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Random An In-Depth Look at Kato-chan & Ken-chan, Another Strange Classic Game From Japan
They’re still kicking
Time again for a look back at some retro gaming! There was a TurboGrafx-16 game that graced the Wii Virtual Console back in 2007 called J.J. & Jeff. That game was originally known as Kato-chan & Ken-chan, and was quite well-known back in Japan. The game was changed in a few key areas when brought to the West - namely...
Video MUJO Could Be Switch's Laziest Smartphone Port Yet
In-app purchases, despite it costing you ten bucks
MUJO hits the Switch eShop this week and, in terms of presentation at least, looks pretty appealing. It's got a cool mythology theme going on and the puzzle-based gameplay is twinned with some neat, RPG-lite elements. The big problem - as you can see from NintenDaan's video above - is that it's...
Hardware Review WaterField Arcade Gaming Case for Nintendo Switch
Leather-bound for great things
For me personally, I don't always prefer to wear my gaming passion on my sleeves. When it comes to carting gaming gear around I prefer a more neutral, less 'hey-check-me-out-I've-got-an-expensive-Switch' look. Thankfully WaterField are a company that aims to offer just that, and to further expand their range they've...
Gallery Reddit Users Have Been Recreating Movie Posters in Super Mario Odyssey
Oh, hi Peach
Most people love a good film, and over at Nintendo Life Towers we're no exception. So when the gaming world collides with the movie world and we actually get to write about it, we get a little bit excited. And thankfully that day is today, as certain users over on Reddit have been recreating promotional posters for famous (and...
News My Tamagotchi Forever Is Coming To Smartphones Next Year
Turds and all
While Tamagotchi isn't directly related to Nintendo, the series - which began life in the '90s as a virtual pet keyring - has branched out onto systems like the DS and Wii in recent years. To mark the 20th anniversary of the toy Bandai Namco has produced a streamlined version which we covered not so long ago, but it would ap
Video This Could Be The Most Awesome Gaming Room Ever
We're still waiting for our invite
If you're keen on following YouTube-based retro gamers then chances are you're already familiar with Aussie super-collector Joel "Last Gamer" Hopkins. This guy literally has everything, from the rarest games to the most desirable vintage systems. His collection - and the building it's housed in - has undergone...
Video Party Planet's Debut Trailer Shows Off 30 Mini-Games And 4-Player Action
Super Vegan what?!
The debut gameplay trailer for the upcoming Switch title Party Planet has just gone live, and shows off a selection of the 30 crazy mini-games included within. The title offers 4-player action in mini-games such as Fruit Invaders, Viking Defence and Super Vegan Anaconda - the latter of which wins the award for best-named...
Guide 9 Straightforward Tips to Help You Get Started in Rocket League
The beautiful boosting game
Rocket League offers plenty of fun and giggles, but it can be daunting for new players to enter into the fray when it's been out for so long on other systems. It's easy to think you'll never get the hang of it and give up before you've even managed your first bicycle hit. Well, we want to put a stop to all that, and so...
Guide How to Unlock Zelda Gear in Skyrim on Nintendo Switch
Toto, I don't think we're in Hyrule anymore
What could possibly make the idea of taking a game like Skyrim on the go any better? Throwing in some Zelda-related goodies will probably do it, but how do you get them? For the uninitiated, there are three Zelda-themed items in the Switch version of Skyrim, namely Link's Champion Tunic, the Master Sword,...
Video Check Out Resident Evil Revelations Collection's Motion Controls And amiibo Support
It's a tasty Jill sandwich
November is jam-packed with tempting Switch releases ahead of the holiday season. As Resident Evil Revelations Collection lands on Switch on the 28th November, Capcom have revealed a new video which shows what you can expect, shown above. The collection of course includes both Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2,...
Video BOXBOY! Trailer Hints At Possible New Title
An all-new Switch release, or a collection of previous games?
BOXBOY! studio HAL Laboratory has published a video which hints that the series will continue. The video - shown above - ends with a graphics that says "To be continued". Box Boy! was something of a sleep hit on the 3DS eShop and the character was popular enough to gets his own amiibo...
News RiME Devs Explain The Difficulty Of Porting The Game To Switch
"It's incredibly difficult to get these level segments small enough"
As we touched on yesterday in our video above, RiME is a bit of a poor port on the Switch. The game's bewitching atmosphere and rewarding puzzles are swallowed up by some irksome performance problems, and in conclusion it's perhaps the worst way to experience the game - yet...
Video RiME Is An Example Of How Not To Port A Game To Switch
It's not all that pretty, to be honest
RiME's finally out on Switch, and the results are... disappointing. The game's bewitching atmosphere and rewarding puzzles are swallowed up by some irksome performance problems, and in conclusion it's perhaps the worst way to experience the game - yet it's also the most expensive, at the time of writing. Our...
Video Watch The Super Mario Odyssey Dominoes Come Toppling Down
More dominoes than power-moons!
Sometimes you stumble across a video in your YouTube recommendations and are left rather wowed by what you've seen. It's another one of those wow moments as YouTuber TheDominoKing has recreated the expansive world of Super Mario Odyssey in domino form. The display in the video above consists of 148,777...
Video Check Out The Canned Justice League Game That Almost Came To Wii
For justice!
The upcoming Justice League movie marks the end of many years of speculation about how Hollywood would adapt one of DC Comics' most famous properties. A film based around the heroic exploits of this superhero team has been mooted for many years, and back in 2009 it very nearly happened with Mad Max director George Miller at the helm...
Soapbox DOOM is the Most Important Switch Game Yet
A sign of good times ahead?
DOOM is great, no doubt you'll know that if you've played it or read our review, but despite so many other incredible titles from Nintendo's fair hand, DOOM marks something far more important than what Nintendo produces on its own systems. A fully-fledged, modern shooter like this was not a common sight on a Nintendo...
Video Gear.Club Unlimited Gets A Tabletop Mode Test Drive On Switch
Start your engines
PlayStation 4 owners may be as pleased as punch with the realism on display in Gran Turismo Sport, but they can't play the game on the move like Switch owners will be able to with Gear.Club Unlimited when it power slides onto the Switch on 1st December. In the video above you can see how the game performs in tabletop mode on...
News Get Ready To Party With This New Trailer For Mario Party: The Top 100
The party returns
Just when you thought that Nintendo was finished with the 3DS, as units of the Nintendo Switch fly off shelves, here comes Mario Party: The Top 100 to confirm Nintendo's ongoing commitment to its veteran handheld line. If you've played a Mario Party game in the past, you will likely have a good idea of what to expect here. The...
Random Say Goodbye To Miiverse With This Touching Tribute
Pay your last respects
Oh Miiverse, we hardly knew ye. It seems like only yesterday that Nintendo announced its bold vision to create a social network for gamers, but sadly the plan didn't quite work out. We've already highlighted our favourite Miiverse moments but the video tribute shown above - created with heartfelt care by Christian...
Video You Might Want To Make A Drink Before Watching This Metroid History Feature
The perfect way to fill your lunch break
While Mario and Zelda are often cited as Nintendo's biggest franchises, few video game series attract as loyal and dedicated a following as Metroid. Since the first NES game in the '80s players have become hopelessly immersed in the world of Samus Aran, and after a long period without any new games,...
Guide Watch How You Can Perform Some Crazy Speedrun-Style Jumps in Super Mario Odyssey
A need-a for speed-a
The speedrunning community is no doubt already hot on Super Mario Odyssey as we speak, but what about if you just fancy ducking, diving, and jumping like a gamer possessed without the pressure of doing things as quickly as possible? Well if you're looking to perform some mad jumps with equally mad skills, make sure you give the...
Video Gear.Club Unlimited Gets New Trailer And Altered Release Date
Brum.
Gear.Club Unlimited may have its work cut out drawing away Switch players from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe but the console's first "proper" car racing game is still shaping up very nicely indeed. The latest trailer shows off the game's eye-catching visuals and goes some way to detailing the content and features contained within. As we already...
Video It's Time To Celebrate Some Of Video Gaming's Most Haunted Houses
Just in time for Halloween
It's almost Halloween, a time of year where lots of candy is consumed and people dress up terribly in the hope of scaring / amusing others. ] If you're wisely choosing to stay indoors this year then you may wish to indulge in a spooky game, and our friends over at iRetrogamer have put together a video which highlights...
Video Get A Sneak Peek At The Upcoming WaterField Arcade Gaming Case For The Switch
Arcade on the go
When it comes to premium cases for things, WaterField Design has got the market cornered as far as portable Nintendo consoles go. We recently checked out their premium cases for Nintendo Switch and they were blooming lovely. The talented folks over at WaterField are nothing less than perfectionists of course and to celebrate the...
Video Nintendo Shows It's A Piece of Cake To Transfer Your Data To A New Switch
Shiny new Switch time!
It is curious timing for Nintendo to release a video demonstrating how you can transfer user accounts and save data from one Nintendo Switch to another, but perhaps the tempting nature of the Super Mario Odyssey Switch Bundle with it's luscious red Joy-Con expedited the need for such a tutorial. After all, the video above...
Video 4K Trailer For L.A. Noire Gives An Idea Of What It Won't Look Like On Switch
Fine if you're a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X owner, mind
L.A. Noire arrives on Switch on November 14th, and to build excitement Rockstar has released a new trailer in 4K Ultra HD resolution. It gives you a good idea of what the game's all about - sleuthing, crime solving, flashing police badges, that sort of thing - but we can't help but feel that...
Video Here's a Look at Some Intriguing Failed Nintendo Game Pitches
Including Art Academy, Super Mario Bros. 3 on PC and more
Sometimes the history around games that never made it out of the door can be fascinating, as we look back at what might have been if different decisions had been made. Rejected or failed projects often come back in different forms, but occasionally they're lost forever. Unseen64 has teamed...
Anniversary It's One Year Since Nintendo Showed Us The Switch
NX level stuff
Incredibly, it's now one year since Nintendo lifted the lid on the Switch - and Nintendo Karen. Leaked many months ahead of the official reveal, the hybrid nature of the Switch - then known as "NX" - left some unconvinced. Even the announcement video itself - which focused on the system's ability to t
Soapbox The Switch Has a Big Problem, and It's Too Many Great Games
A nice problem to have
As far as problems go, having too many great games isn't a bad one to have, but recent weeks on the Switch have made it a reality for the system's fans. Nintendo's own efforts aside, we're seeing more and more third party support with each month, and that's not even getting into the indie scene. The ever-growing list of games...
News Mario Party: The Top 100 Trailer Showcases Modes and amiibo Functionality
Be a big amiibo cheater, if you want
During the most recent Nintendo Direct there was the surprise announcement of Mario Party: The Top 100 for the 3DS; the portable entry will combine a whole lot of classic minigames from throughout the IP's history, also giving the system a useful Holiday release to tempt families. The reveal didn't get into too...
NSFW Wolfenstein II's Launch Trailer Shows The Many Ways To Skin A Nazi
"Tonight, they burn"
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus doesn't launch on Switch until 2018, but that doesn't mean we can't get all excited by the game's launch trailer, which has been published today to build hype ahead of release on other systems on October 27th. The trailer - which contains plenty of bad language, gore and violence, as you might...
News New Z-Moves Revealed In Pokémon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon
Necrozma's forms also shown
Just in case you're not already excited enough about the forthcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon, Nintendo has released more information on new Z-Moves in the game as well as details on the Pokémon Necrozma. First up is the Photon Geyser, is a Psychic-type special move that only...
Random The Voice Of Mario Once Rapped As Dracula For A Corporate Video
There's a headline we didn't think we'd ever write
Charles Martinet is famous to Nintendo fans the world over as the voice of Mario, and has filled this role brilliantly since the '90s. However, it would be doing Martinet a great injustice to assume this is the only thing he has done in his illustrious career; he's acted on stage, in film and...
Site News Take a Tour Around Our New YouTube Studio
Foaming at the mouth
It's quite strange for me to be sat here writing something like this up, celebrating the unveiling of our new studio to you lovely people, when just three years ago I was just a part-time contributor to this fair site occasionally throwing up the odd news article for the supreme overlords. Now to be tasked with producing the...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (September 2017)
Blimey, we really had a lot to choose from
Every month we're amazed with how the Switch eShop leaps from strength to strength, and the month of September was absolutely no exception. With such an enormous roster of games released, this month was by far the hardest month we had to deal with for the awards, but we managed it. It's a nice problem to...
Soapbox Stardew Valley is a Perfect Fit for the Nintendo Switch
Take the farm wherever you go
Stardew Valley is arguably one of the most hotly anticipated indie titles to have made its way to Switch. The game was insanely popular on other platforms for doing pretty much everything just so, and we don't think anyone can object to such a well-received game making its way to Nintendo's hybrid. Being able to...
Random Move Over N64 Kid, We've Got Nintendo Switch Kid Now
Unwrapping through the ages
The legendary video of Brandon Kuzma tearing open his N64 on Christmas Day 1998 has gone down as one of the most famous Nintendo-related YouTube videos of all time, to the point where Brandon himself - now all grown up and less excitable around wrapped items - continues to milk it. And why not?
Video Here's How FIFA 18 On Switch Compares To The PlayStation 4 Version
The little details
FIFA 18 is finally with us, and if you've already consulted our exhaustive review then you'll know that, despite missing some key features, it's the best football (soccer if you're in North America) game we've seen on a Nintendo system in years. While it was always clear that the Switch version wouldn't be a match for its...
Video Here's What FIFA 18 Looks Like On Nintendo Switch
Jumpers for goalposts
FIFA 18 launches today, but EA has been curiously reluctant to show off very much of the Switch version; aside from off-screen footage recorded at events like this year's Gamescom, we've been unable to pick apart the Nintendo version's visuals to see just how favourably they compares to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions...
Video Here's How The Switch And New 3DS Versions Of Fire Emblem Warriors Compare To Each Other
The choice is yours
Fire Emblem Warriors launches in Japan today, and we're already seeing footage of the game appear online. What makes this particular release interesting is that it's coming out on both the Switch and the New Nintendo 3DS. As you might imagine, the Switch version is by far the most attractive of the two, but how do they compare...
News Digital Foundry Explores the Framerate and a Resolution Boost in Super Mario Odyssey
A step up from the E3 build
Recently Nintendo hosted demo events for Super Mario Odyssey, and we went along to capture video of three new stages. Digital Foundry was also there to play the same stages, and of course the team has done its thing in breaking down the technicalities of what they saw. They assess a few things, including the...
Video The Game Devil PRO-S Is A Cheap Alternative to the Official Switch Pro Controller
Perfect for the player two in your life
Hello there lovely people! Our video producer extraordinaire Alex is off on his holidays, but he's found time to check out the Game Devil Pro-S wireless Switch controller for you lucky people before he jetted off. At £37.99 this is quite reasonably priced for a wireless controller for use with the Switch;...
Video 2K Builds Hype For WWE 2K18 By Enlisting The One And Only Snoop Dogg
Icy-Tea and Scoopy Scoopy Dog Dog?
WWE 2K18 is on its way to Switch - as well as other systems, which will annoyingly get it earlier - and to create even more anticipation, publisher 2K Games has released a new TV spot which shows off the lyrical talents of one Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known to the music world as Snoop Dogg...
Video Fan-Made Showcase Illustrates The Potential Of Animal Crossing On Switch
Taking the bait
Long-time readers of the site make recall that we covered Josh "Bit Block" Thomas' previous efforts in the "Make Believe" series of YouTube videos, where he creates his own assets to show how future Nintendo titles could look. He's retooled the format to focus around static, mocked-up shots
Random Switch Cosplayer Goes The Extra Mile at the Tokyo Game Show
Meet "Switch head guy"
Our man on the ground at the Tokyo Game Show brought us a lovely gallery of cosplay the other day, but nothing compares to the cosplayer we affectionately call "Switch head guy" at Nintendo Life Towers, who was also strutting their stuff during TGS this year. With the body of Mario and the head of a Switch, this is one of our...
Video Pokémon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon's New Trailer Features Outrageous Surfing, Dudes
Everybody's going surfing
Nintendo has just released a new trailer for Pokémon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon, which launches on 3DS later this year. The trailer sums up why you should be excited about the forthcoming enhanced version - you'll be able to ride a wave surfing on a Mantine, snap some photos, tackle on a new island trial and...
Video Digital Foundry Breaks Down DOOM On Switch In A Unique Way
...by creating a Switch-spec PC to test its limits
DOOM on Switch is quite a thing, as you'll know if you've read our hands-on impressions of the game. However, in case you were wondering just how well the game can possibly run on a system which contains mobile hardware, our friends over at Digital Foundry have posted a interesting video...
Video Celica Joins The Battle In Fire Emblem Warriors
Redheads just want to have fun
The Tokyo Game Show is now in full swing and to celebrate Koei Tecmo have released a brand new trailer for their upcoming Switch and New 3DS brawler Fire Emblem Warriors, which you can view above. Fans of the series will be delighted about the reveal of a new playable character, the feisty redhead...
Video Exploring The 8-Bit Mega Man Games Of The SNES Era
AKA: The ones everyone forgot to play
The Mega Man series may have branched out onto more powerful hardware in recent times but most hardcore fans consider the 8-bit entries to be the zenith of the franchise. Capcom's action platformer found fame on the NES and titles like Mega Man 2 stand out as true, must-have classics in the console's library...
Video Learn About the "Guts Pose!" and Why It's In So Many Games
Gutsy moves
If you’ve ever played games in the Street Fighter or Final Fantasy series, you know that each time you win a fight the characters make a little celebratory dance. It's actually not just those two games, but many games old and new have this little quirk. You could argue that games use this animation to communicate emotion with the...

















































