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Random This Human-Sized Metapod Cocoon Is The Accessory 2020 Deserves
Just... wow
2020 will be remembered for a lot of things, and one of these things will no doubt be this incredible Metapod onesie-cushion-bed-thing that can fit actual humans inside of it. As part of Bandai's 'Premium' range, this Metapod cocoon is made of polyester and is approximately five feet long. The product listing encourages potential buyers...
Random Ball Guy Is Getting His Very Own Pokémon Trading Card
Flex those muscles
One of the most memorable characters in Pokémon Sword and Shield is Ball Guy - a mascot for the Galar region Pokémon League. Each time you meet up with him throughout your journey, he gives you a different type of Poké Ball. It seems he'll be going beyond the video game very soon, as he's making an appearance in the upcoming...
Random Charles Martinet Adds To Decades-Old Confusion Over Wario 'D'oh, I Missed' Dialogue
Update: Have we found a solution?
Update: It appears that Dr. Lava and DidYouKnowGaming? have provided an answer to the debate once and for all and – as it happens – both Martinet and Spindler are correct. As you'll hear in the video below (from the 5:04 mark), Spindler voiced Wario in Japan, saying the line 'So ein Mist!', while Martinet took...
Random Hmm, That's An Odd Name For A Bakugan Attack
Anything but super effective
As you might have heard, Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia has just been released on the Nintendo Switch. We described it as an attempt to "shoehorn the long-running franchise into a Pokémon Let's Go-style affair" for younger players that failed miserably with zero care or charm. If that wasn't already enough of a red...
Random Animal Crossing Characters Rocked Up To An NFL Stadium Last Week
As should be the case every week
The launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons earlier this year has undoubtedly given the franchise a level of mainstream appeal it had never quite achieved before, with all sorts of companies from fast-food chains to clothing stores jumping on the bandwagon to promote the
Random PS5's DualSense Controller Works With Your Nintendo Switch, Kinda
(As long as you have an 8bitdo adapter)
One of the wonders of universal controller connectivity is that it's possible to use pads created for one console on totally different systems. Back in the days of the Master System and Mega Drive, it was possible to use controllers made for other systems because, unlike Nintendo, Sega opted for an...
Random Your Halloween Costume Can't Compete With This Unreal Metroid Effort
The Chozo-n one
Trick or treating may be off the cards for Halloween this year, but all that indoor time will surely have given you ample opportunity to create the cosplay garb of your dreams, no? Ready for when you can venture out and plunge your hands into communal bowls of candy of an evening, right? Well, it doesn't really matter — your...
Random Sorry, Mario Kart Live - Sega Beat You To The Punch Over 30 Years Ago
You won't fit this track in your house, however
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is one of those "wow" concepts which can't help but raise a smile; being able to drive a tiny car around your living room and terrorise your pets is a good time, as you'll know if you've consulted our review. However, this isn't the first time a Japanese
Random Live-Streamed Opening Of $375,000 Box Of Pokémon Cards Goes Horribly Wrong
Sealed with a kiss?
We've seen plenty of big-money Pokémon card unboxings on YouTube of late, but one of the most recent has turned out to be something of a disaster. Members of the Dumb Money YouTube channel – which focuses on explaining how people can turn modest investments into piles of cash – kicked off a charity live-stream in which they...
Random Move Over, Nintendo Labo, And Get Ready For... PlayStation Labo?
No cardboard with this one
While Nintendo and Sony's streams have rarely crossed in the past (besides a famous exception or two), reports are coming in that a certain part of Sony's PS5 pack-in game might reference a recent Nintendo product, albeit indirectly. Well, we say 'indirectly', but it actually seems pretty direct — at least to western...
Random This Prototype Sega Mega Drive Controller Is Giving Us Serious Wii Nunchuk Vibes
Genesis?
The development name for Nintendo's Wii — the 'Revolution' — was arguably the most apt codename for any console ever. Nintendo turned the traditional spec-chasing console model on its head with its accessible little system, and a huge part of its success came from its unconventional controller design with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. As...
Random Wow, The PS5 Really Does Dwarf The Switch
Perhaps more so than you might expect
Journalists and influencers have already gotten their hands on Sony's latest PlayStation, and yesterday we saw a flood of images of the shiny new console – many of which illustrated quite plainly what an absolute unit it is. The PS5 is the biggest PlayStation yet in terms of size, and comfortably overshadows...
Random Dataminer Uncovers List Of Words That Might Get You Banned In The New Kingdom Hearts Game
"honkers" is one of many
Since the beginning of time, players have been entering words into video games that they probably shouldn't be. Sometimes these words are funny and on other occasions, they can be rude, or even highly offensive and are used with the intention to hurt or perhaps harm others. With this in mind, Square Enix's upcoming release...
Random Crash Bandicoot 4 Dev Has A Cult Classic N64 Game On The Brain
Clue 2: It's one from GTA devs DMA Design...
Developer Toys For Bob has a long and storied history stretching back thirty years, although you may know them more recently for the Skylanders series and two excellent platformer compilations: the Switch version of Naughty Dog's (via Vicarious Visions) Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and the revival of...
Random This Unofficial Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Mod Makes It Pad-Smashingly Hard
Anyone order a few Golden Lynels?
Zelda: Breath of the Wild contains some pretty tough enemies, but the Lynel is one of the hardest – and the Golden Lynel is even more difficult to overcome, making it a kill that only truly skilled players can obtain. If you're one such player, then you might be interested in upping the stakes a little with a new...
Random Mario Kart Music Apparently Helps With Your Homework
Listen up, kids
A lot of people like to work with music playing in the background – it's easy to see how a favourite tune can inspire you to increased productivity or get you through a particularly tough day. However, a new craze has surfaced online which is based around using Mario Kart's more strident songs to encourage people to work faster...
Random Not Everyone Is Happy With Cadence Of Hyrule's Interior Artwork
What does it look like in your own region?
If you've got full artwork inside your Cadence of Hyrule Switch game case, consider yourself lucky, as fans of the game in certain regions around the world have opened up their latest physical purchase to discover it's a completely blank canvas. One individual, located in Spain, was nice enough to upload...
Random Test Your Nintendo Knowledge With This New Video Series
Know your Min Mins from your Minccinos?
Think you know everything there is to know about Nintendo? Want to prove that to yourself and the rest of the Nintendo Life community? Then get stuck into these new videos. Nintendo has started a brand new video series titled 'Do You Know Your Nintendo?', with four episodes available to view on YouTube at the...
Random Thanks Fire Emblem, Mother 3 Is Now Trending On Social Media (Again)
"Lucas can’t take much more"
Yesterday, Nintendo surprised everyone when it announced it would be localising the original entry in the Fire Emblem series for the first time ever. Yes, that's right, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light will be released on the Switch eShop this year on 4th December. As happy as everyone is about...
Random Here's How Microsoft's Phil Spencer Reacted To Minecraft Steve's Smash Bros. Meat
"[long pause] Yeah. Who did that?"
You probably know the story by now, but when Minecraft's Steve joined the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster earlier this month, fans quickly discovered that his victory screen contained a very unfortunate bit of meat placement. It quickly did the rounds on social media and became one of the biggest gaming stories...
Random It Turns Out Some Cats Love Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Nintendo Life cats meet Mario
At the end of last week, we shared an article highlighting the struggles being faced by the world's cat population as a result of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. The extremely important and serious piece of journalism explored a variety of lovely kitties, finding that many appeared to be scared of the zooming Mario RC...
Random Yes, You Can Pet The Palamute In Monster Hunter Rise
Good doggo
To help fans get familiar with Monster Hunter Rise, the official Twitter account is uploading short clips of the game. In the very first one, it shared a video of your hunter's new dog-like companion - the Palamute. This good boy is able to be pet and can also perform a few tricks. Take a look below: The Palamute is not only a...
Random See Super Mario 64's Jolly Roger Bay Like Never Before In This 360º Interactive Video
Or watch in VR
With the release of Super Mario 3D All-Stars last month, plenty of us have been reexploring the glorious, nostalgic locations found within Super Mario 64. If you find yourself in a particularly strong Mario mood at the moment, you might want to check out this lovely recreation of one of the game's famous levels. YouTuber user...
Random Sakurai's Cat Is Also Curious About Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
The demon beast appears
Legendary game designer and director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has been playing Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit this weekend, and like other cats, his own seems to be equally as intrigued by Nintendo's latest release. He shared the following image over on his Twitter account yesterday. This cat in the...
Random Yep, Cats Really Aren't Liking Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Less than impressed
Any cat owners receiving their shiny new copy of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit today were probably already worrying about how their feline friends would adapt to a new, speedy Mario kart boosting around the living room. As you might expect, early indicators reveal that it's not going well. The thing's only been in people's hands...
Random The Award-Winning RPG Disco Elysium Has Been Ported To Game Boy
"Well, the first part of it at least"
While you wait for the multi-award-winning RPG Disco Elysium to come to Nintendo Switch, why not play the Game Boy version instead? Disco Elysium fan Colin Brannan has "ported" the first part of this game to Nintendo's legendary portable unit. If you don't have all the necessary equipment to play it on this...
Random New Smash Bros. Mod Allows You To Download And Install Skins Directly From Minecraft
Give Steve and co an alt look
In Minecraft, players have the ability to change their avatar's skin. There are even special packs featuring characters like Banjo-Kazooie, Joanna Dark, Master Chief and Super Mario. Unfortunately, in Nintendo's all-star fighting game Smash Bros. Ultimate, there are only so many alternate costumes for Steve. To make up...
Random Sakurai Didn't Appreciate The "Rough" Comments During TGS, So He Decided To Turn Them Off
"I couldn't stand it"
This year, like every other convention, the Tokyo Game Show was transformed into an online-only event. Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai appeared during one segment and gave out an award to the indie title Baba is You, while briefly showcasing it. When he wasn't busy helping out with the show, like everyone else,...
Random Steve's Smash Bros. Side Special Is Super Cheap
Minecraft's Minecart
We're always cautious not to label characters as "Overpowered" when they've been with us for less than 24 hours. That's not what we're doing. Steve has been a well-rounded technical fighter and is an utter blast to play around with...but his side special can be positively deadly. On paper it isn't too different to Bowser Jr's,...
Random Atari Shows Off Concept Art For Its New Hotels, And It All Looks Insane
First hotels to open in Nevada and Arizona
While the Atari that arcade gaming fans knew and loved in the '80s has long gone, the name continues to find itself attached to all sorts of fancy new projects, including the 'Atari Hotels' venture which we first spoke about earlier this year. In a new press release, innovation and strategy agency GSD...
Random OK, We Really Need This Pokédex Game Boy Advance Console
The bespoke mod to rule them all?
Nintendo's handhelds have been the focus of fan-made mods for years, with industrious individuals doing everything from fitting better screens to creating entirely new case designs to make their Game Boy, GBA or DS stand out from the crowd. However, Rose Colored Gaming has been doing this for longer than most, and...
Random Minecraft Steve's Smash Ultimate Win Screen Is, Erm, Unfortunate
How did this get approved?
The latest kid on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate block has arrived in the form of Minecraft's Steve, the seventh fighter to be added in one of the game's Fighters Pass expansion packs. He's got a pretty unique moveset and a strikingly different visual style, but it's something else that's caught the eye of players. Should...
Random Fan Recreates Mario's Bob-omb Battlefield And Delfino Plaza In Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
It's-a-me, Tony!
Well, here's a crossover we never thought we'd see. Last month saw the release of both Super Mario 3D All-Stars on Switch and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 on rival platforms, and both games proved to be pretty popular with gaming fans. One YouTube user has decided to blend the two, however, using Pro Skater's 'Create a Park' level...
News Select Your Minecraft Biome In Smash Bros. Ultimate With Specific Button Inputs
No more surprises
As we get closer to update 9.0.0 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo has been sharing more information about the new Minecraft DLC coming to the game. Alongside Steve and Alex, there'll also be a brand new stage known as Minecraft World. It features six different biomes, but if you would rather play on a specific
Random Someone Made A Manual For Super Mario 3D All-Stars To "Complete The Physical Set"
44 pages covering all three games
Updated: Physical video game manuals are seemingly no longer a thing - even Super Mario 3D All-Stars didn't include one. To help fill the void, one fan has taken it upon themselves to create their very own hand-made manual for the game. Here's how they describe it: "This will complete the physical set as well as...
Random Bowser Shares His Top Three Favourite Horror Games (Doug Bowser, That Is)
Bowser's creepy classics
It's that time of year when spooky versions of usernames start popping up on social media and everyone's getting in the Halloween mood by watching their favourite scary movies and playing their favourite frightening games. Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser has been getting in the spirit, too, and recently tweeted...
Random Animal Crossing's Stalk Market Is Turning Gamers Into Real-World Traders
"They’re kind of the same thing, concept-wise"
If you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons a lot lately then you'll no doubt be familiar with the "Stalk Market" – the act of buying up turnips in-game and selling them for a bumper profit before they turn bad. According to a new report by
Random Zelda Fan Pens Heartwarming Message To The Person Who Bought Their Beloved DS
"I got this DS as a birthday gift when I was 10"
One of the really wonderful things about handheld gaming is the tangible connection the player makes with the console. Sure, home systems have iconic controllers we learn to love, but with a handheld, the entire system is in the palm of your hand – and the fact you can take it with you everywhere...
Random Jet Set Radio Composer Hideki Naganuma Tried To Be An Employee Of Nintendo Twice
"Splatoon didn't need my music"
If you're a fan of funky fresh beats, you can't go past the famous video game composer Hideki Naganuma. He's best known for his music in the Jet Set Radio series back when he worked at Sega. For many years now, his fanbase has been begging Nintendo to allow him to compose some music for the squid shooter series...
Random Diddy Kong's Creator Is Publishing Drawing Tutorials On YouTube
Watch Kev Bayliss work his magic
Kevin Bayliss is a name that will be instantly familiar to anyone who considers themselves to be a hardcore Nintendo fan; not only was he responsible for the visuals in many of Rare's classic NES titles, he worked as a character designer on games such as Killer Instinct, Battletoads and Donkey Kong Country – in...
News The Latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Has Removed Harv's Hacked Fences
"Goodbye my fav hacked item"
Yesterday, Nintendo rolled out version 1.5.0 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and while the main purpose of this update was to add some spooky seasonal content in time for Halloween, it seems to have also removed certain hacked items. One item, in particular, that's gone missing since this update is a hacked fence - the...
Random Not A Fan Of Mario Kart Tour's Mobile Controls? Try A Wii Nunchuk
Ah, that's better
Mobile game Mario Kart Tour is a decent new way to play the iconic series on your smart device, but even with its newly improved control layout, some players just can't be doing with its touchscreen interface. If you've grown up playing Mario Kart on your favourite consoles we guess this is pretty understandable, but what if you...
Random Remember To Charge Your Switch At Least Twice A Year, Nintendo Helpfully Suggests
We'd guess you guys do that in a single week...
Nintendo's a friendly company, and that extends to offering pieces of advice from time to time via its social media accounts. Take, for example, the latest slice of wisdom from Nintendo's official Japanese Twitter account; it warns that the Switch's internal battery "may become unchargeable if it has...
Random Pokémon Fans Are Loving Bump Of Chicken's Nostalgic New Music Video
Premiered during today's Pokémon presentation
As part of today's Pokémon presentation, which revealed the release date for the upcoming Crown Tundra DLC in Pokémon Sword and Shield, The Pokémon Company premiered a new music video featuring a song from Japanese alt-rock group, Bump of Chicken.
Random Someone's Made A NES Game That Can Track The International Space Station
Interstellar
When Nintendo was putting together the final hardware for what would become the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) back in the '80s, it's unlikely that it would ever have envisioned the humble hardware being used for something like tracking the International Space Station. As the ISS was launched in 1998, that wouldn't have made much...
Random Grand Theft Auto 3 Is Up And Running On The Switch, It's Just Not Official
Homebrew community works its magic
One company that hasn't really jumped on the Switch bandwagon is Rockstar Games. While it released L.A.Noire with the help of port specialist Virtuos in 2017 since then it seems to have moved on. With no sign of the Grand Theft Auto series coming to Nintendo's hybrid platform anytime soon, the homebrew community...
Random Amazon's Luna Controller Sure Does Look Familiar
Where have we seen that design before?
Amazon has just lifted the lid on its cloud gaming service Luna – and its controller certainly reminds us of something. Luna is powered by Amazon's Web Service infrastructure and, like rivals such as Google Stadia and Microsoft's xCloud, will allow players to stream games across multiple devices, including...
Random Well, Here's A Crazy New Theory About Mario's Origins
"Oh my gorshk!"
We all know that Mario began life as the protagonist of Donkey Kong, although he was referred to in the early days simply as "Jumpman" and it has been widely reported that he only gained his famous moniker when the resemblance between the character and the late Mario Segale – the landlord of Nintendo of America's Tukwila warehouse...
Random Microsoft Shuts Down Rumours That It's Buying Sega Next
Sonic X?
Microsoft shook the gaming world to its very core recently by announcing that it was gobbling up ZeniMax, the parent company of video game giant Bethesda – a purchase which gives it control of million-selling brands such as The Elder Scrolls, DOOM and Fallout. When you drop a cool $7.5 billion on a company, it's almost inevitable that...
Random Travis Touchdown For Smash? That's A Big "No Comment" From Suda51
Could he be added as a DLC fighter?
One guy who arguably deserves a spot in Smash Ultimate's Fighters Pass Vol. 2 is Travis Touchdown from the No More Heroes series. The first two titles were originally exclusive to the Wii and next year the third game will be arriving on the Switch. With this in mind, Suda51 has now got the Smash
