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Random A Modder Built Link's House And Animal Crossing's Resident Services In Far Cry 5
Blathers has a gun now
It's incredible that Link's house in Breath of the Wild has captured the public imagination so, considering that it's A) not a very interesting house and B) Link spends about as much time in there as he does with Zelda. Yet, we've had people building the thing in LEGO and
Random This Penny Has Diddy Kong Engraved On Abe Lincoln's Shoulder
Diddy Kong 'graving
Well, here's a story to fill your random Nintendo ephemera quota for the day: someone has micro-engraved Diddy Kong onto a 1 cent coin. You know, as you do. As shown off by @VolksDK on Twitter, a friend (later identified in the Twitter thread) used a process known as 'ion milling' which apparently strips layers of atoms and...
Random Mario's Speed Golf Would Look Absolutely Ridiculous In Real Life
Gotta go fast?
Nintendo has just released the latest entry in the Mario Golf series for the Switch. The gimmick unique to this one is "Speed Golf" - a mode where you tee off at the same time against other players and quite literally race through the course to get your ball in the hole first. We must admit when Nintendo first showcased this mode in...
Random Super Mario Sunshine's FLUDD Shows Up In The New Mario Golf Game
Is it a sign? Probably not...
F.L.U.D.D. might not be a household name, but if you're a longtime Mario fan, you've likely heard about this nifty device before. It first appeared in the 2002 GameCube release Super Mario Sunshine and is an incredibly important tool for Mario throughout his adventure - a bit like the Poltergust 3000 in the Luigi's...
Random Internet Goes Wild Over One Incredibly Small Detail In Metroid Dread
It's the little things that count
Not only will we be seeing the return of Samus very soon but also MercurySteam - the same Spanish studio behind Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS. Metroid Dread Producer, Yoshio Sakamoto, recently noted how this team is "extremely talented", technically skilled, and has an "incredible understanding" of Metroid...
Random Shulk's Voice Actor Stars In The Latest Mario Golf TV Ad, And It's A Must-See
We're really feeling it
Not official artwork. We Photoshopped this. What do you mean, 'you could already tell'? Today sees the launch of Mario Golf: Super Rush on Nintendo Switch – are you planning on getting a copy? – but what if we told you there's a TV ad for the game starring none other than Adam Howden, the English voice actor behind...
Random Fan Theory About Possible Nintendo Reveal Debunked By 20-Year-Old Magazine Article
Everything that's fit to print
When Nintendo tweeted a photo of the Game Boy Advance to celebrate the console's 20th birthday, it probably didn't realise that it would trigger a fan theory which had a few people expecting a big announcement this week. Reddit user
Random Sega Embraced Sonic's Mod Community During The 30th Anniversary Symphony
By featuring a Sonic Adventure 2 mod
Whether you're a fan of mods or not, they've become a big part of a lot of video game communities over the years. Some companies even choose to embrace and channel fan creativity. We heard recently how Sega is still cool with Sonic fan games (in most cases) - as long as projects aren't monetized, and it seems...
Random How Many Of These 175 Indie Games Can You Identify?
Untitled Goose Game, Fez, Cuphead, A Hat In Time, Undertale, Among Us...
We're loving how much attention indie games are getting lately. The E3 Wholesome Direct included almost 30 different indies coming to Switch, and the "Indie" tag on Nintendo Life is full of lovely games that are coming soon. In similar celebration of the diversity and talent...
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Combines Raft And Bike To Make A 'Motorboat'
Hot-rodded frog
Update: As noted in the comments (thanks, Tim_Vreeland), this Master Cycle Zero/Raft combo was previously discovered and tested some time ago by several intrepid BOTW players. We obviously missed it at the time, but we've embedded a popular example at the bottom of the article. Happy boatin'! Anyone who's ever played Zelda. Breath...
Random Nintendo Customer Service Wins The Day With Sweet Response To Young Pokémon Fan
"I hope you continue to have wonderful adventures with your Pokémon"
We've seen a fair few stories like this over the years, where a young Nintendo sends in a letter to request a specific new game or to submit their own development idea and actually gets a response. Nintendo of America's Customer Service team seems to have the whole thing nailed...
Random This Game Builder Garage Version Of VVVVVV Looks Almost Identical To The Real Thing
A powerful tool in the right hands
Game Builder Garage players have already been sharing plenty of impressive creations, but this latest project is perhaps the closest any has come to truly matching its original source material. Over on Twitter, @CarsonKompon has shared a look at their recreation of VVVVVV, a 2D
Random Did You Know EarthBound Creator Shigesato Itoi Had A Starring Role In My Neighbor Totoro?
Here's your fact of the day
Shigesato Itoi is a name that Nintendo fans will forever be familiar with, and you may well have enjoyed some of his finest work, but we dare say there'll be a few people out there who had no idea about this particular role of his. You'll likely know Itoi as the creator of the Mother series (known as EarthBound here in...
Random SNES Hacker Working On Widescreen Support For Super Mario World
Doing what Nintendon't
As much as we appreciate Nintendo's efforts with the Switch Online SNES and NES service, these games are for most parts basic emulations of the original classics. While there are some enhancements, we're still stuck with a 4:3 screen display. If you've always dreamed of what older games like Super Mario World would look like...
Random F-Zero Is Already Being Recreated In Game Builder Garage
Will join Excitebike, EarthBound and more...
Nobody was entirely sure about the potential of Game Builder Garage prior to its release, but now that it's in the hands of the Nintendo community, we're seeing all sorts of amazing creations. Some of the most popular ones so far have been recreations of Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Kart, and now...
Random What's Happened To Bayonetta 3, Platinum?
Fans are eager to know
One game many thought was in with a chance to be shown at Nintendo's E3 Direct this year was Bayonetta 3. Hours before the live stream, the game's director Hideki Kamiya retweeted a post by Nintendo and shared an image of a Bayonetta Nendoroid - leading many fans to believe they would be hearing (and perhaps even seeing) the...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Has Made A Frantic Shooter Inside Game Builder Garage
Here's how the pros do it...
It seems Sakurai's even busy making games in his time off! We've already seen a handful of amazing Game Builder Garage creations from fans – such as a functioning version of Super Mario Kart and a recreation of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's 1996 prototype – but wh
Random Even Coca-Cola Is Getting In On The Switch Pro Hype
Fizzy fun
There's a good chance that we'll hear about the Switch Pro (or whatever it's called) today, and, as is so often the case, we're seeing other 'brands' getting in on the action to give themselves a little social media boost. Coca-Cola Brazil has posted the following cheeky tweet: CONFIRMED! Coca-Cola Pro will be released. We will tell...
Random Nintendo America President Doug Bowser Gets Ready For The Company's "Big Day"
Pants are an optional extra
Nintendo's E3 Direct is so close now, and ahead of this much-anticipated event, Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser has shared a new tweet. This time around, he's given us a look at his outfit for Nintendo's "big day" - noticeably, there are no pants featured in the shot, but it's not like Bowser ever wore pants...
Random Here's Zelda: Ocarina Of Time's 1996 Prototype Recreated In Game Builder Garage
That was quick
Surprising absolutely no one, Game Builder Garage players are already off to an incredible start. The game only launched on Friday, but just a couple of days in, one talented player managed to create an awesome version of Super Mario Kart. Now, another player has taken a crack at The Legend of Zelda – specifically the early build...
Random Someone Has Already Got Mario Kart Up And Running In Game Builder Garage
Promising signs
We knew it would only take so long before there were some impressive creations within Game Builder Garage, and already it seems someone has got a simplified version of Super Mario Kart up and running. The mastermind behind this goes by the name ZeldaBoi1 on Twitter, and although it "may not feel too much" like the original game, it...
Random What If Nintendo Just Released A Basic Switch XL?
Warhorse Studios had some Photoshop struggles
As you may or may not have noticed, here at Nintendo Life we've tried to be pretty darn picky in the past couple of weeks about what we report regarding the 'next' Switch, or 'Switch Pro' as people insist on calling it. 'Pro' tip, that PlayStation-style branding is very unlikely from modern-day Nintendo,...
Random Soulja Boy's Latest Console Can Do Something The Nintendo Switch Can't
...but you still shouldn't buy it
Soulja Boy has shifted a fair few records in his time, but he's seemingly obsessed with cracking another market: video games. If you recall, back in 2018 he attempted to sell rebranded Chinese games consoles running unlicensed ROMs before trying his hand at releasing a Game Boy clone.
Random Someone Made Stardew Valley In Animal Crossing
Pierre meets Pietro
We know what you're thinking. "Please, Nintendo Life — I can't keep up with all these various permutations of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Pokémon. Surely we have explored all possible combinations by now?" The answers are: no, and stop asking. Anyway, this one is really cool! A Reddit user named u/acnh_kaylee is...
Random Yes, Someone's Made A Handheld Virtual Boy With Light Up Buttons
I'm a Real Boy!
We've seen a variety of Nintendo's illustrious home consoles turned into handhelds by talented modders with some know-how and plenty of elbow grease and spray paint — we're thinking of fanmade consoles like the Wiiboy Color or the Portable N64 — but you probably wouldn't expect somebody to go to the trouble (and from the video...
Random Fortnite's Ska Dance Emote Foreshadows A Ska Revival
Oh boy, it's time to skank
Fortnite is a bundle of memes and dances taken from TikTok, so let's take a look at what this latest alien-themed season has brought us, because it's no doubt something timely and trendy, like... Ska? Huh. Okay! Well, actually, ska is experiencing somewhat of a revival. Drawing its inspiration from the original ska...
Random A Keen Wii Fit Grandmother Has Reached 4,784 Days In The Game
Putting the rest of us to shame
It's fair to say that a number of us have some dusty Ring Fit Adventure Ring-Con controllers hiding in corners, wondering if they'll ever be used again. It's the curse of the fitness game - initial enthusiasm can easily make way for apathy within a matter of weeks. Well, not so in one particular case, which is a...
Random Animal Crossing Fan Recreates All 24 Euro 2020 Team Kits
And they've shared all the codes, too
If you're a football fan (or soccer, for our US chums), you'll no doubt be looking forward to the Euros. That's right, Europe's biggest international tournament kicks off later this week, but we have something even better to share with you. YouTube channel Gametropolis has been hard at work creating versions of...
Random Remember That Zelda HD Tech Demo For Wii U? It's Now 10 Years Old
Time flies when you're saving Hyrule
E3 is almost here! In the lead-up to the event, the Nintendo Reddit community has been reflecting on the Japanese company's big reveals and announcements at the annual convention over the years. With this in mind, it's now been 10 years since Nintendo gave the world a look at "The Legend of Zelda HD" tech demo...
Random This Ace Attorney "Class Trial" Cosplay Is Spot On
No objections here
Ace Attorney fans will hopefully remember the heartwarming story of how prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, defense attorney Phoenix Wright, and loveable idiot Larry Butz all became friends. It began with a simple crime in a classroom, for which Wright was blamed, and which Edgeworth acted as his lil baby defense attorney; it ended with...
Random Craving More Metroid? Check Out This Impressive Live Action Short Film
A seven-minute fan-made movie
Waiting for Metroid Prime 4 to roll around isn't easy (can you believe it was first announced almost four years ago now?) but here's a little something that should help to calm your cravings. The talented team of filmmakers over on YouTube channel devinsupertramp has released a new, live-action sho
"It is my prized possession. It’s my good luck charm"
Controversial YouTuber Logan Paul stepped into the ring with actual boxer Floyd Mayweather last night, but you'd be forgiven for not noticing, as the bout itself was a proper snooze-fest – there wasn't even a winner! Yawn. The glorified publicity stunt achieved its goal, though – both...
Random This New Creature Collecting Game Kind Of Looks Like Pokémon With Guns
Collect, fight, enslave and eat your "Pal"
We've seen our fair share of Pokémon clones over the past few years, and at Indie Live Expo 2021 there was a new creature collecting game announced. Palworld has the collecting aspects of Pokémon and you can even fight and breed "Pal". Beyond this, it's a bit wild. In this multiplayer open-world survival...
Random Live Out Your Anime Dreams On The Animal Crossing Fruits Basket Island
Good thing there's no "hug" emote
Step aside, Disneyworld — there's a new most magical place on Earth, and it's the Fruits Basket island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Themed entirely around the mega-successful anime and manga series in which the Sohma family lives under a terrible curse, the island is home to protagonist Tohru Honda, and Sohma...
Random So, Someone Just Bought An "Among Us Shaped" Chicken Nugget For Almost $100,000
After an impressive 184 bids
We like video games. We like chicken. In fact, a combo of the two can make for a truly cracking night in. This doesn't mean that we'd ever spend $100,000 on a game-themed chicken nugget, though, and not just because we'll never be able to afford such a thing in our lifetime. Amazingly, someone has just purchased an...
Random "Spaghetti Legs" Guardian Glitch In Zelda: BOTW Looks Like A Scene Out Of 'One Piece'
Gum-Gum Guardian!
If you think you've seen it all in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, think again, because there's a video of a Guardian with "Spaghetti Legs" doing the rounds at the moment. This new clip from the Breath of the Wild subreddit by Bl4ckm4rs, shows a Guardian being hit at full force, and while its body is sent flying, its...
Random Forget "Can You Pet The Dog", Does Your Favourite Game Have A Crab In It?
Thursday Crab News returns!
It's Thursday again, folks, and as promised last week, it's time for another pinch of CRAB NEWS. Yes, we're doing this every week. Yes, it's actually quite difficult to find crab news every single week. But we do it for you, dear readers. This week's Crab News is fresh from the net: if you're aware of the Twitter...
Random Pixel Artist Reimagines Zelda: Wind Waker As A Turn-Based RPG
The final showdown with Ganondorf could take a while...
Back in March, we asked the Nintendo Life community if The Legend of Zelda was a role-playing series. According to more than half the votes, it's not. What if it was though? A freelance artist known as John Bond (@kaimatten over on Twitter), has shared an image of what the 2002/03 GameCube...
Random N64 Sleuths Are Trying To Figure Out What Game This Old Cartridge Is
Ocarina of Grime
We thought the GameStop stock saga couldn't get any weirder, but the latest drama in the dedicated subreddit is... trying to find out the identity of a dirty N64 cartridge. Reddit user salemxbanks was picking up trash in a local park (what a sweetie) when they stumbled across an old, rusty, dirt-encrusted game cartridge, with no...
Random Who Needs A Switch Pro When There's The Wii U Pro?
Wave storage issues goodbye!
Bored of 'Switch Pro' rumours? Well, feast your eyes on this custom-made, beefed-up Wii U that could put any official hardware revision to shame. Maybe. Yes, Reddit user orlandots has shared a custom modification project that has transformed a Wii U into a, well, slightly better Wii U. This new beast includes a built-
Random Someone 3D Printed Their Very Own Crash Bandicoot Smash Bros. amiibo
"Hopefully I'll get to stick him next to an official one soon... "
We've seen Nintendo fans use existing amiibos to create slightly different ones in the past, but rarely have we seen someone build one from scratch. That's exactly what artist Thomas Dulaney has done. It apparently took him "about 10 hours of work" all up to 3D print and paint this...
Random 'Twice For Nintendo Switch' Twitter Trend Leaves News-Hungry Fans Disappointed
News is pretty non-existent, to be fair
TWICE appearing in a new Nintendo ad for Miitopia It's currently that pre-E3 calm before the storm season, Nintendo hasn't announced any of its plans yet, and everyone in the world is fed up with reading 'Switch Pro' rumours only to find that Nintendo still won't announce the darn thing. News is pretty slow...
Random Can You Spot Your Favourite Pokémon In This Huge Art Piece?
All 898 Pokémon are here, somewhere
18-year old artist Foozhochii (AKA Yousuf Hasan) drew every single Pokémon in a week. You know what we got done last week? A lot less than that. But we can't be too bitter, because daaaamn. Just look at it: As a reminder, there are 898 Pokémon in existence at the time of writing, and Foozhochii would have to...
Random Fan Project Is Making Super Mario Galaxy DS A Reality
What sorcery is this?
Super Mario Galaxy is a classic, and certainly in the conversation when debating the best ever Mario games; it shone on its Wii debut, and more recently looked rather nice as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection. Imagine, though, if it was playable on Nintendo DS. That's what a group of four talented homebrew...
Random This Kid Tried To Sell His Prized Pokémon Card Collection To Save A Sick Puppy
The dog is okay, don't worry
An eight-year-old named Bryson Kliemann from Virginia, USA was worried about his dog. The puppy, Bruce, was lethargic and acting differently — not like a puppy at all. After taking the poor pup to the vet, he was diagnosed with parvo, a contagious virus mainly seen in canines. Parvo is extremely dangerous, and can lead...
Random Nintendo Of America's President Doug Bowser Is An Extreme Dude
He's living life on the edge!
It's not every day you get to see what the president of a major company does on their day off, but today is one of those rare occasions. Nintendo of America's Doug Bowser likes to share a little bit of his personal life on social media from time to time, and in the latest update, he's revealed his love of mountain bikes...
Random Lenovo Wants You To Know Its New Android Tablet Can Double As A Switch Screen
Riding on Nintendo's coattails, perhaps?
Lenovo’s releasing a new Android tablet, called the Yoga Pad Pro. This device boasts a 13-inch, 16:10 LCD screen with a 2K resolution, is powered by a Snapdragon 870 chipset and offers 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Keeping things ticking over is a 10,200mAh battery. Why are we telling you this? Because...
Random How Many Crabs Can Unreal Engine 5 Render At Once? The Answer May Surprise You
Crabs crabs crabs crabs crabs
It's Thursday, and you know what that means: it's time for crab news. First, a bit of backstory: Unreal Engine, created by Fortnite developer Epic, has been used by game studios since at least 1998. Games such as Rocket League, Bioshock, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Dragon Quest XI were all built using Unreal...
Random Golf Clubs And 'Brass Knuckles' - Nintendo Switch Accessories Reach New Heights
Seriously, Brass Knuckles
If you cast your mind back to the Wii days, we were graced with more silly plastic accessories than you could wave a Wii Remote-supported Stick™ at. Of course, with the Nintendo Switch reaching similar giddy heights of popularity the wacky accessories are back, just with slightly smaller slots in which you can clip your...
Random Japanese Café Introduces Limited-Time Only Ace Attorney-Themed Menu
Object-YUM
When it comes to Ace Attorney and food, what comes first to most people's minds is the series' slightly strange localisation of common Japanese foodstuffs into American dishes, like Maya's love for ramen being translated as "burgers". But we're not here to split hairs noodles about whether or not a burger is a type of sushi — we're here...