For Mario & Luigi: Brothership
What do you think of the final name?
Nintendo is known to workshop all sorts of ideas and game titles, and this was the same case with Mario & Luigi: Brothership. In the third chapter of the latest 'Ask the Developer' series, the development team revealed how Nintendo and Aquire had brainstormed "over 100 options" for the game's title. And if...
Random Monolith Soft Showcases Piles And Piles Of Xenoblade Chronicles Scripts
Yeah, that's a lot
You really don't need us to tell you just how dense the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise is when it comes to plot and dialogue, so we're going to let developer Monolith Soft itself do the talking. In a recent social media post, the team has showcased the sheer wealth of script books accumulated from the series so far, and it's a...
Random Breaking Fortnite's 'No Emote Zone' Rules Now Comes With Some Hefty Consequences
Dancing on air
Fortnite is changing all the time. Gone are the days of Dusty Depot, Tomato Town, and Fatal Fields (god, do we sound old?) as the map is shaped and reshaped each and every season, bringing in new mechanics, locations and unexpected crossovers. Diving into a game today had us looking around the place like that one John Travolta Pulp...
Random This Awesome Pokémon Build Transforms Porygon Into A Working Nintendo Wii
"PorWiigon"
We've covered the sweet work of tech wizard BigRig Creates on Nintendo Life in the past (this is the designer behind the world's largest working DS and its 3D counterpart), and this week he has caught our eye again with a colourful Pokémon-inspired build that has us looking at our bland Wii consoles i
Random Move Over Anakin, Link's Coming For That Podracing Title
Yippee!
After a year of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom builds, we thought that we had seen just about everything Hyrule has to offer. But then we see someone has transformed the Gerudo Desert into Tattooine's Podracing scene and, all of a sudden, we're starting to wonder if we've even scratched the surface of what this game is capable of...
Random Super Mario 64 GBA Project Showcases "Real Hardware" Demo
The source code will also be released
The Super Mario 64 GBA project by coder Joshua Barretto continues to advance, with the latest showcase displaying a demo of the game running on "real hardware". Yes, after ongoing demands from fans to see the game in action on an actual Game Boy Advance, Barretto has now uploaded video footage of this, while...
Random Pokémon Fan Crunches The Numbers To Settle Alpha Sapphire's "Too Much Water" Debate
Wait, the meme was true??
Back in 2014, IGN, like many outlets, shared its review of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. While the vast majority showered the 3DS remakes with praise, IGN was slightly more critical, awarding them a 7.8/10 and noting that they have "too much water" (among other criticisms, naturally). In case you haven't seen it...
Random Hitting Mario & Luigi: Brothership's Max Level Takes An Insane Amount Of Patience
Great EXPectations
Of all those who started Mario & Luigi: Brothership earlier this month, fewer will have seen it through to the bitter end. Fewer still will have completed all of its side missions and unlockables and we'd wager that an even smaller number will have reached the plumbing protagonists' full potential with a pair of max levels...
Random Kirby Teams Up With Heinz For A Saucy New Collaboration In Japan
Dededelicious
Everyone's favourite pink puffball, Kirby, is teaming up with Heinz (you know, the tomato ketchup guys) for a new range of sauces in Japan. Well, that's not a sentence we thought we'd be writing today, but we can't say we're surprised. Shared by the official Heinz Twitter account, the Kirby range will be launching in late November...
Random New 3D Scans Stop Classic Donkey Kong Country Figures From Being Lost To Time
Keshi Kong
We love a bit of niche video game history here at Nintendo Life, and the work of Mr Talida (aka Keshi Corner) has caught our attention on more than one occasion. This is the 3D scanning specialist that has ensured rare Zelda and Mario figures from the 1980s and '90s live to fight another day and now, they ha
Random A New Sega Genesis Cart Has Been Created For The Sonic 3 Movie
Talk about ambitious
With December on the horizon, that means we're just a few short weeks away from the launch of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie from Paramount Pictures. We've only had the one trailer so far, but to promote the upcoming second, Paramount has sent out a handful of genuine, functional Sega Genesis / Mega Drive cartridges. And no, we...
Random Guilty Gear Strive's Latest Update Apparently Censors "Inappropriate Angles"
Naughty, naughty
Ahead of the launch of Guilty Gear Strive on the Switch early next year, Arc System Works has this week rolled out a new update for the game which reportedly makes some notable changes to the title's 'Digital Figure' mode (aka its photo mode). If you now try to view certain fighters from questionable angles, the characters will...
Random Uh-Oh, Some Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Players Are Struggling With The "Small" Text
"The Switch screen is hard on my farsightedness"
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been out for a week now and while it's getting a lot of praise in its home country of Japan, it seems some players are struggling with the game - especially on the Switch. As highlighted by Automaton Media, an
Random Desperate Fans Visited Retro Studios' Building For Info On Metroid Dread
I want answers!
One of the biggest surprises in Nintendo's storied history came in June 2021 when Metroid Dread was finally unveiled for the Switch. Up until that point, the game had fallen into legend, with many fans conceding that it simply didn't exist. One of the most significant catalysts for fan anticipation came via Metroid Prime 3:...
Random Iconic 'DK Rap' Song Has Been Remade 25 Years Later
With help from rapper 'Substantial'
If you've been a part of the Nintendo gaming community for a while, then chances are you're well acquainted with 'DK Rap', the charming introductory theme tune seen in 1999's Donkey Kong 64. It's gained significant notoriety and love over the years, though many fans do concede that the song isn't actually that...
Random Donkey Konga Fan Creates Custom Track Tool
Though bongo support isn't available yet
If you're a fan of the severely underrated Donkey Konga franchise from the GameCube era, then you're in luck. A dedicated fan has created a tool called Konga Beat that allows you to import songs and create your own custom tracks that can then be exported for use with either Donkey Konga 2 or Donkey Konga 3...
News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Japanese Switch Box Art Includes Reversible Cover
It always gets the cool version
Square Enix's long-awaited release Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is out this week on the Switch and if you're planning on picking up a physical copy, you might want to read on... It seems there are some notable differences with the box art and game cartridge. Once again, Japan gets the cool version - with a...
Random Japanese Clinic Closes To Let Staff Play Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
"All of the staff have changed their Jobs to 'Hero'"
We've all heard some kind of story about the furore that a brand new Dragon Quest game stirs up in Japan. Kids skip school, adults call in sick, and the original Dragon Quest III on Famicom even led to a number of arrests. Well, folks, history repeats itself — kind of — with the release of...
Random This 2D Animator Is Remaking An NES Zelda Dungeon With Hand-Drawn Visuals
Gleeok glow up
We've seen a lot of Zelda remake projects over the years here at Nintendo Life, but every so often, one pops up that makes us think, "oof, yes please". Spoiler: that's exactly what we're thinking here. 2D animator Hugo Vasgestian dos Santos (Vasge on YouTube) has recently set out to remake the first dungeon from the OG The Legend of...
Random Don't Let Pets Wii On Your Switch, Warns Nintendo
Urine trouble now
Even though the Switch is nearing the end of its lifespan, Nintendo is still offering up some valuable nuggets of advice for both new and current owners. After all, we want these devices to last as long as possible, right? In a social media post, the company's customer service branch has warned users to be mindful of where they...
Random Link Cosplayer Gets Advice From Sakurai After Master Sword Blunder
Wisdom of Sora
Legendary game designer Masahiro Sakurai has offered up some invaluable wisdom (as if he hasn't already been sharing his knowledge for the last two years or so) after noticing a cosplayer showcasing a rather awkward blunder with their impressive Link costume. The costume, based on Link's appearance in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is...
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...
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
Random Yep, Metal Gear Solid 3's Eva Was Voiced By The Little Mermaid
The animated one, that is
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater has long been regarded as one of the greatest games of all time. Not only does it boast incredible gameplay and Hideo Kojima's signature cinematic cutscenes, but it also plays host to a wide variety of interesting, three-dimensional characters. One of these is EVA (or 'Tatyana', 'Big Mama',...
