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Thanks to its 20th anniversary yesterday, there’s an awful lot of love going around for the GameCube at the moment. The console might not have performed spectacularly sales-wise, but it’s often remembered very fondly indeed by those who did go ahead and pick one up two decades ago. If you just so happen to be

Even though Sonic‘s 30th anniversary occurred in June, the celebrations are a year-long event. Games have been announced, and details on Sonic Prime and the sequel to the Sonic the Hedgehog movie have been gradually coming out. The main thing, however, has been lots of Sonic merchandise. Well, there is even more Sonic merchandise announced.

Image: Nintendo Back in 2013, speedrunner DOTA_Teabag was dashing through Super Mario 64’s Tick Tock Clock stage when the titular plumber suddenly shot upwards through the floor and ended up on a higher platform. This totally unexpected and previously unseen glitch quickly became the trick other speedrunners wanted to emulate, but despite a $1,000 bounty

Nintendo has announced that the 24th Maximus Cup for Tetris 99 will be themed after WarioWare: Get It Together! to celebrate the recent release of the latest entry in the microgame mashup series. Starting on Friday, 17th September at 8:00 AM UK / 12:00 AM PT, the in-game event will be taking place through the

Image: Nintendo Life Polymega – the all-in-one retro console capable of playing a wide range of cartridge and CD-based classic systems – has certainly taken its time coming to market. It was originally announced way back in 2017, and pre-orders opened in September 2018. However, a series of delays have impacted the production of the

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on October 28th. The game had been announced a few months ago, back in June, and according to Fatal Frame series producer Keisuke Kikuchi in an interview with Famitsu, the

Image: GungHo Online Entertainment Update [Sun 12th Sep, 2021 07:00 BST]: Ninjala’s seventh spooky season is now officially underway. It includes new “monstrous attire, 2 gum weapons, a new shinobi card, fashion lenses and a new eight-player battle royale mode. Learn more down below and also check out the latest trailer: Get a punch out

Platinum Games studio head Atsushi Inaba was recently asked in an interview whether he would like to see Star Fox Zero appear on the Nintendo Switch platform. We have had numerous Wii U ports come to the Switch platform, but one of the bigger titles which is missing is action is Star Fox Zero. The game

Image: Nintendo It’s been another busy week of the Nintendo Life, with plenty of news and points of interest to chew over. There were some shenanigans and surprising visual glitches in Sonic Colors Ultimate, we shared our review of WarioWare: Get It Together!, a LEGO Super Mario 64 ‘?’ Block was revealed, someone mocked up

VGC has had a chat with Bayonetta series creator Hideki Kamiya about the long-running development of Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch platform. Kamiya told the publication that they really want to show the game to the public, but he admitted it is ultimately down to the publisher Nintendo, who will presumably show it as and

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the famous Konami Code, and for some reason, that means we’re being treated to a new wave of merchandise based on, well… buttons. As you may well know, the hidden ‘Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A’ command was first used in Gradius back in

The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware sales charts are in from sales tracker Famitsu. The best-selling system this week is once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold 60,942 units, while the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles continue to face stock issues. The top ten was almost entirely dominated by

Image: Digital Schoolhouse Digital Schoolhouse, a UK-based initiative from Ukie which introduces play-based learning to the school curriculum, has teamed up with Nintendo UK and Outright Games to expand its primary school Esports program. After a successful pilot scheme last year, a new nationwide tournament consisting of Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Race

The hard working team at Digital Foundry have been putting the newly released Sonic Colors Ultimate through its paces, and while they admit that it is not perfect, they are fairly pleased with the results. The worst offender out of all the platforms is sadly the Nintendo Switch version, which is bizarre given how well

Update: It has now been announced that My Singing Monsters Playground will launch on Switch on 9th November, and there’s even a brand new gameplay trailer (up above) to prove it. It’ll cost $39.99 when it launches in a couple of months’ time, and Switch is being treated to a physical version courtesy of Sold

Today, The Pokemon Company announced that the latest Pokemon film Pokemon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle will debut in the west on Netflix this October. Accompanying this announcement, The Pokemon Company revealed that if you sign up for the Pokemon Trainer Club newsletter by creating a free Pokemon Trainer Club account (here) and opt

This writer didn’t know that smartphone rings are a thing, but apparently they exist to help you “hold your phone, or rotate the ring so you can use it as a kickstand”. A kickstand we can definitely get behind, especially if it’s more sturdy than the original Switch model’s little strip of plastic. Images: Nintendo

Advertisements If you’ve been wondering which games are the most wished for in Japan at the moment then look no further than Weekly Famitsu’s most wanted charts. These charts cover games across multiple platforms and the votes for the latest charts were cast by Japanese users between 19th August, 2021 and 25th August, 2021. The