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[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube On top of the many new features that were revealed in the latest Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer, one that we didn’t expect was the ability to have a picnic with your monster team – but that’s exactly what we’re getting! As seen in the timestamped video above,

Physical games tracker GfK Entertainment has released the latest UK sales charts. This time, the GfK Top 10 is for the week ending October 1st, 2022. The biggest news from these charts is that Splatoon 3 has been dethroned from the top spot after being at #1 for 3 weeks. Nintendo has no reason to

Image: EA Sports The latest UK boxed charts data is here (after a short delay) and as expected, EA’s FIFA 23 has taken the top spot, knocking Splatoon 3 down a peg after several weeks at number one. This first place securement can’t really be attributed to Switch, mind, with the Nintendo console only making

Today marks the beginning of a new era for Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning franchise: Overwatch 2 is live now and free to play worldwide with cross-platform play and progression for all players on Windows PC via Battle.net, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch consoles. Setting the stage for years to come, Overwatch 2 will receive

Image: Nintendo Nintendo has announced a special Nintendo Direct presentation focused on the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie from production company Illumination. The presentation will take place on October 6th at 1:05pm PT / 21:05pm BST and introduce the world premiere trailer for the film. Nintendo also notes, of course, that no game information will

The popular rogue like deck-building game Inscryption has now been rated in Europe for the Nintendo Switch. The game received a 16 rating from Pan-European Game Information otherwise known as PEGI. Developer Digital has yet to announce the game for Switch so it is bound to be unveiled in the coming days. Inscryption launched in 2021

Image: Hello Games We are but a few short days away from No Man’s Sky‘s inaugural flight to Switch on October 7th and we are buckling in to see how this massive game plays on Nintendo’s comparatively tiny console. In order to put some of our fears to rest, we recently got the chance to

You may recall that, back in September, Did You Know Gaming? had revealed that, 15 years ago, Retro Studios had pitched a spin-off Zelda game to Nintendo that was called Heroes of Hyrule. Unfortunately, the game was ultimately cancelled. Well, Did You Know Gaming? is back with a video that talks more about what this

In a series as focused on multiplayer as Picross S, it’s always seemed odd that Nintendo and Jupiter haven’t allowed more than two players to be playing at the same time. We’ve lost track of how many times we’ve played Picross on our Switch during a major social event and could only have one other

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted just about everything in the video gaming industry. It had even impacted The Game Awards. Although the pandemic was never able to force The Game Awards to skip a year, it did manage to close off audience attendance for a few years. Well, that is about to change. Geoff Keighley

The days are getting darker and the weather’s getting colder, but there’s one silver lining to be found in these dreary autumn months: we’re at the business end of the retail season, meaning more games for us! There’s lots to look forward to throughout October and November and below, you’ll find a selection of featured

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe may be getting some new DLC on the Nintendo Switch, but that doesn’t mean that Nintendo is moving on from Mario Kart Tour, their Mario Kart title that can be currently found on mobile devices. In fact, even now they are still supporting it with more content. The latest example of

Image: Nintendo Life / Damien McFerran A GameCube development kit has been found in an early build of the Wii’s menu. Shared by Forest of Illusion and provided to them by an anonymous community member, it’s possible that this was discovered on the very first Wii menu — the one used during E3 2006. Our

The Pokémon Company International and Warner Music Group today debuted “Celestial”, a Pokémon-inspired song by music superstar Ed Sheeran. “Celestial” features a day in the life of Ed with special appearances from some of Ed’s favorite Pokémon characters, including Pikachu, Squirtle, Machamp, Snorlax, and more. “I’ve played Pokémon since I was in primary school. Me and

Image: Nintendo A brand new Zelda trailer always brings a lot of excitement, and there was an extra layer of jubilation with the newest The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer — one, because we have a name, and two, we have a release date — 12th May 2023! But what everyone is

Yacht Club Games is very well known for being the developers of Shovel Knight. However, you might surprised to learn that Shovel Knight is the only IP that they have. They are planning to change that with a new action-adventure game called Mina The Hollower. Although the game is not supposed to release for a

Image: Square Enix Harvestella is one of about ninety (haha, joking) farming sims launching on the Switch in the coming months, so naturally Sqaure Enix will be keen to show off more of the game and get the hype train rolling ahead of its official release on November 4th. We’ve already been treated to a

It has been a busy year for Square Enix. They have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, as well as the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII. There have also been many new game announcements from the company, including Kingdom Hearts 4, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core Reunion and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.