Switch

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Xbox and Microsoft rumours are flooding the news at the moment, aren’t they? And there’s another one sailing into view — Microsoft exclusive Sea of Thieves, developed by Rare, is reportedly being considered for Switch and PlayStation. Giant Bomb and Game Mess Mornings host Jeff Grubb claims

The latest rumour doing the rounds online is that the excellent Hi-Fi Rush is Nintendo Switch bound which was sparked by news that a beloved Xbox first party game is coming to “competitor platform” this year. Windows Central, which is generally accurate when it comes to Microsoft Xbox rumours, has expanded on this saying that

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Bossa Studios, the UK team behind the Surgeon Simulator series, has been forced to lay off around one-third of its staff at the end of 2023. Co-founder Henrique Olifiers told GamesIndustry.biz it was the result of a “perfect storm of events” and the team tried very hard to

The super-cute Princess Peach: Showtime for the Nintendo Switch family of systems has now been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Peach’s latest platforming adventure was given an everyone 10 plus rating due to “fantasy violence” so it’s suitable for everyone of ages ten and upwards. A firm release date has already been announced

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Devolver Digital and UK studio Nerial have today locked in a release date for Reigns: Three Kingdoms on the Nintendo Switch and PC, announcing it will be arriving next week on 11th January 2024. This fifth entry in the Reigns strategy series was originally “available exclusively for Netflix

The Pokemon Company has confirmed it is set to donate 50 million yen to the Japanese Red Cross Society and other support organisations due to the Noto Peninsula earthquake which struck on 1st January. The earthquake of magnitude 7.6 caused immense damage and destroyed homes and infrastructure. The Pokemon Company has joined other businesses in the

Happy new year and welcome to the first of our monthly physical release round-ups of 2024! January is usually one of the quietest months of the year for new launches, but we do have a decent number of titles launching soon that we think are worth a good look. We’ve been busy rounding up our

A delightful fan-made trailer is stirring excitement among Zelda enthusiasts, envisioning what a Studio Ghibli-animated Ocarina of Time movie could look like. Uploaded by RwanLink on YouTube, the short video, created in Unreal Engine 5, captures the essence of the beloved N64 classic with a Ghibli-inspired touch. Following the success of Illumination’s Super Mario Bros.

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube One of the first major releases this year is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the first brand-new console game in the series since 2010’s The Forgotten Sands (yes, really!). And recently, developer Ubisoft has unveiled the upcoming release’s frame rate, resolution and accessibility options on Switch. And

In a stunning achievement that has the gaming community buzzing, 13-year-old Willis Gibson, known as Blue Scuti on YouTube, has become the first human player to conquer Nintendo’s iconic video game, Tetris. Gibson’s remarkable feat, captured on his YouTube channel, showcases the moment he reached an unprecedented level 157, causing the game to crash after

Ah, nostalgia — it’s a tricksy thing. How many times have we gone back to revisit a treasured classic only to find that modern games have spoiled it for us? For all the brilliant aspects of retro games, the mod cons and performance we’re used to now are pretty fantastic, too, and sometimes going back

You might recall that there is a Minecraft movie in the works. In fact, it has been in the works for many years now. At one point, it was even slated to release in 2019, something that Mojang had even confirmed, before that ultimately didn’t happen. The movie isn’t cancelled though, and things are beginning

Image: Nintendo Life Welcome to the future. You, dear reader, are reading these words in the far-off, distant, sci-fi future year that is 2024. While the hoverboards, flying vehicles, and inside-out trousers have all apparently been delayed in this branch of the timeline due to some spacetime-related cock up, at least Skynet is coming along

It’s that time of the week again when Famitsu readers share the games that they are looking forward to the most. There’s absolutely no change at the top spot for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth which leads the pack by quite a mile with 790 votes. The most wanted Nintendo Switch game is Level-5’s cancelled horror

Image: Alan Lopez / Nintendo Life Have you ever seen an original Contra up close? What about an original Mario Kart? For Stephan Reese, organizer and showrunner for the non-profit Interactive Art Collection (and a Senior Producer at video game developer Bungie when he’s not busy doing that), it’s his life’s mission that you might

In a recent interview in Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu, Super Mario Bros. Wonder director, Shiro Mouri, revealed a little more about the character choices. When it came to the loveable Yoshi they were originally going to include the egg throwing mechanic, which Yoshi has had in previous adventures. However, they felt that this wasn’t

Image: Kit Ellis I have an idea for a video game. Actually, I’ve been making it for about six months now. My video game is a rhythm-based game. It’s also an American football game. To play it, you choose between plays, just like any sports game … but your play only succeeds if you push

The 2023 holiday season may be coming to an end very soon, and the new year arrives in just a couple of days, but that hasn’t stopped the Switch 2 rumor mill from churning at a steady pace. In fact, a new Switch 2 rumor has recently appeared online that may be very interesting to