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Fanbyte has had the chance to interview former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé and was asked a number of questions about his time there including his push for diversity at Nintendo of America, what he thinks of the latest acquisitions from Sony and Microsoft, and what he think thinks the successor to Switch would

Image: Monolith Soft / Nintendo Life Monolith Soft has become one of the most recognisable of Nintendo’s first-party developers in recent times. Led by legendary RPG writer and director Tetsuya Takahashi, the studio is renowned for the monolithic (pun intended) Xenoblade series. Combining MMORPG-style, memorable worlds, stunning music, and philosophical writing, the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise

Nintendo has announced on Twitter that the team is currently hard at work working on a forthcoming patch for Splatoon 3 which will fix a few issues players have encountered with the excellent game. Firstly they addressed the black screen issue which appears to happen for some users at the very start of the game

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might have wrapped up its development cycle, but there are still a number of other brawlers on the Nintendo Switch receiving regular updates. One of them happens to be the Ubisoft title Brawlhalla. So far we’ve seen characters like Rayman, Ryu from Street Fighter

Ubisoft revealed some new details about their promising new title Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope this evening and you can catch the latest trailer down below. The company revealed that the development team has had so many ideas while developing the new game and simply couldn’t squeeze them all in. Therefore they have decided

Image: Disney / via MobyGames Perhaps one of the biggest surprises at the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase was the news of a Gargoyles remaster. If you’re not familiar with this game, it is a 2D platformer developed by Disney Software and released on the Sega Genesis in 1995. It’s based on Disney’s 90s animated

The Nintendo Direct, which hasn’t been officially announced, but is rumoured to be coming is apparently still on for next week according to Jeff Grub from Venture Beat and NateTheHate. Jeff wasn’t sure whether the passing of Queen Elizabeth II would affect the date as there’s now ten days of mourning here in the UK.

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube One JRPG Switch fans will want to be on the lookout for next year is FuRyu’s co-op action title Trinity Trigger. As you might have already read, it’s been developed by an all-star cast – with talent that’s previously worked on games like Secret of Mana, Xenoblade Chronicles

Atlus has revealed the file-size for the digital edition of the long-awaited Persona 5 Royal game for the Nintendo Switch family of systems. Atlus seem to have done an impressive job on keeping the file-size low despite the length and size of the acclaimed JRPG. The digital edition will weigh in at 12.5GB, though that

The Good Smile Company is back at it releasing another set of stunning Nintendo-themed figures. Following on from the release of Blyeth earlier this year, it’s now announced a few more Fire Emblem statues. The two new 1/7 scale figures are Roy (shipping in December 2023) and Lilina (shipping in November 2023). Both characters appeared

Splatoon is one of the few franchises I can proudly say I’ve been with since the very beginning. In May 2015, Nintendo unleashed a brand new IP that revolutionised the third-person shooter genre. It went on to sell almost 5 million units, meaning it was purchased by over 1/3rd of the install base of the

Image: Nintendo One of the best Switch games we’ve seen this year is Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade Chronicles 3. We said it was an epic, emotionally-charged masterpiece in our Nintendo Life review, awarding it an “outstanding” score. Of course, it wouldn’t be as great as it was without the efforts of the talented voice actors. In

Axios journalist, Stephen Totilo, has revealed that the rumours that Tencent is looking to acquire French developer and publisher Ubisoft is incorrect. Tencent is extremely interested in Ubisoft, but it won’t be acquiring the company, instead the Chinese firm is choosing to invest heavily in the company. Tencent now has 49.9% stake in Guillemot Bros,

Image: Steam Deck HQ Valve’s Steam Deck has already proven it’s able to run all sorts of video game emulators. What’s even more impressive though is just how capable it is when it comes to Wii U and 3DS emulation. As highlighted by the website Steam Deck HQ, Valve’s handheld PC is not only able

Ubisoft has written up a blog post detailing some of the game which will feature in the Ubisoft Forward digital event which kicks off on Saturday. The headlined games from the company are as follows: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Skull and Bones, and a a special Assassin’s Creed showcase. The pre-show event will

Image: Square Enix Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t the only racer on Switch getting some attention, the relatively new racer on the block Chocobo GP has also been receiving regular patches. The latest one (Version 1.2.1) follows on from the major update in July (Version 1.2.0), which was described as a “large-scale update” featuring improvements,

Informative video game channel Did You Know Gaming? is back with a new investigative video looking at a newly discovered The Legend of Zelda spin-off from Retro Studios which was pitched to Nintendo. The game was titled Heroes of Hyrule and centres around three heroes which consisted of a Goron, a Rito, and a Zora. In

Image: Yacht Club Games Earlier this week, Shovel Knight confirmed he would be returning later this month on 23rd September in an all-new vertical adventure, co-developed by Yacht Club Games and Nitrome (Bomb Chicken). If the new release date trailer for Shovel Knight Dig wasn’t already enough, we’ve now got some Nintendo Life footage (8