Picture: Nintendo update [Fri 1st Jul, 2022 05:45]: Yesterday, VGC had a story about a Nintendo shareholder who asked the company if they had any plans to revive past IPs such as the futuristic racing series F-Zero, the RPG Baten Kaitos, and various other titles like Wario Land. It turns out this question didn’t come … Read more
Image: Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist Following a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign back in February this year, Chris Stair and Trevor Youngquist’s upcoming stunning Metroidvania Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus has gained a couple of notable names in the Metroid fan community. Members of the team behind Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) have joined this … Read more
Picture: Intelligent Systems update [Wed 15th Jun, 2022 09:20 BST] More details of the supposed next Fire Emblem game have been leaked. This time, Reddit user miasmadelta has shared some apparent screenshots from the 18th mainline Fire Emblem title over on r/fireemblem. Of course, this game is still unannounced, so we won’t know if they … Read more
As part of the Summer Game Fest and IGN’s Summer of Gaming, the Wholesome Direct took place on June 11th, 2022, with around around 100 game trailers and announcements, all themed around the “wholesome games” trend. We saw games about frogs, cats, bears, witches, and mail delivery — but which of them are coming to … Read more
Image: nintendo Deoxys Prime, who runs a YouTube account with 165,000 subscribers that is home to all kinds of video game soundtrackshas removed their entire library of Nintendo music after having “a dozen soundtracks blocked” while receiving over 500 copyright claims from the trigger-happy company. They weren’t hosting uploads of commercially-available albums; rather, like the … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life/Zion Grassl Nintendo’s report for the 2021/22 financial year dropped today, and while Switch continues to sell well and software sales are looking healthy, signs that enthusiasm for the five-year-old system is beginning to ebb are also apparent. To be clear, the results present a far from gloomy outlook for the console and … Read more
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on Youtube Update: We’ve got official confirmation from @SplatoonNA on three of the returning weapons for Splatoon 3. The official Splatoon Twitter account has showcased the Splattershot, Splattershot Jr., and the .96 Gal, and it’s promised to share even more weapons further down the line. Let’s take a look and remind … Read more
The next game in Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade series is just around the corner, with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 now launching earlier than originally planned. Nintendo has announced that the game will now release on Switch on 29th July 2022, earlier than the September release window that was given earlier this year. As you’d expect, it’ll continue … Read more
Picture: Valve Valve’s new portable gaming computer the Steam Deck might be “going after” a completely different audience but it’s still drawn plenty of comparisons to the Nintendo Switch. The final product is now in the hands of various tech and video game outlets, so what’s the final verdict, and what’s it like compared to … Read more
Picture: Nintendo Nintendo Switch Sports is bringing back the Wii Sports brand on Switch at the end of April 2022, but before it launches proper Nintendo is running an Online Play Test of the game over a weekend to test its online network capacity, evaluate various technical aspects, and iron out any online multiplayer kinks … Read more