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Image: Nintendo Life Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl, everyone! Last week, Klonoa: Empire of Dreams was thrust into the spotlight, with North America, Europe, and Japan all vying for the top prize (and yes, we mistakenly labelled it as a ‘duel’ – sorry about that). Ultimately, with its bold, simple design, Europe’s

Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, has been hard at work on supporting Stardew Valley with updates. The game is still receiving new content on all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, even though the game originally released nearly 9 years ago. In fact, the Switch version of the game was recently updated to version 1.6.

Image: Nintendo The weekend is here folks, which means it’s time to get cracking with some gaming. Before we put our feet up, however, let’s recap what’s been going on in this very quiet, unevenful week in the world of Nintendo (chortle!). Yes, in actuality, it’s been a ruddy busy one, with Nintendo finally officially

If you own the content-packed Sonic x Shadow Generations but missed the Sonic Jam skin promotion, which was previously only available as a download code if you subscribed to the official Sonic newsletter, then you will be pleased to know that the classic skin is available for all players as a free download on the

Image: Bandai Namco Famitsu has posted the latest boxed sales charts for Japan, and this time, Freedom Wars Remastered makes its debut on the Switch and the PS5. Rather predictably, the Switch version sold more copies at 8,277 (4,829 on the PS5) but couldn’t quite manage to climb the ranks and claim the top prize.

Now that the Switch 2 has been revealed, rumors and leaks in general should be calming down. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to go away completely. One thing that stood out in the Switch 2 reveal trailer is that there are 2 and a half months before Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct will happen.

Image: Nintendo Life Nintendo has just unleashed its second DK rerelease on the Switch with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, a game that’s seemingly taken a few cues from Emperor Palpatine on how to cheat death (“Somehow…”). To celebrate, the firm has also launched a range of Donkey Kong-themed merchandise in Japan and, well, it

One thing that has continued to go strong for decades is the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The game is currently getting Scarlet and Violet Series special expansions, and a new one is coming very soon. Pokemon Trading Card Game Scarlet & Violet – Prismatic Evolutions is launching this week, but things haven’t gone entirely as

Image: Nintendo Life Following its previous aquarium tours in the US and Japan, Nintendo has now announced that it is collaborating with Sea Life on a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons tour event in the UK. Kicking off on 8th February 2025, the event will take place across five different locations across the UK (well,

Nintendo has removed individual Retro Studios employee names in the end credits in the soon-to-be-released Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country Returns. The end credits for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD now simply say “Based on the work of the original development staff” and credit the current team at Forever Entertainment. A similar thing happened

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube792k Nobody expected Nippon Ichi Software to announce a sequel to the 2004 PS2 strategy RPG ‘Phantom Brave‘, but over 20 years later, the company did just that. Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero sets sail on Switch on 30th January, and for those who want to see what it’s

Eventually, all these Switch 2 rumors and leaks will come to an end. In fact, the rumor mill may finally be shut down in a few days, where many leakers, insiders and media outlets are now saying that the Switch 2 reveal is planned. Of course, every video game console needs games to play on

Image: Nintendo Update #2 [Mon 13th Jan 2025, 10:30am]: After a weekend of tough competition, Splatoon 3‘s Frosty Fest Splatfest has found its winner. In the battle of ‘What would make you happiest?‘, Team Presents walked away with the win, snatching up 485p. Team Experiences landed in second place with 210p and Team Money rounded

Nintendo recently did a Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program. It has been done for a few months now, but despite the company not wanting anything from the program being leaked, it has been the exact opposite. Not only did people talk about what it was that they were testing, the Playtest Program was ultimately datamined.

Image: Nintendo Life Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl, folks! Last week, we took a look at Crash Nitro Kart for the GameCube, a sequel to Crash Team Racing that never quite managed to step out of its predecessor’s shadow. North America sealed the deal this time with 53% of the vote, while

Former Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan has said on Reset Era that Bethesda was at one point working on Fallout 4 for the Nintendo Switch family of systems. Sadly, the project never did materialise. Fans have been clambering for the series to come to the Nintendo Switch for a number of years. Khan says

Image: Nintendo The weekend is here and it’s time to play some games, but first, let’s recap what went down in the world of Nintendo this week. The big news was ‘Switch 2’. No, we still don’t know anything about it officially, but accessory manufacturer Genki took to this year’s CES with a “replica” model

We have now gotten to the point in the Switch 2 rumors and leaks where even the reveal of the console itself is no longer spared. It is supposed to be officially happening by the end of this fiscal year, which occurs in less than a few months. However, Nintendo has yet to give an