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News Battle Chasers: Nightwar Will Lay Siege To Nintendo Switch on 15th May
The art of war
After much delay, THQ Nordic has confirmed hyper-stylised RPG Battle Chasers: Nightwar finally has a release date on Nintendo Switch, with the port arriving on 15th May. It'll retail for $39.99 / €39.99 / £34.99 and will also have a retail edition for all you physical collectors. Originally Kickstarted in 2015, Battle Chasers...
Hands On Cleaning Up The Streets With Raging Justice On Switch
Created by ex-Rare developer, MakinGames
Team17 has announced that Raging Justice - the upcoming beat-'em-up created by ex-Rare developer, MakinGames, will be hitting Nintendo Switch on 8th May. If that's not enough good news for you, we've been checking the game out for ourselves to share our initial thoughts with you lovely lot! A pretty good day,...
News Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Will Kick Ass (And Chew Bubble Gum) On 5th June
Love Shaq
While it's taken a little while to finally emerge from development, Saber Interactive and Wired Productions have officially confirmed that Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will arrive on Nintendo Switch on 5th June, just in time for the summer. Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is an action-packed beat-'em-up starring the one and only Big Diesel himself:...
Hands On Taking On Robot Aliens In Team17's Upcoming Action-Puzzler Mugsters
Physics, action, puzzles, sandbox, phew!
Today, Team17 (the publisher behind recent Switch greats such as Overcooked: Special Edition, The Escapists 2, Yooka-Laylee, and Worms W.M.D.) has announced that
News Pack Your Hiking Gear Because Firewatch Is Coming to Nintendo Switch
It's time to visit Shoshone National Forest...
Well, here's an unexpected, and very welcome, surprise. Firewatch, the 2016 indie hit that made a big splash on other consoles and PC, is officially coming to Nintendo Switch. And in 2018, no less. Turns out developer Campo Santo has been working on the port in secret, and it's finally ready to make its...
Video There's A Chill In The Air With This New Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Trailer
A cold day in paradise
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is due to arrive on Nintendo Switch on 4th May, bringing with it the classic, tough-as-nails gameplay of the Wii U original (including loading times that are half as long as those featured in the original). With less than a month to go, Nintendo has released a new trailer to get you in the...
Video Build Your Own Guitar With The Cardboard Creations Of Nintendo Labo
Shred on Switch
With Nintendo Labo a mere few weeks away, we're getting more than a little excited to start seeing the world in cardboard. Enter the latest Toy-Con Garage tutorial from Nintendo, which this week details how you can make a functional guitar out of your Nintendo Switch, some rubber bands and a little cardboard. Using the frighteningly...
News You Can Go Hands-On With Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes From Today At PAX East
Suda51 says so!
PAX East kicks off today from Boston, Massachusetts, and there's a ton of games you can pre-release if you happen to be making your way to the annual expo and convention. And that includes Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes with its genre-hopping action and over-the-top humour. Grasshopper Manufacture revealed the game will be...
News Rule From Upon High As Skies Of Fury DX Swoops Onto Switch On 12th April
Every dogfight has its day
Nintendo Switch is severely lacking in the aerial dogfighting department, but Seed Interactive Skies Of Fury DX aims to change all that as it shoots its way onto the Switch eShop next week (Thursday 12th April). A port of the mobile title Ace Academy: Skies Of Fury, the cel-shaded arcade flight sim has a brilliant...
News Choice Provisions Reveals New Information About Retro Challenges In Runner3
“The-game-within-the-game”
Choice Provisions’ Runner3 is one of the most highly anticipated indie releases on the eShop, as the third instalment in the studio’s delightfully crazy rhythm platformer series. The previous two games were both known for their extremely high difficulty, but it was the special stages in those predecessors that...
News New Switch Advertisement Gives A First Look At The Roster For Mario Tennis Aces
A new challenger!
After the rather unfortunate release of Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash on the Wii U, it seems like Camelot is really bringing its A-game for the follow-up in Mario Tennis Aces. Early footage of the game has been promising and the inclusion of a single player story mode seems like it’ll inject plenty of diverse gameplay options...
Feature The Biggest Retail Games Hitting Nintendo Switch This Spring
All your games are belong to us
How time flies, eh? We're already more than three months into 2018 and that can only mean one thing - E3 2018 is only around the corner. The centerpiece of the gaming calendar is where everyone will be looking come June, but that doesn't mean the release schedule is barren in the lead-up. In fact, Nintendo Switch has...
News Console Exclusive Shelter Generations Will Be Feline Good When It Launches On 12th April
Big cat diaries
As previously reported by Nintendo Life back in January, developer Might And Delight and publisher Circle Entertainment are bringing Shelter Generations to Nintendo Switch as a console exclusive - and now we finally know when the emotional wildcat sim will be making an appearance. Next week no less, on 12th April. The collection -...
News The Spectrum Retreat Will Bring Mysterious First-Person Puzzles To The Switch This Year
With a "sometimes unsettling" story
Ripstone Games has announced that The Spectrum Retreat, an upcoming first-person narrative puzzler, will be launching on Nintendo Switch this year. Developed by Bafta Young Game Designer award-winner, Dan Smith, The Spectrum Retreat is said to revolve around intuitive first-person puzzle...
News Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze On Switch Loads Twice As Fast As On Wii U
Fast funky fun
Comparisons between the Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and the Wii U version released back in 2014 seem to be cropping up all over the place at the moment; just recently we found out that the game's file size is almost half the size on Switch when compared to
News Pocket Rumble Reminds You That It Still Exists By Being Playable At EGX Rezzed 2018
Red hot rumble
Remember Pocket Rumble? A one-on-one fighter which wouldn't look out of place on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, it was supposed to launch last year but was delayed, and has - unfortunately - been somewhat forgotten in the gold rush of indies titles that have come to Switch since then. Thankfully, it's about to get another chance to shine...
News Spin Your Six Shooters Because Wild Guns Reloaded Is Coming 17th April
I wanna be a cowboy, baby!
First, we knew it was coming in the Spring, then it was sometime in April, and now - finally - we have a solid, tangible release date for Wild Guns Reloaded. Natsume's remake of the SNES classic will be arriving on Nintendo Switch on 17th April. With confirmation from Natsume that the game has now gone gold, the finished...
News Costume Mode Comes To Shantae: Half-Genie Hero On 10th April
Suit up
Just yesterday, WayForward revealed the details and release date of the forthcoming Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition that will be including all DLC plus a few extra goodies. Granted, the final DLC—Costume Mode—still has yet to go live, but the studio revealed more details earlier this week and it sounded like a release date...
News Yesterday Origins Gets A Physical Switch Release In May
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Boxed Switch game collectors rejoice, Microïds will be bringing Yesterday Origins to retail on 31st May, alongside the eShop release. This adventure game was developed by the Madrid-based Pendulo Studios. So what's Yesterday Origins all about then? Let's check out the game's synopsis:...
News Dark Souls Remastered To Feature Improved Frame Rates In Blighttown
Jumping has also been tweaked
We're less than two months away from what was once a mere pipe dream - Dark Souls on a portable machine - and thanks to a preview on Fandom (which has subsequently been removed), the new and improved Dark Souls: Remastered will feature a handful of subtle yet welcome changes to one of the most beloved action-RPGs of all...
News Octocopter: Double Or Squids Brings Oceanic Four-Player Co-Op To Switch This Week
It's an updated port of the Wii U version
Indie studio TACS Games has confirmed Octocopter: Double Or Squids is headed to the Nintendo Switch eShop this week on Thursday 5th April. It's an updated port of Octocopter: Super Sub Squid Escape - which scored a respectable 7/10 on Wii U back in 2016 - although this new version has been...
News Keep Your Ship Together With Space-Based Multiplayer Action Title Catastronauts
Overcooked in space!
Inertia Software is bringing Catastronauts to the Switch, it has been announced. Described as a "fast-paced multiplayer action game", Catastronauts is a bit like Overcooked - but this time around you're attempting to keep your spaceship together while taking down enemy craft. It's also coming to PS4 and Xbox One...
News Platform Through Time In Double Cross, From The Makers Of Runbow
Time is running out
Get ready to platform across time as the multiverse-hopping antics of Double Cross is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer. Coming from 13AM Games - the same indie studio that brought Runbow to various Ninty platforms - Double Cross is a 2D action-adventure platformer that's ultra colourful and extra charming. You'll be leaping...
News '80s-Inspired Racer BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers Will Speed Onto Switch This Month
Funky
Playdius has announced that BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers will be screeching and sliding its way to the Nintendo Switch eShop on 19th April. The game is inspired by classic top-down multiplayer arcade games with insane tracks, allowing you to gather up to eight players for a hectic racing party, competing in championships, upgrading cars,...
News Head Out On An Aeronautical Odyssey When Above Swoops Down In 2019
Plane and simple
Danish developer Mighty Moth has announced its upcoming whimsical flight simulator Above will be landing on 'consoles' in 2019. In this isometric affair you'll pilot a bright red plane and guide its pilot, Mary, around a flooded world full of sky pirates and other dangers lurking beneath the waves. You'll be able to land and...
Rumour Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition Could Be Landing On Switch
For the Emperor!
It's been a long time since the dark future of the 41st millennium has graced a Nintendo console, but that could be about to change if a recent listing for Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition proves to be a real thing and not some elaborate prank. The turn-based strategy title, much like Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command...
"NOPE"
Wired Productions has announced that Max: The Curse of Brotherhood's physical release will be arriving on 24th April for Nintendo Switch, and there's a new, whacky trailer to celebrate. Max: The Curse of Brotherhood sees Scandinavian storytelling be told inside a colourful 2.5D platformer. Max makes use of classic jump and run...
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition Lands In North America On 8th May
Mark your calendars
About a week ago, WayForward revealed the details about the new Costume Mode coming to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, which will mark the end of the game’s current plan for post-release DLC support. Now, we’ve known that an Ultimate Edition would be on the way, so it stood to reason that an announcement likely wouldn’t be too...
Video We Feel these Top Ten Characters Deserve to Be in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch
Number WAH-n
Everyone's got their own ideas about who they'd like to appear in the hype-intensive Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch, and over at NL Towers we're no exception. The potential list is frankly endless, so we decided to limit ourselves to the good old fashioned list of ten just to prevent this video and article going on...
News Psyonix Reveals Details Of The New Graphics Update For Rocket League
What a save!
A couple months ago, Psyonix made it clear that it would be releasing a patch for Rocket League on the Switch in the future which would be adding in new video options to give fans greater controls over the fidelity of the experience. The update is due to launch on 3rd April next week, so the studio has chosen to detail what all will be...
News Not Tonight Is A Post-Brexit Role-Playing Game With A Healthy Dose Of Political Satire
Right in The Thick Of It
Political satire can be a wonderful thing, whether it's flicking through the barbed pages of Private Eye or enjoying the foul-mouthed psychological warfare of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick Of It, but it's medium that's found very little exposure in the world of games. Well, indie developer PanicBarn and publisher No More...
News Infernium Will Scare Its Way Onto The NA eShop Next Week
It'll hit the EU one on 12th April
While we've known that first-person horror experience Infernium was due to arrive in April ever since the game was announced for Switch earlier in the month, but now we've got the official release dates straight from indie developer Carlos Coronado. The game will be hitting the North American eShop next week on 5th...
News Penny-Punching Princess Won't Be Getting A Physical Release In The UK After All
Digital is the only way to go, Brits
Penny-Punching Princess won't be available physically in the UK when it launches this week, it has been revealed by publisher NIS America. The company has issued a statement saying that it cancelled the release of the physical version of the game in the region when it became clear that it wouldn't be able to...
News Tactical JRPG Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs - Royal Edition Secures April Switch Release
"A modern approach to a full-blown JRPG"
Crunching Koalas has announced that Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs - Royal Edition will launch on Nintendo Switch on 12th April. Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is a modern-style JRPG with skippable battles, aiming to deliver a mix of good old adventuring and dynamic storytelling. There is also a focus on...
News Bloodstained's English Voice Talent Includes Alucard, Char Aznable And Solid Snake
Well, the guys behind the voices, at least
The full English voice cast for the upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been revealed, and there are some famous faces (or should that be vocal cords?) included. The recording sessions - which have been directed by Jamie Mortellaro (Halo 4, Silent Hill: Shattered...
News Samurai Shodown III, Ninja-Kid And Dragon Blaze Are Next Week's Arcade Games On Switch
Transcending history, a tale of samurais, ninjas and dragons...
If you were expecting a quiet retro week after Easter, forget it. HAMSTER and Zerodiv are once again teaming up with three offerings on the same day that will be too darn sweet to pass up. Fighting, platforming and shmup-ing fans, take notice of yet another three worthy additions to our...
News Dragon Quest XI On Switch Will Arrive "Much Later" Than Other Versions
And there are no plans for a localised port of the 3DS instalment
Finally, it's official! The Unreal Engine 4-powered Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age is coming to the West in 2018! Huzzah! But there's a catch - only the PS4 and PC versions are getting a release in September 2018. A Nintendo Switch port is still on the cards, but according...
News LEGO The Incredibles Will Be Plastic And Fantastic On Nintendo Switch This June
The 15th of June, to be exact
Last week we reported on an Amazon Canada listing that showed LEGO The Incredibles with a 15th June release date attached. We see a lot of these listings and many of those dates fail to come to anything, but with The Incredibles 2 opening in cinemas the day before, we predicted it was probably a legitimate date...
News Suda51 Is Working On A Secret New Game And Famitsu Is Really Excited About It
But is it a sequel or something brand new?
It was only yesterday we were reporting on the potential for the upcoming Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes to eventually hit retail with a physical release, and now the man behind it - auteur and all-round cool dude, Goichi Suda aka Suda51 - has revealed he's working on a new, as-yet-unannounced game...
News All-Star Fruit Racing Powerslides Onto Switch This July
But will miss out on online features
PQube has announced that its upcoming kart racer All-Star Fruit Racing will be zooming onto Switch this summer, with a brand new trailer revealing a July release window. We first heard about the game's upcoming Switch release a couple of weeks ago, with a Brazilian rating being given to the game for the console,...
News Super Rocket Shootout Will Bring Pixel Art Brawls To The Switch Next Week
Featuring destructible stages
One-man indie developer Oddly Shaped Pixels has announced that Super Rocket Shootout is headed to Nintendo Switch, releasing just next week. The game is a frantic pixel art brawler which mixes lightning-fast platforming actions with fighting game mechanics for up to four players. Players will be able to master...
Video This Little Nightmares: Complete Edition Trailer Will Give You The Willies
Welcome to the nightmare
The news that Tarsier Studios' Little Nightmares is coming to Switch filled us with great joy, as it's one of the most stylistically engaging titles we've seen in a long time, presenting a disturbingly dark world packed with ghoulish monsters. Publisher Bandai Namco has released a new trailer in Japan for the...
News Create Your Own Mario-Like Masterpieces With PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker
Create and share
PQube is pubishing Super Icon's platform game construction kit PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker on Switch eShop, it has been announced. Already available on Steam Early Acess, PlataGO! allows you to create your own 2D run-and-jump masterpieces using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. You can piece together a fiendish...
News Splatoon 2 Producer Reveals More Details About The Octo Expansion
It can't come soon enough
During the last Nintendo Direct, Nintendo dropped the rather surprising announcement that Splatoon 2 would be receiving a new single player expansion. Details have been a bit thin on the ground, but it promises 80 new stages and a much darker tone; hopefully adding a hearty amount of content to the game’s already great...
News Kirby Star Allies Version 2.0 Is Now Available For Download
Try out the new characters!
Kirby Star Allies launched earlier this month, bringing with it a wonderful celebration of everything that fans love about the Kirby franchise. Part of this could be found in the Dream Palace feature, a special room that allows one to summon friends from across Kirby’s long history. Nintendo has promised to keep this...
News Asymmetrical Shooter/Brawler Aftercharge Is Headed To Switch For Some 3v3 Battles
Danger! Danger! High voltage!
Much like horror games (such as the recently released Outlast 2 - check our review!), shooters are finding a new and welcome home on Nintendo Switch, and Aftercharge looks to keep that trending firing on all cylinders. Coming from Canadian indie studio Chainsawesome Games, it's a 3v3 asymmetrical shooter/brawler with...
News Rogue Aces Is Cleared For Take-Off On Switch This April
Roger that
Curve Digital is teaming up with Infinite State Games to publish Rogue Aces on the Switch eShop next month. Showcasing procedurally generated levels, Rogue Aces is also coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. All three versions launch on April 12th, costing £9.99/€12.99/$12.99. Here's a wee helping of PR:...
News Will Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Get A Retail Release? Suda51 Says "Maybe"
No more retail?
Due to arrive in 2018, Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture's latest opus - the genre-mashing world of Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - is already shaping up to be one of the year's most unusual Switch-bound games when it eventually hits the Switch eShop. Check out the trailer from the recent Nintendo Direct if you need...
News Devious Dungeon's Randomised Medieval Mayhem Will Hit Switch On 30th March
Knight and day
Barely two weeks ago publisher Ratalaika Games revealed its mobile hit, Devious Dungeon, would be heading to Nintendo Switch at a later date - and now we finally have that date. And it's this week! Yes, the randomised levels and medieval combat will be heading to Nintendo Switch this Friday on 30th March. Ratalaika Games is working...
News WayForward Reveals More Details About New Shantae: Half-Genie Hero DLC
Almost Ret-2-Go!
Though Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was an excellent game at launch, WayForward has since been working tirelessly on new modes and expansions featuring different characters and playstyles. It’s been a great run so far, though there’s been one major update left that was included as a stretch goal in the initial Kickstarter campaign...
