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Image: via Nintendo.com / Hamster Following on from the release of Bubble Bobble at the end of December, Hamster has now officially unveiled its first Arcade Archives release of 2023. This time it’s Namco’s classic arcade space shooter Galaga. This title was first released in 1981 and is a sequel to the 1979 release Galaxian

French retailer FNAC has started restocking The Legend of Zelda-themed amiibo ahead of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom which is currently scheduled to release in May. As picked up by French Zelda fan-site Puissance Zelda the retailer has the entire stock of Zelda amiibo replenished, which bodes well for

Image: Taito Corporation The famous video game developer Taito Corporation – known for legendary arcade hits like Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble – will celebrate its 70th anniversary on 24th August 2023. To prepare for this epic milestone, the company has already kicked things off by opening a commemorative website and a special Twitter account:

SEGA and Atlus recently held a character poll for their critically acclaimed Persona 5 Royal and the final results have now been published. Some Persona fans have been surprised at some of the results of the character poll particularly with trusty sidekick, Ryuji Sakamoto, being placed at No.9. Persona 5 Royal is out now on

Sharpen your blades by Liam Doolan 4 hours ago [embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Many game companies are jumping straight into the announcements this year and this includes Koei Tecmo. Just a few days ago it lifted the lid on the new Type-Moon project, Fate/Samurai Remnant. This title, based on the popular anime

Japanese developer Level-5 has revealed in a New Year message that is has a brand new game in the works, which isn’t based on any of their existing IPs and that they will share more information on the game later this year (we heard in 2021 that they were working on a new RPG project)

Image: Nintendo Life/ConcernedApe/Marvelous XSEED Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays!

Popular indie game Cult of the Lamb which launched in 2022 will be getting a major new content update this year. Details are gradually being revealed on the game’s official Twitter account and the first thing lined up for the update is the inclusion of heavy attacks, which can be performed and operated in many

Image: Nintendo Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays! It happened

Podcaster and occasional gaming insider, NateTheHate, boldly claimed yesterday that F-Zero’s time will come in 2023. This rumour follows a number of insiders such as Emily Rogers and Liam Robertson who said a few months back that Nintendo is currently looking to remaster a lot of older content which they created for their legacy gaming

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The famous crime-fighting duo Sam & Max are returning in 2023, with Skunkape Games announcing Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered. This graphic adventure game by Telltale Games first arrived in 2010. This remaster will follow the Switch release of Sam & Max: Save the World (2020)

One of the moderators for Reddit’s Gaming Leaks and Rumours sub occasionally receives direct messages from one of the sub’s users who creatively leaks video gaming news, just before it is officially announced. The person has previously creatively leaked to the moderator the official name of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update [Fri 30th Dec, 2022 06:00 GMT]: Bertil Hörberg has provided an update about his new game Onion Assault. It’ll be arriving on the Switch eShop on 26th January 2023 for $7.99 / £7.19. Here’s the product page for Onion Assault, but I just postponed the release date,

Popular gaming site IGN has tasked its staff to find out what the all-time best video game remakes are and it is a fairly solid list. Games from a wide array of developers have made the list including Capcom, Bluepoint Games, The Pokemon Company, Nintendo and Square Enix. The covered No.1 spot went to Capcom’s

Image: Level-5 Just weeks after the World Cup, Level-5 has shared another look at its upcoming title Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road of Heroes (previously known as Inazuma Eleven: Heroes’ Great Road). The latest teaser artwork shows off a new character. His name hasn’t been revealed just yet, but he’s apparently an extremely talented player who

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is heading our way on 12th May and promotional and marketing materials are starting to do the rounds. A Dutch gamer has snapped a photo of one of the in-store marketing materials for the eagerly awaited open world adventure game and it mentions NIntendo Switch Online support.

Image: SEGA It’s been an action-packed year for Sonic the Hedgehog, but it seems he won’t be slowing down anytime soon. In the same Famitsu interview where Japanese developers look ahead to 2023, Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka has taken a moment to tease what’s on the horizon. According to Iizuka, the plan is to maintain

Legendary video game designer Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Smash Bros franchise, has confirmed in a new interview with Japanese news publication Denfaminicogamer that he is now semi-retired from the video games industry. Mr. Sakurai is now 52 and has spent his life developing and producing games and he thinks that if he keeps