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Image: Nintendo We’ve got a couple of new things going on over on our lovely YouTube channel at the moment. And in one of our new series, Felix is tackling older games that he’s never played before, yet among our community, are highly beloved. First Bytes has been kicking around as an idea for a

Acquisitions of video gaming companies has been very common as of late. Microsoft and Sony have especially been doing this. However, acquisitions don’t always come from a company that produces hardware. It can occasionally happen with third-parties, or even indie companies. For example, Devolver Digital has announced earlier today that they have acquired Doinksoft. Doinksoft

Image: Nintendo Update [Mon Apr 3rd 2023, 09:15 BST]: Nintendo has released a statement on its Japanese website to confirm that the joint venture company ‘Nintendo Systems Co., Ltd’ has now been formally established with DeNA. Loosely translated, the statement reads: “Today, April 3, 2023, “Nintendo Systems Co., Ltd.”, a joint venture between Nintendo Co.,

The Super Mario Bros. Movie from Nintendo and Illumination is out this week and expectations are fairly high for the movie which contains stunning animation and a loveable cast of characters. The Hollywood Reporter spoke to Chris Pratt about the film during the movie’s L.A. premiere on Saturday. Pratt confessed that he was “pretty nervous”

Image: Bitmap Bureau April Fools’ Day has been one heck of a minefield this year, with some video game companies going an extra step by actually releasing a real product. With this in mind, Xeno Crisis developers Bitmap Bureau have announced they’ll be bringing the retro-inspired shooter to the Nintendo 64 and GameCube. And yes,

XSEED has confirmed that they will be stocking the Golden Memories Edition for Rune Factory 3 Special on their online store ahead of its release on 5th September in North America. Pre-orders will go live soon and the Rune Factory 3 Special Golden Memories Edition has a suggested retail price of $79.99 and contains the following contents: Custom

Image: Yacht Club Games One week ago today we were looking at the calendar and commenting on how things seemed pretty quiet for Nintendo to round out March and then out of nowhere — boom! — we’re hit with our first proper look at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and everything changed.

Splatoon fans are undoubtedly preparing themselves for tonight’s Splatfest which is sure to be an intense event as the three teams battle it out for supremacy. Players can choose to join Team Aliens, Team Bigfoot or Team Nessie, and to celebrate the event Nintendo has uploaded some lovely new artwork depicting Shiver, Frye and Bigman

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai, the video game based on the popular Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai manga from the ’80s and ’90s, has been confirmed for a worldwide release this Fall, Square Enix has announced (thanks, Gematsu!). The action RPG was confirmed to

TRUFF, the truffle brand known for reimagining and elevating pantry staples, announced a partnership with Nintendo, Illumination and Universal Pictures’ action-packed new animated comedy adventure, The Super Mario Bros. Movie (in theaters April 5). Fans can look forward to a The Super Mario Bros. Movie Collectible Pack that features the brand’s three best-selling truffle-infused hot sauces in special 6 oz. bottles

Image: Nintendo Life Mario Kart Tour has revealed that Yoshi’s Island — the brand new course that was added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass — is coming to mobile racing game. But something else has caught people’s eye. In the image of the new track, right behind

Every month, the NPD Group releases the latest video game software and hardware data for the United States. Well, the latest data has been released this week. This data is for the month of February 2023. The data also includes a chart showing the best selling-games in the region for that month. In this month’s

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube As a part of the recent D&D Direct presentation, we got our first look at some brand-new Dungeons & Dragons-themed Minecraft DLC that will be adventuring its way into the game at some point this spring (thanks, Polygon). While the above trailer might not give the most precise

SEGA has announced that everyone’s favourite spiky blue hedgehog will be making an appearance in the Sonic Team‘s next game Samba de Amigo: Party Central which will touching down on the Nintendo Switch family of systems later this year. Fans will be follow along to the beats of two classic Sonic the Hedgehog tunes, Escape

Image: via Twitter The development team behind the GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin has shared some surprising news – announcing Dolphin will be “coming soon” to Valve’s Steam service in Q2 2023. You can even wishlist the free download right now. When Dolphin launches as an early access game on the Steam Store, the team

The time has finally come for Nintendo to spill the beans on the long-awaited The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as the Kyoto-based company announced this afternoon that they will be broadcasting a 10 minute pre-recorded presentation on the Nintendo of America YouTube channel tomorrow. Fans can watch the action unfold with The

Image: Nintendo Life The Wii U and 3DS eShops are closing today, Monday 27th March. The North American stores will be closing at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET according to Nintendo (which works out to 1:00 AM BST / 2:00 AM CET on Tue 28th March in Europe, although no specific closure hour

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series has been available on various platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, for over half a year now. That said, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series producer Ryo Ishida has been spending the year so far by talking about the game in various interviews. For example, Ishida was recently interviewed in the latest issue of