TodayMon, 4th Nov 2019

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  22

  News Nintendo Has Now Sold More Than 750 Million Games Consoles Worldwide

  Not bad business, then

  It's pretty safe to say that Nintendo consoles are wildly popular, with some like the Wii and DS going on to shift astronomical numbers, but just how many consoles has the gaming giant sold throughout history? You ignored the article's title, right? That's right, Nintendo has now sold more than 750 million of the things. From...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Nintendo
  • Sales Figures
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  36

  News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Now The Best-Selling Fighting Game In History

  After less than a year on shelves

  With the release of Nintendo's latest financial results, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was confirmed not only to be the best-selling entry in the fighting series, having sold 15.71 million units as of 30th September 2019, but it also climbed to number 2 on the Switch all-time best seller list, with only Mario Kart 8...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Nintendo
  • Sales
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  18

  News Flipper Mechanic Is An Upcoming Switch Game Where You Fix And Test Classic Arcade Machines

  Arcade Machine Fixer Person Simulator

  There really does seem to be a simulation game for pretty much anything you can think of these days, and Flipper Mechanic is the latest to give players the chance to live out their very specific fantasies. That's right, you can now experience what it's like to work as someone who fixes arcade cabinets, testing...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  9

  Review Xeno Crisis - An Old-School Twin-Stick Shooter Which Supplies A Stern Test

  Standup fight or just another bug hunt?

  The twin-stick shooter – originating in games such Robotron: 2084 – has proved to be a perennially popular genre. The fundamentals remain the same, generally, even when the themes differ and gameplay elements are layered on; players must clear a single screen of enemy waves before moving on to the next,...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xeno Crisis
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  16

  News Farming Simulator 20 Channels Its Inner Pokémon With A 'Gotta Farm ‘Em All' Switch Trailer

  Be the very best farmer, like no one ever was

  Farming Simulator 20 is launching on Nintendo Switch next month and to celebrate, Focus Home Interactive has shared a new Pokémon-inspired trailer. Actually arriving on both Switch and mobile devices on the same day, the series is said to have grown with lots of new gameplay additions including new...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  64

  News Pokémon Sword And Shield Are Leaking Like A Sieve, Be Safe Out There

  You're safe with us

  We're just days away from the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch, and all sorts of leaks are appearing all over the internet. We're talking starter evolutions, new Gigantamax forms, and pretty much the full Pokédex - if you want to know something, you can probably find it. Innocently scrolling through your...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Upcoming Releases
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  21

  News Get Discounts On Mario, Animal Crossing And More In The Latest My Nintendo Rewards (Europe)

  Dragon Quest, Kirby, more!

  The latest batch of My Nintendo game discounts for Europe has now gone live, giving players the usual chance to grab a handful of games at reduced prices. There are five discounts up for grabs this time around, all for the 3DS - as has been the case for a while now. As always, you can take advantage of these discounts by...

  • 7 hours ago
  • My Nintendo
  • 3DS
  • Europe
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  85

  News Pokémon Center London Goes From Bad To Worse, Products Could Sell Out Before Closure

  Update: We have our first casualty

  Update (4th Nov, 12:00 BST): As feared, The Pokémon Company has now confirmed that the exclusive London City Pikachu Plush will sell out before the store's closure. If you're planning a trip to the store next week, you'll likely be out of luck. "Due to overwhelming popularity, this week will be the final week...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Pokemon
  • Merchandise
  • UK
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  23

  News Quiz Time! Can You Figure Out These Layton's Mystery Journey Switch Puzzles?

  These are real head-scratchers

  With the western Nintendo Switch release of Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - Deluxe Edition just days away, we thought we'd get in the mood for some quizzing with these suitably tricky head-scratchers taken from the game. Nintendo has been sharing these pesky brain teasers over...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  25

  News Pac-Man Turns 40 Next Year And Bandai Namco Plans To Celebrate In Style

  Starting off with a theme song

  Believe it or not, next year will see the 40th anniversary of gaming classic Pac-Man, and Bandai Namco is planning a year-long series of celebrations in honour of the ravenous yellow blob. Pac-Man first appeared on the scene on 22nd May 1980, rising to fame as an arcade star before shifting to games consoles, mobile...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Pac Man
  • Bandai Namco
  • Anniversary
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  49

  UK Charts Luigi's Mansion 3 Just Had The Best Opening Week Of Any Switch Game In 2019

  But couldn't take number one

  UK chart data is now in for the week ending 2nd November, revealing that Luigi's Mansion 3 has had a very impressive debut indeed. The spooktacular game has become the fastest-selling physical Switch game of 2019, ahead of the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Maker 2, and its opening sales...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Luigi
  • Charts
  • UK
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  63

  Hardware Review Capcom Home Arcade Is The Most Ludicrous Micro-Console Yet, And We're In Love

  Winner stays on?

  Gamers of a particular age will know all too well the allure of amusement arcades back in the '80s and '90s. This was a time when the most technologically advanced titles weren't found in the home; instead, the bleeding edge of the industry was found in arcades, packed with the latest and greatest offerings from the likes of Sega,...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Features
  • Hardware Review
  • Capcom
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  45

  News Blizzard Has "No Idea" When Overwatch 2 Will Be Released, Just Wants To "Make It Great"

  Expect to hear more at next year's BlizzCon

  As exciting as the Overwatch 2 announcement was at BlizzCon this year, it's probably the last thing you wanted to hear if you recently picked up a copy of Overwatch: Legendary Edition on the Switch less than a month ago. Thankfully, the original game will remain relevant – with Blizzard confir

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Overwatch 2
  • Blizzard
  • Jeff Kaplan
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  50

  Rumour A Cancelled Fire Emblem Remake Could Be Resurrected On Nintendo Switch

  "Maybe that’s one of the things they’ll bring forward in the future"

  Ex-Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan has hinted that Nintendo could be bringing a previously-canned Fire Emblem remake to Nintendo Switch. Speaking to Kinda Funny's Greg Miller, Khan touches upon the topic of canned 3DS games, and Fire Emblem is one that comes up –...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Fire Emblem
  • Rumours

YesterdaySun, 3rd Nov 2019

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  67

  News The Overwatch 2 Leak Was Extremely Demoralising For The Development Team

  "You feel totally deflated"

  Like many other BlizzCon 2019 announcements this weekend, the Overwatch 2 one was leaked ahead of the opening ceremony. In a follow-up interview with Kotaku Australia, Overwatch lead designer Jeff Kaplan expressed how leaks can be "extremely demoralising" for developers and explained how lack of context can often result...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Overwatch 2
  • Blizzard
  • Jeff Kaplan
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  137

  News Nintendo Wants To Focus On New "Experiences" For Switch, But Is Open To More Remakes

  Even re-releases must create something new

  In the follow-up Q&A to Nintendo's six months earnings report, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has been asked if the company would consider developing more remakes based on classic handheld IPs, now that the 3DS has seemingly been ditched and the Switch Lite is available. This was his reply,...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Shuntaro Furukawa
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  26

  News All XSEED Games On Switch And 3DS Are Now On Sale, Up To 50% Off (North America)

  Celebrating 15 years of localisation

  XSEED Games has slashed the prices of its games on the Switch and 3DS eShop in North America to celebrate 15 years of localising and publishing titles within this region. There are plenty of options across both systems, and "most" games are up to 50 percent off, according to the official press release. This sale...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • 3DS eShop
  • XSEED
  • North America
  • Sales
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  42

  News It Looks Like AlphaDream's Last Project Was Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games

  Before filing for bankruptcy

  Last month, it was discovered the Japanese developer AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy after the development costs of its projects got the better of it. The company was best known for its Mario & Luigi RPG series and had most recently released Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey on the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • AlphaDream
  • Industry
  • Mario
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  23

  Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects - October 2019

  October's best Switch eShop games!

  With Halloween now safely out of the way, we've somehow stumbled right into November - seriously, where does the time go? The good news is, however, that the end of the month means it's time to dig out the ol' Nintendo Life eShop Select Awards! These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo's digital store,...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • eShop Selects
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  22

  Random This Smash Bros. Fan Dressed Up As Master Hand And Crazy Hand For Halloween

  And invited every video game character to join the battle

  One Super Smash Bros. character that's perhaps been overshadowed in recent years by all the third-party cameos is the game's recurring boss. Yes – we're talking about the Master Hand and even his left-hand counterpart, Crazy Hand. While a lot of people were probably trick-or-treating as...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
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  10

  Review Dusk Diver - Enjoyable Combat Can't Fully Atone For The Problems Elsewhere

  Interdimensional Express

  JFI Games’ Dusk Diver is a Musou-style hack-and-slash affair that tells the story of Yuma, an innocent high school student thrown into the middle of an interdimensional battle between the ancient animal Gods of Kunlun. Taking place between an impressively detailed recreation of the Ximending district of Taipei and its...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Dusk Diver
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  73

  Poll Box Art Brawl #15 - Super Mario Bros.

  Obscure Japanese platformer

  Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, the ongoing series where we examine three video game cover variants from across the globe and vote to find out which won is the toppermost of the poppermost. Last week we looked deep into the eyes of cinematic sci-fi platformer Flashback. It was decided that the Japanese variant, with its...

  • 1 day ago
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • Retro
  • Super Mario Bros
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  17

  Review Let's Sing 2020 - Uplifting Karaoke Goodness On Your Switch

  A solid music title for modern pop fans

  The real initial rush and heyday of home karaoke on consoles was the PS2-era, when it seemed like a never-ending cascade of SingStar games were being released every few months to a public that seemed to practically inhale them. They were everywhere, catering to most popular genres from rock to Disney...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Lets Sing

Saturday2nd Nov 2019

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  418

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards For 2019

  Give your Switch a storage boost

  If you've picked up a Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite recently and downloaded any games from the bounty available on Nintendo eShop, it's highly likely that you'll be running out of internal storage space soon. Indeed, storage space is one of Switch's weaknesses, and the fact that there are so many amazing games...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Micro SD Cards
  • Features
  • Storage
  • Guides
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  139

  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, the Switch is tailor-made for those experiences thanks to its Joy-Con controllers, which double up as two separate...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Games
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  247

  Feature Best Pokémon Games Of All Time

  Which one is the very best?

  What are the best Pokémon games? Ranking such awesome games proved a lot more difficult than we first anticipated, given how many of them end up being among the best games of their particular generation. We deliberated for many hours here at Nintendo Life Towers to decide the order of these turn-based RPG collectathons...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Pokemon
  • Best Games
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  84

  Feature Best Nintendo Switch RPGs

  Our round-up of the best RPGs on Switch

  In the two-and-a-half years since launch, Nintendo Switch has collected a huge number of quality titles across almost every category, and the RPG genre is certainly no exception. The following is a selection of the console's essential role-playing games - in no particular order - which will evolve over time as...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • RPG
  • Features
  • Switch Essentials
  • Guides
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  196

  Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games

  As voted by you lovely people

  In a little over two-and-a-half years Switch has amassed a huge amount of software. Of course, this abundance of riches leaves us in something of a pickle - too much software, not enough time to play it all. In fairness, it's a very nice problem to have - Help! There are too many excellent games to choose from! To help...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Guides
  • Switch Essentials
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  24

  Guide Pokémon GO 'A Colossal Discovery' - Regigigas Quest Walkthrough and All About Pokémon GO's First Global Premium Event

  Ticketed event has now ended - find out how to complete the research quest and other options

  Pokémon GO has held its first global premium event – a paid, ticketed event that could be played anywhere in the world, giving yexclusive early and easy access to the legendary Pokémon Regigas and a raft of other perks. Tickets are no longer on sale and...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Pokemon Go
  • Mobile
  • Pokemon
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  83

  News Amazon's Sudden Restriction On Used Nintendo Game Sales Was An "Error"

  Update: Amazon responds

  Update (2nd Nov, 01:10 BST): In a statement given to ArsTechnica, Amazon has responded to the restrictions placed upon third-party sellers (see original article below). The restrictions were supposedly put in place "in error" and have since been reversed. Yesterday’s email [to third-party Amazon sellers] was sent in...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Amazon
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  42

  Video 13 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In November

  Gotta play 'em all

  November has arrived and you know what that means – it's time to journey to the Galar Region and catch 'em all. There are also plenty of other promising games coming out this month. We kick things off on 5th November with another Mario & Sonic entry. After this, there are plenty of other third-party releases to look forward...

  • 3 days ago
  • Video
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  34

  Review Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout - The Atelier Franchise Finally Goes Mainstream

  Atelier Rising

  Atelier Ryza, the twenty-first entry in Gust’s long-running Atelier series, tells the story of Reisalin Stout, a young girl living on the quiet island of Kurken who desperately dreams of escaping on far-flung adventures alongside her childhood friends Tao and Lent. Ryza lives on a farm with her stern, overbearing parents who try at...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Atelier Ryza
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  39

  News Blizzard Is Indeed Bringing Overwatch 2 To The Nintendo Switch

  No release dates announced for console version

  BlizzCon 2019 has just kicked-off and as expected the company announced a cooperative, narrative-driven follow-up to its popular team-based hero shooter Overwatch. On top of a PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One announcement, the new entry has now also been confirmed for the Nintendo Switch. Overwatch 2...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Blizzard
  • Overwatch 2
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  33

  News Overwatch Players Will Have Access To All Of The Sequel's PvP Multiplayer Content

  "nothing gets left behind"

  Overwatch 2 has just been confirmed for the Switch and multiple other platforms. So, is the original player base expected to migrate across to the sequel? According to the lead designer Jeff Kaplan, "nothing gets left behind" – or in this case, no hero gets left behind. You see, both games will be part of a shared...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Overwatch 2
  • Blizzard
  • Jeff Kaplan
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  133

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 2nd)

  Here are our picks, but what are yours?

  After a week full of disappointed Pokémon shoppers and a whole lot of Reggie-based news, we're suddenly sensing the light at the end of the tunnel and a chance to actually sit down with a game or two. It must be the weekend! As always, members of team Nintendo Life have gathered together to discuss their...

  • 2 days ago
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
  • Features
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  23

  Review Override: Mech City Brawl - Super Charged Mega Edition - Smashing Robot Fun, But Where's The Cross-Play?

  Not a Jaeger bomb in sight

  Override: Mech City Brawl is a game that will let you fulfil those desires of being a pilot in a Pacific Rim movie without the need to meld your mind with someone else’s. There’s something truly satisfying about crushing houses and skyscrapers as you fling grotesque monstrosities around San Francisco, or accidentally...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  30

  News Free Update For Contra: Rogue Corps Adds Hardcore Missions, New Weapons And Much More

  Ready up, soldier

  Contra: Rogue Corps was admittedly not the game the majority of fans were hoping for when Konami announced a new entry in its popular run and gun shmup series. Its combat was clunky and slow, the levels were incredibly bland, the objectives were boring, and it had low-resolution visuals and muddy textures. We could go on, but you...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Contra
  • Konami
  • Updates
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  36

  News Bandai Namco Celebrates Pac-Man's 40th Anniversary With Official Theme Song And Music Video

  "Join the PAC"

  Next year in May, Bandai Namco's mascot Pac-Man turns 40. At this point, he's pretty much done it all. Heck, he's even become a regular fighter in the Super Smash Bros. roster. To celebrate the upcoming occasion, Bamco has launched an official PAC-MAN 40th Anniversary theme song as part of its new campaign "Join the PAC". It was...

  • 2 days ago
  • Video
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pac-Man
  • Bandai Namco