Category: Nintendo News

The latest ARMS Party Crash took place this past weekend, and it saw select members of the fighting game’s roster clashing for the top spot. This time it was Springtron vs Kid Cobra, and when all was said and done, it was the mechanical brawler that came out on top.

The event took place between 9am on 9th February and ended at 9am this morning, and saw dedicated ARMS devotees raising their Lab Level with plenty of new points and earning some shiny new badges to add to their growing collection. It’s great to see Ninty still supporting Party Crashes, even if it isn’t planning on any more major updates in the future.

Did you make time for the ARMS Party Crash this past weekend? Were you a Springtron or a Kid Cobra kind of fighter? Let us know…

If you’re feeling the heavy weight of withdrawal symptoms after completing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and find yourself needing more Hyrulian goodness in your life, this could well be for you.

A listing has appeared on GameStop for a Legend of Zelda Uno set and, according to the information provided, it seems to be exclusive to that store. The deck features classic Uno gameplay with a slight Zelda twist; each 3 and 6 card of each colour has a Triforce symbol on it and, if a player should use the special Wild Triforce Card,  their opponent would be forced to play a card of a specific colour with the Triforce symbol displayed. If they don’t have one, they have to draw three cards from the draw pile.

If you’re interested, you can grab yourself a copy from GameStop here, and there’s also a Super Mario edition that was released a while back, too. Are you tempted?

Here at Nintendo Life, we’re more than a little excited for the latest entry in the Kirby series. In fact, we’re so hyped for it we even put together 26 of our favourite facts about the upcoming co-op platformer. Well, now Nintendo has released a new Japanese trailer for Kirby Star Allies, this time focusing on long-time series baddie Meta Knight…

It looks like the masked villain is going to be quite the handful in the upcoming title, including the ability to duplicate himself and the power to levitate and throw boulders. Combining the powers of all four characters is going to be key to defeating him here, especially since he can parry your attacks too. Gulp! Check it out below…

Let us know what you make of this latest trailer, and don’t forget to check out our hands-on preview of the game as well…

Unless you’ve been living under a very sad and lonely video game-deprived rock, you’ll no doubt be aware that the Switch is selling like the very best hot cakes the world has ever seen. In a rather enticing statement, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted at the possibility that the console may be able to take things one step further, potentially breaking the typical trend for console life cycles that we’ve seen for a number of years.

Dating all the way back to the release of the SNES in 1990, Nintendo’s home systems have always released in five or six year increments; the Nintendo 64 arrived in 1996, the GameCube came five years later in 2001, the Wii was another five years down the road in 2006, with the Wii U launching six years later in November 2012. Of course, the Switch released last year in March 2017, just shy of the usual five year mark since its predecessor, but this was only caused due to the Wii U’s disappointing sales. A very similar pattern can be found for the home consoles of Sony and Microsoft, too.

Miyamoto-san’s statement came from a recent investor Q&A. When asked where he would place the Switch in terms of its life cycle, he responded with the following:

“When you think about what can be done with the Nintendo Switch as a device that can be taken on the go and that every person has in their hands to play, you realise it has many features not available on any other hardware to date,” Miyamoto said. “Nintendo also has a system in place whereby the software developers focus on these hardware features in their development efforts for the continuation of the Nintendo Switch business. Up until now, the hardware lifecycle has trended at around five or six years, but it would be very interesting if we could prolong that life cycle, and I think you should be looking forward to that.”

There is no doubt that we are currently witnessing a very exciting time for the industry as a whole; the Switch is breaking records left, right, and centre, and this new surge of popularity will only spur on Nintendo’s competitors, too, hopefully resulting in bigger and bolder releases across the board. 

How long do you think we’ll be seeing the Switch on game store shelves? Make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below.

The Switch eShop version of SteamWorld Dig 2 has already tunnelled its way into our hearts – in fact, we loved it so much we gave it a 9/10 – but what about those players who played the equally great first game on Nintendo 3DS? Well, wonder no more fellow handheld friends because developer Image & Form has revealed the stellar sequel is headed to the 3DS eShop later this month.

It’ll be priced at $19.99 / €19.99 in North America and Europe and, if some of the official screenshots are anything to by, it’s going to look just as gorgeous as the Nintendo Switch version. We’ll be reviewing this incarnation as well, so look out for our review around its launch on 22nd February, 2018.

Are you planning to play SteamWorld Dig 2? Is it a Switch purchase or more of a 3DS kind of thing? Let us know…

We love us some oddball toys and collectibles here at Nintendo Life, and we’re also partial to slimmed down, mini versions of our favourite Nintendo hardware. So imagine our excitement when we came across this range of miniature Nintendo Switch game cases!

Currently slated for release via Japanese retailers (isn’t that always the way), each Nintendo Switch Pocket Mini Case is a shrunk down version (around 1/3 scale) of an actual Switch game box. Each Pocket Mini Case can store up to a single Nintendo Switch game card. Five designs are currently listed, including Super Mario Odyssey, ARMS, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

What do you make of this miniature curios? A cute addition to your keys or a dangerous way to store a game card? YOU decide…

Corecell Technology has revealed that Wanderjahr TryAgainOrWalkAway, a game combining JRPG and real-time strategy combat elements, will be released on the Nintendo Switch eShop on Thursday February 15th.

Developed by the one man studio Workyrie, the game is described as being ‘brutally challenging’ despite its ‘kawaii look’. You can check out the trailer for the game above, and we’ve included the game’s official overview below.

Wanderjahr is a compact RPG with real-time strategy combat and an intriguing story. This universe, this reality, there’s a source code behind all of it. We’d know. We’ve already found it. And, with it, we will cleanse this reality of all evil.

For centuries the entirety of humanity has been working to edit the universe source code. And now this impossibility seems so close to becoming reality. But then they come. Monstrous creatures pour from every corner of the world, bringing with them chaos. Is this the final test of our mettle?

The game is set to release in both North America and Europe for $9.99 / £8.99 respectively. Will you be picking this one up?

NIS America had its annual press event a few days ago and it unveiled a slew and new titles and news on localised versions of its current Japanese library. Among the announcements, the publisher revealed fantastical strategy RPG Labyrinth Of Refrain: Coven Of Dusk is coming to consoles and PC in the autumn with both digital and physical versions planned.

It’s a odd little title, one centered around a ‘puppet’ mechanic that enables you to create a party-style brigade full of creatures you can control and send into battle at will. These puppets can be assigned different roles, which will come in very hand as the further you explore its deep-set dungeons, the tougher the monsters you encounter become.

Alongside LOR:COD, NIS America also revealed that Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded will be heading to western Switches later this year. Happy Birthdays will launch on 29th March, Fallen Legion: Rise To Glory will arrive on 1st June in Europe.

We’re so used to hearing about developers and publishers falling over themselves to bring their games to Nintendo Switch, we’re often a little take aback when we hear those that definitively won’t be. A Hat In Time – which released on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One at the tail end of last year – is one such title with its developer confirming the news on Twitter over the weekend.

It’s an odd situation, since a Wii U port was listed as part of the very successful Kickstarter campaign (it doubled its goal in less than a few days), but developer Gears For Breakfast went very quiet on that front. It did eventually receive Switch dev kits, but stated it has, “NO PLANS for additional releases until we make any kind of official announcement.”

It’s sad to hear a game so heavily influenced by Nintendo in its open-world game design (it even has a tune by Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope and a Kickstarter reward shaped like an N64 box), but many of us probably wouldn’t even begin to understand what it would take to port a game that wasn’t built without Switch in mind. Still, sad face.

Do you think A Hat In Time would have made a good fit for Nintendo Switch? Or will Switch’s consistently strong release schedule mean we’ll hardly notice? Let us know… 

Nintendo has waved goodbye to one of its most influential – and longest serving – voices with the news that producer and developer Takehiro Izushi has officially retired at the age of 65. 

The legendary figurehead joined Nintendo in 1975, where he was involved in the mechanical design of the Beam Gun Custom, a series of wooden, beam-rifle toys. He went on to play an influential role on the Game & Watch line, including programming Donkey Kong for the Multi Screen series in 1982.

He continued to make a significant impact in both Nintendo’s hardware and software development, working on Game Boy Colour in the mid to late ’90s and several Pokémon titles. He’s worked on plenty of entries in the Fire Emblem series (including Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 on Super Famicom and The Binding Blade/The Blazing Blade for Game Boy Advance), and even worked on Star Wars Episode I: Racer. Izushi-san stepped away from development in 2014 to serve on the General Affairs team. It’s staggering to think the man spent 43 years helping shape many of Nintendo’s most important consoles and games.

Let us know what you make of the news of Izushi-san’s departure.It’s sad news to hear, but incredible to know how storied his career has been.