Tag: Videos - Page 38
Video Check Out The Latest Battle Chasers: Nightwar Trailer Before It Hits Switch Next Week
Not long to wait!
THQ Nordic has shared a brand new trailer for Battle Chasers: Nightwar to celebrate the game's upcoming release on Nintendo Switch. As you can see, the game has been hoovering up the praise from critics on other platforms, and we expect it to perform just as well on Switch now that it has finally made its way over. The trailer...
Video Go Behind-The-Scenes With Upcoming Switch Survival RPG Smoke and Sacrifice
An open world, narrative-driven adventure
Smoke and Sacrifice developer Solar Sail Games has released a new behind-the-scenes video, giving us an opportunity to explore the game in a bit more detail. The video features gameplay footage and discussions with key team members who talk about what makes the game's blend of narrative with...
Exclusive Behind The Scenes On Switch MOBA Arena Of Valor's Audio
Music to slay people by
It might not be a household name in this part of the world, but Honor of Kings is a massive game in China - and it's coming to the Switch under the title Arena of Valor. In July 2017, it was reported that Tencent's MOBA had 80 million daily active players and 200 million monthly active players - which gives you some idea why...
Reaction What are Your Thoughts on Nintendo Switch Online?
Are cloud saves enough?
So, we finally know. Nintendo's proverbial floodgates have opened and let through a relatively small but impactful chunk of knowledge regarding the oft-forgotten Nintendo Switch Online service. We've already covered everything that will be included along with all the semi-spicy details, but now we want to hear your thoughts...
Video Here's How Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Might Have Looked On Game Boy Color
A Think To The Past
Most of us are likely pretty familiar with the gorgeous art style of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by now; releasing alongside the Switch on launch day, the game took the world by storm, hoovering up more awards than anyone could ever have expected. What if the game had been released 20 years or so ago, though? The...
Video Here Are 10 New Switch Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In May
It's gonna be May
As you've no doubt noticed by the changing weather (touch wood) and the influx of NSYNC memes, May is upon us, and the fifth month of the year is bringing with it a slew of new titles for Nintendo Switch. So we've boiled all these lovely games down to tasty 10 for your visual delectation. And there's a wide breadth of titles here...
Guide Nintendo Switch Download Speed Slow? Here's How To Fix It
So simple it's criminal
The Switch has been subjected to a lot of flak regarding its WiFi connection, and whilst reports are mixed in this regard, we don't think anyone would say no to a little extra speed when downloading. This tip isn't going to set the world on fire, but during our quick tests we managed to reduce a game's download time from 90...
News Japanese Musican Shows Us How To Rock The Piano In Nintendo Labo
Tinkling the cardboard
It was only going to be a matter of time until a musical prodigy took to YouTube to show the world how to rock the cardboard Piano Toy-Con from the entertaining package that is Nintendo Labo: Toy-Con 01 - Variety Kit. Here's Japanese musician Geniway treating us to a rendition of Splatoon music using Labo's...
Video Check Out The Stardew Valley Multiplayer Update In Action
Two hopeless addicts are better than one
Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish has shared an official livestream exploring Stardew Valley's multiplayer update. A public beta version of the upcoming multiplayer mode is currently available for download on Steam, allowing users to see what the fuss is all about, and giving the developers crucial...
News Zarina And Sylvie Arrive In SNK Heroines On Switch To Shake Things Up
Who will be the belle of the brawl?
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy looks like it's going to be a whole heap of fun when it lands on Nintendo Switch this Summer. To keep us interested until its launch on 7th September, the lovely folks over at NIS America have shared a new game trailer that shows off two new characters in the shape of Zarina...
Video See Nintendo Labo's Piano Making Its On-Stage Debut
With some chiptunes, naturally
As you'll see in our in-depth review of Toy-Con 01 - Variety Kit 1, Nintendo Labo is bursting at the seems with potential, and that extends to the working Piano kit you can build with nothing more than some cardboard, some sticks and a Nintendo Switch console. One user - Mancunian chiptune musician, Critcal Strike -...
Feature Hands-On With Raging Justice, The Streets Of Rage Successor Your Switch Deserves
We talk to Nic Makin ahead of the game's May launch
Once the toast of the video game arena, the humble side-scrolling fighter has fallen from grace in recent years. While we've seen notable titles that have tried to resurrect the genre - such as the brilliant Wulverblade - it remains a relic from a bygone era; a style of game that was arguably most...
Video Check Out This New Trailer For Pool Panic
“The world’s least realistic pool simulator”
In the last Nintendo Direct focused on Nindies, one of the standout titles shown off was that of Pool Panic, billed as “the world’s least realistic pool simulator”. Though it still holds to the basic conventions of pool, this game looks absolutely nuts; placing you as the cue ball in a variety...
Feature The History And Evolution of Donkey Kong
37 years in the making
Few gaming characters have hung around as long as Donkey Kong, and over the years we at NL towers have garnered a healthy respect for the giant, tie-wearing ape. That's why we decided to throw together a short audio-visual retrospective to take a look at how DK managed to get where he is today. What's your favourite entry...
Video Sega Invites You To "Get a Load of These Beats" In This New Shining Resonance Refrain Trailer
Game launches on July 11th
It's fair to say that the return of the legendary Shining series to western shores isn't exactly what we - or many other fans - expected. Shining Resonance Refrain - which is coming to Switch, PS4 and Xbox One on July 11th - feels like a world apart from the turn-based strategy instalments which made...
Video Here's Your First Look At Switch Shooter Psyvariar Delta In Motion
Buzzin'
City Connection is updating Success' classic shooter Psyvariar for the Switch and PS4, and has just released a new trailer which shows the game in action. Psyvariar Delta - which features a "Buzz" system where you power up your ship by flying as close to projectiles as possible without dying - launches in Japan on August 30th. Will you be...
Video Speedrunner Completes New Super Mario Bros. In Half An Hour With No Power-Ups
Smashing a world record in the process
Most of us love Super Mario games, and many of us would consider ourselves to be fairly decent at them, but completing an entire game in around half an hour without using a single power-up is going way beyond the skill level we could ever hope to possess. Amazingly enough, though, that is exactly...
Video Go Behind-The-Scenes With The Switch-Bound MotoGP 18
So what is 'drone scanning' exactly?
It's been nine years since the MotoGP franchise last graced a Nintendo console with 2009's MotoGP on Wii (back when Capcom did things other than Resi and Street Fighter), but that two-wheeled drought is finally coming to an end this June with the arrival of Milestone's MotoGP 18. With a release date set for 7th...
Video Get Your Hands Dirty With Six Minutes Of Switch-Exclusive Garage Gameplay
Hotline Die-ami
Garage - the Nintendo Switch-exclusive, top-down survival shooter - is set to arrive on the Switch eShop on 11th May, and to celebrate its incoming release, developer tinyBuild Games has unleashed a brand new six-minute long trailer packed to the rotted gills with gameplay. The game was announced back in January, and will see you...
Feature Enjoy The Cardboard Craziness Of These Nintendo Labo Creations
It's just pure creation
Since its January reveal, the question on many people's lips has been can Nintendo Labo's cardboard construction kit survive the novelty factor and wear 'n' tear of younger audiences to genuinely engage creative minds beyond customisation? If early indications are to be believed, the answer is, emphatically, yes, as Japanese...
News Rejoice, Fortnite Fans: Switch Battle Royale Title Crazy Justice Is Shaping Up Nicely
Motion aiming, touch controls and split screen shown in new footage
Everything is "Battle Royale this" and Battle Royale that" these days. It's enough to get even the most ardent Nintendo fan down, purely because the Switch is the only console which doesn't have a Battle Royale game at present. That's not likely to be the case for much longer as...
Video Nintendo Developers Go Head-To-Head On Mario Kart 8 Deluxe And ARMS
Who's the champ out of Hisashi Nogami and Kosuke Yabuki?
Nintendo recently asked a very important question - can Splatoon and Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami best the one and only Kosuke Yabuki - producer of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and ARMS - at his own games? We won't spoil it for you, but it's easy to see why
Interview Suda51 On Travis Strikes Again, Nintendo Switch And The Future Of No More Heroes
"We want Travis to go on for many more years"
Goichi "Suda51" Suda is arguably one of Japan's most famous game developers, and has been behind some of the most unique and compelling Japanese games of the past few decades, including Killer7, The Silver Case and - of course - No More Heroes. This franchise - along with its mouthy hero Travis...
Video Here's What Happened To The Grinder, A Wii Horror Shooter Lost To Development Hell
Left for dead
Back in the mid to late '00s, some third-party developers were doing their best to put the under-powered Wii through its paces. The Conduit developer High Voltage Software was one of those studios, which doubled down on its console exclusivity with Left 4 Dead-esque horror shooter, The Grinder. It became one of the most...
Video Take A Quick Peek Inside Nintendo HQ In Japan
Where dreams are made
Many of us are familiar with the half beautiful, half corporate-looking appearance of Nintendo's Japanese headquarters from the outside; this huge, white, cube-like building has likely been the subject of thousands of online searches and probably the first place many of us tried when opening up Google Earth for the first time...
Video Rabbid Peach Takes On Beyoncé’s Naughty Girl In Just Dance 2018
"Have fun, dance along, and maybe take a few selfies!!"
Rabbid Peach's selfie-snapping antics arguably stole the show in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and now she's back to strut her stuff in Just Dance 2018. Peach provides some "alternative moves" for the Beyoncé track Naughty Girl, complete with a selection of Rabbids backing dancers...
Video See, Blighttown Really Does Run At 30fps On Nintendo Switch
Hollowed, but stable
Last week we reported on how FromSoftware and Chinese studio Virtuos had reportedly managed to wrestle Blighttown - a notorious location in Dark Souls, known for its brutal boss fights and crippling frame rate issues - to a stable 30fps on Nintendo Switch. Well, PAX East has come and gone, and now we have some actual footage to...
Video See How Well Gravity-Defying Racer GRIP Performs On Nintendo Switch
Rolling the cage
Nintendo Switch has plenty of exciting titles headed its way in 2018, including a flurry of new racers looking to give Mario Kart 8 Deluxe a run for its racing money. That includes the gravity-defying action of GRIP, which is due to burn rubber and level buildings later this year. YouTuber duo The Nintendo Power Couple was able to...
Random Here's What Donkey Kong Country Would Have Looked Like With Classic Kong
Alternate timeline monkey business
When Rare was given the chance to work with one of Nintendo's most famous intellectual properties, it created one of the SNES' truly classic 2D platformers. However, Donkey Kong Country not only gave Kong a new lease of life; it gave him an entirely new look which has become the accepted template ever since. What,...
Video Here's What Wolfenstein II Looks Like Running On Nintendo Switch
Well, in TV mode at least
While we don't know exactly when Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will arrive on Nintendo Switch, we know that developer Panic Button is hard at work fitting the 2017 shooter onto the plucky little portable console. And with Bethesda offering hands-on previews of the game at PAX East this week, we've finally got our...
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...
Video Digital Foundry Lavishes Praise On Outlast 2 Switch Port
Frighteningly impressive
Our friends over at Digital Foundry have put Outlast 2 on Switch through its paces, stating that the game is an impressive port - even when compared to the PS4 version. Like the original Outlast on Switch, the sequel has a 1792x1008 resolution when docked, with a standard 720p in mobile mode. Both run at 30fps, while the...
News Leaked Labo Toy-Con Concepts Suggest Nintendo is Serious About Cardboard
April Fool's!
UPDATE: Yes indeed, as everyone and their dog guessed, this is our April Fool's for this year. We hope you got a bit of a giggle out of it! ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Nintendo has somewhat divided many of its fans with its new Labo line of toys/peripherals, with many claiming it's a great way to get kids interested in coding and just as many...
Hardware Review Retro-Styled Switch Controllers from ColorWare
Back in black (and red)
Custom controllers aren't exactly a new idea; whether they're cobbled together by a passionate young player or expertly crafted by someone with serious experience, the allure of custom gaming gubbins has been around for donkey's years. Colorware apparently knows this, as they offer a wide array of custom controllers for...
Video Sit Back And Watch Darksiders: The Documentary For Free
Something, something, dark side...
With the Darksiders franchise due to make a triumphant return with Darksiders 3 later this year (a title, sadly, that isn't currently slated for Nintendo Switch), there's never been a better time to get to know the series, its origins, the downfall of original developer Vigil and its eventual revival. The...
Video Fox n Forests Is Looking Particularly Gorgeous In This Latest Footage
Foxy
It's fair to say that we're really excited about how Fox n Forests is shaping up. Inspired heavily by the golden age of 2D platformers, German developer Bonus Level appears to be doing a fine job with its gorgeous, season-changing action game after a successful Kickstarter campaign way back in August 2016. It's due to launch on Switch...
Video Here's Almost An Hour Of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Footage
Tagging in
If you're interested in new fighting games then SNK: Heroines will surely be on your radar; this promising-looking brawler contains some of SNK's most famous female characters in 2-on-2 tag action, and is headed to Switch this year. We've seen snippets of the game in motion before but during a Wednesday Night Fights broadcast we got...
Video Nintendo Shows How To Create Your Own Labo Remote Control Tank
Part two of the Toy-Con Garage series
Nintendo's running a series of videos on YouTube which looks at the ways you'll be able to create cool toys using Labo, which arrives next month. This week, it's the turn of the RC Tank. This demonstration shows how you can start with a very basic concept - such as the Joy-Con's IR camera "seeing" some...
Video Nintendo Releases Infectiously Upbeat Switch Spring Line-Up Video In Japan
Mario Tennis Aces! Splatoon 2 DLC! Donkey Kong! Kirby!
Nintendo's got a lot of forward momentum right now, but if 2018 is going to be anywhere near as successful as 2017, the company needs to keep hammering home the key "play anytime, anywhere" message of the Switch. That's precisely what it's doing in Japan with this new spring line-up commercial,...
Video Ever Wondered Why Joysticks Are Always On The Left?
It's probably not why you think, either...
Like night following day and grass being green, joysticks being on the left-hand side of a controller has been a solid rule in gaming since what seems like forever. While you could argue that the recent shift to twin-stick pads may run counter to this perspective, the left-hand stick is always your primary...
Video Take A Tour Of The Now Closed Final Fantasy "Memories of You" Museum
A Perfect Memory
From 22nd January to 28th February, Square-Enix hosted a special art and multimedia exhibition in Tokyo to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Final Fantasy game series. It isn’t the only way Square-Enix will celebrate these thirty glorious years, and this event follows the other big role-playing game series...
Video Check Out This GameCube Dock For Nintendo Switch
Just in time for Smash
With the exciting news of Super Smash Bros. coming to Switch later this year, a modders thoughts turn to how to make a homemade GameCube Switch dock with working controllers naturally. We normally wouldn't cover such mods, but Rated-E Mods did such an amazing job with this one, we just couldn't resist! So what do...
Video Check Out The Scope Of Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Garage Mode
Programming with cardboard
Nintendo is kicking off a new series of videos devoted to showcasing Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Garage mode, which allows you to create your very own Toy-Con using a basic programming tool. The first video - shown above - talks about how you can use 'nodes' to create inputs and outputs. For example, on the most basic level...
Video Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra X2 Processor
Power up!
Our good chums over at Digital Foundry certainly do like to look to the future when it comes to gaming tech. Having debated the benefits of the PS4 Pro and the more recently released Xbox One X, both of which offer substantial benefits to gameplay performance on existing games, industry veteran Richard Leadbetter turns his...
Video Here's More Evidence That The Switch Port Of WWE 2K18 Really Is Terrible
As if you needed it!
We'd just about gotten over the disappointment of the Switch port of WWE 2K18, which we awarded a generous 3/10 to back in December, but following a recent patch to the Switch version the lovely folks over at Digital Foundry have opened the wound again with one of their trademark comparison videos with the Xbox One version of...
Random Join Us As We Do Our Best To Guess The Super Smash Bros. For Switch Roster
Or should that be our worst?
Nintendo likes to be a tease, and knows its fanbase will tear everything apart within moments of its publication. To make sure this trend continues we've painstakingly analysed the trailer for the upcoming Switch Super Smash Bros. entry in order to see if we can tell what new characters may be arriving in 2018. We're...
Video This New Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition Trailer Is Full To The Brim
HD fairies ahoy
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition may be a triple-dip for Nintendo and Koei Tecmo, but we're nevertheless quite interested in playing it for a third time in portable HD. To drum up interest ahead of launch, Koei Tecmo has released a fresh trailer which is literally bursting at the seams with content. There's action, fairies and...
News Playdough Platformer Semblance Is Coming To Switch This Year
It's a soft, bouncy world of fun
We love a good platformer here at Nintendo Life, so we were delighted to hear about Semblance coming to Switch later this year in an announcement from publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and South African developer, Nyamakop. Semblance is a puzzle-platformer where your soft, bouncy character and its...
Weirdness We've Been Sent a Ludicrously Big Box to Open
Bloober Team delivers (indirectly)
We're used to getting the odd freebie now and then, usually in the form of press kits or t-shirts, but suffice it to say we never expected to be sent anything quite of this scale; what's more this was entirely unexpected. Make sure you check out the video above to see what's inside the goliath package, or if...
News This Faithful Fan-Made Brawler Is Mega Man Meets Smash Bros
Blue Bomber beatdown
Do you love yourself a bit of Mega Man? Can't wait until the release of the Mega Man Legacy Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2? Well, how about a fan-made creation that takes the classic retro platforming of the Blue Bomber and transforms it into a multiplayer brawler, a la Smash Bros? Mega Man Arena - which you can...
