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Random Japan's Mysterious Sonic Statue Receives A Fittingly Puzzling Restoration
The mystery goes on
In Japan, tucked away inside the remote woodlands of the Kansai region's Mie Prefecture, is a lonely, mysterious statue of Sonic the Hedgehog riding a snowboard. That's a good enough story in itself, you're surely thinking, but it gets better. According to Polygon, some of the earliest photographs of the statue date back to...
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Transformed Into Stunning Studio Ghibli-Inspired Poster
Channelling Hayao Miyazaki's style
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sparked many creative fan projects since it was released and the latest one that's caught the attention of many fans online is a Studio Ghibli-inspired poster by the illustrator and Twitter user, @BigSkyCastle. As you can see, it's a simple but stunning image of Princess...
Random Head Of Xbox Appearing On Animal Crossing Talk Show Next Week
The one and only Phil Spencer
Holiday 2020 sees the arrival of the next-gen of video game consoles. One of these is the world's "most powerful" system, the Xbox Series X. In the lead up to its launch, the head of Xbox Phil Spencer is doing everything he can to spread the word. With this in mind, next week on 12th August he'll be appearing on Gary...
Random Ever Wondered What Halo Infinite Would Look Like On The Nintendo 64?
No, we didn't either, but here it is regardless
If you've been following events in the world of Xbox over at our sister site Pure Xbox, you'll no doubt be aware that Halo Infinite is looming on the horizon – the next chapter in Microsoft's epic sci-fi saga which began with the launch of the original Xbox console almost 20 years ago. Microsoft
Random Someone Made A LEGO NES With Side-Scrolling Mario Long Before Nintendo Did
And it's eerily similar
At the start of this month, Nintendo and LEGO released two exciting collaboration projects - the LEGO Super Mario range, and the LEGO NES. The latter features a replica of Nintendo's classic system, a 1:1 scale version of the controller, and even a retro TV which uses a crank to display a side-scrolling LEGO version of Super...
Random Some Of Microsoft's New 'Designed For Xbox' Controllers Look Pretty Familiar
Where have we seen these before?
Today, Microsoft has unveiled a new range of controllers and accessories all under a 'Designed for Xbox' banner, coinciding with the news that it'll be launching its Project xCloud streaming service on Android devices next month. You can learn all about the news over on our sister site, Pure Xbox, but it's the...
Random People Are Still Making Awesome Nintendo Switch TV Displays
A 75-inch masterpiece
One thing we didn't expect to see when the Switch launched back in 2017 was a trend of homemade TV displays made to look like the new portable console. Given the console's screen dimensions, we guess it does look a little bit like a mini TV screen in your hands, so why not make the whole thing jumbo-sized by sticking Joy-Con on...
Random World-Famous Author Included Zelda: BOTW Ingredients In His New Book By Mistake
"That is actually kinda hilarious. I'm totally willing to own it"
Irish novelist John Boyne has penned 18 books since 2000 (as well as a collection of short stories) but is perhaps most famous for his 2006 work The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, the harrowing tale of a doomed friendship between a Jewish boy in a World War II concentration camp and the...
Random The LEGO NES Has A Cool Super Mario Bros. Easter Egg Hidden Inside It
Pure nostalgia
If you haven't already bought and assembled the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System, there's a really nostalgic - and cool - easter egg contained within this particular build that you need to know about. For those of you who have no intention of adding this kit to your Nintendo or LEGO collection - read on. Located underneath a side...
Random Here's A GameCube For Each Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Because Why Not?
Turtles in a cube shell
The world's a mess right now, so why not end your week right by enjoying the simple things in life - just like these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed GameCubes. They're not official, as you might expect, but are in fact the result of a restoration project. Twitter user and retro shop owner @2ButtonHero is responsible for...
Random This Life-Size Atelier Ryza Statue Will Cost You $25,000
Realistically-proportioned thighs don't come cheap
Remember Ryza from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout? She caused quite a stir a while back thanks to her ample thighs and is soon to star in a direct sequel to that game. She's also getting immortalised as a life-size statue that is sure to fit elegantly into any home.
Random Hotel Returns Lost Switch To Owner, And Even Looks After Their Animal Crossing Island
Complete with adorable note
Losing your Switch while out and about would be an absolute nightmare - and something which we're thankfully yet to experience - but this lovely story shows that sometimes all is not lost. Skylar Challand, who recently had a stay at a Hilton Garden Inn in Maine, accidentally left a Nintendo Switch console in their hotel...
Random Tokyo Fire Department Uses Animal Crossing To Share Public Safety Tips
Health and safety is fun after all!
The huge success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has inspired a number of different companies to jump on the bandwagon in recent times - fashion brand Valentino shared some custom designs for fans, and KFC actually used it to give away free chicken -
Random Bloober Team's Mind-Bending The Medium Was Intended For The Wii U Almost A Decade Ago
"Do you know about Medium? If not, you will"
During Microsoft's recent Xbox showcase, Bloober Team – the studio behind Observer, Layers of Fear and Blair Witch – revealed its next project, called The Medium. This uni
Random Artist Shows Off Totally Rad Cyberpunk 2077 Game Boy Concept
Launching in 2077
CD Projekt Red's new game Cyberpunk 2077 might not be out until November, but it's already established a fanbase. Blender artist, Tomek Dittrich, is such a big fan, he's gone to the extent of creating a "Nightcity Cyber Boy". The full 3D model of this concept even includes a Cyber Boy version of Cyberpunk 2077. In the brief clip...
Random LEGO Super Mario Gets A Hulkbuster-Style Makeover
Mario SMASH!
It's only a matter of days until the totally adorable LEGO Super Mario sets hit the streets in Europe and North America, but lucky Japanese LEGO fans have had a chance to pick these sets up sooner and we're already seeing some great photos of what can be done with these kits. One of our favourite uses of LEGO Super Mario so far is by...
Random What's Worse Than Getting Another 'Legacy Edition?' FIFA 21's Box Art, Apparently
"Why does the Fifa 21 Box Art look like my Powerpoint presentation?"
EA has released a new trailer for FIFA 21 and also revealed the upcoming series entry's box art, and online reaction has been mixed, to say the least. The cover features Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain. As one of the world's finest players, it's little surprise to see him on...
Less is so much more
We recently saw a custom-made Polly Pocket-style Animal Crossing toy which we thought was the height of miniature video game cuteness, but in the past few days we've discovered something that's even more impressive. The construction and photography of the tiny scene above is the work of Tatsuya Tanaka, a miniature artist who...
Random Test Your Memory With This Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Concentration Challenge
A little test from Nintendo
Earlier this year Nintendo released Brain Training for Nintendo Switch in Japan and Europe, although for some unknown reason it has yet to launch in North America. While there's still no sign of Dr Kawashima's daily brain sharpener reaching North American shores, Nintendo of America has tweeted a short video which tasks...
Random Fan Photoshops Masks Onto Every Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Character
Everyone is here! (With masks)
The Super Smash Bros. gang might enjoy throwing, kicking, and Falcon Punching each other into oblivion in their spare time, but it turns out that they also know how to look after each other, too. Twitter user @gleed_ssb has taken on the almighty task of Photoshopping masks onto each and every character in the Super...
Random Animal Crossing Mod Wipes Out All The Sea Bass In New Horizons
There are plenty more fish in the sea
One fish we know you're probably sick of hooking by now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the sea bass. According to a story over on Polygon, it has got to the point where a modder by the name of 'SmuggestGirl' has decided to eradicate this sea roach from the game. Their mod, simply titled 'No Sea Bass',...
Random Brie Larson Reveals Her Favourite Animal Crossing: New Horizons Villager
It's one of the hamsters
Yesterday, The Witcher actor Henry Cavill sent the internet wild when he posted an Instagram video of himself building his very own gaming PC. Now, a YouTube video uploaded by Captain Marvel star Brie Larson is doing the rounds online. It showcases her new island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Unfortunately, she's had to...
Random A Super Smash Bros. Fan Is Reimagining Every Fighter As A Hollow Knight Bug
And it's wonderful
We've seen plenty of fan-made takes on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster over the past couple of years - like the time someone decided to transform John Cena into Captain Falcon, or when the art director of God of War created an incredible collection of 'realistic' Sma
Random Suda51 Appears In Devolver Direct Credits, Shows Two Seconds Of No More Heroes 3
He's at it again
Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Gochi Suda keeps popping up in places we least expect. This time around it was during the credits of Devolver Digital's Direct presentation. Why was he present? To show off another two seconds of No More Heroes 3 footage, of course. Yep, we actually got a whole two seconds of No More Heroes 3 footage...
Random The Pokémon Company Re-Uploads Its Pokémon Unite Videos, And Fans Aren't Happy
"you don't care about fans"
Last month, when The Pokémon Company revealed its new online battle game Pokémon Unite, eagle-eyed trainers noticed the Nintendo Switch featured in the promotional trailer was incorrectly mirrored. The Pokémon Company has now addressed this editing error (as can be seen above), but in the process, it's taken down all...
Random Nintendo Of America Originally Wanted Pikachu To Be "A Tiger With Huge Breasts"
Pika-who?!
This little fella could have looked very different It's hard to imagine a world without Pikachu in it at this point - the cuddly little critter has been an ever-present star for both The Pokémon Company and Nintendo since the late '90s - but its design could have been significantly different here in the west if Nintendo of America had...
Random This Paper Mario: The Origami King Pamphlet Is An Advertising Masterclass
Bravo, Nintendo. Bravo
If you hadn't already guessed from the title, Paper Mario: The Origami King has a pretty strong origami theme running throughout its plot. It's set in the Origami Kingdom, features origami characters, and with the entire series being rather literally about paper, you can bet that there'll be plenty of origami puns to be found...
Random Rather Than Pay A Fortune For The Legendary SNES PlayStation, One Man Built His Own
The dream of the '90s is finally here!
The discovery of the SNES PlayStation sent shockwaves through the gaming community back in 2015. A collaboration between Sony and Nintendo, the unit was intended to meet the challenge of CD-based systems like the Mega CD and TurboDuo, but it was never released; Nintendo infamously left So
Random Running Zelda: Breath Of The Wild With 29 Mods Is As Chaotic As You'd Expect
You've never seen Hyrule like this
We've seen some pretty cool Zelda: Breath of the Wild mods over the years - just last week we saw Ocarina of Time's Lon Lon Ranch be modded into the game, and someone even got Samus and her Gunship in there once - but nothing even comes close to the absurdity you're
Random Niantic Got Rian Johnson To Direct A Pokémon GO Commercial
"It was a real pleasure"
Niantic's augmented reality mobile game Pokémon GO has just turned four years old. To celebrate in style, it's teamed up with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out director, Rian Johnson, to produce a special commercial for Pokémon GO Fest 2020 (taking place on 25th - 26th July). Johnson describes himself as a...
Random 8BitDo's Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Sure Looks Familiar
Play xCloud games with a SNES pad? Sure, why not!
Peripheral maker 8BitDo has been producing amazing controllers for quite some time now, and has never made any secret of the fact that it borrows heavily from Nintendo's school of hardware design. In fact, many of its pads – including the SN30 and NES30 – are based on Nintendo controllers, a fact
Random Fans Have Spotted A Mistake In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Newest Stage
Did you notice?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest DLC character Min Min has been available for around a week now, along with a brand new stage, music, and more, but have you noticed the mistake that seems to have slipped through during development? We wouldn't blame you for missing it, but eagle-eyed fans have
Random Have Super Smash Bros. Boxes Been Teasing Future Games All Along?
What are the chances?
Ever since Melee arrived in 2001, the Super Smash Bros. games have all been treated to a subtitle in their name, rather than following any sort of numerical sequel-style system. After the original Super Smash Bros. on N64, we had Melee on GameCube, Brawl on Wii, the less-imaginative for Wii U and
Random Isabelle Reclaims The Official Animal Crossing Twitter Account, But Fans Have Mixed Feelings
"Please shut up about your sock"
During the build-up to Animal Crossing: New Horizons' launch this year, Nintendo decided to make full use of its official Animal Crossing Twitter account by giving it a new lick of paint. Usually 'ran' by Isabelle, the account was given over to Tom Nook, with a change of profile picture and tweet style put in place...
Random These Fan-Made Pokémon LEGO Models Are Incredible
A Pokémon Master Builder
We don't know about you, but whenever we sit down and try to build something with LEGO, we find ourselves hopelessly picking up different bricks, staring at them in hopes that they might magically hop across the table and create something that our minds simply can't imagine. Thankfully, there are plenty of people out there...
Random Yes, You Can Swim In The Winter Months Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
In case you were wondering...
Ever since Nintendo revealed wave one of its "Summer Update", some Animal Crossing: New Horizons players located in the Southern Hemisphere have been worried about not being able to swim because they're currently in the winter months. The promotion for this update was entirely focused on summertime, so it's easy to...
Perfectly reasonable, if you ask us
Those of you who positively love moaning about the fact that we cover Brie Larson way too much here at Nintendo Life are going to get a kick out of this story, because the Academy Award-winning actor – famous for her roles in Captain Marvel, 21 Jump Street and Room (as we
Random Fans Have Made Their Very Own Splatoon 2 Instruction Manual
Remember the good old days?
We know we've said this plenty of times before, but we sure do miss the good old days of flicking through a game's manual. We imagine a fair few of you will have similar memories to us, picking up a new game from the store and eagerly looking through the booklet on the way home before loading it up, but that's sadly...
Random The Last Of Us Director Admits He's A Nintendo Fan In Podcast With Reggie Fils-Aimé
He loves Super Mario!
As you may know, ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has been hosting a special 'Talking Games with Reggie & Harold' podcast over the past few weeks. Alongside author Harold Goldberg, the podcast has had a number of games industry guests such as Geoff Keighley and Xbox head, Phil Spencer. The latest and...
Random Turns Out NBA Jam Has Been Cheating The Chicago Bulls All This Time
"Make sure you pick the Pistons over the Bulls"
If you're a Netflix subscriber, you'll no doubt have seen the excellent basketball documentary series, The Last Dance. It charts the incredible story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls during one of the most exciting periods in the history of the sport. It also spends a bit of time covering the...
Random Can You 'Guess That Game'? - Nintendo Shares A Brand New Quiz
Think you know your Nintendo games?
Well, here's something fun to pass the time - a brand new quiz shared by none other than Nintendo itself. In the video above, you're presented with three games which have been heavily blurred. For each one, you have just a handful of seconds to try and guess what game is hiding behind the blurry visuals; they get...
Random Miss Nintendo Directs? Check Out This Crowd-Pleasing 'Nontendo Direct' Presentation
And it's all for a good cause, too
It's three months to the day when we were last treated to a Nintendo Direct Mini, and it's been almost ten months since we last had a full-fat Nintendo Direct which wasn't dedicated to a single game or franchise. It's hardly a problem considering just how many wonderful games there are to play
Random Modder Puts Skyward Sword's Sandship Dungeon In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Running at 4K and 60fps, no less
The Zelda: Breath of the Wild community has left us consistently bewildered and amazed ever since the game launched, and this latest mod continues that trend in style. YouTube user and modder Waikuteru has shared a video of a new mod which places Zelda: Skyward Sword's Sandship dungeon inside Breath of the Wild's...
Random Pokémon GO Grandpa's Amazing Phone Rig Has Gigantamaxed
What a sight to behold
Back in 2018, the then 70-year-old Chen San Yuan rose to fame among the Pokémon GO community after he was spotted with a seriously impressive bike rig which allowed him to use 11 phones at once, helping him to catch and evolve rare Pokémon. Two years later, it would appear that it's not just his Pokémon that are evolving,...
Random Something's Really Not Right With That Pokémon Unite Promo Image
How did no one notice?
Earlier today, The Pokémon Company unveiled Pokémon Unite, a brand new, upcoming online battle game for Switch and mobile devices. That's all well and good, but what on Earth is going on with its main promotional image? In our rush to learn everything we could about the game when it was first revealed, we must admit that we...
You obtained the Zora’s Sapphire!
As Beyoncé once famously sang, 'if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it'. Thankfully, if your significant other is as into The Legend of Zelda as you are, there's no better way to do just that than with a Triforce-style ring worthy of Zelda herself. We recently stumbled across AllThingsGeekChic on...
Random First Curry, Now Sonic's Getting His Own Energy Drink
Available this August
Remember that officially-licensed Sonic curry that turns your poop blue? Well, the speedy little hedgehog's back with a second consumable product that we'd probably be pretty cautious of. This time, Sega's teamed up with G Fuel, a US-based energy drink brand, to release a crossover product "inspired by iconic elements from...
Random Suda51 Acknowledges Unfortunate No More Heroes 3 "Gameplay Footage Leak"
What a tease
Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Gochi "Suda51" Suda has teased fans with new gameplay footage of No More Heroes 3. The funny part about it is that nobody got to properly see it because his head was blocking it the entire time. At the very beginning of the New Game+ Expo 2020 Showcase, the famous video game designer appeared on-screen and...
Random Smash Bros. Fans Think They've Identified Masahiro Sakurai's Couch
Is this the one?
Sure, sure, we've seen Sakurai's insane gaming setup, but wouldn't you like to know more about the couch he was sitting on during the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter reveal? Obsessive fans in Japan think they've now identified the exact model - or at least the brand of the couch - he sits on when he's at home. According...
Random Min Min Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural - Can You Find Her?
Gaming's most epic art piece?
So, ARMS' Min Min has been revealed as the next fighter to appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside a new stage, new music, and an adorable new Kirby design. We're sure plenty of you are excited to get stuck in with the new character next week, but here's a bit of fun before she arrives. The famous Smash Bro
