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Random Chinese Tech Firm Xiaomi Transforms Its Phone Into A Switch With This Accessory
Nintendo, is that you?
We've seen plenty of companies already trying to emulate the success of the Nintendo Switch with their own unique accessories and video game devices, and it looks like this trend won't be dying down any time soon. Chinese technology company Xiaomi has announced the Gamepad 2.0 - a successor to the original accessory that...
Random Sneaky Smash Bros. Fans Rejoice At The Sight Of Princess Peach's Knickers
"You can penetrate the Princess’ dark matter"
Nintendo is a family-friendly company and tries as hard as possible to maintain that stance, at least when it comes to the residents of the Mushroom Kingdom. However, just like in Jurassic Park, life – or should that be a horny sub-section of the gaming community – finds a way. In this particular...
Random Some Mexican Fans Received Random DVDs Instead Of Smash Ultimate From Amazon
Ouch
In one of the weirder stories to appear over the weekend, some customers who pre-ordered their copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Amazon Mexico appear to have received random DVDs instead. The game had been available to pre-order on the site leading up to launch, with many getting their orders in early to secure a copy of the game for...
Random Avoid Water If You're Playing As One Of These Fighters In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Struggling to stay afloat
Since the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last week, more and more fans have apparently started to realise how certain fighters in the latest entry take water damage. If you play Splatoon 2, you'll know how water is lethal to
Random Rapper Soulja Boy Just Launched A Pair Of Game Consoles, So Of Course There's A Catch
Soulja Boy tells ’em (to buy these trash machines)
We pride ourselves on only listening to music recorded before 1999 here at Nintendo Life, so prior to being chained to a desk and forced to write this story, we had absolutely no idea who Soulja Boy was, what songs he'd done or why he's such a big deal. A few minutes of slack-jawed research later,...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Immortalised As A Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo
A new challenger is approaching!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will grow Nintendo's amiibo library with its inclusion of a bunch of new and returning fighters. There's a current total of 70 fighters to collect in figurine form. If this current list and the upcoming DLC fighters weren't already enough, two fans have gone the extra mile creating a Super...
Random Super Smash Bros. Fan Makes The Ultimate Custom Game Manual You Can Print Out
A smashing idea
For quite a number of years now, Nintendo has not included physical manuals inside its game cases. Nowadays you're lucky if you get a single instructional leaflet. The Japanese company has even gone as far as punching holes inside 3DS cases to make the overall production cycle more environmentally friendly. While it does make a lot...
Random Nintendo Switch Voted As "Least Creepy" Holiday Gift In User Security Poll
Unless you're playing Dark Souls
The Nintendo Switch is currently sitting at the top of a "least creepy" holiday gifts list as voted for by customers, and suddenly the reasoning behind the creation of our 'Random' article tag has become abundantly clear. At first, thinking of our little Switch consoles as being voted the "least creepy" holiday gift...
Random Singer Ariana Grande Has Online Troubles With Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
She eventually solved her problems
Following her Nintendo Labo collaboration with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots (see video above), American singer, songwriter and actress Ariana Grande appears to have acquired her very own Switch. The only problem is, she had to sort out a few things before she could enjoy
Random It Looks Like Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Might Be A Super Mario Odyssey Fan
We'd thrash him at Mario Kart, though
If there's one thing Cristiano Ronaldo will forever be remembered for, it's absolutely that time he wore a Super Mario hat in a random changing room photograph in November 2018. Yes, the football sensation (or soccer for our chums in the US) may well have won five Ballon d'Or awards, scored more goals than...
Video We Forced Splatoon 2 Producer Hisashi Nogami To Eat Haggis, And We Regret Nothing
It's Burns Night somewhere
As the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 Grand Final is happening at MCM in Birmingham's NEC this weekend, the producer of the series Hisashi Nogami decided it was worth popping into dear old Blighty to see the whole thing in action. As is the natural course of events whenever a prestigious Japanese developer comes to our...
Random Only 300 Of These Fiorentina-Themed Game Boy Pockets Were Ever Released
Football in your pocket
If you live and breath calcio, you might be fond of the Serie A Italian football side Fiorentina. Even if you just love the global game and are also a fan of Nintendo, you'll probably remember this team's classic 'Nintendo' kit of 1998. To this day, it remains one of the club's most iconic and memorable designs. During this...
Random Japanese Tennis Star Kei Nishikori Has Been Playing Pokémon: Let's Go In His Downtime
A big fan of the Nintendo Switch
Earlier this year, Nintendo hired the famous Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal to help promote the release of Mario Tennis Aces on the Switch. We can't help but wonder why the Japanese company didn't also make contact with their very own homegrown talent Kei Nishikori to advertise this release in various regions...
Random Man Shares Emotional Globe-Spanning Journey With Snorlax Plush After Buying It While Drunk
"Please help me, I ordered this large boi when I was drunk"
Loving and playing video games can be an expensive hobby - not just thanks to the games and hardware themselves, but also thanks to the avalanche of extra toys, figures, and merchandise that are produced as a result. Most of us will have experienced a desire to purchase the odd extravagant...
Random The Famous Basketball From The Front Cover Of NBA Jam Is Actually Real
But how is it not on fire?
The famous arcade basketball game NBA Jam was originally released by Midway in 1993 and made available on the Super Nintendo the year after. Anyone who played it will no doubt remember the game's cover art depicting a basketball exploding through a paper-like banner. For those who didn't know, this wasn't a CGI render or...
Random Official Legend Of Zelda Art Shows Link In A Revealing New Light
NSFW?
For most Nintendo fans, seeing the slightest glimpse of Link is enough to instantly recognise one of our favourite heroes. The Legend of Zelda protagonist is famous for his green (or blue) tunic, his (now old) pointy hat, his Master Sword, and even those familiar grunts and "hyah" noises, but we've never seen him quite like this before. Yes,...
Random Japanese Man Named Miyamoto Arrested For Selling Modded Super Famicom Mini
No, not that one
A 39-year-old man located in Japan has been arrested by police for selling modded Super Famicom Classic Mini consoles to three individuals in online net auctions. According to a report by Asahi via Nintendo Soup, the man added a total of five games to each of the modified systems and then resold them for approximately 61,500 yen...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Signs Smash Bros. Switch Dock For Staffer And It's Absolutely Glorious
Can we have one too, Senpai?
If you love the Super Smash Bros. series just as much as we do, then you're probably about to become painfully jealous of this lucky Smash Bros. Ultimate developer. As you may already know, a special Super Smash Bros.-themed Nintendo Switch has launched today, ready for the game's release next month on 7th December...
Random Detective Pikachu's German Voice Is Creeping People Out, And For Good Reason
"Pika pika"
If you've finally managed to contain your excitement after seeing the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie trailer reveal the other day, then we're very sorry to thrust it back into your eyeballs for another experience you won't forget in a hurry. Today, friends, we're going to meet the German version of Detective Pikachu, and then probably...
Random That New Smash Bros. Ultimate Trailer Seems To Sync Perfectly With Almost Every Song
We have a new meme, friends
Just yesterday, Nintendo shared a brand new trailer for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate promoting "more fighters, more battles, more fun". What the marketing team didn't realise (or maybe they did and this was planned all along) is that the trailer seems to sync up with almost every song imaginable, sometimes with unbelievably...
Random US Jewellery Store Offering Free Switch With Every Purchase Over $1,199
Hey, big spender
US jewellery retailer Helzberg Diamonds is hoping to get a few extra sales this holiday season thanks to a very unique promotion. From now until 24th December, customers who spend more than $1,199 will receive a bonus Nintendo Switch with any purchase they make. As Destructoid notes, Helzberg Diamonds makes it out as a free...
Random Chris Pratt Teams Up With Epic Games To Promote Fortnite In South Korea
Growing the game
Epic Games is getting richer by the day thanks to its free-to-play battle royale sensation Fortnite. The marketing has very much fueled its success, with the company partnering with globally recognised brands and even going as far as dropping giant objects from the game in actual deserts. NFL outfits were
"I vowed never to play this game again"
You'll have to forgive us here, as we're going to go a bit misty-eyed and nostalgic. Dave "The Games Animal" Perry - one of the most instrumental figures involved in the creation of the iconic UK TV show GamesMaster - has just launched a new YouTube channel which aims to replicate the '90s vibe that drew so...
Random 70-Year-Old Pokémon Player Ditches His Bike For A Fearsome Full-Body Rig
This isn't even his final form
Listen, you might think you like Pokémon GO, but you probably don't like it quite as much as Chen San Yuan, the 70-year-old Taiwanese player who rose to fame by strapping a load of phones - all running the game, of course - to his bicycle. Yuan clearly felt that the bike was getting in the way of his monster hunting,...
Random Brie Larson Reveals She Wants To Make A Metroid Movie After Dressing As Samus For Halloween
We'd give it a watch
If there's one Nintendo franchise that has the potential to create a genuinely good movie, it's Metroid; with the space wars, aliens, and a lone, mysterious hero at its core, the series seems like a decent fit for a silver screen adaptation. Of course, we've already heard that the Metal Gear movie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts...
Random Former Sega President Admits The Mega Drive Was Created To "Beat" Nintendo
Chasing success
In the latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu, Sega's former President Hideki Sato - who led the company between 2001 and 2003 - reflected on the period prior to the release of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. When asked about the planning that went into the creation of the system, Sato confessed the team simply wanted to create...
Random Fans Are Having Too Much Fun With The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Death Beams
Meme-tastic
The recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct gave us plenty more information about the upcoming game, reveals for brand new characters (including our new favourite, Piranha Plant), and a spectacular intro movie for the game's adventure mode '
Random Now You Can Finally Experience What It's Like To Be Eaten Alive By Kirby
Dreams do come true
It's easy to idolise - or even be jealous of - the many star characters in the Super Smash Bros. series; they have some serious skills in combat, they're adored by an incredible army of passionate fans, and they get to experience what it's like to be eaten alive by Kirby before being spat back out like an unwanted olive. If any...
Random NPD Reveals Best-Selling N64 And Game Boy Color Games From The Mid To Late Nineties
Retro flashback
While we're used to seeing the latest video game charts, it's easy to forget how they looked roughly twenty years ago. NPD Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella recently shared the best-selling game charts from the mid to late nineties. In terms of Nintendo charts, he featured the big systems of the time including the Nintendo...
Random Lady Gaga Reveals She's A "Secret Gamer Girl" Who Has Been Playing Bayonetta
Brie Larson also wants to be Samus Aran
While most Bayonetta fans are waiting on the third entry to arrive at some point in the near future, the American singer, songwriter and actress Lady Gaga is busy playing through the first game. According to one of her tweets, she's a bit of a "secret gamer girl" having recently completed Chapter IV in the...
Random Castlevania Animated Series Makes Hilarious Reference To Original Game
Wall chicken is the best chicken
For anyone who wasn't confident the talent behind the Castlevania animated series on Netflix was respecting the source material, this should put any concerns to rest once and for all. An eagle-eyed viewer of season two has spotted a cartoon chicken bone poking out from one of the walls within Dracula's castle during...
Random Here's Why One Of The World's Best National Teams Isn't In FIFA 19
Must be the money?
FIFA 19 is one of the most authentic representations of the world's favourite sport that money can buy, boasting thousands of real-life players and hundreds of clubs. However, it's not entirely faithful to The Beautiful Game, because there are some odd omissions. Our friends over at Eurogamer have pointed out that Croatia -...
Random You Can Now Make Your Very Own Poké Ball Waffles
Gotta eat 'em all
If you're a fan of Pokémon and waffles, which certainly sounds like an excellent combination to us, then you're probably just about to fall in love with the idea of this Poké Ball Waffle Maker. Released by the folks over at ThinkGeek, this waffle maker is officially licensed and creates the tastiest looking waffles we've ever...
Video Settle In For A Nintendo Story Most Spooky With Grimwald Gutfright
Every creepypasta boiled down into one
If there's one thing that's historically saturated the internet, it's horror stuff. More specifically, the entire subgenre known as creepypasta, a style of story that is infamously cliché and poorly written to the point that it's actually quite amusing. So in the name of Halloween, snuggle up and dim the...
Random Smash Bros. Fan 3D Prints Custom GameCube Controller Adapter Designed For 8-Player Mode
More players equals more fun
A Nintendo fan who we're guessing is eagerly anticipating the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in December has 3D printed their very own custom GameCube controller adapter. It's been designed for the eight-player mode which first appeared in the Wii U and 3DS entries. If you thought it was just two separate adapters...
Random Sega Shares 10-Hour Mix Of Sonic Adventure 2’s Pumpkin Hill Rap, Because Why Not?
Complete with Comic Sans title
If there's one thing we love, it's the people behind the official Sonic the Hedgehog social media accounts. Sonic's Twitter page often churns out high-quality memes and self-depreciating jokes in ways that other official brands simply can't seem to manage, and now the YouTube channel is getting in on the act, too...
Random These Stylish Rail Covers Will Protect Your Switch From Fall Damage
Kickstarter begins soon
If you're at all worried about dropping the Switch on its side, then perhaps you should consider these stylish rail covers for your beloved system. Developed by the two-man team at Gravilogic, these "Switchblades" (as can be seen in the images above and below) promise to protect your Nintendo Switch's electrical leads from...
Random Japanese Auction Reveals Wii Remote Prototype For The GameCube
Paving the way
Over the years, there have been plenty of prototype Nintendo systems, controllers and accessories publicly revealed. If you think you've seen them all, perhaps not. Ars Technica reports how a recent listing on a Japanese auction site has shed light on a rare Wii Remote prototype designed for the GameCube. The controller sold for...
Random Collect Saints, Not Pocket Monsters In The Most God-Like Pokémon GO Clone Yet
Combining technology with evangelisation
Pokémon GO - like so many popular games - has seen its fair share of clones and copycats, some of which have been attached to properties as big as Jurassic World and Ghostbusters. However, these shameless imitations have nothing on Follow JC Go!, a clone of Niantic's monster-catching title which appears to...
Random Stop Those Joy-Con From Smashing Your TV With These Just Dance Wristbands
The ultimate Just Dance accessory?
If you love a good session of Just Dance on Switch, either with 2017, 2018, or this week's Just Dance 2019, then this Just Dance Joy-Con holder wristband might come in particularly handy. As you'll be aware if you've played a Just Dance game before, swinging your arms to the funky beat can get tiring and frantic...
Random A City In Kansas Is Renaming Itself 'ToPikachu' In Honour Of Everyone's Favourite Pokémon
And it's not even the first time
Michelle De La Isla - the mayor of Kansas state capital Topeka - must really love Pokémon games she's rechristening the settlement as 'ToPikachu' this coming Saturday. Local residents will hopefully not be too confused by this temporary name change, which only lasts one day. On this special day, Nintendo will...
Random Recreating Smash Bros. Victory Animations In Real Life Looks Incredibly Challenging
And incredibly fun
The Super Smash Bros. series' end-of-match screens are strangely satisfying to stare at after a hard-fought battle, likely thanks to the crazy animations performed by the winning character and the graceful, steady clapping from the slightly passive-aggressive losers. As it happens, some people enjoy these animations so much that...
Random Slack App Engineer Discovers Way To Load Conversations Into A 1995 SNES Game
Using the Satellaview
Back in 1995, Nintendo released a satellite modem peripheral for the Super Famicom in Japan called the Satellaview, allowing the console to receive data transmissions at any given time. Bundled with this peripheral was a game called BS-X: The Story of The Town Whose Name Was Stolen, and sure enough, Nintendo sent magical waves...
Random Wish Your Switch Was More Like A 3DS? Then 3D Print Your Own Folding Flip Case
Get back in the fold
One of the 3DS' most useful features - and one that had been a part of Nintendo's handheld lineup since the Game Boy Advance SP released back in 2003 - is its foldable design, keeping both screens and all buttons safe from damage when being carried around. Of course, the Switch has demolished this trend in recent times, but if...
Random Bowsette Has Been Recreated By Fans In The New SoulCalibur Game
Boosette as well
Nintendo has refused to acknowledge the existence of Bowsette, leaving fans of the Bowser and Peach mashup with no choice but to take matters into their own hands. Modders have already added the character to a number of Nintendo games including New Super Mario Bros. Wii and more recently The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and...
Random Hollywood Legend John Carpenter Doesn't Think Much Of Nintendo Labo
"Frankly, this thing sucks"
John Carpenter's contribution to horror cinema simply cannot be understated; via titles like Halloween, The Thing and They Live, he has helped to shape the kind of fright-heavy flicks we know and love - and that's not to mention his many excellent films outside of the genre, such as Escape from New York, Big Trouble in...
Random It Turns Out Odyssey Wasn't The First Game To Display Mario's Nipples
1 x 1 pixel edition
Before Bowsette took the internet by storm, Mario's nipples were all the rage online. This obsession started when a Nintendo Direct prior to the release of Super Mario Odyssey last year showed the iconic mascot running about with no shirt on. The sight of Mario's bare chest set the internet alight, resulting in plenty of...
Random LEGO DC Super-Villains Survey Finds That UK Residents Want Catwoman Over For Dinner
A useful survey?
LEGO DC Super-Villains launched earlier this week on Nintendo Switch (or tomorrow, if you're in Europe), giving LEGO fans yet another dose of brick-tastic gameplay to sink their teeth into. To "celebrate the release" of the game, a recent survey was sent out to some lucky UK residents, asking them questions about their favourite DC...
Random Treat Your Loved Ones To These Joy-Con Knife Blade Holders This Holiday Season
The perfect gift this Christmas
With the holiday season fast approaching, you may be starting to search for the very best gifts money can buy to present to your nearest and dearest. If you're buying for a gaming fan, it's pretty likely that a Nintendo Switch-themed present could go down rather nicely indeed. Well, as it happens, we've just stumbled...
Random DuckTales Artist Creates Hauntingly Good Castlevania Mash-Up Tribute
Two NES games in one
Castlevania fever is running high at the moment, with Simon and Richter Belmont arriving in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in December, a new season of the Netflix series airing next week, and this month's release of Castlevania Requiem (which
