Image: Capcom Development on Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak officially wrapped some time ago, and now it seems Capcom is gearing up for a big 20th anniversary, which will take place in March 2024. As part of its Tokyo Game Show 2023 online program, the Japanese video game company shared a …
Read More »Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s Game Boy Advance Library Next Week
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Nintendo has announced it will be bolstering the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service next week with the release of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. The title will be released on 29th September and follows the four Japan-only titles that were added to the …
Read More »Stardew Valley Creator Teases Version 1.6 (Again)
Image: ConcernedApe In case you’ve missed the recent updates, developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has been hard at work on Version 1.6 of the lifestyle and farming sim Stardew Valley. Although there’s no release date just yet, he continues to tease new details about this anticipated update, and the latest one …
Read More »Poll: Pikmin 1+2 Scores A Physical Switch Release This Week, Will You Be Getting It?
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Pikmin has made quite the comeback in 2023 with the release of the fourth entry in the series and also the return of the first two games in HD and featuring motion controls from the Wii re-releases. While both of these classics were released …
Read More »Japanese Charts: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Gets Slight Boost From DLC Release
Image: Nintendo Life It’s time to cover the weekly Japanese charts once again. The latest figures from Famitsu (via Gematsu) have come in, and the Switch is back to filling out all spots in the top ten. Pikmin 4 is incredibly still at number one, selling another steady 23,489 units …
Read More »Embracer Group: More “Tough Decisions” To Come As Crystal Dynamics Suffers Layoffs
Image: Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics is the latest subsidiary of Embracer Group to be hit with cuts, with the studio announcing yesterday on Twitter that ten staff had to be let go “due to an internal restructuring”. And, at Embracer’s annual general meeting (which you can watch …
Read More »The Famicom Just Won An Award At The Tokyo Game Awards 2023
Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life At this year’s annual Tokyo Game Awards, which are held during the Tokyo Game Show, the Family Computer — known as the Famicom or NES (to us) — won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (thanks VGC). That’s a rather long title …
Read More »Nintendo Download: 21st September (North America)
Image: Humble Games The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop …
Read More »Nintendo Download: 21st September (North America)
Image: Humble Games The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop …
Read More »MythForce Review (Switch eShop) | Nintendo Life
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) With its bright, cel-shaded models and notably more tame environments, MythForce targets nostalgia for Saturday Morning cartoons from the 1980s like He-Man and Thundercats. A lot of people don’t remember just how poorly a lot of those cartoons hold up, though. They have their die-hard …
Read More »Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Calls You To The Stand In January
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Capcom has announced that Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy will be launching on Nintendo Switch on January 25th, 2024. The collection contains Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, all of …
Read More »Kuro no Kiseki Coming West As ‘Trails Through Daybreak’, Out 2024 On Switch
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube NIS America has finally confirmed that the West will be getting the 11th game in the Trails / Kiseki series next year — The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. The announcement was made during today’s Falcom-themed Livestream over on NIS America’s Twitch channel. …
Read More »LEGO Announces New Super Mario Set Featuring A Piranha Plant
Image: LEGO Update: We’ve got some more details on the LEGO Piranha Plant set, which launches on 6th November. The Piranha Plant, featuring a pipe (and a “2 coin element”), is made up of 540 pieces and will measure over 9 inches tall when fully built. You’ll be able to …
Read More »Where To Pre-Order Tears Of The Kingdom Zelda And Ganondorf amiibo
Image: Nintendo Life At the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, the brand new Zelda and Ganondorf amiibo for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom finally got a release date. These two beauties were first revealed back in June 2023. And look, we know amiibo go pretty fast, so with …
Read More »The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Haunts Switch Owners Next Month
Image: Bandai Namco Bandai Namco has announced that The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope will be making its way to the Switch. Not only that, but you won’t have to wait too long either, as it’ll be launching on October 5th, 2023. Just in time for Halloween! Originally launched in …
Read More »LEGO Teases New Super Mario Set Featuring A Piranha Plant
Image: Nintendo Life LEGO has teased the next of its ongoing Super Mario sets, which looks to be featuring a fearsome Piranha Plant. No date has been announced for this new set, but it is apparently “waking soon” — which is a reference to the sleeping Piranha Plant in Super …
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