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The potential for a Zelda movie is absolutely huge and Entertainment Weekly managed to get an interview with the upcoming film’s director, Wes Ball. Mr. Ball makes it very clear in the interview that he is a huge Zelda fan and says that he is aiming to create a legendary Hayao Miyazaki-style live action film

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Switch isn’t short of fighting games; if you want to duke it out as adorable animals, heroes in a half shell or beloved Nintendo characters, the console has got you covered. But what if you wanted something a little softer? Something that has all the hallmarks of

Nintendo hasn’t really been doing much with the Switch’s firmware lately. The last few updates, including the version 16.0.0 and 17.0.0 ones, contained very little new additions. In fact, at least a third of the updates that have been released in the past 6 months have been “rebootless” updates. Well, Nintendo has released a new

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Balloon Studios is finally opening the doors to Botany Manor on Switch next year. Revealed back in 2022, publisher Whitehorn Games has given us a release window for when we can visit retired botanist Arabella Green’s home — Spring 2024. Botany Manor is a relaxing puzzle-exploration game where

It has now been almost 3. months since Mortal Kombat 1 released on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. Since then, the game has now entered its post-launch phase, where updates have been getting released and downloadable content has gradually been coming out. This is no exception. NetherRealm Studios has released a new gameplay trailer

Image: The Game Awards It’s that time of year again, folks. No, not Christmas, though for many it may well be just as exciting. It’s time for The Game Awards 2023! We’re expecting a genuinely thrilling event in December following what may well have been one of the strongest years in gaming ever, with the

The recent resurgence of Banjo-Kazooie isn’t surprising, thanks in large part to the friendly releationship that Microsoft and Nintendo have. Banjo-Kazooie is playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and the first Banjo-Kazooie game is currently available to play on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack’s Nintendo 64 library. However, despite all the attention and announcements

Image: WB Games Well, it’s the weekend once again. Crikey, we just keep getting them, don’t we? It’s time to kick back with some games, but before we dive into what we’re playing this weekend, let’s recap some of the week’s biggest stories. First up, the delightful F-Zero 99 has added a ‘Classic Race’ function

In less than a week, The Game Awards will be happening. For the time being, there isn’t a whole lot of information about what gaming announcements will be revealed there. However, if a cryptic message that is being shared around is any indicator, we may now know at least one company that has something to

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube When we last heard word about the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, series creator Yuji Horii said that the development was “progressing quite steadily“. It was hardly the info dump that many of us were after, but hey, at least it was something (let’s not forget that this

The developers behind Sonic Mania, Evening Star, may not be working with SEGA on a new Sonic the Hedgehog game for the time being, but that doesn’t mean they’re not doing anything at all. Earlier this year, they announced a new game called Penny’s Big Breakaway. However, you may be curious to learn more about

Image: Nintendo Life The latest Japanese charts are in courtesy of Famitsu (via Gematsu) and it has been yet another strong week for Switch, with nine out of the top ten coming from Nintendo’s hybrid console. Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Super Mario RPG continue to be big hitters, landing in second and third place

You may recall that, yesterday, Nintendo had announced that Splatoon 3 would be receiving a brand new update later today. They had also released the patch notes for the update in advance, which is something that Nintendo likes to do often with Splatoon 3 updates. Well, as promised, Nintendo has officially released the update. Once

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The newest entry in Level-5’s popular multimedia mecha series, Megaton Musashi: Wired will no longer be launching in 2023 — no surprise, really, given that we’re almost in December! However, we don’t have to wait too long. During today’s Level-5 Showcase, the developer announced that the upcoming mecha

You may recall that, yesterday, Nintendo announced that F-Zero 99 would be getting another brand new update tonight. You may also recall that, when the update was announced, Nintendo confirmed that the update would add a brand new mode called “Classic Mode”. Well, as Nintendo promised, the update has been officially released. Classic Mode is

Image: Konami Another week, another update for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. The latest patch bumps things up to ver. 1.3.1 which doesn’t seem to be all that big of an upgrade on Switch. The tweaks listed below cover those made on all consoles, and the eagle-eyed readers out there might just notice

The latest boxed-video game charts are in from the largest gaming market in Europe, the United Kingdom. The sales kicked in early this year for Black Friday and has seen a number of older titles climb the charts and push some of the stalwarts out of the top ten. The best-selling physical game this week

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube We live in a blinking lovely time right now. Gone is the notion that genres like real-time strategy (RTS) and management sims can’t be controlled with a standard controller, and we have the likes of Two Point Campus and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition on Switch to prove