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  Review Lust For Darkness - A Clumsy Trip Through A Depraved Hellscape That's As Sexy As It Sounds

  Mood killer

  Two-and-a-half-years into its inception and Nintendo Switch isn’t struggling for games of a horrific persuasion. From unnerving yet humorous adventures such as The Padre to zombie-ridden action adventures a la Resident Evil 4, us hybrid handheld owners have plenty of grisly titles to satisfy our gluttony for the macabre. One thing we...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Lust for Darkness
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  News Pearl And Team Chaos Win The Final Splatoon 2 Splatfest

  Inkopolis is doomed!

  After 72 hours of intense battles, the final Splatoon 2 Splatfest results have now been tallied up. Chaos reigns supreme as Pearl takes out the victory, with a 3-0 win over Marina's Team Order. Below is the full breakdown: In the video below, courtesy of Nintendo Life contributor Gonçalo Lopes (Team Order), you can see how...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Splatoon 2
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  Random Three New Ultra Shortcut Glitches Discovered In Mario Kart Wii

  More than a decade after its release

  Whether you like it or not, Mario Kart Wii is still the best-selling entry in the series to date. As a result, it's got a huge following – even after the more recent success of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. With this in mind, three new "ultra shortcuts" were recently discovered in the Wii title within...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Random
  • Wii
  • Mario Kart
  • Nintendo
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  20

  News Sumo Digital Announces "New Projects" With Publisher 2K

  "details of the projects in due course"

  Sumo Digital, best known in recent times for developing Team Sonic Racing, has announced it is working on "new projects" with the global game publisher 2K. While there are no details about the games just yet or the platforms they will be released on, it has been revealed development will take place at Sumo...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Industry
  • Sumo Digital
  • 2K
  • UK
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  News Executive Producer Of Wolfenstein: Youngblood Says The Switch Version Is "A Miracle"

  Panic Button labelled as "magicians"

  Next week, Wolfenstein: Youngblood arrives on the Switch. If you're still in a state of disbelief about this, you're not alone. During an interview with Venture Beat, the game's executive producer, Jerk Gustafsson, described how the Switch version was "a miracle" and said it was all thanks to the talented team...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Shovel Knight's Board Game Kickstarter Has Been Cancelled, Relaunching Mid August

  "We have heard our backers loud and clear"

  Not long ago, Shovel Knight celebrated his fifth anniversary. In the same week, we also heard about how the iconic indie character would be receiving his very own board game called Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels. While the career for Shovel Knight has been up and up for some time now, he's just had a minor...

  • 1 day ago
  • Shovel Knight
  • Yacht Club Games
  • Kickstarter
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  News Sonic And Tails Crossover With Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

  Episode airs on 4th August

  Sega is always happy to experiment with Sonic the Hedgehog, and early next month on 4th August, Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower will be appearing in Cartoon Network's animated series, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. The news was revealed at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. Below is the official Twitter announcement: As you can...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sega
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic
  • Tails
  • North America

Saturday20th Jul 2019

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  News Class Action Lawsuit Officially Filed Against Nintendo For Switch Joy-Con "Drifting" Issues

  "Filed on behalf of purchasers"

  Yesterday, we found out a law firm located in the United States was preparing to file a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, based on reports the Joy-Con controllers for the Switch can experience "drift" issues. Now, in the latest development, the lawsuit against Nintendo of America has been officially filed by the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Joy-Con
  • North America
  • Legal
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  31

  News Hori Announces New Line Of Officially Licensed Accessories For Switch Lite

  Launching alongside the system

  The prolific peripheral maker Hori has announced it has been selected as an officially licensed launch partner for the Nintendo Switch Lite. As a result, it will be working closely with Nintendo from an "early stage" to produce "a robust line" of accessories, which will be available alongside the launch of the system...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Lite
  • Nintendo
  • Accessories
  • Hori
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  News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Switch Patch Comes With Some Unwelcome Extras

  Patch it up

  When Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night arrived on the Switch a week after initial release, Nintendo players quickly established something wasn't right. Digital Foundry took a closer inspection of this version and found the performance and visuals had taken a tremendous hit and our own review here on

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  News The First DLC Pack For Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Releases This September

  Access it with the Expansion Pass

  In celebration of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order arriving on the Switch, the Marvel Games panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con revealed Loki was joining the alliance on day one and also announced Cyclops and Colossus from X-Men would show up on 30th August. This followed with a teaser of one of the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Marvel
  • DLC
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  News Netflix Releases Its First Official Teaser For Season One Of The Witcher

  "The worst monsters are the ones we create"

  After what feels like an incredibly long wait, Netflix has finally released the first trailer for its live-action version of The Witcher, starring Superman's Henry Cavill as the White Wolf. In this first look, we find out a bit about the lore within the universe of the Witcher, see some of the well-known...

  • 2 days ago
  • Video
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Netflix
  • Witcher
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  Reminder Splatoon 2 Splatfest T-Shirts Now Available On The UK My Nintendo Store

  The posters are already sold out!

  If you happen to be located in the UK or Europe in general, we're reminding you the limited edition Splatoon 2 t-shirts - celebrating the final Splatfest - are now available to purchase from the local My Nintendo Store. Although the hig

  • 2 days ago
  • Reminder
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Splatoon 2
  • UK
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  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 20th)

  Here are our picks, but what are yours?

  What a week it's been! Nintendo revealed a Switch revision with improved battery life, locked in the release date for Luigi's Mansion 3 and announced two new sets of Joy-Con. On the third-party front, we found

  • 2 days ago
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
  • Features
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  Poll Tell Us Who You're Siding With In Splatoon 2's Final Splatfest

  This is it!

  We apologise for bombarding you with Splatoon 2 news, but this weekend is the final Splatfest. It has us wondering if you will be raging against the machine with Pearl and Team Chaos or banding together for a new and brighter future with Marina and Team Order. We want to know - so pick a side in the poll below and tell us how your...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Splatoon 2
  • Polls

Friday19th Jul 2019

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  News US Law Firm Opens "Switch Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Investigation

  Calling on users experiencing issues

  Anger over Joy-Con drifting issues appears to have finally boiled over, with a US law firm reportedly preparing to file a class action lawsuit against Nintendo. Details about this come straight from Chimicles, Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith – the firm currently looking into the possibility of a such a...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Joy-Con
  • North America
  • Legal
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  363

  Poll Have Your Joy-Con Been Drifting?

  We want to know

  Recently, there has been much discussion online about "drifting" Joy-Con. It's been an ongoing issue since the release of the Switch and one we've addressed here on Nintendo Life on a number of occasions. We've even gone to the extent of publishing a step-by-step guide and releasing a video about how to resolve this problem. Still,...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Polls
  • Joy-Con
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  Hardware Review The EON Super 64 Gives Your N64 HDMI Output, But Is It Really Worth $150?

  Plug-and-play HD for your Nintendo 64

  We're big fans of EON here at Nintendo Life. The company has already produced some amazing GameCube HDMI adapters in the form of the GCHD and GCHD Mk II, both of which harness the console's digital output to give a crisp picture without the need for pesky internal modification. However, for its next trick, EON...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Hardware Review
  • Retro
  • N64
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  Review Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order - Arcade Brawling Is Back, Baby

  Hero syndrome

  For years - ten of them, to be exact - the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games have retreated into the kind of obscurity only wistful nostalgia can occasionally dispel. They weren’t particularly outstanding games, but they were packed full of characters, lore, and storylines pulled straight out of Marvel’s vast archive. This was back...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
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  Review Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble - Finally, A True Successor To Advance Wars Emerges

  The tiny student becomes a metal master

  It’s now been eleven whole years since we’ve had a new Advance Wars game, with Nintendo seemingly happy to let its successful SRPG series slide into oblivion since 2008’s Dark Conflict on the DS, disregarding the pleas of fans whilst instead turning its attention to the more story-oriented and emotional...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Tiny Metal
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  News Datamine Reveals New Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Characters

  Spoilers contained within

  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has barely touched store shelves, but we've already got our first leaked list of characters – and it goes without saying that if you want to avoid spoilers, you should navigate away from this page as quickly as possible. In fact, why did you even click the link? Dataminer...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Datamine
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  News Loki, Cyclops And Colossus Join Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

  Yeeesss!

  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is now available worldwide on the Nintendo Switch. To celebrate launch day, the Marvel Games panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con has revealed new information about the additional characters coming to the game. The brother, enemy, and antihero Loki is joining the alliance on day one and this...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Marvel
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  News Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Receives A Day One Patch

  Adds online multiplayer and resolves a few bugs

  The latest Nintendo exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has received a day one patch. According to Nintendo's Japanese website, Version 1.0.1 adds support for Online Multiplayer, a DLC Menu and bonus costumes which are obtainable by purchasing the game's Expansion Pass. It also fixes...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Marvel
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  News Don't Expect Netflix's Witcher Show To Copy The Video Games

  "They went one direction, we actually get to go another"

  As Netflix releases more and more cast photos from its upcoming Witcher show, a pattern has begun to emerge. Long-time fans of the video game series – which, like the show, is based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's popular line of fantasy novels and is coming to Switch this year in the...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Netflix
  • Witcher
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  Reminder The Final Splatoon 2 Splatfest Is Now Underway

  Fight for order or chaos!

  Quickly, drop whatever else it is you're currently playing and join in on the final Splatoon 2 Splatfest. In the "Splatocalypse" you'll have to side with either Team Chaos (Pearl) or Team Order (Marina) to decide once and for all who reigns supreme. After you've picked a team, you can then participate in this 72-hour event...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reminder
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon 2
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  News Taito's The Ninja Saviors Will Release The (Ninja) Warrior Within On Switch This August

  The warriors are back

  If you were a fan of Taito's arcade classic The Ninja Warriors then you are in for a treat, as it's getting a reboot under the name of The Ninja Saviors - Return of the Warriors, which we can now reveal is headed to the Switch on 30th August. Let's find out a bit more from publisher ININ Games: In THE NINJA SAVIORS –...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Super Mega Baseball 2 Aims For A Home Run On Switch Next Week

  Batter up!

  If you've been clamouring for a bit of baseball action on your Switch then you'll no doubt welcome the news that Super Mega Baseball 2: Ultimate Edition is set to slide on to the Switch next week on 25th July for $29.99. The Ultimate Edition on the Switch includes the complete set of Super Mega Baseball 2 content, fully-featured online...

  • 3 days ago
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  News Dr. Mario World Surpassed Five Million Downloads In Its First Seven Days

  Making the big bucks

  Last weekend, we heard how Dr. Mario World had been downloaded two million times in its first 72 hours of availability. Now, according to even more Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data, it's been confirmed the game ended up surpassing five million downloads in its first week. This makes Dr. Mario World Nintendo's fourth-biggest...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Mobile
  • Mario
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  News Sega Reveals Development Of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Is 70% Complete

  Rolling on

  After months of trademarks and classifications, earlier this week Sega finally confirmed a high-definition version of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz was on its way to the Nintendo Switch. So, just how far into development is Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD? It's reportedly 70% complete. The game is due out on 29th October, so we're...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Super Monkey Ball
  • Sega
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  News Japanese Celebs To Show Off Their Virus-Busting Skills In The Dr. Mario World Championship

  Pill-popping fun

  Are you enjoying playing Dr. Mario World on your smartphone? If you consider yourself to be a bit of a virus-busting addict, then it might interest you to know that on 26th July at 8pm Japanese time, LINE will broadcasting the Dr. Mario World Virus Repel Championship, which sounds like a whole heap of fun to us. This tournament...

  • 3 days ago
  • Japan
  • Dr Mario
  • Mobile