TodayMon, 22nd Jul 2019

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  3

  News Here Are The 30 Most-Downloaded Switch Games During The First Half Of 2019 In Japan

  Retail and digital-only games included

  Nintendo has shared two new lists on the Japanese eShop, revealing which games have been the most successful on its digital store throughout the first half of 2019. The first list shows the top 30 most-downloaded games that are also available in physical form, while the second shows just those which are...

  • 23 mins ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Japan
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  8

  Video New Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair Trailer Shows Off Alternate Levels

  Play each level in a whole new way

  Team17 has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, giving us a good look at a cool new feature which adds a whole new way to play the game's levels. If you need a quick catch up, the game has players setting off on a journey to rescue members of Queen Phoebee’s Royal...

  • 48 mins ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Video
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  19

  Preview Astral Chain Mixes Bayonetta, Wonderful 101 And Metal Gear Rising, And You'll Love It

  Trust us on this one

  You’d think it’d be a little easier to relax when you’re lounging inside a hotel suite playing a video game, Platinum Games’ Astral Chain, to be exact. High above Comic-Con, Seagulls were flying face level to the glass panes of the room, while sailboats were lazily drifting off in the San Diego bay; yet all anyone could...

  • 53 mins ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Preview
  • Astral Chain
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  25

  News Wolfenstein Youngblood File Size Revealed, Trial Edition Listed On Switch eShop

  Get those micro SD cards ready

  Wolfenstein: Youngblood's file size has been revealed thanks to a Nintendo eShop listing, and with the physical release only containing a download code rather than an actual game cart, you'll need to make sure you have the necessary amount of space available. According to Nintendo, the game will take up 20.6GB of...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  16

  News A New Pokémon Game Is On The Way From The Studio Behind Call Of Duty Mobile

  Pokémania

  The Pokémon Company is teaming up with Chinese giant Tencent's Timi Studio Group to release yet another new game for the series, it has been confirmed. No specific details for the game have been shared as of yet, although Timi Studio's history would suggest that it might be another title designed for mobile platforms, joining several...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Pokemon
  • Upcoming Releases
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  22

  News Nintendo Switch Was The Most Searched Product On Amazon Prime Day In The US, UK And Australia

  More popular than TVs and laptops

  Last week played host to Amazon Prime Day, a huge, annual event hosted by the online retailer which sees plenty of products be placed on offer. This year's Nintendo deals weren't particularly mind blowing, but new data suggests that the Switch was incredibly popular amongst consumers regardless. The data comes from...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Prime Day
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  10

  News God Of War's Art Director Strikes Back With 3D Takes On Cuphead Characters

  Cuphead, Mugman and villains, too!

  Cuphead may well be one of the most well-received 2D run 'n gun platformers of recent times, but how would its standout aesthetic have looked if everything was in 3D instead? If you've been hoping to find the answer to that very specific question, you're in luck. Raf Grassetti, art director on God of War, has...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Cuphead
  • God of War
  • Art
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  19

  Random Watch A Parakeet Faithfully Recreate The Switch's Home Menu Sounds

  Bleep bleep, bleep bloop

  Here's a random story if ever there was one: a parakeet has managed to faithfully recreate all of the little bleeps and bloops that can be heard while navigating the Nintendo Switch home menu. And it's utterly fantastic. Not content with copying mainstream phrases like 'who's a pretty boy, then?', this parakeet has proudly...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Random
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  24

  News Astral Chain And Daemon X Machina Limited Editions Blast Onto The Nintendo UK Store

  Lots of bonus goodies to collect

  Launching just two weeks apart over the coming months are Astral Chain and Daemon X Machina, two very intriguing Nintendo Switch exclusives that could be well worth your time. Now, both games' super-duper limited editions have arrived on the Nintendo UK Store and they look very tasty indeed. PlatinumGames' Astral...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • UK

YesterdaySun, 21st Jul 2019

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  105

  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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  50

  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...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Lust for Darkness
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  99

  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...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Splatoon 2
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  40

  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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  20

  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...

  • 1 day ago
  • Random
  • Wii
  • Mario Kart
  • Nintendo
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  27

  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...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sega
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic
  • Tails
  • North America
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  23

  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...

  • 1 day ago
  • Industry
  • Sumo Digital
  • 2K
  • UK

Saturday20th Jul 2019

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  132

  Feature Best Nintendo Switch Couch Co-Op Games

  Teamwork makes the dream work

  While there's a great many different types of gaming experiences available on Switch, the chances are that couch co-op games were a big part of the reason you bought Nintendo's hybrid console. After all, Nintendo is the bonafide master of local co-op games, and the Switch is tailor-made for those experiences thanks to...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Essentials
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  240

  Feature Best Pokémon Games Of All Time

  Which one comes out on top?

  What are the best Pokémon games? Ranking such awesome games proved a lot more difficult than we first anticipated, given how most of them ended up being crowned as the best games of their particular generation. But we did due diligence, taking into account our own review scores, your user scores, and the opinions of...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Pokemon
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  65

  Feature Best Nintendo Switch RPGs

  Our round-up of the best RPGs on the console

  At launch, Switch started with a steady sprinkle of decent releases, whether new games or ports from other platforms, but in the months that followed the software snowballed and now you can't move for quality titles across almost every category. The RPG genre is no exception. This selection of the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • RPG
  • Features
  • Switch Essentials
  • Guides
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  323

  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...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Joy-Con
  • North America
  • Legal
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  33

  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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  95

  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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  31

  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...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • Marvel
  • DLC
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  44

  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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  21

  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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  132

  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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  41

  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