Image: The Pokémon Company Soapbox articles give our team a chance to share some personal perspectives; today it’s the turn of Tom Whitehead to make a confession. We all have our hidden shames and gaming gaps, and it’s time to share one of mine. Despite writing words about Nintendo for nearly 8 years I’ve always
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Square Enix’s promising upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive strategy game, Triangle Strategy, has now been rated by the ESRB and has been given a Teen Rating. The game is currently scheduled to be released worldwide on the Switch family of systems on 4th March, so we haven’t got long to wait until we can get our
Twitch Plays Pokémon has a lot to answer for. What began with a goofy experiment to see if the hivemind could actually play an old game has blossomed into an entire genre of gameplay: Playing Pokémon in weird ways, the latest of which is Pokémon inside of a Twitter avatar. If things keep going this
The Pokemon Company has unleashed a new six-minute overview trailer for the next step in the incredibly popular Pokemon franchise, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, for the Nintendo Switch family of systems. The video gives you a look at some of the key mechanics in the exploration-based Pokemon game as well as some of the areas you
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Chanteuse, mother, and Dirrty singer Christina Aguilera has done another trailer for the Nintendo Switch OLED after her last one — which showcased a bunch of family games — and although her kids still feature prominently in this one, the games are a little more exciting. First, Ms
Terraria players have been able to enjoy the “Journey’s End” update on PC since May of 2020. Since then, the update has been gradually rolled out for other platforms. In fact, the Nintendo Switch version of the game had been the only platform that had not received the update yet. As of yesterday, that has
Image: GoodSmile 2022 might be the year of the good video game Nendoroids: We’ve got Ace Attorney, Doki Doki Literature Club, Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin, and now Among Us, too. In three colours, no less! Although the actual game has 18 colours of crewmate, the three colours available — Red, Black, and Cyan —
Koei Tecmo has announced that its latest musou game built upon The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, has now shifted over four million copies worldwide. The game was bound to be a success as its storyline was a prequel to the best-selling Zelda game for Nintendo Switch and
Image: Warner Bros. Entertainment The original Mortal Kombat and its successors will always have a key role in video game history, with the gore and violence of the arcade original famously being toned down in its Super Nintendo port. The early arcades and assorted ports are classics, and an upcoming Arcade1Up release looks like it’ll
Games Radar and Retro Gamer magazine have had the chance to chat with Mario voice actor Charles Martinet about his job of voicing Mario over the years. Mr. Martinet first started voicing Mario in the groundbreaking 3D entry of the franchise, Super Mario 64, for the Nintendo 64. In the wide ranging interview he was
Image: SEGA Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and — of
Game Freak has published a new article on its recruitment website where it entices people to work with the company and get themselves involved in the future of the Pokemon series. One of those involved in the feature is Shigeru Omori, who is the director behind the incredibly popular Pokemon Sword and Shield. He mentioned
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube It’s now 15 years since Wii launched and the world was introduced to the inclusive delights of Wii Sports, waggle gaming, and Wii elbow. That little three-DVD-case-sized box of tricks delivered some real gems over its long life — many of which were tailor-made for the system’s innovative
In less than two months, the Atlus developed Nintendo Switch exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide, according to sales data released via Famitsu. The critically acclaimed JRPG has already managed to surpass its 3DS predecessor SMT IV, which sold a total of around 600,000 copies in its lifetime. This means
Image: Lowtek Games Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and —
It has been rumoured for quite some time that Rare’s GoldenEye 007 is set to be released from the gaming vaults. Nintendo recently managed to get the game unbanned from Germany which was a random feat. Rare had been working on a revised edition of GoldenEye 007 for the Xbox 360 which was nearing completion
Image: The Pokémon Company Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and
Starting today, a large variety of Nintendo Switch games are discounted up to 75% on the Nintendo eShop in celebration of the new year. This particular promotion is exclusive to Europe, and will run from now until 12th January 2022. A chart of all the multiplayer games that are part of the current deal, such