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Video Nintendo of America Maintains a Marketing Focus on Evergreen 3DS Titles
The 3DS Summer commercial pitches some classics
It's pretty clear that, outside of some game-specific promotions, the Wii U is sitting quietly in the corner. A lot of Nintendo's marketing efforts have been on the 3DS, with company President Tatsumi Kimishima emphasizing on more than one occasion the desire to continue building the audience for the...
Guide How to Locate Any PokéStop or Gym in Pokémon GO
One simple site
Pokémon GO has had a veritable smorgasbord of apps and websites dedicated to providing additional information for the budding Pokémaniac, sometimes not always for wholly positive reasons in the eyes on Niantic. Thankfully the site featured in the video above is built with the best intentions of providing users with a conclusive...
Video Take an Extended Look at Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 in Localised Showcase
Narrator with improbably deep voice... check!
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 isn't far away in the West, bringing us a flashy sequel to one of the standout 3DS eShop titles; it's due to land on 30th September. The sequel is certainly ramping things up with the cast, in particular, with a range of allies - including the playable Copen - and a group of...
News Mario Makes an Appearance in the Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony
Mario & Shinzo Abe at the Olympic Games
This weekend, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games came to their conclusion, marking the end of another successful year for the international sporting event. Though the Winter Olympics will be taking place in South Korea next, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be taking place in Japan. To acknowledge this, the closing...
Video This Fast Racing Neo DLC Footage Will Melt Your Eyeballs
Fresh from Gamescom 2016
Fast Racing Neo has to rank as one of our favourite Wii U titles and has successfully scratched that "F-Zero" itch - which is good, because Nintendo has shown very little interest in resurrecting its legendary anti-grav racing series for the modern age. If you've also enjoyed this superb title then you'll be pleased to know...
Video It's Amazing How Many Great Mega Drive Games Genesis Owners Missed Out On
Alien Soldier! Wrestle War! Double Dragon II!
Despite the incredible success of the Sega Genesis in North America, there are a few puzzling omissions from the console's library in that particular region - and our friends over at iretrogamer have decided to take a look at some of the most notable examples. Sega's 16-bit system may have charged to...
Video Daring Toads Come To The Rescue In Paper Mario: Color Splash
Rescue V save the day again!
While it's slim pickings for the rest of the year on the Wii U retail side of things, we always have Paper Mario: Color Splash to look forward to. We love the charming little faux-retro trailer which Nintendo have put together for this upcoming game. Rescue V are a group of daring Toads who are out to save the world -...
Video Find Out What Fans Like About Monster Hunter Generations
Best played with friends
Monster Hunter Generations landed on the 3DS last month and has found a warm reception. We awarded it a mighty 9/10 in our review, declaring it another must-have for fans of the franchise. To ensure we don't forget about this worthy release, our chums over at Nintendo UK have interviewed various Monster Hunter fans at a...
Video Augmented Reality NES Gaming Finally Gives Us A Reason To Want Microsoft's HoloLens
Super Mario Bros. on your living room wall
Virtual Reality may be the flavour of the moment right now, but Microsoft is attempting to chart a different course with its HoloLens headset. This expensive piece of kit uses Augmented Reality to create unique experiences and has plenty of applications in the sphere of gaming - running NES games being just...
Video A Look at Three Star Wars Games That Shared the Fate of Alderaan
As if millions of lines of code were suddenly deleted
Even when there are no movies or only controversial prequels, Star Wars games are ever-present. As many as we've seen, however, there are always those that go to the Dark Side and never see release. Liam Robertson, Unseen64 and Did You Know Gaming? have now shared a video that looks at some...
Video Digital Foundry Puts GoldenEye and Perfect Dark to the Test on N64
Also dabbles in cleaning up the visuals
Digital Foundry is one of the premier online teams for technical analysis of games and hardware, often focusing on current-generation gaming to assess performance, frame rates and more. It's now turning its eye to some retro games, too, which provides some interesting context on classics from past generations...
Video Learn More About the Rich History of Shin Megami Tensei
Even the Virtual Boy gets a mention
Shin Megami Tensei is a series familiar to DS and 3DS owners that keep a good eye on the output of Atlus, with Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse due in North America on 20th September. With various new entries and remasters / re-releases in recent years, it's an IP that's popped up a lot on these pages. Plenty of...
Feature 1000 Live Pikachu Running Wild in Yokohama
A look at annual Summer Pokemon events in Japan
Its the summer of 2016, and the biggest craze going is Pokémon GO! If you've been too busy running around trying to catch em all, you might have missed out on the news of a few other Pokémon related events that are happening over in Japan right now. First up is the Pokemon Riddle Solving Rally...
Video Playing Yooka-Laylee Properly With a Nintendo 64 Controller, Sort Of
Because we can
A little while ago Playtonic Games released the Yooka-Laylee pre-alpha 'Toybox' build to Kickstarter backers - it's a large area in which you can run around, do a bit of jumping and generally mess about with the game's mechanics. Naturally it has a handful of secrets to discover too. Our video man Alex happens to have a copy, and...
Video Enjoy The Famous Pokémon Theme in Twenty '90s Styles
Brilliant work from 10 Second Songs
YouTube may host some dross that prompts a weary shake of the head from cynics like this writer, but it also has some amazing content. When creative and talented individuals turn their skills to honouring popular culture and gaming, the end results can be amazing. This video from 10 Second Songs certainly...
Video Animal Crossing Noir Continues to Explore the Mysteries of New Leaf
"I boarded the train, but where does the rest of the line go?"
A while ago we shared the first couple of episodes of 'Animal Crossing Noir' with you - it's an entertaining and dark spin on New Leaf that has strong vibes of 1960s TV series The Prisoner. Six episodes have been released so far, deepening the mystery behind villager HMK's arrival
Video Catch Up On Battles and Classes in Dragon Quest VII
Still featuring THAT music
It's easy to overlook the fact that Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is getting rather close to release in the West, arriving on 16th September. The 3DS title could keep fans of the series busy for weeks and months, with this being a notoriously lengthy entry in the franchise. As it has with complex...
Feature Unboxing the Super Famicom New Nintendo 3DS XL
Units shipping from Nintendo in Japan right now
Its been a long wait for those who were fortunate enough to snag a pre-order of the awesome-looking Super Famicom New 3DS XL in Japan, which was first shown off in a Nintendo Direct in March of this year. The unit comes decked out with the hardware design of the Japanese Super Famicom on the back,...
Video Learn Some Handy Metroid Glitches
Skip those pesky boss fights
Glitches remain an important part of games for enthusiasts and speed runners, with unintended gaps in code or system limitations allowing those with the know-how to do strange things. Sometimes you can skip entire areas, defeat an enemy easily, or just make something look cool. There's a mix of techniques in the latest...
Video Check Out This Long Lost Third Party N64 Development Tool
It's only sort-of piracy
Nintendo has come a long way in terms of openness with developers for its consoles. Nowadays, anybody with a laptop and some time is welcome to submit a game on the eShop, and there are more tools than ever to help realize this goal. It hasn't always been that way, however, as Nintendo used to require certain standards of...
Video Digital Foundry Explores the Potential for GameCube and Wii Emulation on Nintendo NX
Putting the older Tegra X1 to the test
The past week's key revelations on the NX, established through multiple sources and reinforced by plenty of checks and off-the-record conversations, have many (including us here at Nintendo Life) confident that there's validity and value to the details. One key aspect is the use of Nvidia technology to power...
Video This Raspberry Pi-Powered, 3D Printed NES Mini Puts Nintendo's Effort To Shame
Complete with tiny NFC carts and scaled-down controller
The recent announcement of the NES Classic Edition (or NES Mini if you're in Europe) caused quite a stir, triggering feelings of intense nostalgia with thirtysomethings all over the globe. While we can't wait to get our hands on the unit, there's definitely room for improvement here - for...
News Level-5 Announces Lady Layton, Coming To Nintendo 3DS In 2017
Also coming to smartphones
Level-5 has confirmed the next title in the Professor Layton series, Lady Layton. The game will be coming to 3DS and smartphones in 2017, and looks set to continue the puzzle-solving tradition of the original Layton outings. The trailer above shows off a lot of animated content and a little of the smartphone game, which...
Video Digital Foundry Breaks Down Details on Nintendo NX and Nvidia's Tegra Technology
An alternative approach from Nintendo
As reported yesterday, Eurogamer has come forward with what it believes to be solid details on Nintendo NX - it reports on a portable device with detachable controllers and a 'base' for playing on the TV, while Nvidia's Tegra technology is powering the system's graphics through the GPU. As sets of rumours go...
Video Almost 20 Years On, The Guy Who Sang The Original Pokémon Theme Has Still Got It
Still the very best
Even if you've resisted the urge to download Pokémon GO to your smartphone and make a fool of yourself in public, there's a good chance that if you were to hear the opening notes of the iconic Pokémon TV show theme then you wouldn't be able to stop yourself joining in. It's a classic theme that even those who have never watched...
Video As TurboGrafx-16 Hits The Wii U Virtual Console, Let's Look Back At Gaming's Lamest Mascot
Meet Johnny Turbo
As the first wave of TurboGrafx-16 classics arrive on the Virtual Console, now is as good a time as any to look back on what has to be one of the weakest video game mascots ever created. That's right, we're talking about TTI's Johnny Turbo, a hero so lame he was put out to pasture almost as soon as he arrived on the scene. In case...
Video Learn a Little More About the History of Super NES
Did You Know Gaming? does its thing
A lot of retro gaming chatter right now, courtesy of the upcoming minitiarised version, is focused on the NES. Yet its successor has a fascinating history - the Super NES arrived in a time of notable upheaval in the gaming market, with the so-called 'Bit Wars' as SEGA grappled for supremacy with Nintendo. It...
Random Take This Pokémon GO Safety Tips Guide with a Pinch of Salt
Seriousness aside
Pokémon GO has been supposedly linked to various accidents since its inception, and we at Nintendo Life aren't ones to sit around and let this sort of thing carry on. As such, please find below our guide on how to stay safe when playing the game, right down to the appropriately comfy and easy to wear attire. We're serious.
News Bask in Nendoroid Goodness in This Celebratory Good Smile Company Video
So many Nendoroids
Occasionally, when the right IPs are featured, we take great pleasure in covering Good Smile Company Nendoroids here on Nintendo Life. These cute and diminutive figures rarely fail to raise a smile, especially when featuring familiar and much loved characters. Good Smile Company is now celebrating a landmark for this series of...
Video The Squid Sisters Stay Fresh In These Splatoon Music Clips
Callie and Marie do their funky thing
Here's a friendly reminder that the final Splatfest happens this weekend from the Squid Sisters - Callie and Marie. Making sure that Splatoon stays fresh in your minds, Nintendo of Japan has released two videos with each sister performing their signature solo songs: Those were some funky moves. Will you be...
Video We Need To Talk About Ghostbusters 2 On The NES
Scrolling to the left, doing its own thing
In case you hadn't noticed, there's a new Ghostbusters film out at the moment, and it has endured its fair share of unfair criticism purely for having four female busters instead of four male ones. Yes, that's the kind of crazy world we now occupy. Putting such gender-related silliness to one side for a...
Video This Is What The Next Generation Of Pokémon GO Could Look Like
Thanks to Microsoft's HoloLens headset
Pokémon GO's use of location-based tech and Augmented Reality has led many to dub it "anti-VR" in that it pulls us out of an immersive world and forces us to move around the real world, interacting with others and potentially forging social relationships face-to-face. However, it's easy to guess at how...
Video Here's The Ultimate Game Boy Cartridge Storage Solution
Hanging loose
If you're a discerning retro collector then the issue of how to properly display loose cartridges will probably keep you up at night. If you're unable to get any shut-eye due to this troubling problem, then YouTube channel My Life in Gaming - along with the equally brilliant Game Dave - is here to help. They've pooled their collective...
Video Watch Pokémon GO Mania Unfold In New York City
It's an apokélypse!
It might seem like a bit of overstatement to say that Pokémon GO has become a worldwide phenomenon, but with each passing day it feels like a modern day Beatlemania (can we coin the phrase Pokémania?). YouTuber Alexander Steinberg has attempted to document this ever-growing craze as many hundreds of Pokémon Trainers gathered...
Video Catch Up With the Smash Bros. and Pokkén Tournament Grand Finals From Evo 2016
Including the epic Melee showdown between Hungrybox and Armada
For followers of the competitive fighting game scene few events are as exciting as Evo 2016, one of the year's most hyped occasions. Pleasingly Nintendo games have a notable presence every year through Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and now Pokkén Tournament...
News Pokémon GO Cyclists Aren't Thrilled About Being Penalised By Speed Limit
Pokemon Walk
As a key component of Pokémon GO requires travelling to hatch eggs, find Pokémon and get to training gyms, it's natural that players would look for ways to cover ground more efficiently. At present the player has to travel about 2km in order to hatch just one egg. Unfortunately for those wishing to hop on a bicycle in order to cover...
Feature Happy Birthday Imajin! The Characters from Doki Doki Panic Turn 30 Years Old
Exploring the intriguing history behind Yume Kōjō
Super Mario Bros. 2 was one of the best selling NES games out there. By now the history of the game is fairly well known, but if you don't know the story here's a refresher. Super Mario Bros. 2 stands out as the black sheep of the series for its different play mechanics and character design; that's...
Video Even Homer Simpson Is Playing Pokémon GO
Pokémon Now?
The Simpsons TV show might be well past its prime, but you have to give the writers their props. They aren't shy of jumping on a bandwagon in order to make headlines. D'oh! It worked too! In the clip below entitled "Pokémon Now?", we see Homer visiting the local zoo with his beloved children Bart and Lisa. Unfortunately he's become...
Video Learn The Full Story Of The Famicom Disk System With The Gaming Historian
Slipped disk
The Gaming Historian (aka Norman Caruso) is back with ever more luscious hair to get us up to speed with the ill-fated Famicom Disk System. Nintendo considered the Disk System the future of the Famicom, and promised bigger, cheaper games through the hardware iteration. To get a better understanding of how the Famicom Disk System came...
Video We Give the NES Classic Edition the Commercial It Deserves
"Stop blowing and get playing"
When Nintendo announced the NES Classic Edition / Classic Mini, it missed a trick. This most retro-tastic of systems needed an '80s-style advert and for some reason there wasn't one forthcoming. Thankfully our video man Alex is always up for a challenge, so he's produced the TV commercial that Nintendo didn't. Oh yes,...
Interview Collector 'Metal Jesus' on His North American Nintendo 64DD Discovery
"I knew from the first moment that it was something special"
Earlier this week we reported on the discovery of a North American Nintendo 64DD unit, likely the first high-profile example to be shared online. Its stickers caused plenty of chatter as they suggested it was a Lotcheck / retail-ready unit, helping to confirm the fact that a North American...
All gearing up for a reveal (hopefully) on 22nd July
For Sonic the Hedgehog fans there's hopefully some excitement around the corner - a celebratory Anniversary event in San Diego on 22nd July looks likely to reveal a new Sonic game for 2017. The event is even getting streamed online, so we'll be giving it the full live blog and stream treatment in...
Video The Play Nintendo Show Focuses on Animal Crossing for Its Second Episode
Don't worry, President Regginator is back
This year one issue we've raised is the need for Nintendo to produce marketing and publicity content specifically targeting a young audience, which older players can also happily ignore. With credit to Nintendo of America, it's now backing up its Play Nintendo website with a regular YouTube show to keep...
Guide How to Beat Pokémon GO's Server Problems
We've got some kind of connection
Pokémon GO's massive success is truly a wonderful thing in all ways except one: the servers can't keep up with all you lovely people trying to play it all catch that Raticate at the same time. Since the app's servers are so temperamental we've put together this short video guide on how you can work around some of...
Guide How to Be a Champion in Pokémon GO's Gym Battles
Gotta smash 'em all!
Pokémon GO doesn't have a battle system that's as intricate as its main series counterparts, but that doesn't mean that there's not more than meets the eye in these gym-centric Poké-scuffles. <related tags="Pokemon Go, Guides">Are you finding this guide useful? Let us know with a comment, and don't forget to check out...
Video Get Ready for Monster Hunter Generations With the Opening Cinematic
Not long to wait now...
Monster Hunter Generations is now just a few days away, and Capcom is gearing up for what it hopes will be another successful release in the West. With reviews now dropping online - we gave it a strong recommendation in our own assessment - we're seeing the start of what's likely to be heavy promotion over the next few days...
Video Take a Look at the Awesome Splatoon - Squid Sisters Concert from Japan Expo 2016
Here's hoping Nintendo inks in more concert dates
Splatoon's success isn't just judged on unit sales, which are nevertheless impressive on the Wii U, but by its broader cultural impact. It's a new Nintendo IP that, it's safe to say, has struck a chord with the public and is likely to become a regular part of Nintendo's library in the future. Along...
News Catch the Finale of Summer Games Done Quick - Live!
Pokemon Red, Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG and more
Summer Games Done Quick is one of our favourite annual events - alongside the other 'Games Done Quick' extravaganza each year - in the world of speedrunning and general gaming awesomeness. It features some of the world's most skilful players rattling through classic games while raising an...
Video The Story of Cel Damage 2, The Car Racing / Combat Title That Got Blown Off Track
It hit the wrong gear
Some GameCube owners may remember Cel Damage, a car racing / combat game that was also on Xbox and, eventually, PS2. Developed by Pseudo Interactive and published by EA, it had a mixed critical reception due to its rather unique blend of car racing and battling, though its visual style was certainly eye-catching. There was a...
Random Here's 9 Mighty Reasons Mighty No. 9 Is Only Just Better than Nothing
Not our words
Mighty No. 9 may have created waves upon its release, but they probably weren't the waves Comcept were hoping for. In order to better illustrate why fans of its spiritual predecessor Mega Man feel a bit let down, we might have 9 mighty reasons why this mighty title may not be so mighty and might have failed to prove its mighty might.
