Tune in on Wednesday 9th February at 10pm UK time /11pm CET/ 2PM PT for a Nintendo Direct livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information mainly focused on Nintendo Switch games launching in the first half of 2022. To tune in, check out the Nintendo Direct website or the Nintendo UK YouTube channel, where the broadcast will be streamed.
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Image: Konami Solid Snake might not seem like he’s had much to do with Nintendo over the years, but his original outing in Metal Gear, crafted by Hideo Kojima, actually got ported to the Famicom in 1987. After this, he got a GBC, GameCube and 3DS release and also made an appearance in the Super
Japanese gaming site Famitsu has published an interesting interview with Platinum Games new CEO, Atsushi Inaba, in which he discusses the company’s approach to building video games going forward. Mr. Inaba says that they are looking to focus on games “that are different from the past” suggesting that Platinum Games is setting their sights on
Image: Capcom / via @monsterhunter It’s been a while since we got a sales update about Capcom’s other Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, so how is it going? The Nintendo Switch and PC release have now shifted over 1.5 million copies worldwide. This follows on from an update last October
The French retailer which revealed listings for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and the Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection for the Nintendo Switch before they were announced has published a new retail listing for the Batman: Arkham Collection for the Switch. As of yet the collection hasn’t been announced by Warner Bros for the Switch
The Nintendo Switch has just made it through another year, so how are its games doing on the charts within Japan? Japanese games outlet Famitsu has just released an extended list of the best-selling video games of 2021 for this location – and Switch is dominant once again. 1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 2,350,693
Platinum Games has revealed more information about its forthcoming classic shoot ’em up Sol Cresta in a new live stream. The game will be available from 22nd February and you can purchase the arcade and story separately if you wish. The arcade mode will cost $39.99 and the story mode will cost $10. This means
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Kagawa Prefecture, located in the south of Japan, is also known as the “Udon Prefecture” for its famous locally-made noodles. Who better to team up with the Kagawa Prefecture than Yadon — the Japanese name for Slowpoke? The reggae song above is actually from 2014, when it
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have released updated sales figures for the Pokemon franchise and the Nintendo Switch games Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are now the second best-selling Pokemon games of all-time selling a total of 23.9 million as of February 2022. The newly released sales figures mean that Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield
Image: Nintendo / The Pokémon Company Well, we’ve got some more incredibly exciting news to share about Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which arrived last week on the Nintendo Switch. In that short time frame, we’ve already heard how the game is estimated to have sold around 1.43 million in three days within Japan, and now Nintendo
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch OlliOlli World – Flip and flow through the vivid and vibrant world of Radlandia, meeting colorful characters as you grind, trick and air your way to discover the mystical skate gods on your quest for Gnarvana. Traverse a delightful and weird world, take
Download it today by Liam Doolan 50 mins ago [embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Earlier this month, developer Re-Logic rolled out the long-awaited ‘Journey’s End’ update for Terraria. It added new ways to play the game, over 1000 new items to find and craft, new bosses to challenge and more. If this wasn’t
GilvaSunner, the go to YouTuber to listen to high quality classic Nintendo video game soundtracks (which aren’t monetised) said on Twitter yesterday that Nintendo has pulled another 2,200 videos from his soundtrack-based YouTube channel. He is now looking to delete his YouTube channel on Friday which he has happily ran for 11 years. His thoughts
Image: The Game Awards Sony has already mentioned how there’ll be more acquisitions from PlayStation in the near future, and that might not be all. According to The Game Awards creator and host, Geoff Keighley – there are a “few other big video game deals” currently in the final stages of negotiations. He’s apparently heard
Games Industry journalist Christopher Dring has revealed that the newly released Pokemon Legends: Arceus for the Nintendo Switch has shifted more copies in its first week in the United Kingdom than Animal Crossing: New Horizons managed when it released during the pandemic in 2020. Dring also goes on to say that Pokemon Legends: Arceus is
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Dan Fornace’s indie brawler Rivals of Aether has received a small but significant update on the Nintendo Switch today. Introducing the Workshop Creator Pack – it’s free DLC and is accessible right now. It adds the community-made characters Mollo, Hodan, Pomme and Olympia. They were first revealed last
Square Enix has revealed the new special commemorative logos for Final Fantasy VII which they have created to celebrate the iconic game’s 25th anniversary. The Japanese company said that it will share more information about what it has planned for the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII in the near future. The classic RPG originally
Image: via Serebii.net To celebrate the launch of Pokémon Legends: Arceus on the Nintendo Switch this week, Niantic’s popular mobile game Pokémon GO is hosting its own special events. As of January 30th, the new Hisuian Voltorb form has started to spawn in-game. The Hisuian form is electric-grass type. Serebii Update: As the Team GO