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News Rain World's Developer Is Gauging Interest For A Potential Switch Port
Could the slugcat be heading to Switch?
Videocult, the indie developer behind the tactical stealth platformer Rain World is gauging interest for a new port, suggesting the twisted adventures of the slugcat could be making their way to Nintendo Switch in the future. It proved to be one of the most acclaimed indie games to hit PC and PS4 last year, so...
News Quirky Puzzle Platformer Shiftlings Is Shifting Onto Switch
Join the intergalactic reality show
We quite enjoyed Shiftlings when it popped up on the Wii U eShop back in 2015. For those who missed it, it's been announced today that an enhanced version of the quirky puzzler will wobble onto the Switch eShop on the 1st of February in Europe and North America. Set in an intergalactic reality...
News Retro Styled Platformer Miles & Kilo Heading To Switch eShop Soon
Kid Tripp is back and this time he's brought his dog!
If you enjoyed retro styled platformer Kid Tripp then you might be interested to know that publisher Four Horses is bringing sequel Miles & Kilo to the Switch eShop in the not-too-distant future. Miles & Kilo takes all the great features of Kid Tripp, turns them up to 11 and...
News The Fall Part 2: Unbound Is Set To Take Over The Switch This February
When AI takes over the mind
Canadian developer Over The Moon has announced that its latest project The Fall Part 2: Unbound will be launching on Nintendo Switch on February 13th. As a sequel to The Fall, which was originally released on Wii U, this game combines haunting metroidvania exploration with brain teasing point-and-click adventure...
News Aperion Cyberstorm Flies Onto The Switch eShop On 8th February
Plasma-spewing, bullet-hell twin-stick shooter action
We first played Aperion Cyberstorm - by aPriori Digital - back in early 2015 as shown in the video above, and had a lot of fun with its stylish twin-stick shooting. That was on Wii U, but the realities of making games with limited resources and the rapid decline of the console saw...
News The Original SteamWorld Dig Will Tunnel Onto Switch Next Month
Time to dig deep into those pockets once more
SteamWorld Dig is one of our favourite Wii U and 3DS eShop titles so the news that we'll get the chance to play it a third time on Switch is very welcome indeed. Image & Form's Brjann Sigurgeirsson has stated that it's coming on February 1st and will cost $9.99 in North America. Sigurgeirsson said...
News 2D Action RPG Earth's Dawn Will Be Mobilising On Switch Soon
War is coming
Japanese studio One Or Eight is bringing its 2D action game Earth's Dawn (known in Japan as Earth Wars) to the Nintendo Switch, it has been announced. The game is already available on PS4, Xbox One and Steam and uses a similar visual style to titles like Muramasa and Odin Sphere. The Switch version is coming alongside ports...
News R.B.I. Baseball 18 Will Aim For The Bleachers On Switch This March
Hopefully it will be better than the last one
R.B.I. Baseball 17 was hardly a home run on Switch, but if you're one of the few people who enjoyed it then you'll be pleased to learn that the next instalment is headed to Nintendo's console, too. R.B.I. Baseball 18 is due for release in March and will - as you'd expect - feature updated rosters for...
Feature Bugging Out With Hollow Knight's Team Cherry
The other dark Knight
Hollow Knight is a cute yet dark Metroidvania from the talented minds at Australian developer Team Cherry. After a hugely successful 2017, the insectoid platformer is preparing to embark on the greatest adventure of all as it makes its way to Nintendo Switch this year. To celebrate its impending arrival, Nintendo Life was lucky...
Video Watch Link Beat Up Some Crowds In A New Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition Trailer
Laying the smacketh down
2018 is going to be a huge year for Nintendo Switch - just look at the reveal of Nintendo Labo earlier in the week for a taster of that - and that includes the return of Link and the rest of The Legend Of Zelda gang as Hyrule Warriors returns for a second round of crowd-clearing brawling. So to get you excited for the...
News Tachyon Project Swoops Onto The Switch eShop Next Week
We've getting the best version, too
Eclipse Games has revealed that it is updating its Wii U title Tachyon Project for the Switch. Described as the definitive edition of the dual-stick shooter, the Switch version will include improved graphics, local multiplayer support in story mode, improved enemy creation effects to avoid annoying...
News Space Dave! Lands on the Switch eShop on 25th January
Woah
One of the most delightfully strange experiences that you could find on the Wii U was that of Woah Dave!, a Mario Bros.-like arcade game with nearly endless replay value. Though that game would be a perfect fit for the Switch, developer Choice Provisions has ensured that its sequel, Space Dave!, will be coming to the platform next week. Unlike...
Feature Shooting The Breeze With Chromagun Developer, Pixel Maniacs
"It’s a love-letter to Portal"
Chromagun is a first person puzzle game with more than a passing resemblance to Valve's much loved Portal games. Despite the immediate similarities, its developer hopes to impress with its own sense of witty humour and fiendishly clever colour based puzzles. With only three colours to choose from, it might seem that...
News Labo's Cardboard Revolution Adds Almost $1.4 Billion To Nintendo's Value
Now we just need some sticky back plastic
A year ago, the reveal of Nintendo Switch helped swell Nintendo's market value by a staggering $1 billion, and now, mere months before the release of Nintendo Labo, the Japanese firm's worth has shot up by another 2.4%. That might not sound like a big percentage, until you realise that translates into a...
News Learn How To Code Your Own Games With FUZE4 Nintendo Switch Later This Year
A game programming educational tool
UK-based FUZE Technologies, a company which aims to create tools that make learning and teaching real text based coding easy and accessible, has released some brand new information on their upcoming project for Nintendo Switch. Aptly named FUZE4 Nintendo Switch, this software will feature a comprehensive...
News Rock Out To This Brand New Trailer For MUSYNX on Nintendo Switch
Portable rhythm action
PM Studios has revealed a brand new trailer for their rhythm action game MUSYNX, specifically focusing on the Nintendo Switch version coming later this year. The game will feature more than 50 songs to choose from across a variety of genres including pop, classical, trance, rock, and more. MUSYNX was originally a mobile...
News D3 Publisher Primes A Salvo Of Switch eShop Titles
Tennis! Billiards! Escape Trick! Erm, Men!
D3 Publisher is bringing five new titles to the Switch eShop in both Japan and the west, it has been confirmed. The first is Tennis, which will be available in Japan on January 25th and will cost 800 Yen. It showcases 8 characters and 6 courts. The game supports the Pro Controller, but you can also...
Preview Hands On And Flying High With Dustoff Heli Rescue 2
Get to da choppa!
Much like its mobile and PC-based predecessor, Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 is arcade-style helicopter sim that sees you moving left and right across a 2.5D plane in a variety of customisable whirly birds. Only three of this skyward machines were available in the first game, which increases to a much more satisfying nine this time around...
News First Labo's Cardboard Piano, Now KORG Gadget Lets You Make Music With Your Joy-Cons
Music is the answer
While the internet goes crazy in reaction to Nintendo Labo and its cardboard constructs, another curve ball has been thrown in Nintendo Switch's general direction. KORG (the Japanese electronics giant that specialises in keyboards, guitar pedals and studio recording equipment) will be bringing its KORG Gadget music production
Buyers Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Labo Kits
Get 'em while they're hot
Although we’ve still got a few months to go until Nintendo Labo is on store shelves, fans are already clamoring to have the toy in their hands. There will be two kits initially available for Labo, one for Project Giant Robot and one with a variety of minigames and Labo constructs. If you head on over to Amazon, both of...
News Reggie On The Future Of Nintendo Labo Regarding Third Parties
This is only the beginning
Nintendo Labo is an unprecedented idea for the company, yet one that makes perfect sense given how Nintendo has always been one to march to the beat of its own drum. Though two kits were revealed in the initial announcement for Labo, it seems that this is a long term initiative that the company will continue revisiting in...
News Nintendo Confirms It Won't Be Freely Supplying Extra Cardboard Replacements For Labo
Update: Better look after your original ones
Update: Following on from post earlier in the day, Nintendo has since clarified its stance on additional cardboard design patterns. IGN France, which originally reported the support for such a long-term feature, reports that Nintendo won't be proving additional cardboard patterns for those that wreck the...
News Max: Curse Of Brotherhood Is Getting A Physical Release On Switch
Arrives in March
Video game publisher Wired Productions has revealed that it is to release the Switch title Max: The Curse of Brotherhood in physical form on March 23rd. The game is expected to retail for around £24.99 / €29.99 / $29.99. Originally released for the Xbox One and Windows PC, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood has...
News Steep Release Could Be Imminent As Copies Go On Sale Via Dutch Retailer
(Update: they're 'sold out' so you can't complete a purchase)
We've known Steep has been on Ubisoft's planned Nintendo Switch release plan for some time, but a new listing on an online retailer in the Netherlands suggests the snowboarding sim could be about to ride the portable mountain imminently. The Dutch retailer Nedgame is the site in...
News Double Dragon Is Coming To The Switch This Week
Better late than never
By this point in time, HAMSTER’s Arcade Archives line of games must make up about half the Switch eShop. The company has been remarkably consistent in releasing new games on a regular basis, and no doubt helps to tide over retro fans still waiting for a Virtual Console of some sort to arrive on the Switch. Though many of the...
News Dark Souls: Remastered Won’t Feature Cross-Platform Play
I feel hollow...
There had been rumblings for quite some time that Dark Souls would be arriving on the Switch in some form, but it still came as a pleasant surprise when the Nintendo Direct Mini confirmed the existence of Dark Souls: Remastered. This will mark the first time that the brutal action series makes an appearance on a Nintendo platform,...
News The Anthropomorphic Mystery Of Night In The Woods Arrives On Switch This Feb
If you go down to the woods today...
Indies from across the industry have been making Nintendo Switch's ever-growing eShop their home since the console launched last March, but one award-winning title has been keeping us waiting for a good 10 months now. Well, the wait is finally over as the charming, brilliant and poignantly melancholy Night In The...
News Wield The Power Of Gods (And Some Huge Guns) As Immortal Redneck Heads To Switch
A new kind of pyramid scheme
An FPS set in Egypt with roguelike mechanics? God-like powers? The kind of dark humour that could crack a smile on even the stoniest of face? Sign us up! Yes, the tongue-in-cheek action of Immortal Redneck has finally been officially confirmed for a Switch port, with a still too vague 'Q1 2018' slated in for a release...
News Masters of Anima Will Be Fighting Evil on Switch This Spring
"Save your fiancée, and the world"
Focus Home Interactive has announced that it will be bringing Masters of Anima, an original adventure game from Passtech Games, to the Nintendo Switch this spring. The game sees you follow Otto in his quest against the forces of evil in strategic, action-packed battles, where your ability to make tactical...
News Scribblenauts Showdown Officially Confirmed For Switch Release This March
Drawing a crowd
Remember we reported on the news that Scribblenauts Showdown had been listed for release on Switch? That has now been confirmed via Twitter, with the game hitting Switch, PS4 and Xbox One on March 6th. While previous entires in the series were focused around puzzle-solving, the new title appears to have a more social focus. Up...
News Here's A New Glimpse Of Stardew Valley's New "Really Fun" Multiplayer Mode
"Can't wait to share this"
First teased back in 2016, prior to its release on other platforms, Stardew Valley was always created with both a single-player and a multiplayer mode in mind. In the meantime, the charming family/romance simulator has arrived on Switch and secured a firm place among the system's most popular titles, but now we've finally...
News SD Gundam G Generation Genesis To Hit Japanese Switches This April
Mechs a lot of sense
Originally released on PS4 and PS Vita back at the end of 2016 as part of the Gundam30th celebration, SD Gundam G Generation Genesis is finally getting another portable release, this time on Nintendo Switch. The caveat being it's currently only being slated for Japan with a 26th April release date and a 6,800 Yen price...
News Super Chariot Arrives On The Switch Later This Year
Drop dead awesome
One of the better co-op games to grace the Wii U was that of Chariot, a bizarre platformer that saw you playing as a princess and her fiancé as they lug her father’s corpse through a cave system. The colorful graphics and enjoyable gameplay were definitely highlights, and naturally the co-op focus of the game seemed to make it a...
News Mercenaries Saga Chronicles Brings A Trilogy Of Tactical RPGs To Your Switch In February
Will Of The White Lions will be a console first
Two entries in the Mercenaries Saga have already appeared on 3DS - 2015's Mercenaries Saga 2: Order Of The Silver Eagle and 2016's Mercenaries Saga 3: Gray Wolves Of War - and now we'll finally be getting the first as all three arrive in the newly minted Mercenaries Saga Chronicles. Due next month,...
News Indie Sports Curio Disc Jam To Fling Itself Onto Nintendo Switch on 8th February
We're jammin'
While it seemed likely that indie sports sim Disc Jam would eventually make its way onto Nintendo Switch, we've long been waiting on confirmation of a firm date. Well, thanks to an eShop listing we now know its due to hit North American Switches on 8th February 2018. If you're not familiar with the game (it's been out on PS4 and PC...
News Get Ready to Blast Aliens in Spacejacked, Coming To Switch This Year
"Build, shoot, survive"
Ratalaika Games are no strangers to porting games to the Switch - League of Evil, The Count Lucanor, and I and Me are just a handful of their past porting projects - and now another one is on the way: Rotten Mage's tower defence game, Spacejacked. In Spacejacked, your job is defend your spaceship a
News Dark Horror Platformer Dream Alone Will Spook Its Way Onto Switch Soon
Spooky stuff
It has been revealed that Dream Alone, the upcoming horror platformer from Fat Dog Games, will be making its way to Nintendo Switch. Dream Alone features classic platform gameplay, unique abilities, deadly traps, horror elements, and a dark and mysterious storyline. After a sickness strikes a quiet village, people start falling...
News South Park: Fractured But Whole Coming to Switch on 13th March, says Aussie retail listing
Killing Kenny goes portable
It's all the rage these days to have a rumour circulating that your game might be coming to Switch, and today it's the turn of the NSFW turn-based RPG South Park: The Fractured But Whole. The superhero-themed sequel was a underrated gem in 2017, and a new listing suggests it could be headed for Nintendo's newest hardware...
News Quirky Physics Platformer Epic Loon is Invading The Switch This Year
Featuring parodies of classic '90s films
A new (and rather crazy) gameplay trailer for Ukuza's upcoming platformer Epic Loon has revealed that the game is heading to Nintendo Switch. Focusing around a visual style similar to that of VHS tapes from the nineties, this game sees you take control of an alien who has invaded someone's VCR. You'll need...
News SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Will Not Censor Risqué Costumes For Western Switch Release
"Nothing will be removed or replaced in the Western release"
We're no stranger to certain risqué Japanese games being censored for the Western market. Sure, this makes them more family friendly, but as we found out with the 2016 release of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, fans will go to great lengths to work around this so they can enjoy the full...
News Yoshi For Nintendo Switch Could Be Heading To Switch In Time For The Summer
Amazon Italy has a 'June' release date...
The Nintendo Direct Mini that dropped out of the blue on Thursday - following nuclear level hype and the subsequent fallout that always comes with it - had plenty of exciting new titles announced, but now we're inevitably turning our attentions to
News Cheeky Facebook Tease Suggests Freedom Planet Might Be Heading For Switch
"Are we doing it right?"
The Switch hype train continues to fill up with passengers with the tantalising news that 2D, classic Sonic-era-style platformer Freedom Planet might be somersaulting its way onto Nintendo's newest hardware. Well, either that or developer GalaxyTrail likes a good weekend trolling on Facebook... It's certainly not beyond the...
Video Get Ready To Crack The Case With Detective Pikachu In The Latest Trailer
Talk tough and solve mysteries
We have to say we're really looking forward to getting our hands on Detective Pikachu when it lands on the 3DS on 23rd March, 2018. In the game you will take on the role of young Tim Goodman and explore with his talkative partner Pikachu. Yes it is weird that Pikachu now talks - and who expected that accent,...
News Aqua Moto Racing Utopia Rides Into The North American eShop This February
Jet-Ski hi-jinks on the go
Nintendo Switch is starting to rack up a respectable collection of racing titles, and it's about to get another as Bigben Interactive confirms Aqua Moto Racing Utopia will carve its way into North American from next month (although it's been out in Europe since November). The follow up to Aqua Moto Racing 3D features...
News Fe Will Be Enchanting the Nintendo Switch Next Month
And it looks beautiful
Today's Nintendo Direct Mini has provided a bunch of new release dates for imminent Switch titles, one of which was for Zoink Games' upcoming title, Fe. Fe is a platform adventure where the story is up to you to discover as you play. At the heart of the game is a tactile song mechanic that allows you to communicate with...
News Her Majesty's SPIFFING Will Bring A Dose of British Humour to Switch Next Month
Bob's your uncle
A new listing on the European eShop has revealed that Her Majesty's SPIFFING, a point-and-click style adventure game released on other platforms at the end of 2016, will be released on Nintendo Switch on 1st February. Focusing rather heavily on British humour by comically digging into stereotypes, the game sees you venturing into...
News Kirby Star Allies Releases This March on Switch and Introduces New Copy Abilities
You've gotta love Kirby
More news from today's Nintendo Direct Mini has revealed that Kirby Star Allies will be released for Nintendo Switch on 16th March. And you can actually pre-order it from the Nintendo eShop right now! The game is set to introduce some brand new copy abilities when it arrives on the console, bringing some fun new ways to...
News The World Ends With You: Final Remix Heading to Nintendo Switch This Year
The Direct starts with you
Opening today's Nintendo Direct Mini was the announcement that The World Ends With You: Final Remix will be heading to Nintendo Switch. Ten years after the game's original release on Nintendo DS, this remix will allow players to use the traditional touch-screen controls, or the Joy-Con controllers for a fresh style...
News Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Brings An Epic Quest To Switch This Summer
And an unpronounceable title, to boot
Ys is one of the longest-running JRPG franchises around and has enjoyed a series of sequels in recent times. If you're a long-time fan of the series then you'll be pleased to learn that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana has just been confirmed for a summer release on Switch. Hero Adol finds himself...
News Mario Tennis Aces Brings A GBA-Style Story Mode To Switch
Get ready to serve
We love a good tennis game here at Nintendo Life and Mario Tennis Aces for Switch looks set to be a winner. Mario steps onto the court in classy tennis garb for intense rallies against a variety of characters in full-blown tennis battles. New wrinkles in tennis gameplay will challenge your ability to read an opponent’s position...
