Games Industry recently had the opportunity to chat with former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime about how Nintendo can prolong the Nintendo Switch family of systems lifecycle. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in February this year that the Nintendo Switch is halfway through its lifecycle so he suggested ways the Kyoto-based company could continue
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[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Early Access games can be scary — ever heard of “too many cooks”, except all the cooks are gamers? — but they can also result in some lovingly-polished games that don’t make it to Switch until they’re really, really good. It sounds like The Hand of Merlin is
Bandai Namco has uploaded the launch trailer for the classic Pac-Man collection Pac-Man Museum+ The retro collection contains plenty of bonus content along with unlockables in one compact collection which includes fourteen Pac-Man games and spin-offs. If you purchase the game within 30 days of launch you will receive a launch bonus of five silver
If you are the kind of person that cried when the tiny Yarn Yoshi amiibo were announced, and then again when Mega Yarn Yoshi arrived, then prepare yourself for this next salvo of fluffy Yoshi content: Gelato Pique, the Japanese brand responsible for Animal Crossing slippers and soft PJ versions of Mario’s overalls, has expanded
The release date for Sonic Origins is fast approaching and naturally more information has been divulged about the collection and its contents. One of the special modes for Sonic Origins is the newly added Story Mode which lets you replay the first four sonic games as one seamless experience. There’s one big caveat to that
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Numskull Games has given us a sneak peek ahead of time at all of the gameplay systems coming to retro throwback Final Vendetta. From these five minutes of footage alone, it’s plain to see that this is a love letter to Streets of Rage, Double Dragon, and Final
US streaming service Paramount+ announced last night that the amusing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie will be streaming on the on-demand video service later today. The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie hasn’t been in theatres that long, so it’s a nice get if you’ve got a subscription to the service. The movie has achieved a
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Fancy a game on Switch that’s based on Celtic mythology? We don’t get too many of those, sorry — but you’ll enjoy Clan O’Conall and the Crown of the Stag, an action-platformer made by Canadian studio HitGrab. Based on Irish, Welsh, and English archaeology, art, and history, Clan
The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie has been a huge success for both SEGA and Paramount with revenue now surpassing $375 million globally. The original Sonic the Hedgehog movie earned $306 million globally which puts the sequel more than $55 million ahead of its predecessor. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has earned $181 million in the United States
You wouldn’t complain about a free lunch, would you? Well, maybe you would — if the lunch was something you’d never eaten before, and it came with utensils you’d never used before, and no one told you how to actually consume it. That’s a bit like how I feel picking up Dead Cells for the
It is fairly clear that Nintendo lags far behind its two major competitors when it comes to online gaming and online play. Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken to GeekWire podcast about this very issue and has attempted to explain why he believes it remains the case. Reggie says that from the early
Image: Nintendo Life / Damien McFerran Update [Sat 21st May, 2022 18:05 BST]: Two months after the Wii and DSi Shop channel outages, YouTube channel GameExplain has now reached out to Nintendo to see if it could provide any more clarification about what’s going on. Unfortunately, the new statement is that it’s still got “nothing
If you own LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga you may have noticed that the popular game recently received an update. The May 2022 update brings with it a number of fixes and some new content which will please players. There’s an additional 34 Kyber Bricks to find and collect throughout the nine movies along
Image: Samsung Samsung has just announced a new charging case for their Galaxy Buds earbuds: A replica of the Poké Ball, complete with a sticker of a Pokémon to decorate the case with. Sadly, this special limited edition charging case is only available in South Korea for the time being, and it’s picey, too. The
The release of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards has seen the Nintendo 64 application for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack updated to Version 2.3.0. Nintendo is continuing to make tweaks to how some of the classic games run on the Nintendo 64 app with slight updates to Star Fox 64, Mario Golf 64 and
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Bonfire Peaks is a game about setting your belongings on fire. On purpose. In order to progress through its increasingly difficult puzzle levels, you’ll have to stack, balance, and eventually burn crates, which sounds much easier than it actually is. You may not have heard of Bonfire Peaks,
Nihon Falcom president, Toshihiro Kondo, was interviewed by Japanese gaming publication Famitsu about the company’s plans for the future along with updates on some of their projects. During the interview Mr. Kondo said that they are looking to port some of their other game series to the Nintendo Switch family of systems such as the Trails
Image: Erik Rosenlund via Patreon Last year didn’t bring us the Switch 2, but it certainly brought us something very interesting and unexpected. 2021 saw the release of, not Breath of the Wild 2, but a brand new NES game called Slow Mole. Slow Mole is known for anything but slowness, as the game has