[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Paramount Pictures and Sega have just teased a new trailer for the upcoming movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2, due out in cinemas late March/early April, depending on your location. If you slow the trailer down on YouTube, you’ll be able to see a series of new never-before-seen footage
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Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu has been celebrating the Nintendo Switch’s fifth anniversary in its latest issue and has revealed the best-selling software in Japan since the March 2017 launch. The best-selling Nintendo Switch game so far is Animal Crossing: New Horizon which was not only a great game, but something fun to play during
Image: Pokémon It seems Pokémon’s 25th anniversary celebrations haven’t ended just yet – with the animated series Pokémon Journeys announcing it will be airing a one-hour special in Japan on April 1st. This special will be comprised of two brand new episodes. The first one titled “Ash & Clemont! Special Friendship Training” sees Ash travel
The latest winners have been announced for the annual Famitsu Game Awards 2021. Super Smash Bros creator and all round good guy Masahiro Sakurai walked away with the award for Most Valuable Game Creator. Capcom’s Nintendo Switch console exclusive Monster Hunter Rise won two awards for Best Action Game and also won the coveted Game
Good news, Waifu lovers…Eastasiasoft’s vertical shoot ’em up Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy will be receiving a physical release. The catch is, it appears to only be for Europe (at least for now). Eastasiasoft has teamed up with Funbox Media. The game will set you back £34.99 and pre-orders are now live. If you do
Square Enix has tweeted this afternoon that they have heard the fan outcry regarding the prize level settings in Chocobo GP. Square Enix says that they have been monitoring the situation and have adjusted the prize level settings to make the Chocobo Racing GP mode more forgiving. As an apology for the situation the company
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Even if Banjo-Kazooie is now Microsoft-owned, the bear and bird duo will always have a special place in the hearts of Nintendo gamers around the world. And although Rare re-released an improved version of the original title during the Xbox 360 generation, many fans are still left wondering
With many iconic franchises under their belt such as the likes of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger and Bravely Default, as well as the more recently released Octopath Traveler, Square Enix is arguably known as the crowning jewel of JRPG development. Triangle Strategy further proves the beloved Japanese studio’s capability for innovation,
Image: Nintendo Metacritic has released its annual publisher rankings for 2021 to find out how all the major gaming companies performed on average based on critic reviews. Nintendo has placed 14th on a list of 43 publishers. Its average score was 76.0. At the top was Microsoft with an average score of 87.4, followed by
Nintendo of America has tweeted this afternoon that they have decided to postpone the release of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp which was due to be released next month. Nintendo says the delay is due to “recent world events” which is clearly a reference to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. The
Square Enix, the company behind video game classics such as the Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger, has opened a new YouTube channel which is exclusively for its various video game soundtracks. The channel is named Square Enix Music and features around 5500 Square Enix songs, special mood mixes, live performance videos, and more.
Image: Mokuzai Studio Heard of a game called Wordle? It’s the little web-browser game that could, bringing daily word puzzles to millions of players across the world. Naturally, such a phenomenon is bound to inspire a few clones to pop up here, there, and everywhere (even a Pokémon one!), one of which being the rather
To say that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has had quite a journey in being released would be an understatement. It was originally supposed to release in 2020, only to be delayed multiple times. However, that pattern is finally about to come to an end. On April 5th, less than a month from now,
Image: Nintendo The Nintendo Switch Online App has been updated to version 2.0.0 this morning, bringing with it a whole slew of changes that are absolutely for the best. This is the biggest overhaul of the app since its release back in 2017, and follows the recent Missions and Rewards updates to Nintendo Switch Online.
Douglas Tronsgard, who is the president of Next Level Games, the Nintendo studio behind Luigi’s Mansion 3 and the beloved Mario Strikers games, has announced that he will be retiring from the company. Next Level Games is currently hard at work developing Mario Strikers Battle League for the Nintendo Switch family of systems and it
It’s an exciting month for fans of the kart racing genre – with Chocobo GP out next week, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe‘s Booster Courses arriving later on. As Square Enix’s release is first, naturally the focus is on it right now. Ahead of its release, we’ve put together a round up of some of
Chex Quest, the classic non-violent first person shooter based on the DOOM engine, is heading to the Nintendo Switch next Friday, 11th March as an HD remake. It will be available via the Nintendo Switch eShop and will only cost $5.99. Here’s all the detail about Chex Quest HD via the North American eShop. “Travel
Image: Square Enix Well, it seems that last week was the calm before the storm, right? It’s been a hectic few days in the land of Nintendo Life; chiefly, there was the big announcement of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet during the Pokemon Presents showcase. We also saw the release of Square Enix’s Triangle Strategy and