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News SNK’s Neo Geo Mini Launches In Japan This Summer, Global Release To Follow
Pricing details in the near future
SNK’s Neo Geo Mini online presentation has just dropped, providing us with plenty of information and footage about the new device. The system will arrive in Japan this summer, with the price of the unit to be announced in the near future. A global release will follow at a later date. As previously...
Video Watch A Replay Of SNK’s Neo Geo Mini Online Presentation Right Here
The big reveal!
As you might have heard, SNK is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with the release of the Neo Geo Mini. The company has released morsels of information about the system in recent times and now the official Neo Geo Mini online presentation is here to provide a more detailed rundown. Presented by American voice actor,...
News Play Online With Your Friends In The Switch Version Of FIFA 19
New and improved
With FIFA 19 officially confirmed for the Nintendo Switch, you might be wondering how exactly the new iteration has been improved upon. Apart from EA’s acquisition of the Champions League license, the Switch version will now allow you to play with your friends online. “Enjoy new ways to play on Switch including Online...
News FIFA 19 Officially Confirmed For Nintendo Switch, Launches This September
The beautiful game
E3 has finally begun with EA's 'Play' conference, and FIFA 19 has now been officially confirmed for Nintendo Switch. The game was already expected to arrive on the console thanks to some recent comments from the game's producer Andrei Lazarescu, but this is the first time we've seen official word from EA itself. The game...
Mario Tennis Aces will also be there
Following on from the comments Bill Trinen recently made to the Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Invitational, Nintendo has announced a special “E3 Experience” will take place at the New York Nintendo store. The five-day event will coincide with the biggest video game convention of the...
News The Wacky World Of Pool Panic Shoots Onto Switch On 19th July
Panic at the pool hall
Unfortunately, Nintendo Switch hasn't had the best run of pool games so far, but one little title is hoping to change all that with the most bizarre take on billiards we've ever seen. Pool Panic, the self-proclaimed 'world's least realistic pool simulator' will be heading to Nintendo Switch on 19th July, so to celebrate its...
News Slime-San Is Getting A Swish Special Edition Treatment From Limited Run
Slime time
Limited Run Games is really upping the ante with its physical editions of otherwise digital-only indie games - just take its awesome version of Saturday Morning RPG and PixelJunk Monsters 2 - and with the publisher's own E3 broadcast due on 11th June it's revealed that Slime-san is now available for pre-o
News Check Out Two Of The Game Modes Coming To V-Rally 4 On Switch
Burnin' rubber
Bigben and Kylotonn Racing Games have released a new trailer for V-Rally 4, showing off two of the five 'disciplines' that will appear in the game later this year. The first of these is V-Rally Cross, where races throw you into intense battles with seven other racers on tracks with a mix of dirt and asphalt. The second mode -...
News Story-Driven Rhythm Game Lanota Will Be Finding The Beat On Switch Next Week
Tap notes on a 360 degree circular field
Flyhigh Works, along with developer Noxy Games, have announced that Lanota will be hitting the high notes on Switch next week. Lanota aims to offer a unique blend of dynamic music rhythm gameplay and storytelling, combining the narrative and soundtrack into one lovely sounding package. Players will be...
News Amazon Mexico Listing Reveals RPG Maker MV For Switch
Making sweet, sweet RPGs
E3 may be around the corner, but we're not sure there's going to be any announcements left at this rate. We've had a few high-profile leaks recently, and we're about to add another: the popular RPG Maker series appears to be Switch-bound. A listing has appeared on Amazon Mexico which not only gives us a title - RPG Maker MV...
News Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom Gets Shown Off In Brand New E3 Trailer
Catchy music very much included
A brand new trailer for Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom has landed, showing us exactly what we can expect to see when the game arrives on Switch this summer. This colourful action-adventure game has been made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series on Sega...
Video Explore The Atmospheric Alien Worlds Of Upcoming Switch Platformer Planet Alpha
Visually stunning
Team17 has today revealed a brand new trailer for the upcoming, mysterious platform adventure Planet Alpha. In the video above, we get to have a look at the atmospheric, enigmatic alien world that players will be exploring, as well as a showcase of some of the strange, creative, and intriguing puzzle elements of the game. These...
News Another World Targets 25th June Release On Nintendo Switch
It's the 20th anniversary edition
It's safe to say that SNES action-platformer Another World has featured on a fair few platforms over the years - including versions on Wii U and 3DS - but it's yet to finally collect the set with Nintendo Switch. Well, the wait is almost over with news that
Video Get A First Look At Paladins Running On Nintendo Switch
60fps gaming in motion
It was only yesterday that we received official confirmation from Nintendo that Paladins is coming to Nintendo Switch, and now we can already get a first look at how the game will run on the console. It has been confirmed that the game will feature 60fps gameplay on Switch (thanks to a custom port of Unreal Engine 3), as well...
News All-Star Fruit Racing Has No Online Multiplayer On Switch And It's Unreal Engine 4's Fault
The developer sets the record straight
Hot on the heels of news that All-Star Fruit Racing is getting a July release date, Italian developer 3DClouds also released a statement regarding the lack of online multiplayer for the Switch port. The fan response was, to say the least, fairly negative so the studio has taken to Reddit in a lengthy post that...
News Sekai Project Announces New Console-Focused Initiative And Five Games For Switch
That's a lot of games!
The California-based publisher Sekai Project is best known for bringing popular Asian content to the west such as visual novels, manga, and indie games, but a new initiative within the company has now been introduced with a heavy focus on console gaming. This new area of the company is called Sekai Games and, amazingly,...
News The Classic Board Game Carcassonne Brings Its Medieval Antics To Switch
Board to death
Good news if you love board games and you own a Nintendo Switch, because French publisher Asmodee has confirmed it's bringing its virtual version of classic medieval-themed board game Carcassonne to Nintendo Switch. Named after the French town of the same name, the rules of the game are all about strategically placing tiles down and...
News Taiko: Drum Master Will Be Getting An English Option In Japan This August
Time for an import come August
We're big fans of Taiko: Drum Master here at Nintendo Life - or Taiko No Tatsujin as it's known in the East - but while we were stoked to hear the series was making its way to Switch, we were also frustrated it was seemingly being released with no consideration for us western percussionists. Well, while it still isn't...
News Nicalis Announces Hack And Slash Action Game RemiLore For Nintendo Switch
Dev team includes veterans from Rare
Nicalis has announced that it has acquired the publishing rights to upcoming hack and slash title RemiLore, and we have a shiny new announcement trailer to celebrate. In the game, players must utilise twin-stick controls to battle fearsome enemies and engage in epic boss battles. The adventure begins when an...
Either way, the L-block better finally make the roster
One of the most anticipated games of the year (or perhaps 2019), is that of the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Switch. After a surprise reveal in a Nintendo Direct a few months ago, there’s still very little known about the project, other than the Inklings making their triumphant...
News Motion Controls Will Be Compulsory To Catch Pokémon In Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee
Secure those wrist straps
Adding to the ever-flowing avalanche of information being revealed for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it has now been confirmed that motion controls will be a mandatory requirement for catching your beautiful collection of Pokémon. The news comes from Eurogamer, who claim to have received a statement...
News Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker's Switch File Size Is Surprisingly Smaller Than On Wii U
The kings and queens of compression
A listing for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has popped up on the Nintendo Switch's eShop, revealing that the file size of the game is considerably smaller than the original version on Wii U. The fancy new Switch listing shows that you'll require 1.4 GB in free space to download the game - a very small...
News Muddledash Brings Octopus-Related Hijinks To Switch On 10th July
Octopi in the sky
Publisher PQube has confirmed Muddledash, the fun-filled couch co-op party game where four octopuses try and grab a present and carry it over a finish line, is still coming to Nintendo Switch and will arrive on the eShop on 10th July. It'll launch at the price of £4.79/$5.39/€4.99 with a pre-order available on 12th June from...
News Build For The Sky As Project Highrise: Architect's Edition Heads For Switch
Construction corner
Ever wanted to get into bricklaying? Fancied yourself as a wannabe architect with a flare for safety guidelines? Well, your dreams may be about to be realised as Kalypso Media and developer Somasim have announced PC building sim Project Highrise is headed to consoles - including Nintendo Switch - in 2018. Project Highrise:...
News Paladins Confirmed For Nintendo Switch Launch Next Week
60fps gameplay with cross-platform play
Update: It's official; Paladins has its very own page on the eShop. It will be bringing 60fps action along with cross-platform multiplayer when it hits Switch on June 12th - that's the same day as Nintendo's E3 show. Original Story: The pre-E3 leaks just keep on coming. It's now a given that Fortnite is
News New Details Emerge For GRIP, The Futuristic Racer Coming To Switch This Fall
Putting the pedal to the metal
Hoping to reach the recent racing genre heights of games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Fast RMX (and in the ongoing sadness that is a lack of F-Zero), Wired Productions' ferociously fast, futuristic arcade combat racer GRIP i
Video Watch Rafael Nadal Take On Mario In The Mario Tennis Aces Trailer
What's all this racket?
Mario Tennis Aces is due to arrive later this month and we're all chomping at the bit to jump back into a tennis game on Nintendo Switch (well, maybe not Tennis World Tour in its current state), so what better way to celebrate than a new trailer starring Mario and none other than world number one
News Taito's Chuka Taisen Flying Onto Switch This Summer
Cloud nine
You might be unfamiliar with the name Chuka Taisen, although there's a chance you stumbled upon the Sega Master System port re-branded Cloud Master. This charming Taito developed shmup is making its way to Nintendo Switch this summer via Retroism, a division of Tommo. The game will, once again, be re-branded as Monkey King: Master of the...
News Mighty Action RPG Titan Quest Will Wreak Havoc On Switch Next Month
Release date and details confirmed
After the game's success on other platforms earlier this year, THQ Nordic has announced that Titan Quest will arrive on Nintendo Switch on 31st July. From the minds of Age of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan, and Braveheart writer Randall Wallace, Titan Quest is an action-RPG set in ancient Greece,...
News Point-And-Click Trilogy The Journey Down Arrives On Switch Later This Month
"Point-and-click with an Afro-Caribbean twist"
SkyGoblin and BlitWorks have announced that their point-and-click series The Journey Down will be launching periodically towards the end of June on Nintendo Switch. The adventure begins in a shady corner of Kingsport Bay, on the outskirts of St Armando, where Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito...
News Tense Party Game Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes Is Coming To Switch This Summer
Da bomb
Steel Crate Games has revealed that it is bringing its asymmetric party game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes to consoles this summer, including Switch. The game has been a hit on VR platforms but is playable without a headset. It places one player in front of a procedurally generated ticking bomb which must be defused as quickly...
News Candle: The Power of the Flame Brings Light To The Switch This July
Like a candle in the wind
The Switch eShop continues to bring us a whole host of new and interesting games. Coming up in July is Candle: The Power of the Flame, which is an action-adventure game presented in glorious watercolour. Published by Merge Games, this game was developed by Spanish indie developer Teku Studios, and it certainly...
News Pre-Orders Are Now Live For The Pokémon Let's Go Poké Ball Plus Controller
Cheapest available pre-order
Pre-orders have now gone live for the Poké Ball Plus controller designed to be used with Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! In case you're unaware, the Poké Ball Plus is a Poké Ball-shaped device that can be used to play the new Pokémon titles in place of your Joy-Con. You’ll be able to...
News GameStop Listing Reveals Nickelodeon Kart Racers Coming To Switch
Start your engines
A few months ago, it was revealed that THQ Nordic had set plans to bring back various Nickelodeon games from the early to mid 2000’s for a new generation, possibly with sequels to those games being on the table. It was a surprising announcement, but not necessarily an unwelcome one, given the strong IP on offer and that...
News Freedom Planet Is Officially Coming To Nintendo Switch This Autumn
The teasing is finally over
After plenty of teasing and hinting, developer GalaxyTrail has confirmed 2D side-scrolling platformer Freedom Planet is gearing up to make the leap from Wii U to Nintendo Switch in time for the autumn/fall. The studio has teamed up with publisher XSEED to make the Switch-based magic happen. With two playable characters...
News Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season Confirmed For Switch In Teaser Trailer
Clementine's all grown up
Telltale Games has confirmed that 'The Final Season' of the studio's episodic take on zombie-survival TV and comic phenomenon The Walking Dead will be arriving on Switch in "late 2018", sometime after its August release elsewhere. Protagonist Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor after years of determination...
News Intense Arcade-Style Shoot 'Em Up GRIDD: Retroenhanced Blasts Its Way Onto Switch
"You will be destroyed"
GRIDD: Retroenhanced, an intense arcade-style shoot 'em up heavily influenced by '80s hacker culture and cyberpunk, is set to launch on Nintendo Switch tomorrow (7th June). Players are tasked with flying their ships through a computer system filled with an evolving set of glowing gates, obstacles, and enemies, attempting to...
News Colourful Platformer de Blob Inks In Switch Release Date And Brand New Trailer
"Once you Blob you can't stop!"
THQ Nordic has announced that the colourful platform-puzzle game de Blob will be making a mess on Switch both physically and digitally on 26th June. In the game, the evil I.N.K.T. Corporation has declared that 'Colour is a Crime!', leeching Chroma City of all its beauty and interest. The race to rescue the city has...
News Tennis World Tour Has Disastrous Launch, Will Rely On Updated Version Next Year
Update: Switch version delayed again to include improvements
Update: BigBen Interactive has now announced a second delay to the Switch version of the game, pushing the release back to 19th June in Europe. The official press release states that this is "to ensure that the game launches with all improvements and fixes needed on day one"...
Video Burn Some Rubber With Some New Team Sonic Racing Footage
Tails, Knuckles and more get a spotlight
Despite a series of leaks over the last few months, Sega finally unveiled Team Sonic Racing last week and it's received a pretty decent reception from fans. The publisher has been keeping news and updates on the game coming thick and fast, including little snippets of the game's high-sp
News SNK's Legacy Lives On With A Special Neo Geo Mini Presentation On 9th June
Retro revival
E3 2018 is only a few days away, and every developer and publisher worth its salt is attempting to get eyes on its respective wares before all the big announcements start crippling the internet. SNK is following a similar train of thought, with an online presentation planned for its upcoming Neo Geo Mini retro console on 9th June at...
News Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Need A Switch Online Sub For Core Gameplay Features
Trading and online battles need the online service, of course
Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee will require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to access key gameplay features, it has been revealed. You'll need a paid-for sub - which arrives in September - to access online battles and trade monsters with other players. Speaking to...
News Mother 3's Director Is Involved With FuRyu's New Nintendo Switch RPG, Work x Work
All work and no play...
The Alliance Alive and The Legend of Legacy studio FuRyu is working on a new RPG for Nintendo Switch, and there are some pretty big names involved with its development. Described as a 'retro-inspired' RPG, Work x Work places you in role of a hero's dog who has to guide visitors around a dungeon-filled theme park...
News Move Over Micro Machines, Scalextric Is Zooming Onto Switch Next Week
Create and race on your own circuits
It's time to relive those precious childhood memories as Scalextric is hitting the Nintendo Switch in video game form next week. In a similar fashion to top-down classic racer Micro Machines, Scalextric has players racing around with toy models of cars, this time on those crazily fast plastic tracks that used to...
Rumour Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Might Receive A Bonus Level On Switch
'Future Tense'
It appears that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, which is arriving on Switch at the end of this month, may contain a brand new level that is not available on the already-released PlayStation 4 version. In a game listing from RBS Import Games, a distributor of video games in Brazil, the trilogy is said to be receiving one "bonus...
News Konami Is Set To Reveal Two New Games For Nintendo Switch At E3 2018
Dare we say it... Metal Gear?
With the exception of a few titles such as Super Bomberman R, Konami is one of the few developers to show a continued investment in Nintendo Switch, but that could be about to change with news that the Japanese firm has two unannounced titles that it plans to unveil at E3 2018. The two mysterious titles are listed on...
Guide Nintendo E3 2018 Press Conference Schedule, Rumours, Hopes, And Dreams
Switch, Pokémon, Star Fox, Smash Bros., Fortnite, and more
The hype is real for this year's E3. We've got a resurgent Nintendo, riding on the crest of Switch's enormous success. As a result, every publisher and their mum is trying to squeeze games onto the hybrid console faster than you can say Call of Duty (apart from, it would seem, Activision)...
News Pokémon's President Confirms 2019 RPG Will Include Many New Pokémon And Better Graphics
Generation 8, here we come!
After the small avalanche of Pokémon reveals last week, and the general buzz and discussion around Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, you'd be forgiven for pushing next year's core series RPG to the back of your mind for now. We didn't expect to learn too much about this title for a while, but a trickle...
News Square Enix Has Established A Division Exclusively For Switch Development
Big releases are on the way
Square Enix is one of those third party companies that’s been a little more hesitant in its support of the Nintendo Switch. The company most notably brought I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear—two low-budget, retro-inspired JRPGS—and is prepping to release the heavily anticipated Octopath Traveler. Apart form that, things...
News Crazy Justice Developer Insists The Game Is Not Just A Fortnite Clone
Not afraid of Fortnite coming to Switch
We've been following the story of Crazy Justice for some time here at Nintendo Life; Black Riddles Studios' attempt to add something new to the crazy-popular battle royale genre has been shaping up quite nicely, and is set to be the first of its kind on Nintendo Switch. As it happens, in respo
