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The latest boxed-video game software charts have come through for the biggest gaming market in Europe, the United Kingdom, and there’s a new No.1 this week and it is the newly released Fire Emblem Engage for the Nintendo Switch. However, the game’s launch wasn’t as big as 2019’s Fire Emblem Three Houses as launch sales

Costumes and music are up for grabs by Liam Doolan 2 hours ago Image: Mika Pikazo / Nintendo Nintendo’s latest game Fire Emblem Engage also supports amiibo functionality. If you are wondering what each amiibo does you might want to read on… We now know what amiibo are compatible with the game and what exactly

Fire Emblem Engage finally launched on the Nintendo Switch yesterday and if you pre-ordered the game at North American retailer, GameStop, then you may have have received the Fire Emblem Engage tarot card deck as a special pre-order bonus. It seems GameStop was the only North American retailer that was offering the exclusive pre-order bonus.

Image: Nintendo Life January has felt like a long one, we’ll admit, but we are almost at the end of it now and we have Nintendo’s first big release of 2023 to show for it! After all the character profiles, gameplay trailers and developer interviews, Fire Emblem Engage is finally here in all of its

Persona series insider, Im A Hero Too, on ResetEra has provided an update on what Atlus is up to and how their schedule is coming along. The individual previously said that a full remake of Persona 3 is in development at Atlus along with the next mainline Persona game which is, Persona 6. The insider

Image: Nintendo If you’ve swotted up on your gaming history, then you’ll perhaps already know that the original Donkey Kong from 1981 (lord almighty…) actually started life as a Popeye the Sailor Man project, featuring the main man himself alongside Olive Oyl and antagonist Bluto. As the tale goes, Nintendo had failed to secure the

HAL Laboratory, the studio behind the much loved Kirby video game series, was in trouble with the Japanese Labour Standards Bureau last year during the pandemic. The company was taken to account by the Labour Standard Bureau as an employee at HAL said that they weren’t paid for any of the overtime work they had

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Sting, the developer behind the Dept. Heaven games such as Riviera: The Promised Land, Yggdra Union, and Knights in the Nightmare, is bringing back Dokapon Kingdom for the Switch. This news came from an early Famitsu scoop yesterday from @gamenohanshi (via @gosokkyu), with Famitsu confirming the news later.

PowerWash Simulator may already be available for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, but it will be arriving on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on January 31st. Fortunately, if you are planning to get the game later this month, there’s some good news. The official PowerWash Simulator Twitter account has announced that

Image: Capcom Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the major paid expansion for the main Monster Hunter Rise game, has now surpassed 5 million sales across the Switch and PC. The company confirmed the milestone via a tweet (thanks, Nintendo Everything) and announced that a commemorative in-game item pack will be released in

The NPD Group and The Entertainment Software Association, which tracks video game hardware and software sales throughout the United States, has revealed that Nintendo Switch family of systems proved to be the best-selling gaming hardware of 2022. The gaming console which made the most money (dollar sales) was Sony’s PlayStation 5, though the PlayStation 5

Image: Nintendo Life We have seen a lot of Nintendo-themed builds in Halo Infinite‘s Forge Mode over the past few months including Ocarina of Time‘s Kokiri Forest and Super Mario 64‘s Peach’s Castle. One thing has been missing from each of these however: a giant cannon that fires you onto the slopes of an active

Thunderful Development, the team behind the beloved Steamworld video game franchise, has teased that a new announcement related to the long-running series will happen later this week. The Morse code in the tweet below translates to the 18th January, which is this Wednesday. It is not clear what will be showcased, but there is a

Image: The Pokémon Company We’ve only just had two more Tera Raid Battle Events announced for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, but apparently, we need another one! The Pokémon Company has revealed that Drifblim and Mismagius will be the next event coming to the game. (Thanks, Serebii!) Drifblim will be exclusive to Pokémon Scarlet, while Mismagius

LEGO fan LEGOverwatch designed a lovely mock-up of the Temple of Time from the critically acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. As with all LEGO idea submissions, if they reach a certain threshold the team at the LEGO Group look at the idea and the design and reveal whether or not it will

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Following the launch of Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris last September, Bandai Namco has now locked in the release date of DLC 1 “Blooming of Forget Me Not” – announcing it will be launching on the Switch on 18th January (that’s next week). This DLC contains an increased

The soundtrack to the iconic The Simpsons game for the GameCube, The Simpsons: Hit & Run has suddenly appeared on music streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify. The Simpsons: Hit & Run, which was released back in September 2003, was heavily inspired by Rockstar Games classic Grand Theft Auto III. The game received

Image: The Arcade Crew With the Christmas chocolates finally dwindling in number, we think it’s fair to say that 2023 is well under way. And as the year kicks off, so too do we see the return of gaming news — nature is healing, people! This week at Nintendo Life, we have been welcoming in