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
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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
Digital Extremes, who are the developers behind the action-packed free-to-play game Warframe, has trademarked Soulframe in Europe on 17th May. The trademark is thought to be for a follow up game to Warframe, which originally launched in 2013. Warframe has since seen thirteen expansions, so all eyes will be on what’s next for the talented
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Way back in 2018, before Animal Crossing: New Horizons, before the pandemic, and before the Nintendo eShop was packed with kitty games, there was Cattails: A relaxing feline RPG that combined the territorial nature of man’s second-best friend with the survival life-simminess of games like Stardew Valley. We
Mediatonic have stayed true to their word and have announced that Fall Guys will be making its debut on the Nintendo Switch family of systems on 21st June. The company also announced that Fall Guys is going the free-to-play route on the very same day, presumably to expand their player-base, so it won’t cost you
The latest IP crossover is (rolls dice) Robocop in (rolls dice) Fortnite, which means that the ultimate showdown is now possible: Robocop vs The Terminator vs Alien vs Predator. This is what the multiverse has been working up to, surely. The Robocop outfit will include the LEG-209 Back Bling, which can also be used separately
By now, you’re probably aware of the Collector’s Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The Collector’s Edition is supposed to come with the game, some package artwork from Masatsugu Saito, a full-color concept art book with over 250 pages, and a steel case for the game cartridge. The game itself will be sent by launch day
Image: Nintendo We’ve got an update for the European Xenoblade fans out there. According to Nintendo UK’s official website, the extra contents of the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Collector’s Edition won’t be released in time for the game’s new launch date – 29th July. If you do reserve a physical copy of the Collector’s Edition in
Tantalus are the development studio which brought over the beloved The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to the Wii U console and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD to the Switch family of systems. The Twilight Princess HD port was a great success for fans and many have been clamouring for Nintendo to bring
This article is part of our new experimental series, Backlog Club, where we (Nintendo Life!) pick a game that’s likely to be on our list of “games we should get around to playing”, and then we (NL + you!) spend the next month playing that game. This is the halfway point, the Part One of
Balan Wonderworld creator Yuji Naka recently confirmed that the reason he couldn’t talk about the 3D platforming mess that is Balan Wonderworld is because he had taken Square Enix to court for unfair dismissal after they removed him as the game’s director resulting in a unfinished product being shipped to consumers. Square Enix has now