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TodayFri, 22nd Nov 2019

  • Gallery This Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Bedroom Mural Is Absolutely Stunning

    Wildly artistic

    Would you like to fall asleep in the kingdom of Hyrule every night? Perhaps you've already done this during a prolonged session of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch or Wii U. If so, you'll likely appreciate this absolutely stunning bedroom mural based on the land of Hyrule in Breath of the Wild. It's been created by...

    • Gallery
    • Zelda
    • Nintendo Switch
  • News Bomberman-Inspired Multiplayer Game Ponpu Targeting A 2020 Switch Release

    "1 match easily turns into 20"

    Purple Tree Studio has revealed it is bringing its Bomberman-inspired multiplayer title Ponpu to the Switch and multiple other platforms in Q2 2020. Zordix will be responsible for the publishing side of things. In an official press release, the game was described as being hard to put down: It’s the kind of game...

    • Switch eShop
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
  • News Hamster Is Bringing Konami's Hyper Sports To The Switch eShop Next Week

    On your marks, get set, go!

    Hamster is next week releasing Konami's 1984 title Hyper Sports on the Switch eShop for $7.99 / £6.29. The title arrives on 28th November and will allow up to four players to participate in seven events. These sports include swimming, skeet shooting, long horse, archery, triple jump, weight lifting, and pole vaulting...

    • Switch eShop
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Hamster
    • Arcade Archives
  • News Trover Saves The Universe Is Coming To Nintendo Switch On 28th November

    From the co-creator of Rick and Morty

    Squanch Games, established by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland in 2016, has announced it is bringing its comedic and foul-mouthed adventure game Trover Saves the Universe to the Nintendo Switch later this month, on 28th November. If you buy the game when it is released, you'll get a special launch...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Justin Roiland
    • VR
  • News Eevee Is Your Next Pokémon Funko Pop

    Coming soon to a store near you

    One of the most popular, cute and adorable Pokémon is the normal-type Eevee. This pocket monster has been around since the first generation and nowadays has its very own video game, Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! One thing Eevee hasn't got is its very own Funko Pop. At least until now. Following on from Pikachu, Funko...

    • Pokemon
    • Funko
    • Funko Pop
    • The Pokemon Company
    • Eevee
  • Reminder A Hat In Time Nyakuza Metro DLC Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch

    The adventures of Hat Kid continue

    Update - Fri 22nd Nov, 2019 00:50 GMT: Humble Bundle and Gears for Breakfast have now officially released the Nyakuza Metro DLC for A Hat In Time on the Nintendo Switch. This $6.99 / £3.99 DLC includes a new chapter, 10 new Time Pieces, a new sticker system, new flairs, new dyes, a new weapon, and a new purple...

    • Reminder
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Switch eShop
    • DLC

YesterdayThu, 21st Nov 2019

  • Feature Best Nintendo DS Games

    As voted for by you

    Today is the 15th anniversary of Nintendo DS' launch and in honour of the occasion we're bringing back this reader-voted list of the 50 best Nintendo DS games, originally published back in August. Remember, this ranking is governed by Nintendo Life User Ratings and even now it can change depending on the scores. Feel free to rate...

    • Features
    • Best Games
    • Nintendo DS
    • Retro
    • Top 50
  • News Over 150 Switch Games Discounted In Nintendo Cyber Deals Sale (Europe)

    Up to 70% off top Switch titles

    Earlier this week Nintendo of Europe announced a number of first-party games on sale on the Nintendo eShop but now the full "Cyber Deals" sales list is here with over 150 games on sale from tomorrow. It's a big list, so search the page if you are looking for a specific title or sort using the column headings...

    • Switch eShop
    • Sales
    • Europe
    • Black Friday
  • Random Super Mario Land Has Been Ported To The SNES, And It Looks Amazing

    If only it were official

    Super Mario Land is one of the most beloved entries in the early Mario canon, despite the fact you can finish it in an evening and it has rather crude visuals, even by Game Boy standards. Still, it was, for many gamers, their first taste of 'Mario-on-the-move', and its gloriously oddball shooter levels, engaging soundtrack...

    • Random
    • Retro
    • SNES
    • Super Mario
  • News Alien: Isolation Release Date Confirmed For Nintendo Switch

    Not long to wait now...

    Update (Thu 21st Nov, 2019 11:30 GMT): Alien's Isolation's release date has been confirmed for 5th December 2019. Original Story (Thu 31st Oct, 2019 16:20 GMT:) Given all of the amazing games we've had this year on Switch, it's easy to forget that the superb Alien: Isolation is still on its way in 2019 – but thankfully,...

    • Switch eShop
    • Alien: Isolation
    • Video
  • News Pokémon Sword And Shield Is The Fastest-Selling Switch Game Yet

    Update: Over 6 million sales, the 'highest-grossing' Pokémon launch in the US

    Update: Pokémon Sword and Shield certainly got off to an excellent start in Japan (see the original story below), and the country's official Pokémon Twitter account has now tweeted that sales have been very good elsewhere, too. According to the tweet and an official...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Pokemon
    • Japan
    • Sales Figures
  • Hardware Review SNK Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro - Better Than The Capcom Home Arcade?

    UPDATE: 20 hidden games revealed!

    After the initial flurry of interest in micro-consoles – triggered largely due to the release of the excellent NES and SNES Classic Editions – we've seen some pretty left-field entries into this niche sector of the hardware market. SNK's Neo Geo Mini added an

    • Features
    • Hardware Review
    • SNK
    • Neo Geo
  • News Isabelle's Twitter Account Will No Longer Provide Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Updates

    Lloid the gyroid is now in charge

    If you thought Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on mobile might be wrapping up with the new game on the horizon, think again. To mark the game's second anniversary, last weekend Nintendo announced a new paid membership service. Now, in another surprising move, Nintendo is starting up a standalone Pocket Camp Twitter...

    • Nintendo
    • Mobile
    • Animal Crossing
  • Review Black Future '88 - A Frantic Cyberpunk Classic

    Cyber delight

    Everybody’s been bitten by the cyberpunk bug recently, with CD Projekt Red’s long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 finally being unleashed on the world next year. There’s no word as of yet regarding whether the futuristic adventure will be following The Witcher 3's leather-booted footsteps over to Nintendo’s machine, but those waiting...

    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
    • Black Future 88
  • Nintendo Download 21st November (North America)

    The Touryst! Narcos! Black Future '88!

    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! Nintendo Switch: Narcos: Rise of the Cartels (Curve Digital,...

    • Nintendo Download
    • Nintendo Switch
    • North America
  • News Shiny Pokémon Have Two Types Of Animations In Pokémon Sword And Shield

    Squares and stars

    Can you believe it? Pokémon Sword and Shield are nearly one week old. In this short time frame, players have learned a lot about the new entries. One of the more interesting discoveries is the two different types of shiny animations. This adds an extra layer to the hunt for shiny Pokémon. If you do encounter a shiny in the wild,...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Pokemon
  • News Famitsu Reveals New Details About Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore

    New screenshots also shared

    After the troubled Wii U generation, Nintendo seemingly decided to port all of its major titles from this console across to the Switch. It started out with games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and followed on with titles such as Pokkén Tournament DX and eventually New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. One of its next releases to...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Switch eShop
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Famitsu
  • Hardware Review Hyperkin Admiral - Wireless N64 Controller Goodness

    Cut the cord

    Anyone who's ever crammed around a TV with a Nintendo 64, GoldenEye 007 and a few friends will know the struggles that the short cord on the N64's controller caused. Few companies have tried to remedy this in the past with controller extensions – and controllers that just don't hit the mark – but no one has really succeeded...

    • Features
    • Hardware Review
    • Retro
    • N64
    • Hyperkin
  • Nintendo Download 21st November (Europe)

    Children of Morta! Narcos! Bubble Bobble 4 Friends!

    The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe 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 Retail - New Releases: Children of Morta (11 bit...

    • Nintendo Download
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Europe
  • Japanese Charts Pokémon Sword And Shield Debut In Top Spot, As Switch Sales Continue To Rise

    And Minecraft reaches one million sales

    Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 11th - 17th November, reconfirming the strong start for Pokémon Sword and Shield. As previously revealed, the new entries have now sold more than 1.3 million copies, making it the fastest-selling Switch title within this region. Luigi's Mansion 3 has now d

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Charts
    • Japan
    • Pokemon
  • Video Nintendo's Latest Switch Commercial Perfectly Underlines The Console's Broad Appeal

    "Play together anytime, anywhere"

    Remember how muddled the marketing was for the Wii U? Nintendo didn't have a clue how to 'sell' the concept of the system, and this undoubtedly contributed to its lacklustre commercial performance. However, with Switch, the company isn't making the same mistake twice and its promotional activities have been pretty...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • UK
    • Videos
  • News Minecraft On Switch Becomes Xbox Game Studios' First Game In Japan To Reach One Million Physical Sales

    Congratulations Microsoft

    Microsoft has had a tough time in Japan on the video game front. The latest iteration of its Xbox system shifts a handful of units per week within the region and the company's first-party offerings often struggle to appeal to Japanese players. While it's not going so well for the Xbox or its library of games, one...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Minecraft
    • Microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Mojang
  • News Nintendo Stock Value Rises Thanks To Pokémon Sword And Shield Success

    Increased Switch sales will have helped, too

    The robust performance of Pokémon Sword and Shield combined with increased hardware sales has caused Nintendo's stock price to jump to its highest point since May 2018. Nintendo's stock price is currently $49.54, while at the close of May 2018, it rose to $50.05 before dropping down to a low of $31.91...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Business
    • Pokemon
  • Anniversary It's Been 20 Years Since We First Glimpsed Johto In Pokémon Gold And Silver

    Two decades of Gen II

    November has historically been a busy month for big video game releases as companies look to get their marquee titles on shop shelves in the run-up to the holidays. Earlier this week the European version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64 celebrated its 20th anniversary and today its the turn of Pokémon Gold and Silver to...

    • Anniversary
    • Pokémon
    • Pokémon Gold and Silver
  • Anniversary Feel Old Everyone, Donkey Kong Country Turns 25 Today

    And the birthdays keep on comin'!

    Hmm. It's almost like video games themselves are conspiring to make us feel our age recently. Earlier this week Super Smash Bros. turned 20 in the PAL region, and today we posted about Pokémon Gold and Silver re

    • Anniversary
    • Donkey Kong
    • Rare
    • Retro
  • Deals Get A Year Of Switch Online Family Membership For Under £25

    That's £3.10 per user

    Nintendo Switch Online is slowly but surely evolving into something pretty special, thanks to the recent addition of SNES games and the fact that it enables you to store save data in the cloud (oh, and play online, of course). One of the best ways of getting fully involved is to get yourself a

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Deals
    • UK
    • Nintendo Switch Online
  • News Get Christmas And New Year Wrapped Up With Goodies From The Japanese My Nintendo Store

    Platinum points at the ready, Japan!

    The abundance of cool little physical things turning up on the Japanese My Nintendo store is certainly nothing new. While it rarely contains things to truly make us consider how many platinum points we've got sitting on our mostly dormant Japanese Nintendo account (let alone work out how we'd get them shipped to...

    • My Nintendo
    • Japan
    • Merchandise
  • News Langrisser I & II Lands A 2020 Release Date In The West

    Check out the changes

    It has been confirmed that Langrisser I & II will launch on March 10th, 2020 in North America and March 13th in Europe, while Australia and New Zealand will get the game on March 20th. A double-pack which remasters two classic Mega Drive SPRGs from the '90s, this collection features new visuals and voice acting, as well as...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Langrisser
  • News Nyan Cat: Lost In Space Brings Rainbows, Pop-Tarts And Memes To Switch Next Week

    Vintage 2011 memery

    Internet denizens who can remember back 8 long years ago will no doubt recall the rainbow-trailing, Pop-Tart-bodied feline Nyan Cat which took over the world wide web for a good while. Originating in an animated GIF before being set to music in a YouTube video, Nyan Cat is now headed to Switch in the appropriately titled Nyan...

    • Switch eShop
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Nyan Cat

Wednesday20th Nov 2019

  • News Get The Black Friday Feeling Early With The Switch eShop Cyber Deals Sale

    Starts Friday in Europe, over 150 digital discounts

    With Black Friday looming upon us, Nintendo has announced its Cyber Deals sale for 2019 and it looks to feature some choice cuts from the Switch's considerable library. We've already seen Nintendo's North American Black Friday sales plans and now Europe is getting in on the action. Over 150 games,...

    • Switch eShop
    • Deals
    • Sales
  • News Samurai Shodown Is Still On Course For 2019 Release In Japan, Pre-Load Now Available

    While the western version is scheduled for early 2020

    Update (Wed 20th Nov, 2019 18:00 GMT): The news that the western launch of Samurai Shodown wouldn't be happening until 2020 had some people assuming the that the Japanese version – pencilled in for 12th December – would also be impacted. However, that's not the case and you can pre-load the...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Switch eShop
    • Neo Geo
    • SNK
  • News Sakurai On Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Becoming Best-Selling Fighting Game of All Time

    His thoughts on Terry's inclusion, plus more

    The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has been released, and once again we are treated to a column written by Masahiro Sakurai. This is a summary of the column, as translated by Nintendo Life. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has exceeded the lifetime sales of Street Fighter II to become the best-selling...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Famitsu
    • Super Smash Bros
  • Rumour Crash Bandicoot Might Be Returning In A Completely "New" Game

    Comeback king

    At the start of this year, Activision revealed the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy had shifted more than 10 million units worldwide. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled followed this and managed to finish in first place on multiple occa

    • Rumour
    • Crash Bandicoot
    • Activision
  • News Brand New Pokémon Sword And Shield Spirits Are Being Added To Smash Bros. Ultimate

    Gotta catch 'em all

    Following on from last week's generic Pokémon event, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now hosting a special Pokémon Sword and Shield event. The best news is it adds brand new spirits to the game! The event itself starts this Friday on 22nd November and will run for a total of five days, so you have plenty of time to catch 'em...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo
    • Super Smash Bros
    • Pokemon
  • News Sonic's Movie Redesign Reportedly Cost Paramount Less Than $5 Million

    Not the rumoured $35 million

    When the Sonic movie director Jeff Fowler announced the blue blur would receive a makeover, it admittedly left us wondering how much it was going to cost Paramount Pictures, financially. There was a tweet that went viral, suggesting the redesign would cost $35 million – increasing the film's total budget to $125...

    • Sonic
    • Movie
    • Paramount
    • Sega
  • News Level-5's Snack World Is Finally Making Its Way To The West

    Coming to Switch early next year

    Level-5's Snack World is finally making its western console debut in Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl – Gold, which is due to launch Nintendo Switch on 14th February 2020. A fantasy RPG with a storyline that combines humour and technology, Snack World is part of a multimedia franchise which includes toys, TV shows...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Snack World
  • Review Animus: Harbinger - A Budget Dark Souls Clone Which Needed More Polish

    Diet Souls

    Animus: Harbinger attempts to take the well-worn Dark Souls style of slow, methodical combat and create a boss-rush game that sees you battle your way through a total of twenty-one small arena levels, defeating a handful of run-of-the-mill enemies before taking on an area boss in order to gain new weapons, grab upgrade shards and money to...

    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • News Bandai Namco's Latest Switch Game Will Turn Your Joy-Con Into A Fishing Rod

    But it's only coming to Japan at the moment...

    Remember that wacky Bakuchou Bar Hunter title Bandai Namco released on the 3DS in Japan, complete with bolt-on fishing rod accessory? Well, the series is now making the leap to Nintendo Switch in the form of Bakutsuri Hunters, which launches in Japan next month. The game is a fishing RPG which comes...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Japan
  • Random Smash Bros. Melee Player Invents Hand-Warming GameCube Controller

    Warm-up

    Have you ever played a game of Smash Bros. until your hands were numb? Well then, this might be the controller for you. Introducing the hand-warming GameCube pad – an invention by a competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee player known as Morne, who is located in Southern California. Morne has been working on a prototype for a year now, and...

    • Random
    • GameCube
    • Super Smash Bros
  • News Dungeon-Crawling RPG Moero Chronicle Hyper Is Receiving A Limited Run Physical Release On Switch

    Pre-orders open on 26th November

    Idea Factory International has teamed up with Limited Run Games to release its dungeon-crawling RPG Moero Chronicle Hyper on the Nintendo Switch in physical form. Pre-orders for the standard version of this game will start on 26th November alongside a physical pre-order of Mary Skelter 2 on the Switch and will set...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Limited Run Games
  • Review Thief of Thieves: Season One - More Of A Snore Than A Score

    Like Inspector Clouseau, but without the comedy

    It's not hard to see what Rival Games was thinking with Thief of Thieves. Take a long-running comic series by Robert Kirkman, co-creator of The Waking Dead, give it the Telltale Games treatment with fancy cel-shaded comic book stylings, add some Hitman-lite sneaking about in trendy European locations...

    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
    • Thief of Thieves
  • News R.B.I. Baseball 20's Trailer Is Curiously Lacking In Gameplay Footage

    But hey, it's got lots of Christian Yelich!

    It's fair to say that the R.B.I. Baseball series hasn't had the best run on Switch. We gave the 2017 edition was given a scathing 3/10 review, while R.B.I. Baseball 18 did little better, chalking up 4 out of 10. Still, with last year's game improving enough to score 6/10 in our review

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • R.B.I. Baseball
  • News Another Free Labo VR Mini-Game Has Been Released

    Explore the moon in VR

    Nintendo has done a great job of supporting its innovative Labo VR kit with free mini-games, and we've just been gifted yet another today. Dubbed 'Lunar Exploration', the game tasks you with hopping into a lunar rover and exploring the surface of the earth's only natural satellite. To download the game, head over to the...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Labo
    • Labo VR
  • News The Co-Op Mechanics Of Gears 5's Robot Assistant Were Inspired By Super Mario Galaxy

    "We thought about how we would deal with this from a beginner's perspective"

    Super Mario Galaxy was a groundbreaking video game for a number of reasons, but one of the key innovations was the fact that a second player could join the fun even if they lacked the skill to control Mario's planet-hopping abilities. By connecting a second Wii Remote, the...

    • Super Mario
    • Xbox
    • Wii
  • News Fantasy Strike Brings The Fight To All Platforms Next Month With Full Cross-Play Support

    "Sony has finally allowed us to convert to full crossplay"

    Cross-play is a great way of uniting and sustaining video game communities for prolonged periods. We've seen it in big-name titles like Fortnite and Rocket League, and as of next month, the indie fighting game Fantasy Strike will include full cross-play support. While cross-play was already...

    • Switch eShop
    • Nintendo Switch
  • News Don Your Spacesuit For Hilarity, Heartbreak And Point-And-Click Puzzles In Still There, Out Today On Switch

    Floating in a most peculiar way

    What do you do if you've got issues and want to escape them? Why go into outer space of course! No-one can hear you scream (or do anything at all) there! Unfortunately, as we've learned from many a science fiction film, space is filled with psychological trauma and point-and-click adventure game Still There taps into...

    • Switch eShop
    • Still There
  • News Pikachu Brings Miles Of Smiles To This Year's Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Bigger than its Gigantamax form?

    This year, for the 19th consecutive year in a row – no, we can't believe it either – Pikachu will be taking part in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Perhaps this gigantic Pikachu is more appropriate than ever, now that Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon exist. Here's the announcement via...

    • Pokemon
    • Pikachu
    • North America

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